Arizona republican., 1898-03-09
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOICE
The Bill Providing for the Ma
 tional Defense Passed
The Only DiSCOrdant Note was Pro- duCed by a Conservative Utter anC9-For the First Time In the House Pairs Were Disrekarded.

patriotism, with eloquent words ring ing in their ears, every member of the house of representatives today re- sponded to the presidents first call to meet the Spanish situation by casting his vote for a bill placing in President McKinley's hands $50,000,000 to be expended at his discretion for the na- tional defense. Party lines were swept away and with a unanimous voice congress voted it's confidence in the ad- ministration.
 Many members who were paired with absent colleagues took the re- sponsibility of breaking their pairs, an unprecedented thing in executive an nals, in order that they might go on record in support of this vast app.o- priation to maintain the dignity and honor of their country. Speaker Reed, who, as presiding officer, seldom votes only in case of a tie, had his name called and voted in his capacity as a representative.
 The scene of enthusiasm which greeted the announcement of the vote. ayes, 311; nays, none, has been seldom the galleries were damned with en- thusiastic spectators applauding to the echo the sterling patriotism of the words of eloquence which were uttered by members on the floor. All the speeches were brief. Although four hours were allowed for debate, so great was the pressure for time that but one member was given more than five minutes and most of them had to con- tent themselves with a beggarly fIac- tion of minute.
 In all, ffty-nine speeches were made. With one acclaim members from the north and the south, from the ca t and the west, from the states and the terri tories, battle scared veterans of the Union and Confederate armies, all joined in proclaiming their support of the country's chief magistrate in the face of a possible foreign war
 In the whole debate there was only a slight discordant note, caused by T sylvania, a gallant soldier who had served with distinction under Han cock. He spoke too conservatively for the reused temper of the house, and when he insisted that our relations with Spain were as friendly as they had been for years, many of the mem- Ders hissed him.
 While almost every member who spoke depreciated the possibility of war; wide divergence of opinion as to how close were the hostilities was manifested in debate. The general contention by the majority among the leaders of both sides was that this ap- propriation, by preparing for war, would prove the surest guarantee Of peace.
 Others insisted that wars alarms would be soon heard, and Mr. Mann Of Illinois declared that war actually ex- isted in all save the name The speeches which attracted the most at tention were those of Messrs. Cannon, Henderson and Deliver on the repub- lican side, and Messrs. Saver and Bailey on the democratic side.
 SENT TO THE SENATE.
 Washington, March S.-The bill ap- propriating S5OOO0,0OO for the national defense was carried immediately to the senate and has been presented to that body and referred to the committee on appropriations.
 THE SENATE SESSION.
 Washington, March S--Today's ses- sion of the senate was largely devoted to the consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. After an extended discussion one bill con- taining provision for a reduction of about one-half of the present rates of telephone charges in the district was passed. The bill for the relief of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. of Tennessee, appropriating S2SS. GOO. was passed.
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