Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-26
A BATTLE.
Congressman Johnson and
Dolliver Lock Horns on
Expansion.
ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED

,a,. v,,,;
! w INV
dcnt-Most Brilliant Speeches
OF the Session.
Washinpton Tan o5Not eirco tho stir-
ring davs Leforn tho dcrIorntion nf w,ar
Ilst sninr has tho Horse ,,,itueee.d s,,,b
an eXhibition of excitement and s,ch
scenes of unbonndcd entbusiosm nc CO.
Cured to-day when Tho tvyo rnni,bIicnns
Mr.. johnson tho Indiana member. and
Mr.. Dolllvc,. Of Iown locked horns on
cxnans,on The army hin which ,xns nm
der debate. was swallowed IN i'm the
broader ouestion Of o,r f,,turo nnt,onal
policy. and the debate was lifted from
the dead level of modocritv into absolute
hrilliancy. Mr.. johnson secured time from
or rho adn,iri',r''tio, Il, ,,.,s nt i,,' G,.st
tno bo bn, l,ti.o,, f,,, ~ vs.. -,
m n,,hlic ,,,,.,,J ',i,,,' ,',3 ~,
hns n,,, - ,,,,,.t =.
vActive and ,ha I,,,on.t.1oe ,h,, ~ as
ia snc.t h',d at,,ant,1 ,,d
in tba c,tI,r,l. ,rao,i.',, ~ ',n'f.h -, t,ts
ronrtatio,, v.l,b tt.'. ,r,,,' a ,.it
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home III vorts nnr-od tro,, ht,, T.,
norfoct torrant H. ',,,I,,,,,,1'', ~ -, -
noeition to .,rrov ~, thiii,,, i.,,,.. ~ ,t
versivn of o,,n,.,, tra'ti,i,,, dlI ~
NtisNe Oh every TRADITION dcar TO the AM
crlcan heart in the past, ana the lnau-
tho do,rrt,u or ~ y,,,,,tti IT, i, ~,
r,titcntia, 20 ~, ,I, - ~
wo1ld sound tbn dootb l,r,u nf al 40
crorts ac ,hos,, n.bo ,,'1, ,',,ol 90, -
vent III. co,,,,,-,, f,o,,' .,,,ht,,, s.S ~ P,i
vent tnt country from fuShlnS on TO sui
C-N'' anu declared II ne were a senator
ne would rot In his seat before it should
Ic rdt!hon lie denounced the President
iS IN sldv.sh follower of public opinion
nut warned him that the tide would re-
cede and the voice Of the people would in
time rebuke him. Members stood in the
aisles ten deep while he was speaking,
but he tried to stop the applause which
continually broke out from the democrat
ic side. For almost two hours his words
poured forth.
Mp r,oIrrvrD,s cprECt1
Nnen Mr iolllNcr OF Iowa rose TO re-
Ply thtre was an outburst OF applause
from me rcpubllcans. Almost every seat
on the tcor hy this time was occupied
md the galleries We're packed to the
doors. He began by saying that he had
-.tn no intcriion OF making an elaborate
speech on this bill and he resented Mr..
Johnson's statement that he had been
manouVCrng for an opportunity to reply.
He had never heard the epithet span
Itl'l dlplltu u 10 lllt gentleman from IN
dana or any other member on the floor
and if the gentleman desired the title he
must get it from some ether tongue than
his. Il am not here to sneak for the ad-
ministrlt.On," he continued. Il belong 10
the humble ranks of nv party and have
not been in the White House since the
war with Suain began
He had bopcd that congress would an
,,roach MS question in tho la-.par brond
er snirit IN which The war bnJ be.n on
tered unon The war had brought all Sec
tions ana uarties topather in a common
cause Now thot if was over the treaty.
STONED and rcadv for r,tiOc,tion n u,ould
soon, mat Two oono enirit sbouId ho nro-
sc,,,ad Pm, -, thr ,cont,,n,.,. thn ,,,,,,o,,,e-
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n".E' III tne SPah IN wal was uono
III we SpiiIt ol " common people IN the
SPilt "i lui'S anu uatlohdI Ilie. IN ms
hunpic Judgment the greatest DAY in our
history was whcn every member OF Con-
SreSS without regard TO party voted con-