The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14


today entered upon the consideration OF
the agricultural appropriation bill. The
bill carries 1898, 402, being S135, 900 in
excess of the amount for the current year.
Mr.. Wadsworth, Republican of New
York, chairman of the agricultural com.
mittee. explained the increases q were
due to the constantly growing demand
for Inspections of meat and meat pro
ducts for export.
Under the latitude allowed by debate
Mr.. Williams, Democrat of Mississippi
submittedsan extended argument in ia
yor of the establishment of postal cav
ings bank system.
Mr.. Williams said the deposits could be
invested in U. S. 2 per cent bonds which
could be used to refund the outstanding
public debt.
If the public debt were paid off at
some time in the future or the deposits
exceeded its extent, the United States
could economically invest the deposits in
public buildings, etc. The interest paid
on deposits would be less than the rents
now paid for such buildings.
After some remarks by Mr.. Henderson,
Republican Of Iowa, in support Of the
approximation in the bill for seed distri-
button, Mr.. DeArmOnd, Democrat of Mis-
souri,, got the floor and submitted some
sarcastic comments on the newspapers
on the election of Senator Hanna yester-
day.
EsGod reigns and the Republican party
still lives. That God Ieigns there was No
room for doubt therefore the second part
of the telegram was more remarkable
The telegram. said he, WAS
unique. With cutting irony, he proceed
ed to read and comment on some OF the
kilograms OF congr4t Nations sent to Mr.
Hanna from this city, including those
of President Mckinley, Senator Hawley
and others. Commenting on the Presi-
dents telegram, he asked how the return
of Hanna 10 the Senate could be of bene-
fit to the country, save in an example to
be avoided. He said in the course of his
remarks that Senator Hanna was the
srlest and best exponent and represeu-
uative of modern Republicanisnl.
Mr.. Mahany of New York reptile d.
In 1892, said MIR. Mahany, the true Ame-
rican people witnessed the spectacle of the
Democratic party meeting in it's national
convention and despite the unanimous
profess of New York state, nominated for
the President of the United States, a
man repudiated by his own common
wealth. 1t was the bosses of the Demo-
cratic party who perpetrated this outrage
the Democratic masses. tDuring the
succeeding 4 years the friends Of Mr.
Cleveland, by bond issues and by other
methods, abhorrent to the conscience of
the people, found their financial scheme
smiled upon through the influence OF
this government. This lesson WAS not
lost upon the bosses of the Republican
party. In 1856 bosses who had dehauohed
the legislation Of sovereign states and
turned the legislature of those states
into cash registers for their own schemes,
met together in a boss. s. pool to syndi-
cato the Presidency of the United States
because it was known that owing to the
fact that conscience of the Democratic
party had risen up and hurled down te
oblivion Cleveland and Clevelandisn, the
Republicans in all human probability
would be victorious at the ensuing cleo
ton. At moment when the masses o.
tbs Republican party almost despalred
OF averting this outrage on their party
and this aIsgrace to this Republican there
was one man who rose up man whom
1t is the delight OF the Democratic party
TO denounce as d boss, man who by hi
bull dog courage and his faith in the
strength and confidence and the masses OF