The age-herald., 1898-03-27
WITH LOYAL HEARTS
 AND COOL HEADS Cannon Appeals to Representatives to
 Meet Situation. NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL PoarSOn'S Personal Explanation Caused
 a Lively RumpuS. THE LAWMAKERS WERE LIBERAL Every Motion Tending to Hedge on War Prepar- atons Voted Down-Cannon Made
 Fight on the Proposed New Timber Docks.

Washington. March 26-During tho debate on t.e naval appropriation. bill today In the house every utterance in favor of az gressive action against Spain. was applaud ed to the echo by the crowded galleries. The main contests of the day was over the appropriation to decrease the number of timber dry docks authorized from to g. It lead MT. Cannon, chairman of the appro- priation committee, who made the motion to discuss the whole question of war prep arations, and to inveigh against the undue extravaganza. He said the situation should be met with loyal hearts and cool heads, but the temper of the house was in favor of the utmost liberality and he was voted doWn-78 to 107
 The motion specifically eliminating the provision for the dock at Portsmouth, N. H., shared the same fate. No point of or der was made against the proposed tim Der docks, but MT. Cannon gave notice that he would raise a point against the proposed steel dock at Algiers, La, on the ground that a dock necessarily Involved in the future the establishment of g. navy yard. There was some further discussion of the relative merits of large battleships and smaller craft in which the temper of the house seemed almost equally divided, but the paragraph relating to the ships had not been reached when the house adjourned.
 Thought It Was an Abuse
 Before the Journal was approved MT. Bai- ley (dem., of Tex.) called attention to what he thought was an abuse of a privilege to print personal explanation given to MT. Pearson (rep., of N. O.
 MT. Pearson had, he said, been accused of abusing the frank privileges of the house and under leave to print had made the very matter frankable which he had <l4 fron n1rtn
 MT. Pearson maintained that he had not abused the privilege granted him. He called attention to the fact that some of the matter printed was from a paper in which w. J. Bryan was interested.
 Do you object to what William Jennings Bryan says?" he asked smiling. 'I am inclined to indorse anything MT. Bryan says at this time." Democratic applause.)
 Mr. Bailey then moved to strike the pub licadon to which he objected from the record. By MT. Pearson's consent the ob- 1ectionable matter was stricken from the record.
 Mr. Handy (dem., of Dela) denounced MT. Pearson's action as fragrant violation of the privilege Of the house.
 MT. Bailey said he would not have the rigid manner in which the majority In times past had held democrats to words literally spoken In debate.
 Nude His Explanation
 MT Pearson then took the floor and made his explanation. It involved, he said, ques- tons of propriety and delicacy. In con- clusion, MT. Pearson said that he would rather sit in the house with a. democratic gentleman than populist traitor. At his request Mir Bailey then withdrew his mo- ton and by unanimous consent the article to which objection was made was stricken from the record.
 The consideration of the naval bill was then resumed under the five-minute rule. MT. Elliott (dem.) of South Carolina moved an amendment to provide the naval militia with clothing. Lost.
 Another amendment was offered by Mir Foote (rep.) of New York to increase the appropriation for arms, accoutrements, etc, of naval reserves from s6O 900 to $100, ,O00.
 MT. Boutelle of Illinois. in supporting the amendment, argued that 1t was the duty of the United States to intervene in Cuba His remarks aroused several outbursts of applause, but he was repeatedly called to order under the ruling of yesterday limiting the debate to the section under considera- tion.
 The amendment was defeated-i6 to 7o.
 Elliott Made His Point of Order
 MT. Elliott made a point of order against