Show I WARM IN HIF HOUSE Another Days Debate Over 1 Secretary Gage SULZER STARTS THE BALL I He Charged that a Mandate Had Gone Forth to Suppress Resolution of Inquiry for Investigation ot Gages Transaction with tho New I York Banks Mr Sibley a Democrat Demo-crat Warmly Commended Mr Gages CourseDebate was Continued Con-tinued for Three Hours Washington Jan 1iThe House had another Inning today over the sale of the New York customhouse by Secretary Secre-tary Gage Mr Sulzer of New York the author of the resolution for the Investigation In-vestigation of Secretary Gages transaction I trans-action with tho New York banks started tho ball rolling by charging that the mandate had already gone forth to I suppress IL Mr Sibley a Pennsylvania Democrat Demo-crat formerly a radical advocate of I free silver who Is now out of sympathy with tho Democrats In the House I warmly commended Mr Gages course These two speeches precipitated a debate de-bate which continued almost three I hours I MI Grosvenor of Ohio explained that I the Committee on Rules to which the Sutecr resolution had gone had not acted because no evidence had been I produced before the committee to warrant war-rant the ordering of such u furreaching I Investigation I HEKBURN IS INDIGNANT I I Mr Hepburn Rep la assailed Mr I Suler for some of his extravagant statements and declared there ought to be some way to rebuke members for I sin noell ng honored officials Later In the day during the discussion discus-sion of the appropriation for the army I Mr Cannon charge of the bill challenged chal-lenged any member to move to strike I it 1 out L Mr Williams Dem Miss replied to r Mr Cannon In an eloquent speech In which he oillrmed the loyalty of every American citizen to the flag and charged Mr Cannon with shrewdly Issuing I Is-suing a challenge that he knew would not be accepted The urgency deficiency bill was passed with only one unimportant unim-portant amendment CENSUS BILL PRIVILEGED The House decided by a vote of 147 to 13S that the census bill reported by Mr Hopkins of Illinois yesterday was privileged Mr Barnes of Wisconsin from the Committee on Appropriations reported the pension appropriation bill The House then went Into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration consid-eration of the urgent deficiency bill under the flvemlnutc rule SULZER AFTER GAGE Mr Sulzer Dem N Y took advantage ad-vantage of the first opportunity to call attention to the resolution he Introduced Intro-duced a few days ago investigating tho charges against Secretary Gage In con neclion with the deposit of Government funds In national banks The committee commit-tee to hlch It had been referred had not acted r I understand said Mr Sulzer that the boss of tho Republican party says these charges are all rot and that the President does not want them Investigated Investi-gated and that nothing more Is to be done with these gravo and serious charges TALKS OF A REMEDY If that was so he continued the minority was entitled to know it There was a remedy he declared and that remedy would be applied Thq Secretary was charged by reputable newspapers and reputable men with a distinct violation of thelaw He proceeded pro-ceeded to discuss the sale of the New York customhouse to the Standard Oil trust Mr Sulzer continuing quoted the words of President McKinley while a member of Congress in criticism of the course of Secretary Fairchild In keeping keep-ing Government funds in national banks Mr Sulzor concluded with the statement that Secretary Gage had made the humiliating confession that he is and was tho mere agent of the Standard Oil trust DEMOCRAT DEFENDS GAGE He was followed by Mr Sibley Oem Pa who said that while he had supported I sup-ported Mr Sulzer for the leadership of the House and tho second place on I the Democratic national ticket he could not agree with him In his attack I upon Secretary Gage Mr Sibley said I he had been requested to Introduce a resolution of Investigation Ho had replied re-plied that In the hour of peril the Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasury had acted with promptness and prudence antI In his opinion Congress should at all times uphold a public ofllcer striving to uphold up-hold the honor and credit of the business busi-ness Interests of the country Republican Repub-lican applause GAGES ANSWER FRANK Mr Sibley said he had read the answer an-swer of Secretary Gicje to the House resolution and he considered It a full free and frank statement which completely com-pletely justified each and every transaction trans-action A conflagration had started In New York he said and it required courage to stop the panic before It had expended Itself GLAD COUNTRY PROSPERED I had rather see the country prosper pros-per said he than to see my party succeed Republican applause He expressed regret that tho Democratic party should thrive upon depression and again praised the Secretary of the Treasury for coming to the rescue of business in behalf of the country Ho rejoiced In his action Renewed Republican Re-publican applause GAGE VINDICATED Mr Grosvenor of Ohio declared that both Secretary Gage and the Administration Adminis-tration had been vindicated The Committee Com-mittee on Rules had not acted on the Sulzer resolution because the charges the resolution contained were simply a i rehash of tho same charges to which Secretary Gage had replied 1 am authorized by the chairman of the Committee on Rules to say that no one has asked to be heard In furtherance fur-therance of the resolution Not he most humble citizen said Mr Gros vonor would be placed upon trial upon up-on a mere allegation No one has come upon his own responsibility to affirm I the truth of the charges IRONICAL COMMENTS I Mr Clark of Missouri Ironically commented com-mented upon Mr Sibleys speech Before Be-fore he had known of Mr SIbleys I change of front he had written an article urging him for the Democratic VleoIJre8ldentlal nomination He did not wish to withdraw his personal praise but he did desire now to withdraw with-draw the nomination laughter and confer It upon Mr Sulyer of New York who had always been faithful Democratic Demo-cratic principles He recalled the time when Mr Sibley had told how he had been ostracized socially and commercially commer-cially because he had Supported silver LIGtol ONCE HAILED AS HERO We hailed him as a hero said Mr Clark because he was the only Demo L I oraL north of the Potomac and east of I the Mississippi w ho stood true to the Democracy of the Mississippi valley Now he wins the appluUHv of those who are hostile to every principle of the Democratic faith HI place In this House Is on the other side of the pollll cal aisle Democratic applause Mr Clark read the Hepburn letter to Secretary Gage branding It as a disgrace dis-grace While lu was describing the manner In which deposits had been j made In national banks Mr Lacey of Iowa Interrupted him t SPIRITED CONTROVERSY What did Andrew Jackson do about I deposits he Inquired lie took them t away from a lot of thieves like these retorted Mr Clark I and placed tlwm In the hands of honest hon-est mop Democratic applause Now crank away again He put them In pet State banks said Mr Lacey I dont care about the State banks Instead of rebuking Mr Hepburn for wrlllng him such a letter Secretary Gage conferred upon him the greatest favor ever conferred upon a bank since banks were established SIBLEY ANSWERS CLARK Mr Sibley replied briefly Ordinarily he said he would be humiliated to be j I llevc that the VicePresidential noml nation had been tendered him and then publicly withdrawn but he had already I withdrawn In favor of Mr Sulzer He was more concerned with the statement that he should take hlo beat on the I other side because he had changed his position I claim equal honesty for both positions posi-tions I believed in ISM < 3 thai blmotal ism was sarrid but events have so changed conditions by the enormous production of gold that the price level for which both the gentleman from I l I Missouri Clark and I were striving I WHS raised The cause I held stirred I then has become ridiculous I believe If I the Democriillo part Is victorious I this fall It will not be able to wrile a single line of financial legislation In the roxt six years I MUST HAVE A POLICY I am striving to do something practicable f I prac-ticable and helpful If the Democratic parly Is to live it must have a policy It must do something besides carp and faultfinding If It will adopt a policy I will keep J step with It but If It Invites I me to a banquet of carping and fault I finding it will have lo excuse me Loud Republican applause SULZER ARRAIGNED Mr Hepburn of Iowa caustically arraigned ar-raigned Mr Suler for his alleged mini statements in the face of Secretary Gages report Ho denounced him for alleging that Secretary Gage had admitted ad-mitted violation of the law There I I ought not to be an investigation of the Secretary of the Treasury but there ought to be a public rebuke of a member mem-ber who distorted the truth who distorted dis-torted the facts and who slandered I honored public officials Republican I applause I STAR ROUTE CONTRACTS Speaking to a pro forma amendment to the bill Itself Mr Norton of Ohio directed attention to what he termed the outrageous methods of certain star route contractors In enticing tgnorant subcontractors into contracts which they could not fulfill without loss He I produced the documents In a case where a young man had agreed to carry mall over a route for four years I for a certain sum under the Impression that his service was only to run six months INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSY Mr Terry of Arkansas and Mr Cannon Can-non became Involved in a controversy toward the close of the session Mr r Terry denounced the war In the Philippines Phil-ippines asT criminal Mr Cannon said the appropriation of 15000000 In the bill was to support the army uphold the flag and suppress the Insurrection Mr Terry said he was willing to support sup-port the flag His denunciation was of the purposes of the war He taunted the Republicans with forever wrapping the flag about them and crying Patriotism Pa-triotism Mr Cannon declared that declamation declama-tion amounted to nothing IC any one was opposed to the appropriation for the support of the army here was the time and place He defied any one on the othor side to move lo strike it out WILLIAMS ELOQUENT In response to this challenge Mr Williams Wil-liams Dem Miss replied In a brief and eloquent speech There was not an American citizen he declared In or out of the Ilouse who was disloyal to the hag of this country The gentleman from Illinois with his accustomed shrewdness had Issued a challenge well knowing that there was not a man In the House no matter how bitterly opposed he might be to the Imperialistic Imperialis-tic policy who would raise his hand against our soldiers fighting in the Held whether the struggle in which they were engaged was right or wrong I believe said he that the people out there against uhoin they are tIn t-In arc struggling for their liberty but when my country lines up for the fray I am with It He has Issued a safe challenge chal-lenge But I am tired of this miserable subterfuge by which It Is attempted to confuse loyalty to the hag with loyalty to tho policy In wuh h the flag is disguised dis-guised Great Democratic applause RIGHTS OF MEN Men had a right to oppose a policy of war He cited the example of Burke and Chatham great men who had never refused to vote supplies for war but who had stood up In the House of Commons day after day entering their protests against the war waged against our ancestors because they believed It wrong The history of the Old World held Its lesson As Byron had said first came liberty then glory then I splendor then corruption decay and death Whenever the people forgot that the province of government was to make the individual happy to make the government gov-ernment splendid and the ling glorious the people were on the first rung of the ladder In their descent There was a glory of the flag in devotion to what was free right and just and there was a pseudo glory of the flag which manifested mani-fested itself In the worship of the flag He would vole all the men and guns and ammunition needed to restore peace And when we had peace he would have the great American Republic Repub-lic say to tho poor brown people across the seas We will stand by you until you are able to stand alone Several amendments by Mr Lcnlz and others to Increase the appropriation appropria-tion for rural free delivery were voted down The bill was then passed without with-out division At a10 p m the House adjourned until 1 oclock tomorrow |