The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-02-09

voted mo? What reason can you
give for any such AZ inconsistent per.
formauoe rs ,hat' Why, the reason
WAS small, petty and vicious politics !;
that Is H. (Applausc
~ have been tainted with saying
that your party was dragged into tho
spanish war. The gentleman frum
California (Mr l.ond) said that thar
spccck 0i mine WAS celebrated
speech. Now want 10 tell sou Of
another piece Of dragging which IN
tend 10 du In my printed remarks.
WIKI | bad time 10 do 1t now. In.
tend To take you By the scruff Of The
neck and dag you 10 the bar uf his
tory rs troubling cnlprils (ldughter)
aud show, step by step, the whole CON
duct # The Democratic party. which
was sl1gious, aud that oi the Hepubii.
Gun party, which was ignuminious Ia
The performances leading up to the
spanish war.
Napoleon said At ST. Helena, Don't
read me history; il Is mostly lies and
| aIu sick end tired NJ hearing the Ito
that goes over tins couliry lha, we nn.
dcrtuak the late war In the cause Of
humlHty, We dil no. do any surh
thing. II was y war for revenge pura
and simple. For two years the Amer
lean people, God bless them. wanted a
war for humanity, but your great i'm.
mtcultte lus, tip tn the White House
would not lot them have Il. (Lau.h.
ter and applausc) liui when the
Maine was blown NJ and goo Of our
sailors wcrc sleeping At the bottom Of
thc sea, such q felt cry ~, vengeance
went up from the American people,
such q roar 81 cxecratiDn, that il not
only startled the man IN the maon, but
tho man at the other eud Of the ave.
nue. Then, aud ~, lill then. you got
the war but ut Manila and at Sauli.
40 our soldiers aud sailors by land aud
sea did not 60 into battle shouting Re.
membcr The recommendations, ba they
went IN with shout that will echo
down The agrs, Remember the Maine
(Applausc.)
while am at Il, there is one spc-
cial piece of dragging intend To dn.
| intend to drag to the bar Of history
The Prophet Mnximus Of this Admins
iratiJu, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Grosycnor), and pilloty him there for
that speech be uttered at Columbus IN
June, 1873, which contained the great
est canard--I viii call il cluard, b.
cause that !. a polite and parliamentary
WORLD laughter 1.-THE greatest canard
uttered 10 this world siacc Ananits and
Sapphira had their ill.starrcd land
transaction. (i.aughtcr)
IL am opposed to this bill for many
reasons, but especially bccau,c it is
one feature Of general scheme to en-
slave an alien people, and in the end to
ruslavc the American people.
Talk Of conliaing the army to the
Philippines. It's al bosh, Il cannot
be done. England started out to con
iiue the scpoys to India theoretically,
and what was the RESULT One fnc
morning she anchored thousands Of
them in the Golden Horn to ovcrawe
the latest successor to solomon the
Great. Europe was astoni,hcd, but
the scpoys we're there with guns in their
hands.
Pass all The bills you please to
keep your thousands Of soldier IN Cuba
AMI the Philippines. and yet say TO
you that an INSCRIPTIONS. ambitions
man In the White Hons, can, in 30
days, bring them here to overawc tho
people, carry the election and over
throw the Kcpublic. (Applausc.
$50 we are met with singular con
diiion Of things There is mt man !
on the other side Of tn, IIousc-not Il
,inSle, solitary Que, who is supporting |
TIL, biI.-who !, willing to stand up on
lhis h1or aud say what be Is guing 20 .
Ito. g"
MIR Muhon: "iIcre h one "
Laughter
MIR Clark NO; you don't know.
my friend. daughter and applause }
iou are here simply to vote on the
pending bill, aud you do no. know any
more than any other man what il To
be th1 result at H. No man--uot even
he President hilnsclf--dircs to state
hs policy OF the President.
Mr., johnson of Indiana: "And the
'tst are put under gag law and are
Unable to say what Il to be done.
Laughter aud applause