The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-09
PARTY LINES BRUSHED ASIDE.
Fifty Millions Voted Amid an Out
burst of Patriotic Enthusinsm.

Fifty Millions Voted Amid an Out
burst of Patriotic Enthusiasm.
BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March SIN spirit
of patriotism, with eloquent words ring
ing in their ears, every member Of the
house of representatives today respond
ed to the presidents first call to meet
the Spanish situation by casting his
vote for bill placing In President Nc
Kinley's hands S50000,000 to be eXpend-
ed at his discretion for the national de-
fense. Party lines were swept away,
and with a unanimous voice congress
voted its confidence in the adminiStra-
tion.
New York members who were paired
with absent colleagues took the re-
sponsibility of breaking their pairs, an
unprecedented thing in legislative an
nails, in order that they might go on
record in support Of this vast appro-
priation to maintain the dignity and
honor of their country.
Speaker Reed, who, as the presiding
officer, votes usually only in cases of a
tie, had his name called and voted in
his capacity as representative.
The scene of enthusiasm which greet
ed the announcement of the vote-yeas
311, nays none-has seldom been paral-
leled in the house.
All day long the galleries were jam
med with enthusiastic spectators ap
plauding to the echo the sterling patrio
tism of the words of eloQuence which
were uttered by the members on the
floor.
All the speeches were brief. Although
four hours were allowed for debate, so
great was the pressure for time that no
one member was given more than five
minutes and most of them had to con-
tent themselves with beggarly frac-
tion of minute.
With One Acclaim.
In all fifty-nine speeches were made.
With one acclaim, from the North,
South, East and West, the states and
territories, battle-scarred veterans of
the Union and the Confederate armies,
all Joined in proclaiming their support
of the country's chief magistrate in
the face of a possible foreign war.
Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, said that
If war did not come the $50 900, 900 ap-
propriated by this bill would be wisely
expended, If it only served to show the
world that when threatened from with
out the hearts of the American people
beat as one.
In the whole debate there was only a
slight discordant note caused by the
speech of Gen. Bingham, Of Pennsyl-
wanna, a Sallant soldier who served
with distinction under Hancock He
spoke too conservatively for the arous-
ed temper of the house and when he in
sisted that our relations with Spain
were as friendly as they had been for
years many Of the members Kissed him.
While almost every member who
spoke deprecated the possibility of war,
wide divergence of opinion as to how
close were hostilities manifested itself
In the debate The general contention
by the majority, among them the lead
ers on both sides, was that this appro-
priation by preparing for war would
prove the surest guarantee of peace.
Others insisted that war alarms would
soon be heard, and Mr.. Mann, of
Illinois, declared that war actually ex
listed in all save name.
The speeches which attracted the
most attention were those Of Messrs
Cannon, Henderson and Dolliver on the
Republican side, and Messrs Bailey
and Sayers on the Democratic side.