The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-11

Washington, Feb. 1O.-GeneraI debate
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
was concluded today. The speakers
during the day touched a variety Of
topics, but as a rule the debate lacked
spirit and interest.
Mr. Dockery of Missouri. who is at
the head of the minority of the appro-
prlationS committee, reinforced Mr..
CannOn'S figures of yesterday as to the
deficiency in the revenues. Mr.. De Ar
mOnd OF Missouri Mr. Gillett of
Massachusetts and others discussed
the policy of expansion. and Mr.. Lentz
of Ohio severely criticised the admin
! istration for exercising cIemency in the
case of General Eagan. The latter
charged that there was an evident dis
position to reward those who attacked
General Miles, because the latter had
had 1.-THE manhood to tell the truth about
alleged rotten food fed to our trOOpS
in Porto Rico and Cuba
During the course of the debate Mr..
Hepburn, chairman of the Interstate
and foreign commerce committee, gave
notice that he would offer the Nicara-
qua canal bill as an amendment TO the
sundry civil bill.
The house, without preliminary bust
ness, went into committee Of the
whole and resumed consideration Of
the sundry civil appropriation bill
Mr.. BrOSSiUS (Rep., Pa. the first
speaker, characterized the $50, 900, 900 to
be paid to Spain under the terms OF
the Paris treaty, a mere bagatelle-
Mr.. Dockery CDem.. MOI, who fol-
lowed, congratulated the country upon
the statement made by Mr.. Cannon
yesterday. Had it been made earlier.
he said, the country might have been
saved many millions of dollars. Mr..
DOcl(crN- IOrO6ncoi fior11rae m show that
there was already in sight "a. deficiency
of $6l, 900 for the next fiscal year,
but this was exclusive of the additional
expenditure of g, 500, 900 involved in the
naval personnel bill, the new ships to
be authorized in the naval apprOpria-
ton bill, the Cuban claims, the $11,O0G,
coo for public buildings, and the enOr-
nous expenditure involved in the
Hanna-Payne subsidy bill and the bill
for the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, should either of these latter
bills be passed. After the civil war.
he said, a congress had revealed and
riOted on the substance of the people,
but the Forty-fOurth congress had
come. Mr.. DOckery predicted that an
other "Forty-fourth congress would
cOme-at least, a congress animated by
the spirit that controlled the Forty
fOurth-and it would cut down the tax
burdens of the people.
Mr.. Johnson (Rep., Ind) asked how
the expenditures could be reduced I'M
der the foreign policy entered upon by
the administration. Mr.. DOclery re-
piled that circumstances would prob
ably neceSSitate large increases in the
cost of our military and naval estab-
lishments, but he did believe there
could be a great reduction in govern
mental expenditures.
You mean, them interpOSed Mr..
johnson THAT We U01TSt cIIr down the
expenses for our internal affairs at
home, in order that we may be able to
support a great army and navy
abroad?"
Il am not sure but that the gentle
man is about right, replied Mr.. Dock
cry Somewhere the pruning knife
must be laid. or else the tax burdens of
the people must be increased"
REED PROVOKED WAR.
Mr.. De Almond Dem. Mo-, speak
ing of the causes of the war, declared
that great injustice had been done the
speaker of the house. 1t was 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
to make the war inevitable as the
speaker. He suppressed debate in the
house, and stifled the sentiments and
CNDSClG0GGS OF ultllOCIS- 1IGSlQEllL
Mckinley, if he had been here, had
not dared to do so much. The waters
mad been damned up until the, flood
was inevitable At last, Indignation
throughout the country and the wholly
unexpected blowing up OF the Maine
broke the flOOdgate.
Turning to the question Of the future,
Mr.. De Almond declared that all his
tory proved that when republics turn
ed toward imperialism it was only q
question of time when the end came.
There was no goal. We were travelling
a new road. All our grand heritage
was to be abandoned. Should we not
pause before we made the plUnge?"
In conclusion he appealed to the
members to break their shackles, rise
in their dignity and assert themselves
in favor Of America in America and in
favor of free government at home and
opposed to oppression the world over
If congress expired without acting and
matters were allowed TO drift on the
die would be cast. Our pride, our van
ity would be appealed to. There would
be protests against parting with the
Philippines. They were ours, it would
be argued, because we had paid for
them. They were ours because we had
shed our blood for them.
Mr.. Gillett (Rep. Mass). declared
that ne had rather pay $20,000000 to be
honOrably rid of the philippines than
to pay $40. 000. 600 to keep them The
islands could not, in his opinion, ever
be Americanized. Corruption and de-
moralization would creep in and there
could be no compromising advantages.
NICARAGUA BILL
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep. la, chairman Of
the committee on interstate and for
eisn commerce, created something OF
a sensation at the conclusion of Mr.. Gil
let's remarks by giving notice that at
the proper time he would offer the Mic
araeua canal bill as an amendment to
the sundry civil bill. The announce
ment was greeted with applause by the
friends of the measure. He had been
moved to take this course, he declared.
by the statement of Mr.. Cannon yes
terday that the bill would not be con-
sidered at this session. DIR. Hepburn