The age-herald., 1898-06-10
CONFERENCE REPORT PASSED BY HOUSE The Vote Resulted Yeas 164, Nays GR0SVEN0R-S SWANSON TILT Yirginian Criticised Administration in Its
 Conduct Of the Var. OHIO MEMBER'S BITTER REPLY Terrific Trade of Personal Abuse Delivered Against the Democrat, Who Replied by
 lnsnuating That MT. Grosyenor
 Was Somewhat Tipsy.
OHIO MEMBER'S BITTER REPLY

Washington, June 9.-After Ae hours de- voted to the consideration of the bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote in con- gressional elections the conference report upon tn war revenue bill was presented to tn house today. Consideration was in terrupted by recess till o'clock, at which hour the report was taken up again, and after three hours debate, involving wide range of subjects and some sensa- tionaI features 1t was voted upon and adopteG-15i to 1o7 The election measure will be disposed of tomorrow immediately after the meeting of the house. Tonight MT. Pierce, of Tennessee, made a vigorous attack upon the prosecution of the war and the alleged unwarranted delay Nh sending relief to the Cubans A sensational feature was the clash between MT. Gros- vnor (rep) of Ohio, and MT. Swanson (dem) of Virginia, growing out of the formers attck upon the latter's speech in criticisms of the revenue bill.
 MT. Dingley (rep) of Maine, then was recognized and presented the conference re- port upon the revenue bill.
 Swanson's Attack
 Discussion was indulged in by MT. Swan
  sented from any inclination to turn the war into one of aggression to end with this country holding great colonial possessions. The suggestion that Porto Rico and the Philippines should be held, he declared, was vicious and not in accord with the ma jority sentiment of the country MT. Swan Son took occasion to criticise the adminis- tration In It's conduct of the war, and par tlcularly did he antagonize the pending bill as conducive to the interests of monop- oly and of the very rich.
 The speech brought from Mir Grosvenor an impassioned and highly sensational re- sponse. Wrapt attention followed the first words of his utterance:
 Had Sagasta, had Blanco, had Cevera been given the opportunity to make a speech on this occasion they would not have made so ineendiary appeal against the prosecution of this war as the gentle- man from Virginia has uttered, I denounce his unpatrlotic purpose; denounce his un- patriotic and untruthful utteranceS."
 Continuing, he was bitterly personal in his accusations, charging the Virginia member with being serviie to narrow politi- cal motives. "He would starve the soldiers of the union while he would prattle little about liberty" said Mr. Grosvenor, and further along he declared 1t was not possi- ble to frame a speech containing more hostility to the government and more an- tagonism to the people than the speech of the gentleman from Virginia" He re- ferred to the Virginian as representing a "contestible district" A laugh was created fin the midst of the Ohioan's terrific trade when he referred to the battleship Oregon as having recently "sunk a confederate torpedo boat" He explained the mistake by the "unpatriotism of tho gentleman from Virginia"
 Somewhat Drunk
 MT. Swanson in reply declared his belief that the Ohio member would never have made 'the brutal attack had he been so- Der"
 MT. Grosvenor denounced MT. Swanson's s insinuation that he (Grosvenor) was not sober, as a weapon which no honorable opponent would use'' in a debate such as the one in progress. The democrats jeered and the republicans applars d the de- nunciaton
 Following the Grosvcnor-Swanson episode several members addressed the house, the speeches being brief and confined on the republican side chiefly to tho coinage feature.
 The vote on tho conference report was taken at Il o'clock, resulting yeas 154; nays, TOT.
 At Il :35 D. m. the house adjourned.