Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-29
WAR RENENIE.
Eloquent Iowa Congressman Causcs the
Woman to Shed Tcnrs.

Washington, April 2S.-The night SEES
sion of the house was devoted to brief
speeches by members who were unable
To secure time during the day to discuss
the bill for war revenue. Many Of the
speakers only had time to ask permits
sion to extend their remarks in the
record. only two Republicans spoke.
The Democrats and Populists opposed
the bond proposition.
During the day sitting Mr. Dngley
emphasized the necessity of united ac-
ton IN support Of the measure in order
not only to impress Spain but the coun-
tries Of Europe with the profound CON
viction that the American congress and
the American people stood shoulder to
shoulder without regard to party in the
determination to prosecute to sue
cessful termination the war We had un-
dertaken.
I'VE propose" said Mr.. Bailey in sup
porting an income tax. ito tax the rich
men now rather than to mortgage the
energies of the poor men for coming
generations" He declared that no
question was ever settled until il was
settled rightly. He felt that the decision
of the court was wrong and for one he
would have another case passed upon in
the belief that the court might reverse
its decision. He made this statement
he said without in any way rejecting
upon the court. The court upon the &C.
casion Of its decision in 1894 had hung
in the balance. one Of the justices had
changed his opinion within a month.
Tht decision hadI been rendered by
court divided five to four. That demon
strated that it is still an open question
Mr., Dulliver of Iowa said: The presi-
dent of the United States has kept his
course, refusing to be cuerced or driven
or turned aside, calm in the appreciation
of his own conscience and grateful for
the confidence of men of sense From
the day he entered upon his great re-
sponsibility he has kept before his face
one supreme and ultimate thing. the
liberty of Cuba, and with it the peace and
happiness Of his own country The
world will hold in increasing honor that
brave and kindly man who in the midst
of an uneXampled clamor, his lips sealed
by the very nature of his duty, has had
the moral heroism, while the smallest
chance remained, to stand as the mag
istrate of a christian people exercising
the influence Of his office for an honorable
peace.
I'VE cannot stop now to put forward
claim to be reckoned in the coinage of a
bankrupt treasury for the noble ship
which lies today broken and dismantled
in the most infamous harbor of all the
seas. We do not know how to find any
paltry calculation the equivalent of
human lives. We will not betray our
dead. The nation of America, in the
fear of God counting all the cost, eXacts
from Spain indemnity in full for the
abuses of the past-not the spoil of sub
Jugated provinces, but the emancipa-
ton of an oppressed race; not the ran
som of besieged cities, but the nobler
satisfaction of raising the flag of free
commonwealth. to keep watch with ten
der gratitude forever above the dust Of
the unforgotten heroes Of the Maine"
While Mr.. Dolliver was speaking many
of the ladies in the galleries wept, and
when he concluded his brilliant perora-
ton there was not a dry eye in the vast
hall. The demonstration Which followed
continued for several minutes.
Mr.. Sayers (Dem., TeX.) in Commute
speech said that the bill proposed to place
at the disposal of the government $500,
900 900 in addition to the ordinary rev.
enues. The expenses of the civil war in
1864 We're 81, 100, 900, 900; but the govern
ment was then supporting an army of
100000 men and fleets containing four
times as many warships as we now had.
While no one would go farther than he in
the support of the government, with the
facts before him, he felt convinced that
$500 100000 was vastly too large a sum
to appropriate. 1t was dangerous. The
corridors of the capitol already swarmed
with men seeking fat contracts. The
president would be more than human il
he could resist their opportunities. Then
discussing the provisions of the bill, he
asked why the taxes were to be exclus-
lively levied against the poor. Why did
not the railroads bear part of the bur
den? Why did not the colossal Standard
OIL company bear its share? The burden
should fall equally upon all interests.