The San Francisco call., 1898-03-10
When Americans Are Aroused at Their Country's Danger They Pour Out Wealth to Make the Na-
 tiOns Honor Safe.
Call Office, Riggs House,

e have been upheld by both e c ranches of the American Con- c c gress. With enthusiasm, fervor c Q and promptness almost unpar- c c alleled in the Senate in time of G C peace that body to-day passed Q . the emergency appropriation bill o carrying $I83,ooo of deficiencies 5 and placing at the disposition of = the President $5o,ooo, 900 for na- = tional defense. The vote by o which the measure was passed = a was unanimous. Seventy-six = o short, sharp and emphatic c c speeches were delivered in favor Q Q of the bill, each one being simply c c a ringing faye during the roll c
 Not only did every Senator present register his vote in favor of the bill, but for every absent member the authori- tative announcement was made that if he were present he would vote aye From the time the bill was presented to slle serste by Hale of Maine until it was passed not an inharmonioes note was sounded. Party lines were swept aside In general outburst of patriotic feel ing pairs were broken, every Senator being anxious to register his vote on the measure. It was just I2:I3 when Hale reported the bill to the Senate and asked that 1t be placed on its passage. The members of the Committee on Appropriations had previously entered into an arrangement whereby there would be no debate on the bill, and after it was read Vice-President Hobart placed it immediately on its passage.
 Twelve minutes after the bill was re- ported to the Senate the Vice President announced its unanimous passage. The business was accomplished so quickly that most of the people who crowded the galleries scarcely realized that the measure, so far as Congress was con cerned, had become law. Some of the spectators fully grasped the meaning of the Senate's action, and when the an nouncement of the vote was made a murmur of applause ran through the galleries The members of the Senate. however, maintained dignihed silence. the realization among all of them being keen that a situation which warranted the passage of so unusual a measure was too grave to prompt an outburst of ap- plause The earnestness and determi- nation was evinced on both sides of the Chamber, but there was not note of levity that would detract from the se- riousnessr of the work perfected.
 At the conclusion of the usual morn ing business Hale of Maine, chairman of the Appropriation Committee, quietly rose and said:
 "I report from the Committee on Ap- oropriations without amendment an act to supply urgent deficiencies for the current year and for other purposes. and I ask that it be placed on its pas sage"
 The bill, which was the measure ap- propriating $50, I83,ooo, of which S5o,- 900 900 was to be placed at the disposal of the President for national defense, was then, amid intense silence, read in full
 At the conclusion of the reading there being no amendment to the bill 1t was placed on its passage. Hale asked that the ayes and nays be called. Such unanimity as the rollcall developed was as unusual as it was significant. Pairs were broken on both sides of the cham Der in order that all those present might evince their patriotism and desire to up- hold the hands of the President in thls time of emergency by voting directly for the measure.
 During the rollcall 1t was authorita- lively announced for every absent Sen ator that if he were present he would vote aye.
 Allen of Nebraska, in making the announcement for Thurston. said. Nv colleague is unavoidably detained rom the Senate, but if he were here he would vote aye" whereupon Vest ot Missouri suggested, sotto voce, that Ihurston might vote in Havana. where he IS now. The sally created a laugh among those near by.
 When Perkins of California made similar announcement for Mir. White he said: My senior partner, if he were here" and then, catching himself,