The age-herald., 1898-01-14
DcARMOND ATTACKS
 SENATOR HANNA Held Up for Ridicule MCKinley'S Message of Congratulation. OTHERS ALSO CRITICISED The Big Boss Defended and EulOSized by
 MahOney of New York. HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION REA!Y Discussed by Morgan, Chandler, Frye,
 White and Stewart. NOT MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE The Speakers in Every Instance Announced That Their Remarks Were Pre-
 Iiminary to What They Would
 Say Before the Closing.
Discussed by Morgan, Chandler, Frye,
 White and Stewart.
NOT MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE

Washington, Jan. 13.-The house today entered upon the consideration of the ag- ricultural appropriation bill The bill car- ries 3,323, 1902, being s135,500 in excess of the amount for the current year.
 MT. Wadsworth (rep.) of New York, chair man of the agricultural committee, ex- plained that the increases were due to the growing demand for inspections of meat and meat products for export.
 Under the latitude allowed for debate, Mr. Williams (dem.) of Mississippi sub mitted an extended argument in favor of the establishment of the postal savings bank system.
 After some remarks by MT. Henderson (rep) of Iowa in support of the appropria- ton in the bill for seed distribution and in eulogy of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, whom he described as a genuine hard-fsted farmer, Mr. DeArmond (dem.) of Missouri got the floor and submitted some sarcastic comment on the newspaper report of the election of Senator Hanna at Columbus yes- terday. He read the telegram sent by MT. Hanna to President Mckinley: God reigns and the republican party still lives"
 Dearmond on Hanna,
 The telegram, he said, was unique. That God reigned, there was no room to doubt; therefore, the latter clause of the tele- gram was more wonderful. With cutting irony he proceeded to read and comment on some telegrams of congratulation sent to MT. Hanna from this city, including those of President Mckinley, Senator Haw- ley and others. Commenting on the presi- dents telegram, he asked how the return of Senator Hanna to the senate could be ben eficial to the country save as an example to be avoided. He said that Senator Hanna was the truest and best exponent and rep resentative of modern republicanism.
 Mr. DeArmonds remarks brought MT. Mahany (rep) of New York to his feet. In a brief but emphatic speech he replied to the remarks of the Missourian.
 s'In 1892" said he, "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 a man repudiated by his own commonwealth It 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 MT. Cleveland by bond issues and by other methods ab- horrent to the conscience of the people found their financial schemes smiled upon by the influence of this government. This lesson was not lost upon the bosses of the republican party. In 1896 bosses who had debauched the legislation of sovereign states and turned the legislatures of those states into the cash registers for their own schemes, 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 demo- cratic party had risen up and hurled down to oblivion Cleveland and Clevelandism, the republican party in all human probability would be victorious in the ensuing cleo tions So the bosses gathered together to syndicate the presidency and at moment when the masses of the republican party almost despaired of averting this outrage on their party and the disgrace to the republic, there was one man who rose up, a man whom 1t is the delight of the demo- cratic party to denounce as boss, a man who by his bulldog courage and his faith in the strength and conscience of the masses of the republican party gave battle to these bosses and made triumphant the will of the masses of the republican party in the nomination of William Mckinley for president of the United States (Applause on the republican side). I will state to the distinguished and profound gentleman from Missouri (DeArrnond), that 1t is for this reason that the American people rejoice to- day that man who dared to give battle to the bosses in national convention and to hurl them to defeat can still survive with honor and power and glory in Ameri- can life. Applause on the republican side).
 Cannon's Qualification.
 MT. Cannon, (rep. Illinois), expressed his qualification over the election of Senator Hanna. It was triumph of the majority and of political decency. He did not be- lieve, he said, that any gentleman on the other side could rise and place his hand on his heart and honestly say he was not glad treachery had been rebuked.
 MT. Perkins, (rep Iowa), reverting to the question of seed distribution, said he would like to see the present policy discontinued.