Show AN UNKNOWN LIAR Bailey Makes a Senatorial Statement In the Bbuse Washington Dec 19This was suspension sus-pension day in the house and several bills were passed the most inmortant of which was the bill aPDroDrIating I 350000 for the Philadelphia exaositiOa of 1899 The vote was exceedingly close I It had but two votes more than the necessary twothirds Bills were also passed under the sue I pension of the rules to authorize the distribution of the assets ofthe Freed I mens bank to enlarge the scope of the fish commissIon to Include game birds for the relief of the Fourth mounted I Arkansas infantry and for the relief of I John 1V Lewis of Oregon 111 Bailey of Texas introduced a resolution I res-olution in open house directing the judiciary ju-diciary committee to investigate and report on the question as to whether I the members of the house whQ had accepted ac-cepted commissions in the army had forfeited their seats in tli houSe He I made the resolutiOn the text for some remarks in the course of which 11e took occasion to bitterly denounce a I newspaper statement to the effect that In his attitude on this question he had been made a catspaw by prominent Republicans Re-publicans in the house He denounced the RepubllCfln who had instigated the statement as an infamous liar and challenged him to father it There was no reply to 1111 Baileys statement and the resolutions were referred to the committee on rules Mr Dlngle from the committee on ways and means offered the resolution for a holiday recess from Wednesday Dec 21 to Wednesday Jan 4 and it i was adopted without division I |