The Portland daily press., 1898-05-04
the throats of New Workers. over the lat.

Fn6 GnrOatS Ol NEW IOfkSrS over the laG.
ter vigorous protest.
The New Yorker eloquently supported
his vote for the war revenue bill and
declared that Democracy had always been
patriotism and his vote was in accord
with the underlying principle of his par
ty. Mr.. Cummings was frequently ap.
plauded and a storm of applause swept
over the House when he concluded.
Mr.. Lewis, replying, disayowed any
purpose to reflect seriously upon the pa
triotic motives of the New York mem
bers He said much criticism had
been directed at coal operators and other
monopolists whom the press had declared
had used and expected to use the war
emergency as a source OF unholy profit
at the cost of their country in the time
of distress.
Mr.. Lewis related charge that the
coal trust had sold for So per ton coal
to be conveyed by English ships tn the
Spanish and Commodore Schley had been
compelled to pay the same trust So ton
for q similar coal.
Mr.. Clark, Democrat of Missouri made
quite vigorous attack upon ex-Presi-
den Cleveland and denied that the latter
was Democrat. He said that Mr. Cum
mings's speech was the most outrageous
one that had been made Gu the floor of
the House. He characterized the votes
of Mr.. Cummings and other Democrats
who voted for the bond bill as unpardon-
able. He said that they should be read
out of the party. He said Cleveland was
nominated because the Democrats
thought he was the only man who
could be elected.
s.Addressing the Republican side, he
said that they talked of the war as a
Republican war. This he denied.
.'We took you by the scruff of the neck,
and dragged you into it, he said. 'Its
our war;"
The Democrats had right to claim the
war, together with the Populists and
Silver Republicans, who were With the
Clark made patriotic reference to Com.
modore Dewey. Mr.. Cummings, re-
spending to Mr.. Clark. said he reoipro-
Gated fully all the kind things said
concerning him by the gentleman from
Missouri. He indicated in pointed
anecdote that the Missourian was him
self responsible for Missouri having ad-
vocated the last nomination of Mr.. Cleve-
land.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, Democrat of Massa-
chusetts. aaid he was one of the six Demo-
Gratis whom the Missouri member had as
sumed to read out of the Democratic
party.
The revenue bill was in some places not
strictly in line with the Democratic prin-
ciples, but he had voted for 1t as an e1ner.
gency measure, necessary in this critical
period, and he had supported it just as
The member from Missouri and all DEM
ocrats HAD supported the $50, 600, 600 de-
| tense bill which was not technically
Democratic, just as Democrats had sup
ported, since war had seemed imminent
and at length had passed measures purely
emergency in nature that vera not, when
strictly dissected, Democratic in all
respects. Mr.. Fitzgerald said he had voted
| as he thought the needs Of the country
dictated.
Mr. McAleer, Democrat of Pennsylva-
mia, one of the six members of his party,
who supported the revenue BILL dec Jared
himself never more satisfied with a vote
than he was with the one cast in sup
port Of the bill, the immediate passage of
which he considered the co8ntry's need
demanded. he denied the right of any
man who had admitted himself to be a
Democrat exactly in accord with the
Populists to question his Democracy.
MT. Cochrane, Democrat of Missouri,
thought that in the exuberance of the dis
cussion of members patriotism, the mer-
its Of the revenue bill had been forgotten.
he discussed the bill which had passed
the House. He denied that any necessi-
ty for bond issue would exist He said
the war could be prosecuted for $500. 000,-
900 per year, and he believed the Alneri-
can forces could crush Spain before the
bonds could be sold and issued If vigor-
Gus direction of the war should be inau-
gurated. he arraigned as idexcusable the
haste with which the Republican forced
a bond proposition ana their failure to
postpone it until real necessity ap-
peared.
Mr.. Bailey, Democrat of Texas, said
that be regretted the speeches Eof the af-
ternoon as likely to be misconstrued.
Both contained tendency If not an effort
to magnify the differences in the Demo.
cratic ranks.
In the record showed that upon all
votes up to the lastson the revenue bill all
Democrats had voted together and when
the final vote, trying to all, came, but
five or six Democrats accustomed to
stand together, had regretfully, but CON
scientifically voted for the bill and against
other Democrats. At O'Clock the House
took recess until o'clock.
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