The record-union., 1899-02-11

| variety of TOPICS but as rule the
debate lacked spirit and interest. Dock
| cry of Missouri who is at the head OF
the minority of the Appropriations
Committee, reinforced Cannon's figures
of yesterday as to the deficiency in the
revenues; De Almond of Missouri, Gill
lette of Massachusetts and others dis
cussed the policy of expansion, and
Lentz of Ohio severely criticised the Ad-
ministration for exercising clemency 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 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 Hep
burn, Chairman of the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee, gave no.
tice that he would offer the Nicaragua
Canal bill as an amendment to the sun
dry civil bill.
Brosius (R) of Pennsylvania, the
first speaker to-day, characterized the
S20,0C0,OG0 to be paid to Spain under
the terms of the Paris treaty mere
bagatelle.
Dockery CD of Missouri, who fol-
lowed, congratulated the country upon
the statement made by Cannon yester-
day. Had it been made earlier he
said, the country might have been
saved many millions of dollars. Dock
cry produced figures to- show that there
| was already in sight deficiency of
$67 100000 for the next fiscal year. But
this was exclusive of the additional ex-
penditure of So, 800, 900 involved in the
| naval personnel bill, the new ships to
be authorized in the naval appropria-
ton bill, the Cuban claims, the S11 600,
| 600 for public buildings and the enor-
nous expenditures 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,
| Congress had reveled and rioted in the
substance of the people, but the Forty
| fourth Congress had come.
| Dockery predicted that another
Forty fourth" Congress would come,
spirit that controlled the forty-fourth,
and it would cut down the tax burdens
of the people.
johnson (R.) of Indiana asked how
the expenditures could be reduced under
the foreign policy entered upon by the
Administration
Dockery replied that circumstances
would probably necessitate large in
creases in the cost of our military and
naval establishments, but he did not
believe there could be a. great reduction
in governmental expenditures.
'You mean then" interposed john
son, that we must cut down the ex-
penses for our internal affairs at home,
| in order that we may be able to sup
port a great army and navy abroad?"
Il am not sure but that the gentle
man is about right" replied Dockery.
Somewhere the pruning knife must be
laid, or else the tax burdens of the peo-
pie must be increased"
De Almond, speaking of the causes
of the war, declared that great inius-
| tice 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. dozen men, in fact,
had done so much to make the war in
evitable as this Speaker. He sup
pressed debate in the House. had
stif1ed the sentiments and consciences
of members. President Mckinley, if
he had been here, had not dare do so
much. The waters had been damned
up until the flood was inevitable At
last Indignation throughout the coun-
try end the wholly unexpected blowing
up of the Maine broke the flood gates.
Turning to the question of the fu-
ture. De Almond declared that all his
tory proved that when republics turned
toward Imperialism, it was only a
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, in fa-
vor of free government at home and
opposed to oppression the world over.
Ii Congress expired without acting, and
matters We're allowed 70 drift on, the
die would be cast. Our pride, our van
ity would be appealed to. There would
be protests against parting yith the
Philippines. They were ours, it would
Dt di 3 uSu, ,DccduSe we udu pdiu lVT
them; they were ours because we had
shed our blood for them.
At 5 o'clock the House took re-
cess until 8 o'clock, the evening ses-
sion to be devoted to pension legisia-
tion.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Feb 10. During
the entire open session to-day the SEN
ate had under consideration the .egis-
latfve. executive and judicial appro-
priation bill. Little progress was made.
the time largely being occupied in a
debate on minor topics.
| Platt of New York presented the cre-
dentials of Senator-elect Depew.