Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-03-11
AYES 81, NOES 0.
Party Lines obliterated in the
House on the Cannon APP
preparation Bill.
Presidents Call for a, Defense
Fund Meets aaMost Patri-
/. otic Response.
MUCH ELOQUENT oRAToRY
North, South, East and West
Join in Proclaiming Their
United Support.
Fill Was at Once Sent to the
Senate and Referred to
a Committee.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-In a spirit
Of patriotism, with eloquent words
ringing in their ears, every member of
the house of representatives responded
to the presidents first call to meet the
Spanish situation by casting his vote
for a bill placing in President McKin-
ley's hands $50, 600, 900 to be expended
at his discretion for the national de.
Tense. Party lines were swept away
and with unanimous voice congress
voted its confidence in the administra.
ton.
Many members who were paired
with absent colleagues took the respon-
sibility Of breaking their pairs, an un.
precedented thing in legislative annals,
in order that they might go on record
in support of this vast appropriation to
maintain the
Dignity and Honor of Their Country.
Speaker Reed, who as the presiding Of
6cer seldom votes only in case of q tie,
had his name called and voted in his
capacity as representative. The
scene of enthusiasm which greeted the
announcement of the vote-ayes 3ll,
noes none-has seldom been paralleled
in the house.
All day long the galleries were
iammed with enthusiastic spectators,
applauding to the echo the sterling pat.
riotism of the words of eloquence which
were uttered by the members on the
floor. All the speeches were brief.
Although four hours were allowed for
debate SO great was the pressure for
time that no one member was given
more than five minutes and most of
them had to content themselves with
beggarly fraction of minute. In all
50 speeches were made. With one &C.
claim, from
North, South, East and West,
battle SCARED veterans of the Union
and the Confederate armies, all joined
in proclaiming their support Of the
country's chief magistrate in the face
of possible foreign war. General
Grosvenor of Ohio said that if war did
not come the $50, 100000 appropriated
by this bill would be wisely expended if
1t only served to show the world that
when threatened from without the
hearts Of the American people beat as
one. In the whole debate there was
only slight discordant note caused by
the speech Of General Bingham Of
Pennsylvania, q gallant soldier who
served with distinction under Hancock.
He spoke too conservatively for the
aroused temper Of the house, and when
he insisted that our relations with
Spain were as friendly as they had
been for years
Many Of the Members Kissed Him.
While almost every member who spoke
ssdeprecated the possibility Of war,
\ wide divergence of opinion as to how
close were hostilities manifested itself
in the debate. The general contention
by the majority, among them the lead
ers on both sides, was that this appro.
priation, by preparing for war, would
prove the surest guarantee of peace
Others insisted that war alarms would
soon be heard and Mr.. Mann Of Illinois
declared that war actually existed in
all but save the name. The speeches
which attracted the most attention
were those of Messrs Cannon, Hender.
son and Dolliver on the Republican
side and Messrs. Bailey and Sayers on
the Democratic side.
SENT TO THE SENATE.
Cannon Appropriation Bill Promptly Re-
ferred to COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON. March 10.-The bill an.