The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-01
MURDOCH LAID UP
Too Much Gum Chewing Puts
Him in Sanitarium.
Now at Battle Creek Trying to
Recover Health.
ANTHONY IN COLLOQUY
Kansan Has Lively Exchange
With Smith of Iowa.
N. z. Miller, of Topeka, Gets Into
Congressional Record.


dock, the Kansas insurgent. is suf-
fering. The news has only stolen back
to Washington within the last few
days, although Mr.. Murdock has
been absent on leave of absence from
the house several weeks.
Until about a year ago Mr.. Murdock
was an excessive tobacco smoker. He
was seldom seen without a cigar in
the corner of his mouth. Either be-
cause he thought it would improve his
health, which was already very good,
or because he looked at Uncle Joe"
| Cannon and decided that no insurgent
should be guilty of smoking. he "cut
it OUT
To relieve the nervous condition
which resulted, he began to chew
gum. In season and out he could
be seen chewing like a big schoolboy
who had esca ped the eye of the teach
er. His stomach went back on him,
and now he is at the Battle Creek
sanitarium, in Michigan. The physi-
clans have diagnosed his case as one
of too much um-chewing.
During the discussion of the forti-
fication appropriation bill in the house
the other day Congressman Dan An
thony offered an amendment to ex-
empt the payment of duties by the
government in the Philippine islands.
Congressman Walter 1. Smith of Iowa
made point of order against the
amendment, and then a lively discus
sion followed.
''It is utterly absurd" said Mr..
Anthony, ito think this government
will continue to pay 100000 year
to the Philippine government for sup
plies of the army and navy sent over
there. If you can exempt in this for
tification bill the payment of duties
by the government here. we can GER
tainly. exempt the payment OF duties
by the government in the Philippine
| islands on it's supplies sent by this
government over there. 1t simply
means about 100000 more charged
up to the support of the army and
navy than should be, and we ought
not to hang that burden on the army
and navy ...
Mr.. Smith said that it was utterly
improper, in his judgment, to make a
radical change like this on the for
tifications bill, which has nothing to
do with the subject.
..It is on the same principle in this
, bill in which we exempt the govern
, ment from paying duties" retorted
Mr.. Anthony.
THE gentleman from Kansas is in
error" declared Mr.. Smith. "One is
simply for some trifling experimental
materials"
'.It is the same principle" insisted
the Kansan-
Replying, Mr.. Smith said; .The
gentleman now proposes We should
take it away from the Philippine rev.
enue when we do not know whether
the Philippine government can stand
this loss of revenue or not"
''If the Philippine government can
not stand it, said Mr.. Anthonv. "why
q not put it in place where the people
would know what they are doing ?"
Under the existing law we pay
L, q@I~ 49,
e ury and they go into the Philippine
j treasury" said Mr.. Smith. Now. he
: proposes to make a radical change and
|. save the 100000, as the gentleman
= asserts, and take it out of the Philip
: pine revenues. and it is certainly moi
I an amendment that should be on the
r fortifications BILL
r s"The reason 1 offered the amend
e ment" argued Mr.. Anthony, was be-
r cause one of the members of the ways
0 and means committee objected to ar
amendment on the army bill a few
e weeks ago, and I do not see why the
|, same language should not go in the
| fortif1cations bill
At this point the Hon. Serene Payne
Z of New York got into the argument
3 SAYING ct will state to the gentleman
that was the first offense in reference
: to that but there are one or two dis
= to the text of the bill and the tex
:, of the bill itself In the bill the clause
e simply exempts the article purchased
: appropriated for in this bill.
Now" continued Mr. Payne, "it i!
lcertainly not germane to the text o.
the bill to introduce here an amend
ment which exempts articles pur
chased by the government for another
purpose. Aside from that, the Philip
nine tariff provides that all of the rev
IL enue shall go to the support of th'
Philippine government and not int
the treasury of the United States. anC
it is not germane to amend a law will
u ury of the United States by an amend
. lment with reference to the revenues o
y the Philippine islands The cases ar
q entirely dissimilar.
Taking the floor. Mr.. Anthon.
L asked: s'Wiu the gentleman (Payne
: promise to bring in measure AM
- take this government out of the ridic
ulous position of paying duties to it
n self in the Philippines. l think tn
j. | gentleman owes it to u.s.
- ct will discuss at any time with tn
- gentleman from Kansas the question
of whether the thing is ridiculous o
not" quickly retorted Mr. Payne. "bu
"a I will not promise to bring in any rev
-e enue bill betwe this and the 4th da
= of March from the committee on way
es and means, and I will not promis
ar after that, because I think that-wel
"a nd will not say what l think
n The chair then sustained the poiu
m of order made by Smith and the dis
is cussion was at an end
1r
a. Maurice C. Latta, a former resider
of Kiowa, Kan, and at present exec
30 derstood to be slated for the positic
80 of marshal of the United States cou
33 of customs appeals. Mr.. LAtta has ca