The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-03-04

aAlou Noi uAduy years III Iuo SILL
ate of listening to the reading Of
Washington's farewell address on
Washington's birthday. The ad-
dress was read at the request Of Mr..
Bailey, of Texas, the democratic
leader. Mr.. Boutelle's amendment
fixing the maximum price of armor
plate at s545 per ton, but restricting
the provisions to the appropriation
made in the present bill was ruled
to be in order whereupon another
proposition was offered by Mr.. I'm
derwood, of Alabama, for the cree
ton of an armor plate plant by the
government. A point of order
against the latter proposition was
pending when the consideration of
the naval bill was suspended to al
low the members of the house to
pay tribute to the memory of the
late Senator Morrill,. of Vermont.
Thursday.-T naval appropria-
ton bill finally passed the house
this afternoon, after four days OF
acrimonious debate, much Of which
was spent upon the question of the
rehabilitation of the academy at
Annapolis, in accordance with the
scheme inaugurated by the appro-
priation of $500, 600 in the last naval
bill and the proposition to increase
the maximum price to be paid for
armor plate to $545 per ton, exist
ing law limiting it to $500. The
senate amendments to the military
academy bill we're adopted and the
house adjourned.
Friday.-During the general de-
bate upon the army appropriation
bill in the house today Mr.. johnson,
republican, of Indiana, who made
several notable speeches violently
attacking the policy of the admins.
tration during the consideration OF
the army reorganization bill,a fort
night ago, returned to the assault
and delivered the president and
some of his advisors some OF the
most scathing philippics heard in
the house for months. He sneered al
the president and at the influences
which he alleged controlled him,
impunged his motives, scored MI
sincerity and likened him to Dick
ems most contemplate character
charged his secretary of war witt
incompetency and predicted that thu
president would in the end be en-
quilted by adverse public sentiment
Although his utterances were Ia
more sensational than those in hi
former speeches and dazed some o
, his auditors by the impetuosity witt
which they were delivered, tn
speech did not raise about him tn
storm of his former speech. MI
:, Marsh, republican, of Illinois, re
piled to some of Mr.. Johnson
structures, but the republican lead
ers had evidently decided to lgnor
the attacks of the Indianlan an
no general reply was made to n
3 speech, The army approximate
q bill today was lost sight of in tn
discussion of the policy of the GOV
o eminent relative to the Philippine
. and several notable speeches wei
q made, particularly that of Mr.. Sc
" tie, democrat, of Kentucky. III
T. general debate upon the bill close
J. today.
10 saturday.-Owing to the pressul
l. of business the house met at
10 o'clock today. Mr.. Henderson,
S. Iowa, stated to the house that on a
le count of the great amount of publ
t. business to be disposed of durlr
ID the remainder of the session it W
ID desirable that the house meet her
T. after at II o'clock. Three appropl
alton bills were yet to pass the hou
e. said he, and but three had gone
N the president. An order to meet
* II o'clock was made. The hou
~ then went into committee OF t
n whole and resumed the consider
ne ton of the army appropriation bl
re The committee rose at 2 o'clo
te without having completed the bl
an and took up the special order OF
logies to the late Senator Walth
of Mississippi. At the conclusion