The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-11
DEMOCRATS STILL KICK.
VAIL ABoIT EXPENSES BROUGHT
ON BY IMPERIALISM"
the Republic in the Drift To-
wards Expansfon-Pensio BIN
for Ten. Palmer Occasions Words

fay wiraeSst preliminary Business weiat ls4te
committee OF the whole and resumed con"
sheraton OF me ssndgy evil appropriation
bKI. Upon Mr. Cannons nfosIen general
debate VAS 10 close with tails legislative
day.
Brossssss q PennS5 wanna. the srsr speak
or today. characterized the soat"a,i. 10
- pais Spain under the terms OF the
Paris treaty } mere 0agatelie
Tsockery Of Missouri. vino followed CON
graduated the country upon the state
Es,enr made ~ Cannon yesterday. Had L
been made earlier he SAID. the country
might have been saved many millions II
dollars.
Dockery produced figures 20 show that
there was already III sight deficiency ~
81 a.oaao for the next tiscai year Sat
tbs WAS eNcIasye OF The add 1oHal eS-
pendi.lra Of $4,000 involved in the naval
personnel bib the neg ships 70 be autbor-
ICED IN the nava. appropriation bill, the
Cuban claims the 81 .soeG foT puzzle
buildings and tbs enormous expenditure
involved in tha Hanna-Payne subsidy BIZ
and the bill Tor the cons truction Of the
Nicaragua canal bill should either Of these
latter bills be passed. After the civil war,
he sad congress had revesed and rioTed
IN the substance o. the people. but the
Forty-fourjh congress ha- come Dockery
predicted taat another Forty-fourth con-
sress would come at least a congress an
mated by the spirit that controied the
Forty-fcurth. and IL wou.f cut down the
tax bairdens OF the people.
johnson os Indiana asked how the ex-
penditure had been reduced by the for
e.gn policy entered upon by The admins
lratson.
Dockery replied That circumstances
would probably neceSss.ate large increases
III the cost Of OAR military and naval IS
adjustments but ne did believe there
could bse a great reduction il governmental
expenditures.
You mean ;hen." interposed johnson.
that We mast cut do@n the expenses foT
our internal affairs al home III order that
Ne may be able TO support great army
and navy Abroad
y am not sure but that the gentleman
Is about right replied DockeTy. some
where the pruning knife must he laid
or e.se The tax Burdens or the people must
be increased
Dc Almond of Missouri speaking Of he
causes OF the war. declared that great
Injustice had been done the speaker OF the
house. II vas said everywhere that The
speaker had been opposed to the war.
Yet, he declared. no solitary man IN the
country, no dozen men in fact. had done
so much 10 make the war inevitable as the
speaker He suppressed debate in the
house had stifcd the sent!nl5 ms and con-
sciences Of mem bers President Mckinley
II he had been here had not dared 10 do
so much. The waters had been damned
up Until the food was inevitable. Az last
Indignation throughout the country and
the wholly unexpected blowing UP of the
Maine broke the floodeate.
TurHing 10 the questio OF the future De
Almond declared that all history proved
that when republics turned toward i'm
perialism IL was only a question Of time
when the end came. There was no goal.
fpDg live 49, 4 am
grand heritage was TO be abandoned.
Should We nor pause before We rnzdo the
plungee
II conclusion. he appealed 10 the mem
bers 10 break their snaCklcs rise in their
dignity ard assert themselves "a favor OF
America ~ America. and in favor Of free
government al home and opposed 20 op-
preston the world over. II congress ex-
p!red without acting ard matters were al
lowed 20 drift on, The de would BE- cast.
our pride our vanity. would be appealed
20. There would be protests against part
ius with the Philippines. They were ours.
it would be argued. because We had paid
for them. They were ours because We had
shed eur blood for them.
Gllett Of Massachusetts declared that he
had rather pay So 00(sAi 20 be ho0orah ly
I'd of the Philippines than 20 pay $10,eDo.-
GO 10 keep them The islands c0ula not,
IN his opinion. ever be- Amer.caaiZei. Cor
yupuou and tenCT.zation would creep in
and there could be 70 compeGsating ad-
yantaGes.
Hepburn Of Iowa, chairman Of the COM
u1ittee an interstate auI' foreign com
nerce. created something az a sensation
~ the conclusion % Gtl,et;'s remarks ny
giving notice that al The proper time ia
would offer The Nj-Ar8sua cacal bin As an
amendment 70 The Sunery civil bill. The
Announcement, was greeted with applause
~ the friends Of tne measure He had
been moved - take tbs course. ne declared.
by chs statement of Cannon yesterday that
the bil would not be considered at tais
session. Hepburn argued tina; he amend
merit would RE II order ard could properly
ae PLACED uQon the bill.
Grosvenor. under the latitude allowed for
debate spoke az some length on the efsalt
~ the wool schedule Of tae Ding3ey bill
anon TIE wool growing indus rs
Underwood Z Alabama reviewed the rec
ord - re present gross 70 show that
is hsd betrayed lis pledges "a the people.
Kirkpatrick Of Pennsylvania dese3.3ed
eNps s.on. and LeU;z - Ohio concluded
TIE debate for the lay vith a de1unciatioa
90 he prcSi3e0, fc- committing me SER
rer>o 81 Corn vniSSary General EaEan. lie
declared thai Gen. EaEau's attack upon
Gen. Niles mad 10 Israi3ei Ia military bis
terry He called GEE Maes q liar for
private soldiers c2tla testify The t~oois
had haen fed rotten BEEF. ssi5 I4n,z ard
80; Gen Pagan was - he suspended WITH
pay for six rears a95 th@a re.ives upon
,hres-fourths gsy because he had de-
neunced the truth as i3e
Re WIS 20 Do rewarded or aftarkia.
Gen Miles with his paY ring ais sus-
pension Calculating IRE 5euErh ~ his life
according 20 recognized mortality tables
Gen. EagaS would dras g l1s from .ha
treasury after he had oefn convicted ty
cet-vt-En8Ttt7l of "a ue~t Se.rocs oTeues
against military Gss-fniin.
TIE c.surr.tree thaa PRISE
A. o'clock th+ haase took r@ceea lsr.-
III e'el1cs. the evening session - te de-
vctea - pension legislation
50 the r}gh- session sst-fy-ore --s.4.e
Qers.on bills ss-e passes Among tas-a
vss tae sepsse So - Taas.ea T~t.tsa Tv-
.er Sewp5e fhe daughter ~ pTee.s.>gt T~-
Ser. which &ea1locEei tf.e htfsae a ygesk
1892 ard the se.st@ bls 70 pension @x-S fs-
stc~ Jate VI Palmer ot I1ira5e AZ t~=
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