The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-08

~xx-. sac seas ae5 ss cannon that viii
- taa echoes Of the world, II. uuhap-
,ssfv- re- time SHALL come. which God grant
A. --aw roe that American vaior must
araf- s-a stsplaye9 on the aeid OF battle IN
ssfense OF American Institutions and
xxs5r<s foreign greed and aggrandtzeEnenS.
wsA -naV eorz1enfly expect the sons OF
A,,a-4~e - march uraser the flag 81 the
T-sN ron~ec-afed by the blood os hundred
xaa~z 20 ..e-raanent ard glorious victory.
s...~ for every Grant there viii be a Lee.
so- every Sherman a Johnston: for every
Tgorrsas a Jackson: for every Sheridan
stuart. and Mason and Dixon's lire viii
be bsotted from TIRE map OF the United
ssas4e and the true Anerfcanisna of the
North ard Soufh welded by the blood OF
the Revelation. ths war OF isls aud the war
wis Mexico. renewed by the estrangeEaant
OF 1871 as lovers renew and intensity their
afYecrian By esrrangement, and sustained
by a united and splendid American woman
hood. give 10 the world q lesson in valor
that II has never known before"
A resolution offered BY Stewart was
agreed 70. ealing on the secretary Of the
treasury for information as 10 the esti-
mated increase in revenue IL the pending
tariff bill becomes a law. and what the
duty on wool per pound would be under the
law. based on the present market price
of wool
The Hansbrough seed resolution was then
taken up BlaneEsrd. Dem. La, spoke n
support OF the resolution. critic-sing the
secretary OF agriculture for not distr.h-
uting seeds The senator declared Thaf
the secretary had adopted a pretext 10 de-
feat a law AMI had virtually taken by
the throat" an enactment of congress. 1t
was not the first act OF this kind. as the
enactment directing the payment Of sugar
hounties had been Aullihei by Comptroller
Bowler. who took the lax by the throat
as a highxayman seizes you on a lonely
road He referred to the secretary OF
agriculture and the comptroller as ere
atures" Of the president, and expressed
the hope that congress 'n the vindication of
its rights and powers would compel them
10 have regard for the law.
GRAY. Dem. Del, sad that the scathing
arrasgnrlent OF the comptroller OF he
treasury and the denunciation OF that dis
tinxuIsbed member or the cabinet, the sec
retary OF agriculture. were contradictory.
as the comptroller was arraigned for re-
fus!nx 10 execute the Law. while the secre-
tary was held up for strict and literal COM
pliance with the law.
At 2t5 the resolution contemplating
reform in handling appropriation bills by
distributing them among the several COM
mitfees was taken ru,. and Allison char
man OF the appropriations committee,
moved TO report the resolution TO the com
rnlttee on rules. to be reported hack with
out amendment on the first Monday in next
December There was much confusion in
the chamber with conflicting motions and
efforts at an agreement on the pending
resolution. Finally the motion OF Ant
son was adopted. 30 TO q The result vas
accepted as a direct victory for the ap-
propriat.ons confaitsee.
The resolution iirec ting the secretary or
agriculture to execute the seeds law vas
made unfinished business, thus emitting
II 10 right-of-way after ? p. m. Quay call
ed attention. however. TO his purpose 70
secure acton on Monday on the resoiu-
tion referring back the tariff finance hih
10 the finance committee. Al Si5 the SEN
ate adjourned until Monday.