Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-12

proposed by the senate as an amend
ment TO the war revenue reduction act
and to ask for a conference with the
senate. Tawney of Minnesota cham
pioned the cause of the house and its
paramount rights over revenue legiS-
lation, but did not bring forward a
resolution to return the bill to the sem
ate with the declaration that the SEN
ate had transcribed its powers in SUBJ
shutting an entirely new measure for
the bill of the house.
Would Have Raised a Big Issue.
The subsequent debate showed that
had this course been adopted the prop
osition would have commanded a large
vote. Instead, however, he insisted
upon a division of the resolution, and
after the first portion-to Disagree
had been adopted, he made the point
of order that the second motion was
not in order because the senate in its
substitute had invaded the constitu-
tional prerogative of the house. The
result was that the members were not
confronted with the direct issue, and
the house voted 233 to IS to ask for a
conference.
SuIzer on His FavoVite Topic.
Later in the day, during the consid-
Grafton of the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, a red hot pro-Boer
speech by Sulzer of New York drew
from Mahon of Pennsylvania a recital
of the raising OF fund OF about ST.
200 for the benefit of the widows of
Boer soldiers at meeting held in this
city at which SulZer presided. He de-
clared that after the ''terrapin and cold
bottles got in their work" only $1S
was left for the Boer widows. This
stung Sulzer to reply at length. He
said he had no connection with the
expenditure of the fund. to which he
had contributed $40, and very lively
row followed.
Attack on Perry Heath.
The climax of this was reached
when Sulzer had read an anonymous
letter which made a sensational per-
sonal attack upon Perry $. Heath, late
assistant postmaster general, who was
secretary of the Republican national
committee during the recent campaign,
charging him with being Neely's
sponsor and then denying it after the
arrest of Nicely, and also making al
legations against Heath in connection
with government deposits in n New
York bank. Sulzer charged Heath with
being responsible for the circulation OF
the stories about his connection with
the fund for the Boer widows.
Cn1raCIerfkeu rs contempt
Knox of Massachusetts declared that
ii was "contemptible'' to attack a gen.
tleman who could not reply, through
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 Sulzer
declared that although the communion
ton was anonymous he fathered every
word of it and would be responsible
for it as a member of the house, and
as an individual. The Democrats fill
clustered against the motion to ex-
punge the letter from the congression-
al record and finally forced an adjourn
ment. the effect being to permit pub
LEGATION of the letter in the record.
VIOLATING THE NEUTRALITY LAWS
So Su1zer Charges Our Uncle Sam-As to
AdeIbert Hay.
At one time in the debate SuIzer de-
clared that the United States was vi
olating the neutrality laws of nations
by permitting the English to buy mu-
nitions of war here for use in South
Africa against the Beers He believed
it was the duty of the president and
of congress TO stop the purchase of
supplies here. Il know" he said,
that what Kitchener is doing in
South Africa is worse than what Wey-
Ter did in Cuba. We went to war to
free Cuba from Weylerism. We are
in partnership with England and
Kitchenerism in South Africa. Kitch-
ener's orders are burn tie houses, kill
the men, drive the women and chill
dren out into the veidt to die so that
they may understand the power of the
British monarchy
To add to the confusion Shattuc of
Ohio secured leave to read a poem on
the big Man with the Big Mouth
1t proved to be trayesty on talkatiye-