Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-09
WORK or CONGRESS
Cannon's Resolution Passes
the House.
A PATRIOTIC OUTBURST
Even Tom ed Gives His Assent To the
Appropriation OF &5o,oGo.0oc for
National Defense. Mol
Dissenting Vote.
(By TELEGRAPH J

cal 10 meet th- spanish situation by
casting his vote for DIR pacing N
President Mcktnley's hands $5c.Uto 900
to be expended Az his d.srrerl II for the
national defens-. Party ZINES were
swept away and With a dr.snin- US
voice Congress voted its conffien n
the administration Many members
who We're paired with ayosent t-..e-2sues
took the responsibility IF breaking ta=g
pairs. an unprecedented thing in is;is
lation Annals. in order that t!ey NJ N
go on record in support of ti1s vs.
appropriation 10 maintain tie d.Sa.,y
and honor Of ths. . untry. Speakei K si
who, as the r.esiJng official. = t,'n.
votes except in cas4 Of t.=. had rs
name called ami voted in 80 -anA '.;&
as a Representative. a scene of en-
thlsiasm greeted the announce
nlent Of the vpte-ayes. 81; nays, O.
All day long the galleries We're jam
med with enthusiastic spectators APP
plauiirg the patriotism Of the words
Of e.oquence which We're uttered by the
members on the floor. The speeches We've
ahl brief Although four hours We're Ill
lowed for debate so greet was the
pressure for time that no one member
was given more than five minutes and
most of them had to content themselves
with a beegarly fraction of tiTna.
AN joined in proclulning their sup
poit Of the counuTy's chief magistrate
regardless of politics, i'm the face Of Il
possible foreign war. In the whole de-
bate there WIS only a slight discurdant
note caused by the speech Of General
Bingham, Of Pennsylvania, who served
with distinction under Hancock. He
spoke too conservatively for the
aroused temper of the House and when
he insisted nhat our relations with
Spain were as friendly as they had been
for years many Of the members Kissed
him. While almost every member who
spoke deprecated the possibility of War
a wide divergence OF opinion as to how
close were hlities manifested itself
an the debate The general cont ent ION
10y the majority among the leaders Un
both sides, was that this app. oia!ia ion
by preparing for war would prove The
Surest guarantee of peace. Others in
sisted that wars alarms would soon
be heard snd MIR. Mann, rf Illinois, de
claret that war ACTUALLY existed i'm all
save name. The speeches which at
N1NSted most attention We're those of
Messrs. Cannon, Henderson and pGli-
Yer ON the Republican side. and Messas.
I:aiiey and Sayers Un the Deuocrattr
side.
Mr.. Cannon, i'm opening the ,,ebato on
the DIE. said that lin this. present crit
crl condition of affairs TIL ceunmItf.a
MO o.'elne7d Ut wise to appropriate this
sum Placing the expenditure in thu,
complete discretion of the p .-si1,.nt
iihnt zee nod been nan l,n"us in it's action
n'td Mad only changed the wording Of
the DAll he introduced yesterday nv
making the a,ppruprla tL1n avuilalt nm
1899 oo'
we ht1ve the money i'm the. treasury
10 meet this appropriation if it is .x
isehded, he continued, and lheG@!'ora
Them rs not presented with this pr,opo-
stl"n one III, borrow money ar to in
crease taxation TO Which almost any
"ther nation on earth would have been
oi'Seu 10 Feso-t (Ira1nenidous ap-
pslus-).
he insisted that this apprcprlat lion
must not be construed irhths a threat
Nothhng was further from the. minds
"i those Who reported 1T, he said This
appropriation was to he placed in the
hands OF a wise and patriotic executive
to make proper preparations t., MAIN
tain the. nabh mai honor nothing. more
1T is mot war appropriat ion" saEi
ne empfatically. II say thar in my
Judgement, measuring my wonds, that it
is "a peace measure. (Great applause)
line government Of the United States
would not, if it could, trench uy,Cn the
rights of any nation on eturuh.' Ore
newell epplauSe).
Mt. Sayres, OF Texas the ra mixing
member of the minority. followed Mr.
CANNON His first statement to- the tf
leact That in the presence of possible
danger this appropria tton had met with
lfle mccarthy AND uitaTrlrr1uS endorsement
or the appropriation committee with-
out regard to panty, altiusei the HOusa
TO enthusiasm
he. too declared that it could nor be
CONSTRUED as "a threat. 1t was, simply
"a WISE and patriotic ,pre,sanrtinn-arr,
Aiis t1e executive with the power to
liiealrtaln OUT dignity after Cpneress asl-
jDurned '
MIR. Livingston CDemocratA. or G.4nr-
std' SuDl'Uiit-d the measure i'm "a vfesYr-
'u'S SieseS+h. lle Said he took thin. 10 Isl
"!cn because he believed that AN ,,ln,r-
SeIlcy EXISTS, but he contende,tl th.,t if
Vile adin1lpistrat iun had acted as it
should haVe done twelve !nypn,,hs ac-,
1ai oeoaiQng a state of bt-lhgerency uh,
present occasion for voting emergency
mooney wou43 have been avoided. How
ever, the Democrats who clamorcd for
uh'- ACTION i'm the past would not now
put amy bstac-les i'm the way. They
would vote fifty OF i've hundred millions
vi necessary. only asking THAT THE Pres
aueilt should move promptly and Stsad-
lily in his efforts to protect Arnarltzlm
honor and dignity
Nit. Aiken, of Mississippi, was next re
o"gnized. He did mot make "a humorous
speech, but a patriotic one. Il DESIRE"
Use DeSans TO say for 1.-THE people ! rep
resent, and for the southern section of
nlh+e country, for the entire country ,tnat
There was never u time when AN were.
so ready 10 give AN aLlnrinitS ratiin an
Tht- mooney i'll may need to preserve. fuhe
nprrT. the dignity and the general vel
aare Hf th*. country TO say nothing OF
fair play and Justice" The pe>pp.t nf
the South, ne continued, ask for n.tfl-
ing more
They do not want u, hurt anybody
afid are not urging any rash action
but they are ready 10 honor any draft
whether for men or money, ~ keep TIN.
flag aioat
Mr. Fitzgerald, Gf MaEs>aa F-fll,ss,tl- tool.
occasion to refer ~ an alleged utter
afE7e OF a <4thpFc priest SOM irne
ago TO t1ne effect that If var came the
sympathy and supper; of the Catholic
Ghur9n would De with SPAN bt-caus- u
T"1as Catholic country. While. ne SAID
ht- did not believe rh= priest had ",
tered such a sentiment, ii had attracted
wide attention, and as a Catholic he
desired TO repel w.
Mr.. Wheeler, OF Alabama. entnutSas-
tlcalty supported the b.!l. as did M
Grosvenpr G2spuolIcan) of Ohio Mr.
Grosvs7nOr aroused the House to cheers
by a glowing t-ulogy Of the President :
patriotism. He also said:
II nave always f@Gt tina the actions Of
1891 1859 yV.4r4. !,prpT-lyr done f.it3.t