The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
SCORED AND DEFENDED
MARK HANNA AND HIS VICTORY
DISCUSSED IN THE HOUSE.
Sarcastic Speech by Mr.. De ArmOnd
and Vigorous Reply by MIR.
Mahany-Free Seeds Again.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-The House to-
day completed consideration of the agrcul
tural appropriation bill in committee of the
whole and then adjourned on the motion 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
($130,O0O) failed, as usual; the majority
against it to-day being 1876. One of the i'm
portant amendments adopted provided for
the inspection of horse meat for export pur
poses in the same way that the meat of cat
tie and other animals is now inspected. Dur
ing the debate to-day some very caustic
criticism of the proceedings in the sena-
torial election in Ohio from Mr.. De Almond
Dem, Mo- called forth a warm defense
of Senator Hanna from Mr.. Mahany CRep.,
N. ", who eulogized the Ohio senator as
the man who had overthrown the bosses of
the Republican party in 1896.
Mr. De Armond began his speech by read
ing the telegram sent by Mr.. Hanna to
President Mckinley: God reigns, and the
Republican party still lives" The telegram,
said he, was unique. That God reigned there
was no room to doubt; therefore, the latter
clause of the telegram was the more Won
derful. With cutting irony he proceeded to
read and comment on some of the teegratns
of congratulation sent to Mr.. Hanna from
this city, including those of President Nc
Kinley, Senator Hawley and others. Com
menting on the Presidents telegram, he
asked how the return of Senator Hanna to
the, Senate could be beneficial to the coun-
try, save in an example to be avoided. He
said, in the course of his remarks, that Sem
ator Hanna was the truest and best expo
nent and representative of modern Republic
anism
When Mr.. De Almond closed, Mr.. Mahany
arose. In brief but emphatic speech he
replied to the remarks of the Missourian.
I'm 1892 said he, 1.-The American people
witnessed the spectacle of the Democratic
party meeting in its national convention
and, despite the unanimous protest of New
York State, nomina ting for the presidency
of the United States man repudiated by
his own commonwealth. 1t was the bosses
of the Democratic party who perpetrated
this outrage on the rank and file of the
Democratic masses. During the Succeeding
four years the friends of Mr.. Cleveland,
by bond issues and by other methods abhor-
rent to the conscience of the people, found
their financial schemes smiled on through
the influence of this government This les
son was not lost on the bosses Of the lie
publican party. In 1896 bosses who had de-
bauched the legislation of sovereign States
and turned the legislatures of those States
into cash registers IOr their own ScuSIneS,
met together in a bosses pool TO syndicate
the presidency of the United States because
it was known that owing to the fact that
the conscience of the Democratic party had
risen up and hurled down to oblivion Cleve-
land and Clevelandism, the Republican par
ty, in all human probability, would he vic
torious at the ensuing election. SO these
bosses gathered together to syndicate the
presidency of the United States and at a
moment when the masses of the Republican
party almost despaired of avertiug this out
rage on their party and this disgrace TO the
Republic there was one man who rose up
a man whom it is the delight of the Demo-
cratic party to denounce as a boss, man
who by his bulldog courage and his faith
in the strength and conscience of the masses
these bosses and made triumphant the Will
of the masses of the Republican party in
the nomination of William Mckinley for the
presidency of the United States CApplause
on the Republican side) i will state TO the
distinguished and profound gentleman from
Missouri Ode Armond) that it is for this
reason that the American people rejoice to-
day that a man who dared 10 give battle
to the bosses in national convention and
10 hurl them to defeat can still survive with
honor ard power and glory\n American
life" (Applause on Republican sl1e)
Mr. Cannon (Rep., III. expr I'd his graf
ifcation over the election of Senator Hanna
IT was a triumph of the majority and of po-
Htical decency. He did not believe he said,
that any gentleman on the other size could
rise and place his hand on his heart and
honestly say that he was not glad treacEery
had been rebuked. This Closed the Political
debate and the House discussed seed dis
tributlon and the Horse Book