The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-10

of the war to bring relief to the suffer-
ing people in Cuba was interjected in
the debate by Mr.. Pierce (Dem., Tenn. }
After reviewing the demands for war
upon the ground of humanity, he at
tackled what he declared the negligence
of the administration, and it's failure
to relieve quickly the distress in Cuba,
which had largely precipitated HOSTILE
ties.
Where now are the starving women
and children to whom our warShipS
were to take other ships laden with
food?' cried Mr.. Pierce. "They are all
dead, a member says, and it is true. All
that will greet our soldiers and sailors
when they land on Cuban soil will be,
as suggested by another. the bleaching
bones of women and children as the
monumental evidence of the humani-
tartan policy of this Republican admin
iStration."
Further depression from the bill was
INDUCED in by Mr.. Swanson (Dem.,
Va-), who very vigorously dissented
from any inclination to turn the war
into one of aggression, to end with
this country holding great colonial pos
sessions. He attacked the bond and
other features OF the Gill, notable the
tobacco tax.
Mr.. Swanson took occasion to criti-
else the administration in its conduct
of the war, and particularly did he an
tagonize the pending bill, conducive to
interests of monopolists and the very
rich.
TRADE FROM GROSVENOR.
The speech brought from Mr.. Gros-
venor Rep., o. an impassioned and
highly sensational response.
Had Sagasta, had Blanco, had Ger
vera been given the opportunity to
make speech on this occasion, they
would not have made so incendiary a
speech on this occasion; they would
not have made so incendiary an appeal
against the prosecution of this war as
the gentleman from Virginia has ut
tered. 1 denounce his unpatriotic pur-
poses; 1 denounce his unpatriotic and
untruthful utteranceS."
Continuing, he referred to the Vir-
ginian as representing a ''cOnteStable"
district, and was bitterly personal in
his declarations, charging the Virginia
member with narrow political motives.
A laugh was created in the midst of
the Ohioan's terrific TRADE, when he re-
ferred to the battleship Oregon as hav-
ing recently sunk a confederate Ator-
pedo boat" He explained the mistake
by the ''unpatriotism of the gentleman
from Virginia"
Mr.. Swanson, in a two-minute reply,
said: The only reason L can give for
the unfair, unjust, unpatriotic and I'M
true personal attack upon me, is that
the speaker is in such condition that
he does not know whether he is fight
ing the confederate or Spanish forces"
GROSVENOR'S SOBRIETY.
He then proceeded with an eloquent
defense of his district. Later Mr.. Swan
son again secured the floor, and de-
clared his belief that the Ohio mem
Der would never have made the brutal
attack had he been sober"
Mr.. GrOsvenOr, being again recog-
nized, declared he had attacked the
sentiment of the Virginian's speech,
and not the personality of the member.
He denied having referred to the lat
ters district as contemplate, and
said he had used the word contest
able
This declaration was greeted with
Kisses and general protests from the
Democrats and corroborative express
sions from the Republicans. He de-
Mr.. Swanson's insinuation that
he (Grosvenor) was not sober, as
weapon which no honorable opponent
would use" in a debate such as the one
in progress.
The Democrats jeered and the Repub-
Leans applauded the denunciation.
Following the Grosvenor-Swanson ep-
lSOQe, MI. Hill or connecticut, Hender-
son of Iowa, Moody of Massachusetts,
Payne of New York and Mcmillan of
Tennessee spoke.
Mr.. Hill declared he would vote /
against the bill, because of the coinage !
provision, embodying. as he believed, |
q giving of some new life to the dead !
issue, but the other Republicans who |
addressed the house contended that it !
would affect no more than the law at |
present provided in the matter of sill |
YER coinage, and was not open to SER |!
Gus objection.
REPORT ADOPTED.
The vote on the conference report !
vas taken at IL o'clock, resulting: Yeas, |
L64; nays, 107.
The Republicans who voted against |
he adoption of the conference report !
IN the war revenue bill were:
Brewster, Henry, Connecticut; Hill, |
McIntire. |
The Democrats who voted for the re-
port were:
Cummings, briggs, Fitzgerald, Nc
Aleer, Mcclellan.