The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-14
is STRICKEN OUT.
LETTER REGARDING PERRY s
HEATH ExPUNGED FROM
HOUSE RECORD.
sULZER REPEATS CHARGES

Declares He Is Responsible for Every
Word in the Letter and II It Is II.
beIous He Is Willing to Stand the
consequences-Ineident Closed At.
ter Repetition Of the Excited SEES.
sion of Monday.
Washington, Feb. 13.-As soon as
the journal was read and approved
in the house the struggle over the
question of expunging from the Rec
ord the anonymous letter rejecting
upon Mr.. Perry s. Heath. which,
was read at the instigation of Mr.. Sui
ger IN. ~ during the exciting ses-
sion of Monday, was resumed.
The letter appeared in the Record.
Mr.. Knox (Mass.) called up the al
legged infringement of the privileges
of the house. He claimed that the
matter was before the house in two
ways:
First, as unfinished business; Sec
ond, as a matter appearing in the Rec
ord over which the house had control.
Mr.. Knox said he admitted that a
member might, upon his own respon-
sibi.tsy, charge any sort of offense
against a man not a member of the
house and not be liable to .e called
to order. He contended that when a
member introduced paper the house
obtained jurisdiction. He asked the
house to adopt resolution which he
sent to the clerks desk. The resolu-
ton recited the occurrence and d.
rected that the document be stricken
from the Record.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) asked Mr.. Knox
to withdraw the preamble Of the res
olution. 81 myself" said he, Intend
to vote to strike this anonymous
communication from the Record"
Republican appause).
Suizer Repeats the Charges.
Mr.. Knox consented to strike out
the preamble and was about to de-
mand the previous question, but at
the request of Mr.. Sulzer, yielded five
minutes to the New York member.
Mr.. Sulzer said he was at loss to
understand the anxiety to protect the
character of Perry S. Heath, who was
not a member of the house, while his
party associates were exulting de-
lightedly in the attack upon his per-
sonal character and reputation.
81 stand here" he continued, land
say that no man in this house can
charge me with any offense whatever
or with any misconduct. My life is
an open book and when the gentleman
from Pennsylvania attacked me feel
justified in smoking out the culprit
who was responsible for the charges.
And 1 did smoke him out" Mr.. Sulzer
shouted with arm appraised. 81 had
the courage to stand here and say
that l was responsible for every word
in that letter. If Mr.. Heath thinks
there is anything libelous or scanda-
1ous in that letter, will not plead my
constitutional privilege, 1 will plead
the truth of the statements. A gen.
tleman. former member of this
house, said to me since: "The man
who wrote that letter knew Heath
like book; every word in it is true
have no objection to striking the
letter from the Record.
Got What He Was After.
"But serve notice that 1 am going
to say everything in that letter and
want Perry S. Heath to answer. If
he does he will be fit for the peniten-
tiary. I want him to understand that
I am responsible in damages for what
I say. The house has not compunc-
lions of conscience when he attacks
me, but when I attack him he squeals
like pig under gate. 1 got that
letter in the Record. That was what
I was after. lam now content to have
it stricken out"
Mr.. Knox's motion to expunge the
letter from the permanent Record was
then adopted with division.
Mr.. Tawney (Minn.), chairman of
committee on the st. Louis exposition
then tried to get up the exposition
bill, but Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the
appropriations committee, declined to
allow it to come Ii until the pending
appropriation bills were out of the way
and accordingly the house went into
committee of the whole and took up
the consideration Of the army appro-
priation bill. 1t was arranged that the
general debate should run for three
hours. Mr.. Hull, chairman of the
military affairs committee, made a
brief explanation. The bill carries