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would be given to an ad-

Republicans. would be given to an ad
verse report.
After further conference, Dalzcll In
troduced the following resolutions
Resolved, That Immediately upon th
report to the house by the committee ol
ways and means of the senate concurren
resolution No. 90 Cthe Teller resolution)
It shall be in order to proceed to tn,
consideration of said report"
This was referred to the rules commit
tee and will serve as the basis of spe
cial rule, fixing the time and limits o.
the debate, if this course is considered
desirable. AS Dalzell is member of the
rules committee, his resolution was re-
garded as showing purpose to have the
question disposed of Immediately after
the ways and means committee re-
ported.
POLITICAL DEBATE
There seems to be no prospect of an
abatement of the political debate which
has been in progress in the house during
the consideration of the appropriation
bills. Again today almost the entire
session was consumed in the discussion
of political topics. The controverted
question as to whether prosperity had
arrived attracted the most attention and
interest, and testimony pro and con was
offered throughout the house. At times
considerable acrimony was displayed.
but, as a rule, the debate was good
natured, both sides seeming to recognize
that it was merely struggle to score
political advantages.
The discussion became very animated
when the topic of prosperity was
reached. Richardson of Tennessee,
Democrat, precipitated it, and Grosvenor
Of Ohio, Republican, Cochran of Mis-
souri,, Democrat, Hopkins of Illinois, Re
publican, Mahany of New York, Repub-
lican, and Fitzgerald of Massachusetts,
Democrat, took part. The latter again
brought up the New England cotton
strikes, which have played considerable
part in the debate on previous days.
Simpkins Of Massachusetts, Repub-
lican, in the course of his reply, drew
round of applause from the Democratic
side by stating that he frankly con-
fessed that, in his opinion, there We're
likely to be more strikes under pro-
tective than under a free trade system.
The applause ceased, however, and rose
OH Tie OlHGk sue W ucH flC dQuCQ tiiot tiiio
was because under free trade system
men would have no work, and when they
did it would be for what they could set.
For some time the debate was con-
fined to the business situation in Massa-
chusetts, Knox, Mccall and other Re-
publicans of that state contesting the
position advanced by Fitzgerald, that
prosperity had not come to the common
wealth under the Dingley law.
Hepburn of Iowa, Republican, created
some enthusiasm on the Republican side
when he read the Dun trade review as
an answer to the Democratic critics as
to the effects of the Dingley law. Men,
bers of the house, he said, no matter
what their politics, have no right, in at
tempting to score a little political cap
ital, to become the libelers and SANDER
ers of their country.
Allen of Mississippi, Democrat, en-
livened the proceedings with one of his |
witty speeches. He said he was tired of |
having Mr.. Dingley get up every day and |
explain why his bill had not met the ex-
pectations of the country. 1t was very
absurd, he said, but it was with the |
same serious, solemn mein with which
he was able to sell goods below cost.
In the course of some remarks in a
more serious vein, Allen aroused the
Democrats to applause by quoting the
from a speech delivered by
President Mckinley in 1890, when the
bill was under consideration:
when merchandise is cheapest men
are poorest, and the most distressing ex-
periences in the history of our country
yes, in all human history-have been |
when everything was the lowest and |
cheapest measured by gold for every
thing was highest and dearest measured |
oy labor"
After some further remarks by Dins-
more of Arkansas, Democrat, and Pit
ley of New Jersey Republican, Todd of
Michigan, Democrat, and Hawley of
Texas, Republican, the house at p. m.
adjourned, after completing II pages
If the bill.