The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-13
SHARP Personal EXCHANGE BE-
TWEEN CANNON AND DE AR
MOND, OF MISSOURI.
CALLED HIM AN OLD Sc0LD.
BOTH OF THE HONORABLE GEN
TLEMEN VERY CAUSTIC IN
THEIR REMARKS.
garding Gold Bullion Transport
tatiOn Voted Down.

tatiOn Voted Down.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house
today passed an urgent deficiency bill
carrying STA, S43. One Of the items,
authorizing a further expenditure Of
$4,000 for the soldiers home at Dan
Vile, Ill, for which s150G00 was appro-
priated in the last sundry civil bill, was
used by Mr.. De Almond Dem, MOI
as basis for a bitter personal attack
upon Chairman Cannon, whose home
is at DanviIle.
There was also a lively debate over
the provision in the bill requiring the
owners of bullion hereafter TO pay the
cost Of transporting bullion from as
say Offices to the minis. Mr.. Bell pop,
COLI argued that, If the government
Of the United States declined to pay
the cost of transportation, the gold
would go to foreign minis. 1t was, ne
said, another blow aimed at the West
crn miner. There was no reason why
the government had not the same in
terest in securing the gold production
of the country now that it had had in
the past.
Mr.. Shafroth (Sil. Rep, COLI argued
against the proviso. Not content with
the gold standard, this was an attempt
to discourage the production of gold
and still further appreciate it's power
and value.
Mr. Cannon pointed out that, if the
law was continued until an assay of
fee was established on the Yukon, the
government would have to pay the
, mint price for gold in the Klondike
and then pay the cost of and assume
all risks incident to transporting it to
the San Francisco or Philadelphia mint.
This law was a bounty on gold min
ing. Why should it exist? He pro-
! tested against trying to complicate ii
with the financial question.
Mr.. McRae Dem, Ark.) argued that
! the gold discoveries in the Yukon fur
nished the best reason why the ex-
/! listing law should not be discontinued.
! The government should offer every in
| ducement to miners to bring their gold
| to it's minis.
GOLD MINE BOUNTY.
I Mr.. Savers Dem, Tex supported
! the proposed change in the government
! policy. There was no more reason, he
| said, why the government should give
a bounty to the gold miner than to the
! cotton or wheat grower. No other
/ country, he said paid the freight on
! bullion.
Mr.. Livingston Dem, Ga.) denied
that this proposition in any way af-
fected the financial issue. He favored
it. Mr.. Kelley pop, S. D., Mr. Dock
cry Oem., MOI, and Mr.. Bland Dem.
MOI opposed the proviso. The latter,
in his remarks, said the present law
was a part of the resumption act of
intended RI CO
and facilitate gold production, and
| coupled with it was the law providing
I for the sale of bonds to provide gold.
The encouragement of gold production
was the cheaper and better way TO
procure gold The new proviso was in
the interest of bond sales
After some further remarks by
Messrs. Simpson Pop, Kas) and I'm
| derwood Dem, Ala-) against the pro-
viso, Mr.. Bells motion to strike out
the proviso was defeated.
Mr.. De Almond Dem, Mo- moved
to strike out the paragraph apprOpri-
ating s100,00 for the construction OF
barracks at the soldiers home estab-
1shed at Danvilie. Ill. He called at
tention to the fact that when the sun
dry civil bill was passed at the last
session, carrying $4,000 for the estab-
lishment of the Danville home, it was
then stated that was all the money
which would be asked for. Mr.. De
Almond was exceedingly caUstic in his
criticism of Mr.. Cannon. who, he said
after using his power on the appro-
priations committee to get the home
located at his home town, is now try
I ing to take half a million more out OF
the treasury.
Mr.. Cannon. in his reply, was as sar-
castle as his adversary. 1t was easy t
scoId he said. How praiseworthy thai
1r,+f
In the old days common scolds such
as the gentleman from Missouri, were
dUcked at the town pump.
LIVELY TILT
Mr.. Cannon called attention to the
fact that this was the third time Mr.
De Almond had attacked him on the
score OF this Soldiers home. He ex-
planned that in the last congress the
committee on military affairs has
unanimously reported in favor of es-
tablishing a new home at Danville
There was great necessity for it, q.
$4,000 soldiers were sleeping in eorrt
doris, cellars and attics. The appro
priatiOn committee, after an exhaus
tive investigation on the merits of thi
question had reported the appropria
ton contained in the last sunGry civi
bill. Mr. Cannon asserted that there
. were enough old soldiers inmates O
poor houses to fill the new home. Dur
ing his twenty years service on tn,
appropriation committee, in charge, a
he had been. of appropriations cover
| ing millions in every part of the coun
| try, Mr.. Cannon said, this was the onI,
time any intimation had ever beel
made that he had a personal interes
in an appropriation
| Mr.. Cannon could make no defense
asserted Mr.. DeArmond. He hat
abused his position which should hav
been used for the public good to he'll
5 the people of Danvllle who We're in
terested in town lots. And whe-
G such things are not allowed to go I'm
: commented upon" continued Mr.. d
I Almond, "he terms criticism scOldine
He refers to his record. Does he re
gret his lost opportunities? daughter
He appeals to his friends who kno7
him to testify to his singleness of pur
pose and his patriotism, when b
= methods he dare not and cannot de