Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-13
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ID.
SENATE.

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Senate to-day was the pension appro.
priation bill. 1t was placed on the cal
e1dar.
At the conclusion of the morning bus
iness,the immigration bill, the upfnish.
ed business was taken up and Mr.. CAT
frey was recognized for speech in op'
position to the measure.
The eulogies in memory of the late
Senator Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee,
which were to have been presented to-
day, were postponed at the request OF
Senator Bate on account of the absence
of his colleague, Senator Turley. They
will not be offered until after the cleo
ton of Senator by the legislature of
Tennessee.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cafery's
speech the Senate went into executive
session on the Hawaiian treaty.
HOUSE.
The House to-day entered upon the
consideration of the agricultural appro
priation bill. The bi carries So 1923. 402,
being S135, 800 in excess of the amount
for the current year.
Mr.. Wadswortb, chairman of the
agricultural committee, explained that
the Increases were due to the constantly
growing demand ior inspections ofmeat
and meat products for export.
Under the latitude allowed for de-
bate Mr.. Williams submitted an ex-
tended argument in favor of the estab-
lishment of postal savings bank
system.
Mr.. Williams said the deposits could
be invested in United States two per
cent. bonds which could be used to re-
fund the outstanding public debt II
the public debt were paid off at
son 9 time in the future or the deposits
exceeded it's extent the United States
could economically invest the de.
posits in public buildings, &c. The
Interest paid on deposits would
be less than the rents now paid
for such buildings. But the greatest
benefit of postal saving system, be
said, would be that it would make the
people themselves the bondholders Of
] their country.
After some remarks by Mr.. Hender-
son in support the appropriation in the
bill for seed distribution and in eulogy
of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
whom he described as genuine hard
listed farmer, Mr.. DeArmond got the
floor and submitted some sarcastic com
ments on the newspaper reports OF the
election of Senator Hanna at Columbus
yesterday. He read 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; there
fore the latter clause of the
telegram was the more wonderful.
With cutting irony he proceeded to
read and comment on some of the tele-
grams of congratnlation sent to Mr..
Hanna from this city, including those
OF President Mckinley, Senator Haw-
ley and others. Commenting on the
Presidents telegram he asked how the
return of Senator Hanna to the Senate
could be beneficial to the country save
in an example to be avoided. He said
in the course of his remarks that Ser
ator Hanna was the truest and best ex-
; ponent and representative of modern
republication.
Mr.. Diamonds remarks brought
Mr.. Mahany to his feet. "In 1892" he
said, "the American people witnessed
The spectacle of the democratic party
meeting in its national convention,
and despite the unanimous protest
of New York State, nominating for the
Presidency of the United States man
repudiated by his own commonwealth.
II ives the bosses of the democratic
party who perpeCrated this out
rage upon the rank and file Of
the democratic masses. During the
succeeding four years, the friends of
Cleveland, by bond issues and by other
the people found their financial schemes
sailed upon through the influence of
this government. This lesson was not
lost upon the bosses of the republican
party.
Mr.. Cannon expressed his gratiica-
ton over the election of Senator Hanna
1t was triumph of the majority and Of
political decency. He did not believe,
he said, that any gentleman on the
other side could rise and place his hand
on his heart aud honestly say that he
was not glad treachery had been re-
buked.
Mr.. Roberts, Delegate Callahan Of Okla
homs, and Mr.. Rorry supported the appro-
pristion for seed distribution. The latter in
tho course of his remarks msdo an eloquent
appeal to the republicans to allow the Hot Sc
to vote On the Cuban beligerency resolution.
Mr.. Bromwell moved to strike out the ap-
preparation for general seed distribution. He
said he thought it was for Congress to rid the
government of this humbug