Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-14

OF the appropriation bill for seed dis
trloution and in eulogy of Secretary OF
agriculture Wilson. whom he describ-
ed as genuine hard listed farmer.
MT. DeArmond ODemocrat. of Mis-
sour. got the floor and submitte some
sarcastic comment on the newspaper
reports of the election of Senator Han
IA at columbus yesterday. He read
tne telesram sent by Mr.. Hanna TO
president Mckinley: "God reigns and
the Republican party Still lives"
me telegram, he said. was UNIQUE.
ihat COD felgns there was no room to
doubt; therefore the latter clause OF the
telegram was the more wonderful
With cutting irony he proceeded To
read and comment on some of the tai
esramS of congratula ton sent to Mr..
tdanna from this city. including those
OF president Mckinley, Senator Haw-
ley and others. Commenting on the
Presidents telegram, he asked how tha
return of Senator Hanna to the Sena "a
could be beneficial to sthe country, save
IN an example to be avoided He said
IN the course of his remarks, that Sem
ator Hanna was the truest and best ex-
ponent ana representative Of modern
Republicarism
Mr.. Diamonds remar ks h:ouzh;
Mr.. Mahany CRepublicau,. of New
1o.N, to his Ieet. In = brief but en-
phatic speech to the remarks os th,.
Ms Sourian.
IL 1917, Siiu he, the American
people witnessed the spectacle of She
Democratic party meeting in its ma
uonat convention, and. despite of the
unanimous PROTESTS of New York
State, nominating for THE Presidanc of
the United States man reoudiated
oy mas own commonwealth. 1, was the
bosses of the Democracy who perpetra-
ted this outrage upon the rank and file
or the Democratic masses. During the
succeeding four years the friends cr
Mr. Cleveland, by bond issues anI by
other methods abhorent to the con-
science OF the people. found thc,r H.
nancial schemes smiled upon through
the Eniuence of the government This
lesson was not lost upon the bosses of
the Republican party. In 1886 bosses
who had debauched the legislation of
sovereign GATES and turned the leg
iSlature of the States into cash regis
ters for their own schemes, mat to-
Eether in a bosses pool to syndicate
the Presidency of the United States
because 1t was known that owing to the
fact that the conscience of the Dem
ocratic party had risen up and hurled
down to oblivion Eleveiand and Cleve-
landiSm. the Republican party in ali
human probability would be victorious
at the ensuing election. So these boss
es gathered together to syndicate the
Presidency of the United States, and at
"a moment when the masses of the Re-
avert!nS this outrage on their party
and This disgrace to the republic there
was one mar who rose up, q ms u whom
it is the delight OF the Denrocra tic par
ty to denounce AS a boss. a man who by
his bulldog courage and his fa,;h in
the strength and conscience of the
masses of the Republican party gave
battle to those bosses and made trium-
phant the will of the masses of The
Republican party. in the nomination of
Mckinley for President of the
limited States applause on the Ieepub-
lican side).
II will state to the distinguished and
profound gentleman from Missouri
DeArmonO that it is for this reason
that the American people rejoice today
that man who dared to give battle to
the bosses An the national convention
and hurl them to defeat, can SILL sur
in Amercan fe ahd ap eMsn sna IN ge 4s
sde.)
MIR. Cannon, of Illinois, expressed his
qualification over the election of Sena-
tor Hanna. 1t was a triumph of the
majority and of political decency. He
did not believe. he said, that any gem
tlenlan on the other side could rise and
place his hand on his heart and honest
ly say that he was not glad trea cherry
had been rebuked.
The House. a. $40 p. NJ. adjourned
until tomorrow.