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r I I Pos M LORN nn INGr i . - . a fl! Divorce Bill Made Special Or der for that Day' RA1G LAW AMENDED Senate Unanimously Passes Willard Bill New State Building Bill Lot of Local Measures Details iv.ikt.-l in he Post yesterday ...jvV i another fight over the di- r,v bill.. This ii :ni k- will le in the Senate, ,i the :in lu'lii will be the two I , 1 . 1 A. LeiifiiiMMi I'.itciH'.i on to me mm, as it aw -l':-" ui .-$lo JLLnise, by the Senate ijkiary ('irinnituo. The contest is iluk'.l to begin ne:;t Friday, at noon, ... l ili having Invu- made the special l'...r time. The H'".ise hill, which is now what s tii-i called the Simms substitute, ws Jtv.t four grounds fur divorce, ; -die Senate committee's amendments ui t-v.. iii.-rc, viz.. auauuonment for yt:;rs by t ither party, ami rape. The tidit will be over tne abandon- iit, u.rr being practically no objee- ;u u lik otneiv ami will oe reany a :nr.ai of the stubborn and hotly con? vA tiiriit in the House, which failed -ii;uv ilie" incorporation of this for divorce in the bill. Tiiv :'ri"-nd of this amendment' will a l;irgo and formidable following " Senate, anil they expect to show majority wnen the vote is counted. Tao Willaid bill, amendiug the Craig lt s.i as to except insurance companies m its provisions and giving the ln- m-i Commissioner power to revoke license of any company seeking to re re a suit against it from the State tat' I nited Mates courts, passed its til reading in the Senate yesterday paumonsiy. " ' ' buc lull will insult in . adding he fifteen thousand dollars or more to State treasury annually' by the re- n of a number ot leadins: companies h withdrew from the State two krs ;iso ot; account of the conflict with ir home charters which "oomestica 5" wynl'l create. The new law will iD'Te satisfactory in every respect, to J the- i!!:irance people and the State, v ? p i.l an. in embryo for some time, tmiv the -State creel a suitable build- I-' on '.lie ,,r it owns, corner Morgan Salisbury streets (facing the satith- ht ronic-,- oi Capital Park), is fairly Vile.! ;u hist. v I ... v .. ",. , ... . ' . ' senator j iciiuorsoii miro- - .... j'i" Jv. j nn IUK CUtUUll UIl Mnietnrv at the point indicated, at a t "f SI.,. tnHI. is the p;ii iioso to provide quarters wis miihmig for the offices of the hEDi!Moiier of Labor and Printing, fctaie ai-senal. storage rooms for Sti pe c.v.irt Reports and other State f'a-.fnts an, records and a number fotnini; .oe rooms for n-n ln ! -e- f "f General Assembly the I'-iUg to 1. thlTC stories in lioicrhf l oiliixvilh' close in.nll Ten liu'ula r.f ftiid Uaino a message from his excellency, 'n": ',-':,,,kJ transmitting a com-"'-itwn from Ser-retarr oi State p.(s oil the sr:b.ieci of endorsing the PmaiPii.hui.ins made l.v that official. ..'fn,.-r -cretary of State Cvrus '3mu ;i!s" urged the erection of a S to store State records and Sn. TKe i fm it 1. .......... ,' . t ,. ,i ,i'!M" i 10 uie two last -win- Lf ishitares. but the recoiii- j;u'on h;,s never acted on. rfvl.e-e iu )n,Uly-s rost wiH bc "no- - ln'"Y' r,1;l1,01'at0 account of the .'''l1"."- '"ihodying the recommenda oitii official alhtded to and oth- 'ion.'fii:(!. rf. IT. T ' ' " bay .1. X. TToldinrr nf T?.il. P50 for 'fviees rendered as coun ZTJW' I-'-Kislatnre in the teract f... " r;. 111 Lue printing tc , - -jc VOULCMillll, pass- ID . . ii joiiil resoiu- l '"'l. loriv .:. . , . uie emjMovmeut or a L v' srf'-f the committees on Judi l -iiaiorial and Congressional Dis- - .os Wl.n. thrnnjrh Tiio i i o clock this morn- J- 'i'.iails of yesterday's session Yt. C;llll-'d to order at- 11 oVW.t- 7lp JV'lifV- Presiding' in the ab k u'sl:'C!it Turner and president kp.by R, v- ! McK. Pittinsrer of !f4rn, , (h"ldl- Joi"-nal of Mon; 13 3es en '.uious standing com- lrC , V''1"-"'1 and bills placed r'iy's enlonfW lD.!,t0rs L- J- Hole and R. A. P. 1 ifndered the nrivileses of Ik ,V i. -rov.n aiiti-ciirarettA bill tchWi ''aits'-" l" th'' Jndieiary Commit- l-rre.j . "'""'I'Tion was, by reqHest, (,sanfW- '-""tiiimw on jrroposi- !th a ni'osllte,l petition ask 4bbf,h',n,ssiouar' Baptist Church '"Port,.,i 'h L'aviason county, oe Bill Introduced 'aaiian: s. B. 649-To pen- YolJOL RALEIGH, K. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1901 ...,,' - No.70" sion M. A. Eobinson of Mitchell county. Pension Committee. By Mr. Mitchell: S. B. 650 For relief of James -Winkler of Watauga county. Pensions Committee. ' By Mr. Glenn: S. B. 651-To appoint certain justices of the peace in Guil ford county. Committee on Justices of the Peace. By Mr. Vann: S. B. G52-To prevent hunting without consent of owner in Pasquotank county. Committee on Propositions and Grievances. By Mr. Leak; S. P,. 653 To amend chapter K32. acts 1899. Calendar. By Mr. Wood: S: B. 054 v or the pro tection of cities and towns. Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Henderson: S. R. fi. Tn an- .tnonze Kowan county to issue bonds. Counties, Cities and Towns Committee. By Mr. Buchanan: S. B. 630 To in corporate certain churches in Mitchell county. Corporation Committee. By Mr. Burroughs: S. B. 657 To pen sion J. A. Short. Pensions Committee. By Mr. Miller of Pamlico: S. B. 658 To establish stock law in portions of Pamlico county. Propositions and Griev ances Committee. By Mr. Amnion r S. li. 659 To pay expenses of joint legislative committee visiting State Hospital for Insane at Morgantou. Calendar. By Mr. Justice: S: B. 060 In refer ence to "jointures." Judiciary Commit tee. By Mr. Dula: S. B. 661 To appoint Wm. M. Lee a justice of the peace in Wilkes county. Committee on Justice of Peace. By Senator Glenn: S. P. 604 To in corporate Zion's Chapel, Guilford county. Calendar. t Bills Passed Final Rtadlne The calendar was taken ur and the following bills passed third reading, un-j less otherwise stated below: S. B. 5!H, II. B. 41 To secure better passage of lish in North East and Cape Fear rivers. S. B. 514 To amend section Slo.of the 'Code, (lie-committed to Judiciary Committee.) ! S. B. 50S To establish graded schools j j and electric lights at Rockingham. ! county. S. B. 444. II. B. 655 To incorporate it he town of Pinnacle, Stokes comity. (Passed second reading and returned to j : calendar.) S. B. 410, II. B. 216 To create a new j township in Haywood county, to be j known as Cecil. S. 15. 457 For the protection of farm jers and merchants. (Unfavorable report. Tabled.) S. It. oo4 To amend section 776 of the Code relative to special meetings of commissioners in Durham county. S. B. 353, II. B. 558 Providing fees for witnesses before grand juries. (Un favorable report. Tabled.) S. B. 577 Act to amend chapter 158, acts 18Sy. in reference to .boundaries of townships' iii Perquimans county. S. B. 5S4 To amend chapter 261, acts 1809. iixiug fees in crop liens and chattel mortgages in Alamance county. Resolution appropriating $100 each to contestant and contestee in Stanley vs. Stringtield contested election case. S. B. 5S9 To change name of "'Saul's Cross Roads"' to Eureka. S. B. 502 To amend charter of Salla- ! bury and Fayetteville Coast Line Rail- aj v uiii yiKinj . S. B. 593 To regulate the liceusing of pharmacists. S. B. 595, II. B. 131 To extend time for registering certain land grants. S. B. (U, II. B. 342 To extend cor porate limits of the town of Weaver vine. S. B. 611. II. B. S05 To amend Craig law and provide for revocation of licenses of insurance companies that seek to . transfer cases from State to United States courts. S. B. 653 To amend chapter 162, acts of 1S99, in reference to the road law of Anson county. S. B. 659 To pay expenses of legisla tive committee visiting State Hospital for Insane at Morganton. S.cB. 613 To amend chapter 214, acts 1893, relating to State board of health. S. B. 022. H. B. 896 To authorize municipality of Concord to issue bonds. S. B. 621, II. B. 916 To amend chap ter 285,' acts 1891, relating to graded schools in Concord. S. B. 635, H. B. 26. To repeal chap ter 100. acts 1899. chapter 211, acts of 1899, et al., relating to divorce. Amend ed by Senate committee. (Made the spe cial order for 12 o'clock Friday. This is the Simms substitute bill passed by the House after a hot and protracted con test, leaving only three grounds for divorce. The Senate committee on the Judiciary has amended the bill, adding two other grounds and a fight will be Lmade on at least one of them that for' abandonment for three (3) years. S. B. 389, H. B. 338 To prohibit sale of liquor within six: miles of Black Mountain (in Buncombe anl McDowell counties.) Before this bill was passed, Senator Buchanan (Rep.) of Mitchell arose, and said: "It is generally said that this leg islature is of less benefit to barkeepers than any Legislature for many years. Let's maintain our l-eputation and promptly pass this bill." S. B. 664 To incorporate Zion's Chapel', Guilford countyOSenator Glenn stated that the passage of this bill was designed to break up a distillery within the distance prohibited by an incorpor ated church. The distiller will have to "move a little further from the road,'' for the bill was promptly passed. Mr. Holding Gets His Fee Senator Webb called up his resolution pending for the payment of $250 to J. X. Holding of Raleigh, for services as counsel in the public printing contest case of 1899. Passed. Clerks lor Committers Another committee clerk is to be em ployed. Senator Morrison introduced and secured its passage, under a sus pension of the rules, a resolution pro- (Continued on rige 6.J .Zk KI IIS II i . State Election Officials in U, S. Courts BILL PASSES HOUSE A Sharp Political Debate Re sultedMcLean's Bill for Manufacture of Fertilizers Defeated The State will not go into the goano manufacturing business. The House decided this muck, yester day in defeating the measure introduced by Mr. McLean of Scotland for the es tablishment of one or more fertilizer manufacturing plants by the State. The bill provided lor a bond issue to meet the expense necessary to cany out the work. Mr. McLean's bill was debated for nearly two hours, and it received a very Mattering vote. It failed of passage on its second reading by a note of 38 to 4S. .The bill authorizing the Governor to employ counsel to defend election officers when prosecuted in United States courts developed another political debate iu the House. The Republicans fought the measure, which was defended and justi fied with enthusiasm and eagerness by the Democrats. Judge Connor and Mr. Craig made a strong defense of the bill. Messrs. Ebbs and Blythe, Republicans, spoke against it. Speaker Moore yesterday appointed Messrs. Page of Montgomery, Zachary of Transylvania, and Carson (Republi can) of Alexander, as members of the special committee on the part of the House to investigate the Institution for the Deaf, Dnmb and Blind. The committee to investigate the State's- steamer, The Lilly, is composed of Mesrs, Graham of Granville. Mann of Hyde, and Xlehols of Pitt. The com mittee to have charge of the printing of the Historical Records of the State troops was announced as follows: Messrs. Hoey, Whitaker and Russell. The House meets this morning at ten o'clock. THE STATE WON'T COMPETE -- Bill to Establish Fertilizer Factories 1 Killed In lbs HLouse The bill introduced by Mr. McLean of Scotland, which provided for tl;o cs- t.'iblishnient of. one or ?r.ore fertilizer manufacturing plants to Ik? operated by State Prison convicts was the special order iu the House yesterday at eleven o'clock. For nearly two hours the measure Avas discussed and it failed of passage on its second reading by a vota of 38 to 48. A motion, was afterwards made by Mr. Smith of Gates, to reconsider. The ag ricultural element in the House was not unanimous for the measure, and a num ber of farmers voted against it. Mr. McLean of Scotland, the author of the bill made an earnest speech . in its favor. He said two years ago he in troduced a bill to create the county of Scotland. He then thought it was the greatest measure before the Assembly. Since then, he said, his patriotism had expanded and now he introduced a bill to cover the entire St ate. The speaker declared that he liVtd listened to a great deal of talk in this Legislature about '"one-gallows fellows." The most elo quent speeches he had ever heard were along this line. The time has arrived, he said, when these people, who have been talking about the "one-gallows fel lows' must go on record. Mr. McLean told of a trip to the A. and M. College. He spoke of the great work of the institution. "I expected to to see a barn that was' the finest thing of tlie kind in the State," Mr. McLean declared. "Instead the old barn at this college is not worth more than $75. The farmers will never get anything at tlie hands of the Legislature unless you de mand it. I don't believe.in class legisla tion, but I believe the farmers of the State should be recognized. The State has spent $164,000 for ag ricultural purposes, and yet we hear a howl about issing bonds when the farm ers ask for one little old fertilizer fac tory. There are -5 fertilizer factories in the State and the manufacturers would cot be in this business unless there vas money in it. More than this Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia have combined together -with North Carolina to control the fertilizer business. And they have succeeded in raising the price of fertili zers to. the tune of $2 per ton. Tbe "one-gallows fejlows" have had to pay it. If we are going to give convicts. work to do we ought to give them the stink ingest work possible. They have got no business making shirts. That will do for good women. This question has been absorbing my attention since I was elect ed a member of the Legislature, and is a burden on my mind. Mr. McLean said the establishment of the. factory would eliminate the prac tice of fraud. The State chemist, who is a, StatQ officer, would le iu f charge j Of the fftrtnvxr onA Yn knows ' wlmt in gredients are best adapted to the differ entent soils in the State. The farmer has to pay the twenty cent tonnage ta on fertilizers. If this bill should pass there would be no ne cessity for 15 fertilizer inspectors and the-farmei-s might get the benefit of the tonnage tax. The manufacturers don't pay this expense. It comes irom the farmers of the State, if is apparent that the cost of fertilizers' .would be re duced from $2 to R5 per ton if this bill should pass. My bill is the Rock-' of Gibraltar and you .can't get around it. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany sells a great per cent of the fertili zers m Xorth Carolina, lie saulthere were manufacturers here who -were fighting this bill, when they should be for ic. ' The price of fertilizers has increased from year to year and now. the' increase is fully more than $2 per ton. This bill would save' more than that. I can save more than 82 a ton myself making guano and I haven't got any machinery, i can save from $2 to -"j per ten . by mixing my fertilizers with a hoe. I say to you farmers, mix your own fertili sers. If you don't do any more you will have done some good. Best vote ior tin bill and you will save every farmer in the .State. If we v.i-I is;;ue these bonds "-fo? ten years we will have saved the i aimers of the State more than live million dol lars, and yet some people here say they are opposed to issuing bonds. We do three-fourths of the voting and I under stand v.e pay one-tenth oil the taxes in the State. We are entitled to some consideration. We don't ask you for an appropriation. We only ask you to run us on time. The manufacturers ought to stand by this bill. It won't be many years beforo they will say that they wished they had stood by that fellow McLean to drie the Virginia-Carolina Chemical trust out of tlie State. 1 am not opposed to the State farm ing. I am willing-for it to go to farm ing on a larger scale if it will keep down expenses. , 1 don't want to crush out the fertilizer factories over tlie State. I don't want to establish enough machinery to man ufacture all the fertilizers required in this State. All I ask for is one little fertilizer factory. 1 only want to put a st ick over the' heads of these corporations who are doing that which? they ought not to do. I am speaking for the men who work from sunriseAtr sunset all the year round. I am not asking for any bed of roses on this measure. I have a wife and children at homeland I had rather be there with them today stlian to be here. (Applause). I am here because my people called me here to represent them. "'','.:.-. - T One of the great arguments against this bill is that he can't get -the mate rials. Other factories get them. We have the material,. such as fish scrap and cotton seed meal and plenty of if. These independent factories get their materials easy enough. These factories should fa vor this bilL because at the present rate they will be gobbled up bp the fertilizer trust. I havenit got any feeling against the Virgiuia-Xfolina .Chemical. Com pany, they are good people. The trouble with them is that they are not satisfied with a fair profit. They want to exact too much, from the people. - I want to say to you men who have voted for ImukIs before how can you got around voting for this bill when it will save the people of the State over five million dollars in ten years. You voted for bonds Itefore to go in competition with the farmers of the State. Who Avill it benefit V Tlie farmers who do three-fourths of the voting when the time comes to vote. It will benefit the merchants, not to speak of those little fellows who have to put up an ox to get a ton of guano. It will benefit the lawyers, who will get their fees when they appear in court. It will benefit the' doctor's, the railroads and the public schools. If the farmers get in good condition they will not be asking the State to do so much. One of the strongest reasons I pre sent in behalf of this measure is that the Democratic party has declared against trusts and combinations. This bfll is against corporations.. How can you face your people if you vote against this measure. Mr. Whitaker of .Forsyth, said it was with some degree of regret that he had to oppose this bill, which is so dear to the heart of the gentleman from Scot land. He said the gentleman had lost sight of the fact that the bill encourag ed convict labor. Mr. Whitaker said he could not support a measure that employed convict labor in . competition with honest labor. Already, Mr. Whita ker said, there were petitions here asrainst the State growing peanuts. This policy, he said, would grind down labor in the State and honest labor would be in a more deplorable condition than the "onV-allows fellows." It would take -a plant costing $4,000,OfK) to meet the de mand for fertilizers required by the far mers of the State. The interest on such a sum would be $250,000 annually. The State would have to sell the fertilizers at a reasonable price, competing with wel! established plants. Fertilizers are sold on Ion? time and this would be another disadvantage. I do not stand hero iu the interest of any trust in North Caro lina. I would be the last -man to do that. I stand here and jjlead for honest pri vate enterprise and uonest labor. I don't Want to appear as opposing, the farm ers of the State. I am not a "one-gal-Jqws fellow," but I wat.t to see such legislation enacted as will protect them and -enable them to wear twa gallows. It is a serious matter when ye pass a bill which brings convict labor" m compe tition with honest labor. The place for convicts is on the railroads and on the county roads. Mr. Baldwin of Forsyth said that he regretted that he had to oppose the bill, but he said it was better for the gentle man from Scotland to carry ythe burden that was resting on him than to place it on -the people of the State, ,When you go into the fertilizer business you have to go deep down in your pocket.N' I uxow a plant that cost $200,000 and it only employs 40 or 50 men. There is not fo much money in the fertilizer busi ness after all. A number of gentlemen ha e invested in a plant in our town, but they have not grown rich from the profits. They are abundantly' able to enlarge the plant, but they have not doue so. There is good money, I sup pose, in the fertilizer business, but it lakes good business qualifications to manage a plant successfully. There are independent fertilizer factories iu this ! State. Mr. -McLean wanted to know if these companies did not move along the same line of policy with the trust. Mr. Bald win said it was most likely that they did and he said if the State engaged in the manufacture of fertilizers it would bo forced to do likewise. Mr. Daught ridge of Edgecombe, said he did not think the bill -was iu the in terest of the farmer, though he regretted that he had to oppose the measure. Mr. McLean of Scotland, . asked Mr. Daught ridge if he was not interested in a fertilizer factory. Mr. Daughtridge "I own stock in a little factory at Rocky Mount, but my interest in farming is far greater' than this stock. 1 will say here that I put $500 in this factory, which only has a capital stock of 300,000,- and which has small output. 1 have great respect for the views of the gentleman from Scot land. It is not because I love him less that I oppose this bill, but because I love my IS fate more. (Applause..) Mr. Blalock of Stanley, said he fa vored the establishment of a small fer tilizer factory. He said his - advice would be to go in the fertilizer business on a small scale. After experimenting if the business proved practicable it would be well to enlarge and increase the plant. The penitentiary has been an experiment for 35 years. Why not experiment with the fertilizer industry in a small way. The penitentiary has been a 'source of trouble for years. I can't .say why this institution has not been self-supporting. It has always been a mystery. -to me. I say let the peni tentiary make anything it can. What will become of the prison if allowed only to make bread and meat. Let the peni tentiary go ahead and make .fertilizers if it is desirable. I have always made fertilizers saving from $2 to $5 a ton for my trouble. I say keep every dol lar in the State possible. X'ow we are manufacturing our cotton and we are bettor off than ever. If we had manu factured our Cotton and yarn for the past thirty years we would be a rich State today. Sending north for single trees and to Kentucky for mules is the trouble with the State now. Mr. Alexander of Rutherford, opposed the measure. He said he was opposed to placing convict labor in competition with the honest labor of the State. Mr. Ardrey of Mecklenburg, said ' he was a fanner and as much interested iu rarming as any man in the State. He said he opposed this bill, not as a farm er, but as a representative of the peo ple of the State. .. . The plant which my friend wishes to establish will not have an output of over 30,000 tons. More than two-thirds of the fertilizers of the State are sold on time. The State would be badly involved in debt if it undertook this scheme. I want to see tlie convicts put to work making belter roads and railroads. I do hope that the. counties will call for their convicts and put them to work making macadam ized roads. Mr. Thompson of Onslow, favored the bill. He thought the State well equip ped to compete with the fertilizer trust, for the reason that it would have the benefit or free labor. If it will be best for the people of the State we ought to es tablish a fertilizer factory. If not we should not establish it. -I. saw a letter from Prof. Irby. of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, who said such a plant as we desired could be established. Mr. McKethan of Cumberland, said he was no lawyer, but he made his- liv ing from the good farms of Cumberland county. He was m favor of. tuo bill. If we have got to come in competition with any one it should be with a trust. The penitentiary is engaged in compe tition and why not engage in competi tion with a trust in the fertilizer busi ness. Mr. Zachary of Transylvania, said the State was not in a position to take up the fertilizer business; that if under taken it would not be a success. He said some objection had been made against everything the penitentiary did on Hie grounds that it was in- competi tion with honest labor. There is one business it can engage in." Mr. Zachary declared, "that 'will not place it in com petition with anything else and that is the construction of good public roads. (Applause.) : Mr. Smith of Gates, favored an ex periment hv the Slate in the fertilizer business. He -offered an amendment directing" the penitentiary authorities to manufacture fertilizers exclusively for use on the State farms. Mr. McLean: "This amendment would destroy the bill. I am much obliged to the gentleman from Gates, but I can't accept it... .' The amendment by 5Ir. Smith was voted down and the bill failed of pas-" sa-e when taken upon the second read- TO DEFEND STATE OFFICERS W hen indicted In Federal Courts Gov , crnor Will Etuplor Counsel Th bill prpvidipg for the defense of election officers and persons pros-ectxted in the Federal courts, passed its read ings in the House yesterday by a strict party vote. . r . Republicans lined up sohdiy against the measure, which received the unani mous support of thi Democratic major it v The debate was-H political one ami several excellent speeches were de livered. ' , V r The Judiciary- Commit tee reported a substitute to the original lull, which was IContinued on P3e C.) -jr. Sulzer Pays His Respects to Perry S. Heath ANONYMOUS LETTER Stricken from the Record. :Army Appropriation Bill Considered in Committee of the Whole and Passed Washington, Feb. 12. The chaplain of the House of Representatives in his opening prayer today referred to the fact that this is the 92d anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, "who j by the nobility of his mind rose gradu ally to the highest position in the gift of his countrymen, and oy his works builded a monument which-shall endure for sail the ages."' When the journal had been approved Mr. Knox arose and said: "I desire to call up what I claim to be an infringement of the provileges of the House by the insertion of the letter signed "Republican"' 1 which appears on page 2,527 of the Record this morning." Mr. Knox said the letter is anonymous and scandalous, making, without the re sponsibility Of authorship, charges of the basest character against . Perry S. Heath. Xo member had a right to bur den the -Record with scandalous matter. He moved that the Sulzer-Heath letter be stricken from the Record and intro ducetl a resolution to that effect. . Mr. Bailey of Texas, onjected to the form of the resolution but said he would vote to expunge the letter. Mr. Knox said he. had particular pride in the phra seology so the object of the resolution might be accomplished Mr. Sulzer said: "I desire, Mr. Speaker, to be heard bHef! r on the motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts to i , strike the letter in question from the Record. J shall probably not need much time. "I am somewhat at a "loss to under stand the anxiety of the gentleman from Massachusetts to protect a man named Perrv S. Heath who is not a member of the House. The position the gentleman occupies seems somewhat anonymous and curious. While ' hi party col leagues and associates on that side of the House take, an exultant ana manuest delight in attacking my personal charac ter and reputation, vney at the same time seem anxious to protect tnis man Heath from the responsibility that should rest upon him. 1 stand here. Mr. Speaker, to say that there is -no man in this House who can charge me with any offence whatever or with any mis conduct. "My life is an open -book, ami when tlie "gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Mahon) brought accusation against me I was "justified In my resentment to such an outrageous charge, and was justified, I think, in smoking out the culprit who had brought such a charge against me. I did smoke him out -and we found it was Perrv S. Heath, secretary of the National Republican Committee in the last, campaign. I had the courage to stand here" yesterday. Mr. Shaker, and sav that I was responsible, as I now re peat, for anything contained in that let ter which was read !efore the committee of the whole. I understand my respon sibility in making such a statement. 1 repeat now that 1 am entirely responsible for all that I have -said. I waived ray constitutional prerogative to s-tand le hind my righi as a member of -this body for protection, and I waive it now. (Ap plause.) And if Mr. Heath Ihinks that there is anvthing scandalous, anything libellous, any thing slanderous in that let ter, 'let him sue me, and I stand ready inluil- Ilia nhnrffA at niiv and all times. Let him assert that, that letter is libel lous and slanderous, and I will meet his charges at any time and an any place and prove all the letter says and more besides. . . -Whv. Mr. Speaker, this morning a distinguished gentleman in this city, formerly a representative on the floor of the House, saitf !to me. suae i was r.fii-puf-.t-ii inctifiPfr in stflndiinar bv mv statement, because every word contained in the letter was the truth. ' "I want to stand here, Mr. Speaker, and sav that I will have no objection whatever to this letter being stricken from the Record, because I feel confident that die Republicans are going to strike it from the Record anyway. , "But I -am going to say everything m that letter myself before Congress ad joutns, and I want Perry S. Heath to oncn-nn thcu nnpstion: and if he does truthfully he will be a fit candidate for the penitentiary. 1 want rerry . neata to understand that he is not fooling wUi an infant when he. attacks me. (Laugh ter.) I want him to understand that I am responsible an damages tor anjLOJu i ..ir n'.norr him. Ho had aid eom- punction of conscience m attacking me HI il.pOiJwlCa tUIKllOijU 41 VFIMW vv viwis the opinion of the voters of this coun i : Za i-vvii T iaJI thttnith about, him let him meet the charge as a man. should meet it and not line a pig squeaung uaj. der a ga te. ( Laughter.) . "Now I consent, 31 r. Speaker, that 'this letter shall be stricken from the Record. It is in the Record; it is in tire journals of th'm country! I intended that dt should go into the Record. I hav accomplished my purpose, and I am perfectly content now, having done so. lhat the House shall take such action as it may ee fit with reference to it. I have no objection to the motion." (Applause.) The Knox resohrtion was passed with out opposition. - . , The House at 12:35 went -utfo cqpm&t tee of the whole for consideration of tho Army Appropriation W1L Mr. Sherman took tlie chair. The first reading of tho bill was dispensed with and Mr.- Hull, thairman of the Committee on 3Iilitar.v Affairs, explained .the general provision of the measure. The total amount appropriated by thii bill is .$117.!JlM.t40.10. " The estimates were on a basis of an army of 0o,(H.'0 men and were $113,019,044.21. Simvi these estimates were sent to Congre an act has been passed fixing the strength ofthe army at 1 00.000 men. and the pay master general and "Others having chargo of the appropriation were called beforn the Committee on Military Affairs and asked to give new estimates which they did. The estimates furnished aggregate $iy0,34y,782.9.1. : . i j The Anonymous Letter This is the letter that led to the sccr.4 reported in the foregoing. dispatch; " Hon. William Sulzer: ' Dear Sir Pardon me, a stranger, II I make a few suggestions and give you a pointer that will stab one Perry S. Heath where it will hurt, if you will heed it. Yon will remember that when the news of C. F. W. Neely's embezzle ment first came out. that Heath prom pt- j ly came out in an interview and denied Having luiytnmg xo un wun securing Neely's appointment, and said that Neely. was the President's own selection, ant that he Heath had nothing to do with it. and did not recommend Neely at all. Well, Bristow's report hows that Neely was appointed ou Heath's own personal i-ecommendation, and contains Heath's letter, in which he said that Neely was a man that Rathbone could and would warm up to. ' Ask Heath why his New York bank went Neely's bond? Ask Heath 4o pub-, lish those letters Neely wrote him (ac cording to Bristow's report) while Neely was acting as a postofiice employe ih Cuba, and' the answers to which letteis disappeared from Cuba -with Neely? Ask Heath" why he did recommend a man, Neely, as a fit person to handle mil lions of money, who had defrauded n widowed mother and his sister out of a. &10.000 farm, and wluvwith the pro ceeds founded the "Muncie News,", a. paper owned by Neely and Heath, and which is now defending the President? Ask him if the farm fraud was not a matter of record in the court of Del n wa re county, and if it was not published in the 3Iuucie papers, 'when Ne- Jy's mother and brother and sisters sued to cancel Neely's deed and -the $10,t)Ot mortgage Neely patron the farm when he bought the "News?" Ask him it he" didn't know that Neely bad gone to Kansas City and there defrauded hum dreds of fanners out of their produce by starting an alleged commission house, and after he had sold the stuff. deca;m ed with the proceeds? Ask him if h. did not know that Neely had be.m iiii- plicated in - a gold brick srhenit! y ith SpenCe Brundnys? ' Ask him why, h'; didn't prevent the wholesalo 'irtoalhi.gr; i' Cuba, if he cared to prelect the people's money: Ask him why such loose meth ods were permitted in Cuba? As!; him why he tried to blacken McKinley's re cord by having the people believe that Neely was the President's personal se lection? Ask Heath how he came to get" a franchise for the North American iU- vestment Company for Cuba., and why . said company charges Jhe United State government li per cent for cashing gov- eminent orders with the United States money depositd with his company? Aslc him why millions of the Postoftiee Do-" , pa rtment money is deposited in his '-New-York bank? Ask him if he and Cromer et al, are not Republican lor revenue only? Ask him why he ,aud Cromer op posed the law requiring corporations 1i pay employes weekly? Ask him why Neely is not prosecuted? Ask him how he on a .$2,700 salary accumulated $150, 000 in seven years. If you will ask theso questions here in your speech you will do the Democrats good. REPUBLICAN. When the reading of the bill for amend ments was begun an amendment was agreed to restricting the reimbursement, of money expended for burial purposes to claims arising subsequent to April '2,1, 1S9S. - v Mr. Hull stated that under the present law claims were piling up for expenses incurred as far back as the civil war. Without further material change, con sideration of the bill was concluded by the committee, which then, took up tho Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. This was a much longer document, comprising :. 131 printed pages, carrying a smaller : total, however, of $r!).703,2G4. Debate progressed in the absence oC an agreement to limit It. Mr. MeR.a of Arkansas wanting fix hours and Mr. Cannon of Illinois, in charge of the bilL. insisting on four hours only, with a night session to provide for it. , An haur was occupied In a desultory discussion of the proposition to buy 145 acres of land for an extension, of tho government : hospital for tho finsane in the .-District of Columbln, which the House has twice refused to do. . Tho committee then ro and the Army Ap propriation bill wa Deported to tho' House and passed. A conference was ordered on the Sen ate amendments to the Naval Appropria tion bill. ' 3Ir. Ray of New York announced th death of his late colleague, General A. D. 4 Shaw, representative from the Twenty . . fourth District of New York, and after the adoption of the usual resolution, a ' a mark or rnrtner respect tne Hou.-e at , 5:10 o'clock adjourned until tomorrow. ' 'Proceeding in tho Senats Washington, Feb." 12. -At the begin ning of tqday's session of the Senata , a bill was passed appointing a commis-1 sion .consisting of the President of tb Society of the Armj of the Tennessee and chairman of the Joint Committee enr Llbrary and the Secretary of War, to select a site In the city of Washington and have designs- prepared for a memo rial or statute of General U. S. Grant, -the cost of which hall not exceed ?2o0, -00 . A 'it resolution was also adopter I auth.rixiiig- the removal of certain let- J ters from the files of the Dcp'artment.r of the Interior and their donation to th j State of Iowa. " ; ' The Agricultural 'Appropriation bill 1
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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