The herald., 1898-09-07
The Republican Candidates Halt Cock
Shots Are Shown to Be Abortive.
How Mcguire Voted


and judgment. For my own part, have
always avoided personal attacks and have
refused to notice them; except under great
provocation. I choose to deal only with his
discussion Of questions Of fact and Of prin-
ciple involved In the campaign.
The Funding Bill
Referring to the passage of the funding
bill at the last session of the present con-
Cress, Mr.. Gage Is reported as saying:
1--WE had no opportunity to vote upon
that question, but there came time
place In the congress Of the pnited
Il. A. short time ago. you remember.
law In reference to that matter was
adopted in the United States senate,
MssureP II stooa tere ana had he raised
his voice, had he simply said: Mr..
Chairman, I object to the consideration
Of that blll.' Il never could have been
considered. He made no. such objec.
tion. Then. what right has he to stand
upon the rostrum today and assall the
acts of that body? Tell me, II you can,
as honest, fair-minded citizens. whether
that conduct becomes an honest Official
or not"
Is It possible that Mr.. Gage knows SO lit
tie Of congressional procedure as to believe
that statement? But he must have been de-
ceived into believing II. as otherwise he cer-
tainly would not have repeated 1t. Does he
not know that the refunding provision In
question came back to the house from the
senate as part Of the general deficiency
bill? That general deficiency bill carried
appropriations to the amount Of nearly
two hundred and twenty millions Of dollars
to meet deficiencies already incurred for the
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United States. Does he imagine that o
single objection from anybody could have
prevented the house Of representatives
from voting on that bill or from voting on
the question Of concurring or ,on-concur-
ring in the senate amendment? Does he im-
agine that the house Of representatives Is
such an impotent or imbecile body as to be
paralyzed and prevented from making ap-
propriations for the support of the army
and navy in time Of war by single objec-
ton, or by a hundred objections, to the
consideration Of an appropriation bill? The
proposition Is SO absurd that Its very state
ment should have convinced him Of its
inoorrectness. Mr. Gage has been grossly
deceived in. this matter. The fact is that
there was no possibility of either defeat
ing the refunding provision or Of striking 1t
from the general deficiency bill, except by
a majority vote Of the members OF the
house present at the time Of ite consldera-
ton.
As to Mr.. Cages deduction concerning
my official honesty. based upon his belief
that I could have defeated the refundinG
provision by simply saying:' "Mr. Chair
man, object TO- the consideration Of that
bill." I presume he will withdraw his de-
duction when he discovers that he has been
imposed upon concerning the facts.
Again Deceived
His suggestion that "a drunken man
sometimes has better sense than the leader
OF his party" must. Of course, pass with
out comment.
Again. Mr.. Gage. referring to me, says:
''He may not have said. as the Repub-
lican platform declares he did, that the
taking Of Spanish =, ships by AN Amsricadd err dd
this: He stood there In congress talking
and voting along lines opposite to those
from which our bullets were nying.
That Is a serious statement, which Mr..
Gage should be able to substantiate by
producing or referring to the Congressional al
Record. It is sufficiently serious to justify,
II not to require him to quote the language
used by me in talking along lines Opposite
to those from which American bullets were
flying" and to refer specifically to the
votes which he says were cast along those
lines. Mr.. Gage has been deceived In this
matter. Evidently he does not examine
the Congressional Record himself.
The Revenue Bill
He further says that "voted against the
V,lyY rhot to
bill imposed substantially the entire burden
Of the war upon the poor and comparative
ly poor people of our country. opposed,
not the raising of revenue. as he intimates,
but the Republican method Of raising rev.
enue, which involved the exemption of the
accumulated wealth and great incomes Of
the country from taxation while imposing
the burden Of the war upon the poor.
Again. still referring to me, he says: "He
voted against the bill that was to provide
our sailors and our soldiers with drugs.
with clothing and with general suste-
nance" I trust that he will in his next
speech designate the bill to which he re-
fers and the record of my vote against 1t.
I say to him that in this matter, also, he
has been grossly deceived; that voted for
every bill providing for food, clothing.
medicine and all other supplies for our
sailors and soldiers. further say that.
by the votes Of Democrats, Republicans
ana Populists in congress ample provision
was made for supplying our soldiers anc
sailors with all Of these things in abund-
ance, and that, in so far a. they have suf-
'fered for lack Of these things It has been
due to inaladministration Or 70 ine4ncient
administration.
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