The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-14
HANNA IN THE HOUSE
Dearmond's Sarcastic Comment
on His Election.
A BOMBASTIC TELEGRAM
Mahaney Replies to the Remarks of the
Mssourian- He Praises Hanna as
the Man Who Defeated
the Bosses.

Washington, Jan. 12-The house to-
day completed the consideration of the
agricultural bill in committee of the
whole and then adjourned on the mo-
tion of those opposed to the printing of
another edition of the famous horse
book" There was the annual fight over
the question of free seed distribution TO
the farmers. but the effort to strike out
the appropriation of $4,000 failed as
usual, the majority against it to-day
being 1856. One of the important amend
ments adopted provided for the inspec-
tlon of horse meat for export purposes
IN the same way that the meat of cattle
and other animals is now inspected
During the debate to-day some very
caustic criticisms of the proceedings in
the senatorial election i'll Ohio, from
Dearmond. democrat OF Missouri, called
forth warm defense of Senator Hanna
from Mr. Mahaney. republican of New
York. who eulogized the Ohio senator as
the man who had operthroMn the
bosses of the republican party i'm 1896.
The house to-day entered upon the
consideration Of the agricultural bill.
The bill carries s3,Sa2, 402, being $135. 800
in eAtess of the amount for the current
year. Mr.. Wadsworth trep., y. W.
chairman of the agricultural committee,
explained that she increases We're due
TO the constantly growing demand for
inspections of meat and meat products
for export.
Under the latitude allowed for debate,
Mr.. Williams tdem. Miss.1 submitted
an extended argument in favor of the
establishment of a postal savings bank
system.
After some remarks by Mr.. Hender-
son treD.. Iowa) in support of the APP
preparation in the bill for seed distribu-
tion and an eulogy of Secretary of Ag-
a genuine hard-fsted farmer, Mr..
Dearmond tdem.. MOI got the
floor and submitted some sarcastic
comments of newspaper reports of the
election of Senator Hanna at Columbus
yesterday. He read the telegram sent
by Mr. Hanna to President Mckinley:
God reigns and the republican party
still lives" This telegram. he said, was
unique. That God reigned there was
no room to doubt. therefore the latter
clause of the telegram was the more
wonderful With cutting irony he pro-
ceeded to read and comment on some
OF the kilograms of congratulation sent
to Mr.. Hanna from this city. including
those of President Mckinney. Com
menting on the presidents telegram.
he asked how the return of Senator
Hanna could be beneficial To the eoun-
try, save in an example 10 be avoided
lie said in the course of his remarks
that Senator Hanna was the truest and
best exponent and representative of
modern republeansm.
Mr.. Dearmonds remarks brought
Mr. Mahaney rep. y. " to his feet
In brief but emphatic speech he re-
piled to the remarks of the Missonrian
''In 1892 said he, the American people
witnessed the spectacle of the demo
cratic party meeting in its national
convention. and despite the unanimous
protest of New York state, nominating
for the presidency of the United States
a man repudiated by his own common
wealth 1t was the bosses or the demo-
cratic party who perpetrated this out
rage upon the rank and file of the
democratic masses. During the sue
ceeding four years, the friends of Mr.
Cleveland. by bond issues and other
methods abhorrent to the conscience of
the people. found their financial
schemes smiled upon through the infiu-
ence of this government This lesson
was not lost upon the bosses of the re-
publican party. In 1896, bosses who
had debauched the legislation of SOW
ereign states and turned the legislatures
of those states in the cash registers of
their own schemes. met together in a
bosses pool to syndicate the presidency
of the United States because il was
known that. owing TO the fact that the
of the democratic party had
arisen and hurled down to oblivion
Cleveland and Cleyelandism. the repnb-
liean party in all human proba bility
would be victorious at the ensuing cleo
ton. So these bosses gathered together
a syndicate for the presidency of tho
United States, and a the moment when
the masses of the republican party de-
SPARED of ayer1ing this outrage on the
party and this disgrace to tine republic,
there was one man who rose up, a man
whom il is the delight of the demo-
cratic party to denOunce a boss "A