The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-13
BILL TO REDUCE REVENUE
The Senate's Substitute is the Bone
Of Contention.
CHARGES AGAINST PtRRY S. HEATH
The Anonj NOUS Letter Making Them Refers /,
His Relations With Medley. Mr.. Sulz-r
Declares H. Fathers Every Word
Ct the Communication.
(By the Associated Press. )

10Y lue ASSOCIATED PfeSS.)
Washington, Feb. 11-This was n
field day in the House, being by far the
liveliest day during the present session.
A very interesting debate over the Goa
stitutional limitations of the power of
the Senate over revenue legislation init
lated by the House was precipitated
when Mr.. Payne, the Chairman of the
Ways and Means committee, brought
In the resolution of the committee to
disagree to the substitute proposed by
The Senate as an amendment to the War
Revenue Reduction Act and to ask
Tor a conference of the Senate.
Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota, champion
ed the cause of the House and to para
mount rights over revenue legislation,
but was unfortunate in not bringing
forward a resolution to return the bill
to the Senate with the declaration that
the Senate had transcribed its powers
in substituting an entirely new meas
ure for the bill of the House. The sub
sequent debate showed that had this
course been adopted the proposition
would have commanded large vote.
division of the Republicans, and after
the first motion-to disagree-had been
adopted he made the point of order that
the second motion was not in order be-
cause the Senate in it's substitute had
invaded the constitutional prerogatives
of the House. The result was that the
members We're not confronted with the
cd the cause of the House and its para
TO 3S to ask for conference.
Later in the day. during the consid
Grafton of the Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriation Bill, an imprisoned pro-
Boer speech by Mr.. SulZer, of New
York, drew from Mr.. Mahon, of Penn
sylvania, a recital of the raising of a
fund of about 81 200 for the benefit of
the widows of Boer soldiers at meet
ing held in this city at which Mr.. Sui
ger presided. He declared that after
the ''terrapin and cold bother got in
their work, only SIS was left for the
Boer widows.
This stung Mr.. Sulzer to reply at
length. He said he had no connection
with the expenditure of the fund, to
which he had contributed $175, and a
very lively row followed, the climax
of which was reached when Mr. Sui
ger had read an anonymous letter
which made a sensational personal at
tack upon Mr. Perry S. Heath, late As
sistant Postmaster General, who was
Secretary of the Republican National
committee during the recent campaign,
charging him with being Neeley' S
sponsor and then denying it after the
arrest of Neeley and also making allie
CATION against Mr.. Heath in connec-
ton with Government deposits in a
New York bank. Mr.. Sulzer charged
Mr.. Heath with being responsible for
the circulation of the stories about his
connections with the fund for the Boer
widows.
Mr.. Knox, of Massachusetts, declared
that it was contemplate" to attack a
gentleman who could not reply, through
the medium of anonymous letter and
moved that the infraction of the rules
be reported to the House and stricken
from the record. In the course of the
debate upon this motion, Mr.. Sulzer de-
clared that although the communication
was anonymous, he fathered every
word of it, and would be responsible Tor
it as 10 member of the House and as an
individual The Democrats filibustered
against the motion to eXpunge the let
tor from the Congressional Record and
finally forced an adjournment, the eff
feet being to permit publication of the
letter in the Record.
Mr.. Tawney in his contention that the
Senate had violated the Constitution
smoke in impassioned tones and mis-
words brought several Republicans to
their feet.
Mr.. Hopkins interrupted Mr.. Tawney
TO declare that in his opinion the Con-
stitution had not been violated. In ef-