The Portland daily press., 1898-03-28
LOUD APPLAUs=
At u Ramark About Spanish Jaekalls in
the House.

Washington, March &c. "A special notice
was sent to all Republican members Of
| the House this morning to he in thei1
places at noon today. The leaders had
decided to bring in special rule to bring
| the naval appropriation bill to vote il
the fiIibustering of yesterday was to be
resumed, but rs The Democrats gave as
surances that the obstructive tactics
would not be continued the plan OF bring
ing In a rule was abandoned.
Before the journal was approved, Mr.
Bailey, Democrat of Texas, called atten-
tion 10 what he thought was an abuse OF
privilege to print personal explanation
given to MIR. Pearson, Republican OF
North Carolina. Mr. Pearson had, he
said, been accused of abusing the frank
ing privilege OF the House and leave to
prlnU had made the very matter franka-
| BILE which he had been accused of i'm
properly ranking.
Mr.. Pearson then took the floor and
made his explanation. He maintained
that he had not abused the privilege
granted him. He explained that the mat
| Ter about which he had written had ap-
peared five days before in a North Caro-
lima paper. He had recognized Immediate
" that i've seats from North Carolina in
the House depended upon their attitude
in fact OF resolutions adopted by the
Populists at Raleigh, endorsing the fusion
of tine silver forces.
In conclusion Mr. Pearson said
that he would rather sit in the House
with Il Democratic gentleman than Pop
ulist traitor. At his request DIR, Bailey
then withdrew his motion and by unani-
nous consent the article to which objec-
ton was made was stricken from the
record.
The consideration of the naval bill was
then resumed under the live minute rule.
Mr.. Elliott, Democrat of South Caro-
lima, made an amendment to provide the
naval militia with clothing. The amend
ment WAS lost.
Another amendment was offered by Mr.
Foote, Republican of New York, to in
crease the appropriation for arms, &C
coufrements etc, of naval reserves from
So, 0o0 to 100000
MIR. Boutelle, Republican of Illinois. in
supporting the amendment argued that ii
was the uuUy of the United States to In
tervene in Cuba. His remarks aroused
several outDurstS OF applause and he was
repeatedly called to order.
Mr. Lewis, Democrat of Washington al
SO argued in favor Of intervention. War.
he SAID, was already upon US. We were
fools to disguise 1t. 1t was not patriotic
to deIude ourselves further. Tine Spanish
torpedo dotilla was sailing toward our
shores. lie asserted that it was the duty
of the, government to intercept that fleet
anu blow her from the seas. When he
quoted John Randolph's utterances de-
livered in the House in 1922, las we
would not be bullied by the British lion
SO we refuse TO be frightened by the
Spanish jackal," the House broke into
cheers.
The findings of the Bunce board and
the recommendation of the Secretary of
the Navy with
REGARD TO DRY DOCKS
were discussed at great length. Mr..
Dockerty, Democrat Of Missouri, said he
was willing to vote for all the docks
deemed urgently necessary" but Ports
mouth was not one of them. The Secre-
tary in his report said that docks at Bos-
ton, New York, Norfolk, Port Royal,
New Orleans and Mare Island were
urgently necessary. A dock at Ports
mouth was only conditionally recon-
mended.
Mr.. Boutelle denied that the Secretary
of the Navy had made such statement.
The Bunce board had made such state
ment but the Secretary recommended the
dock at Portsmouth.
Mr.. Cannon discussed in a general way