The Dickinson press., 1898-03-12
EACH :I!i.lllylsil+i ONE VOTED AYE
ALL RECORDS BROKEN ON THE CAN.
NON DEFENSE BILL

Three Hundred aad Eleven Affirmative
Votes and Not One Nes.t:vs-North,
South, East aad West Joln In PRO.
ciainiag 1hsir Unitsd support-Bill
rsssed sAs senate without Debate.
WAsl1RaroN, March Elm q spirit
Of patriotism, with. eloquent words
ringing in their ears. every member Of
the house Of representatives responded
to the president's first call to meet the
Spanish situation by casting his vote
for a bill placing in President McKin-
ley's hands $50. .0oo. 900 to be expended
at his discretion for the national de.
tense. Party lines were swept away
and with q unanimous voice congress
voted its confidence in the administrar
ton.
Many members who were paired
with absent colleagues took the respon.
dbihty Of breaking their pairs, an un.
precedented thing in legislative annals,
in order that they might 60 on record
in support Of this vast appropriation to
maintain the
Dignity and Honor of Their Country.
Speaker Reed, who as the presiding Of.
11cer seldom votes only in case Of tie,
had his name called and voted in his
capacity as a representative. The
scene Of enthusiasm which greeted the
announcement Of the vote-ayes I'll,
noes none-has seldom been paralleled
in the house.
AL day long the galleries were
jammed with enthusiastic spectators,
Ipplauding to the echo the sterling pat.
riotism Of the words Of eloquence which
were uttered by the members on the
foo: All the speeches were brief.
Ata:ough fou- hours were allowed for
debate so great was the pressure for
time that no one member was given
more than FIVE minutes and most Of
them had to content themselves with q
beggarly fraction of minute. In all
50 speeches were made. With ono ao-
claim, from
North, South, East and West,
battle SCARED veterans of the Union
and the Confederate armies, all joined
in proolaiming their support Of the
country's chief magistrate in the face
of possible foreign war. General
Grosvenor Of Ohio said that II war did
not come the s5o, 600, 900 appropriated
by this bill would be wisely expended il
It only served to show the world that
when threatened from without the
hearts Of the American people beat as
one. In the whole debate there was
only slight discordant note caused by
the speech Of General Bingham Of
Pennsylvania, gallant soldier who
served with distinction under Hancock.
He spoke too conservatively for the
aroused temper Of the house. and when
he insisted that our relations with
Spain were as friendly az they had
been for years
Many Of the Membsrs Kissed Him.
While almost every member who spoke
deprecated the possibility Of war, a
wide divergence of opinion as to how
close were hostilities manifested itself
in the debate. The general contention
by the majority, among them the lead.
ers on both aides, was that this appro.
priation, by preparing for war. would
prove the surest guarantee Of peace.
Others insisted that war alarms would
soon be heard and Mr.. Mann Of Illinois
declared that war actually existed in
all but save the name. The speeches
which attracted the most attention
were those Of Messrs. Cannon, Hsnder.
son and Dolliver ON the Republican
side and Messrs. Bailey and sayers on
the Democratic side.