The Portland daily press., 1898-06-10
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Mr.. Bailey criticised .sro .,,
as being chiefly burdensennaae aetaiiy "a tne oiil
were able to bear additional bur SU sslose VIZ a.
attacked especially the prov;s;a,a roen; ~ ~
to mixed -four as unconstitmt;na r9laans
was intended not to raise sional rarn apo ~
destroy an Industry. 'ehue out u
Mr.. Simpson, Populist of K
tackled the bond provision as snnnaaa Kansas, aG'
MIR. Pierce, Democrat of Tennsssea ee'"sy ~
tacKed Wn9o ne oeclared the neglisenoe
relieve quickly the distress in Cnha idiaure w =. g
had largely preoipitated hostiHties" "ii'0i
Further depression from tha h;SI
dulged in by Mir. Swanson, (dem' Va ,
who vigorously dissented from anx 70
clination to turn the war into nya N ~
aggression to end with this countro holdi u
ing great colonial possessions He at
tackled the bond and other features of the
bill, notably the tobacco taxes. - ''''
Mr.: Swanson criticized the adminisrra-
tion in its conduct of the war and antaoo
nized the bill as conducive to the intaTsst, mass
of monopolists and the very rioh.
Mr.. Grosvenor. Republican of Ohio
made an impassioned response. He said
Had Sagasta, had Blanco, had Csrve 70
been given the opportunity to MAKE .
speech on this occasion, they wouId no,
have made so incendiary an appeal against
the prosecution of this war as the gentle
man from Virginia has uttered. / de.
nounce his unpatriotic purposes; de-
nounce his unpatriotic and untruthf MI
utterances
Continuing he was bitterly personal in
his declarations, charging the Virginis
member with being servile to narrow
political motives.
Mr.. Swanson, in reply said: "The onlv
reason can give for the unfair, unjust.
unpatriotic and untrue personal attack
upon me, is that the speaker is in such
condition that he does not know whether
he is fighting the Confederate, or Spanish
forces. He then made an eloquent de-
Tense of his DISTRICT.
Later, Mr.. Swanson, again secured the
floor and declared his belief that the Ohio
member would never have made the
"brutal attack had he been sober.''
Mr.. Grosvenor declared he had attacked
the sentiment of the Virginian's speech
and not rhe personality Of the member,
He denied having referred to the latter's
district as Contemplate, and said he
had used the word s.cpntestihle.' 81
This declaration was greeted with hisses
and general protests from the Dem ocrats
and corroboTative expressions from the
Republicans.
He denounced MIR. Swanson's insinua.
tion that he (Grosvenorl was not sober,
as weapon, (which no honorable oppo-
nent would use' in debate such as the
one IN progress. The Democrats jeered
and the Republicans appiauded the de-
nuholation.
Following the Qrosyenor-Swanson
episode, several members addressed the
House. the speeches being confined on the
Republican side chiefly to The coinage
feature.
Mr.. Hill, Republican of Conneeticut,
Henderson, Republican of PENNSYLVANIA,
Moody, Republican of Massachusetts,,
Payne, Republican of New York, and Mo
MILAN, Democrat of Tennessee, spoke,
MIR. Hill declared he would vote against
the btil because Of the coinage provision,
some life to dead issue. but the Repub.
lioans who addressed the House con-
tended that 1t would effect no more than
the law at present provided in the matter
of silver coinage and was not open to
serious objection. The vote on the confer
ence report was taken at eleven O'Clock,
resulting 154 yeas, 107 nays.
At l1.35 the house adjourned.