The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-29

mittee, said the great mistake that we al
ways made in the past when confronted
by war had been to under estimate the
magnitude OF the task before us. The
mistake had been dearly paid for in treas
ure and in blood. There was no indica-
error. The President had very properly
called for more volunteers than it was
probable we would require, and he argued
that Congress ought to stand loyalty be-
hind him, in providing sufficient revenue
| to meet the expenses of the war. Too
much, rather than too little should be
raised Mr.. Mcclellan said that on IL
issues involving the honor of the nation
| there should be no difference of opinion.
This was no time to play politics. This
was no time to draw party lines. If his
| own ideas IS to how the war revenue
| should be raised, did not prevail, if the
views OF the minority were voted down
he declared 1t should be his duty as a
man and as American to ignore personal
predictions and party doctrines and vote
| for the bill
| MIR. Henderson, Republican of Iowa,
made an eloquent appeal to the members
to lay aside party politics and give cash
without reserve to the government to
prosecute the war. He had believed that
ghere would be no war, but it had come.
The spirit of the dark ages had not dissp-
|
found vent. He despised war and hoped
to see the time come when intellect and
| conscience would be the arbitors of differ.
ences between men and nations. But the
chief executive had.Jlnfurled the flag and
| all his brain and heart and energy should
go to its support. = He for one should not
be driven at such time into belonging
to one side or the other / Of the American
Congress. He recalled the wars of the
Scotch CLANS in his own native country
and how they presented solid front to
the English at the border, and thought
| that we should follow their example now.
Thus far politics had besn kept to the
rear. Together both sides had declared
war and rallied the young men of the
country. Let us not,' said he, "hurl
them into the ranks of battle and the
jaws OF death with the sound of dissension
ringing in their ears. l care not how we
provide the sinews of war; that they are
the least burdensome. But taxation there
| must be-
/ THE step we have taken has already
CUT down our revenues. All our estimates
are gone. We need men, bullets and cash.
Let us move up like brothers Let there
| be no this side or that side, no Republi
can and no Democrat. Let us fold up our
| campaign speeches and back up the step
we have taken by giving cash without re-
| Serve''
representative Lowering OF MaSsachu.
sets pointed to the need of various classes
| Of insurance as needing more individual
consideration in fixing rates and said the
most vulnerable point in Spain's CON
dition today was her financial condition
and her silver standard.
| Representative Russell of Connecticut
| reviewed passed experiences in heavy war
expenditures and characterized the war as
one not Of revenge nor teri itorial aggres,
sion, but as one for better civilization
and more perfect humanity.
4 Mr.. Sperry of Connecticut, urged com
plete unity on the bill, suggesting it was
no time to make fine points.
| Mr.. Lanham of Texas. said he had nc
serious objection to offer to the excise
feature of the bill, but that the income
tax and the internal revenue tax would
provide sufficient revenue for all practical
purposes.
| Messrs. Evans of kentucky and Fity-
gerald of Massachusetts, the latter
making strong defense of income tax
provisions proposed by the minority also
| spoke.
MIR. Sherman moved that when the
| House adjourned at the night session, it
be TO meet at ten o. clock tomorrow, which
was agreed to. The committee then arose
and at 5 IS O'Clock and the House took q
| recess until eight O. Clock
| The night session was occupied by brief
| speeches, many of these being pegs upon
which members under the leave to print
could hang speeches in the Congressio nal
Record.
AT 10. 80 p. M, the House recessed until
ten O'Clock tomorrow morning.