Show NO REST FOR SHIRAS J McAlillin Speaks of Him as Tht I Individual I DEARMOND AFTER HIM BETWEEN THE TWO LIE WILL BECOME A BURDEN The Man Who Tore Down the Rights of the People of the United States Says McMillin Was Named Shiras I a Glad t Have Got Through His Thick Hide at LastA Lively Family Quarrel in the House Washington Feb 20When the house adjourned this afternoon it had of finished the discussion In committee the whole on the deficiency appropriation with the exception of one tion bill wih excepton paragraph ton providing for a payment to the Southern Pacific Railroad company The hours debate will take place on that item on Monday Most of the session was devoted to discussing domestic affairs of the house washing its dirty linen as one member put i An innocent appearing paragraph appropriating ap-propriating some 12000 to refund propratng of amounts deducted from the salaries members for absence brought about a family row and after a long discussion discus-sion it was allowed although many members protested against It The house knocked out of the bill on points of order the provision for the payment of annual salaries to its special employees em-ployees they were provided for the session only Announcement to secure a months trip for all employees of the house a practice frequently followed fol-lowed at the end of a session also met with failure wih was just before adjournment that I Bartlett Dem N Yj managed to get in a defense of the United States supreme court for its decision in the income tax case Mr McMillin Dem Tenn who had criticised Justice in declar Shiras last week for his part ing the income tax law unconstitutional unconstitu-tional made some remarks that might have become sensational had they been continued He spoke of Justice Shiras as that individual and said he was glad he had got through his thick hide at last The matter ended with an agreement between Dalzell Rep Pa and Mr McMillin to discuss the judicial conduct in the income ta case pro and con at a future day and the house at 422 p m adjourned until Monday The Proceedings Washington Feb 20A little family affair occurred in the house when it met today A motion had been made to strikeout strike-out in the general deficiency bill an item of 12202 to enable the sergeantar arms to refund the amounts withheld from the salaries of members on account ac-count of absence Mr Sayers Dem Tex a member of the appropriation committee explained ex-plained how the committee came to allow al-low the amount Mr Sayers showed that the committee had decided that the money could not be deducted He did not believe In refunding it however how-ever and would vote against the item Mr Sayers referred to an attack made yesterday on the item by Mr Hopkins Rep ill and the statement showing how many times Mr Hopkins had responded to roll calls Mr Hopkins contended in reply that this was a attempt to get the Republican Re-publican house to wash the dirty linen I of the Democratic Fiftythird congress He said that Mr Sayers could have put the item in a deficiency bill while chairman of the appropriations committee com-mittee but had waited to unload it on a Republican congress During the debate Mr Johnson Rep End and the chairman of the committee commit-tee of the whole Mr Payne of New York had a lively interchange of I j words and considerable confusion ensued en-sued Finally however the chairman I I ordered Mr Johnson to sit down and orered he complied I When tie debate had ended Mr Bartlett i Bart-lett Dem N Y caused some astonishment j I aston-ishment by making the point of order I j members individually inter I that some Individualy jested j-ested financially in any question were not permitted to vote on that question II under the rules providing that no member mem-ber can vote on a question if he has a direct personal or pecuniary Interest 1 in ft The chair expressed the opinion that each gentleman must decide the ques I tion of his interest for himself and on a rising vote the item was injected in the bill 113 to 55 The bill had been I disposed of with the exception the Item to pay 1310427 to the Southern Pacific Railway company on judgments I found by the court of claims I was agreed that three hours debate should be given to that paragraph Mr Bartlett Dem N Y occupied 20 minutes in defending the supreme court and answering attacks made on the court by Mr Dearmond Dem Mo and Mr McMillin Dem Tenn who last week criticised Mr Justice Shim Replying to Mr Bartlett Mr Mc Mlllin said that he intended his remarks re-marks to be an attack on Justice Shi Ins and I his action was not so considered con-sidered he was willing and ready now or at any other time to renew it and make it so Replying to Mr Bartletts remarks referring to him as a Democrat Demo-crat he said he did not recognize the right of the gentleman from Xew York to dictate to him what he should say or how he should act He had been able to conduct himself properly and did not intend to be lectured by one who had taken him bag and baggage and left the Democratic party I have said continued Mr Mc Millin that the man who had torn down the rights of the people of the United States was named Shims I propose to say something later about that individual I am glad I have got through his thick hide at last Mr Dalzell Rep Pa informed the house that he intended to reply to the criticisms of Justice Shims by Messrs McMillin and Dearmond i The committee arose and at 422 ad journed a II |