The Portland daily press., 1899-12-20
MIR. Grow Discusses the Philippine
Question.
MIR. Bell Sets UP Cry Of
Calamity.
Senate To Discuss Financial Bill
January 4.

Washington, December lS.-lne hots
was 10 session two hours today. A large
number OF perfunotory resolutions Tor
printing, for committees leave to sit dur
ing the sessions ETC., necessary to get the
committees under way, were adopted ana
the several portions Of the Presidents
messag, ware distributed In accordance
with the usual custom. The resolution
for the distribution OF tbs message wa
made the occasion Of speech BY Mr.
Grow, the venerable exSpeaker Of the
House, in defense Of the administration's
course In the Philippines, by MIR. Bell,
a Colorado Populist, oritioizing the Presi-
dents utterances upon the prosperity OF
the country. Scores of the msmters left
for thsir homes this afternoon to spend
the holidays.
When the House met. MIR. Taylor Of
Ohio, chairman OF the special com mittee
TO Investigate the case of Representative
elect Roberts, offered a resolution for the
payment OF the expenses incurred by the
committee and hereafter to be incurred
out of the contingent fund Of the House.
INT. htut2 VI ShAu dhAtL WI
sent that the COMMITTEES Investigating the
Roberts case be also instructed to inves-
tigate the cases Of the two Utah post
masters alleged to be guilty of polysAmy.
mir. sherman OF New York objected
and the Taylor resolution was adopted.
/, The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of the following committees to par
ticipate In preparing arrangements for
the unveling of the statue Of Daniel Web
ster, January IS, 1850: Messrs. Lowering
of Massachusetts,, Cousins of Iowa, Clarke
Of New HamI shire Cummings Of New
York and Gaines of Tennessee.
MIR. Payne, chairman of the ways and
means committee. then presented the
resolution for the distribution of the
Presidents message to the various DOM
mittees having Jurisdiction. IL was in
this usual form. Mr.. Payne stated that
MIR. Grow, the venerable ex-Speaker of
the Houfe, desired to address the House
for 40 minutes upon the resolution and
1t was arranged that the Democrats
should have an equal amount OF time
II they desired It.
MIR. Grow read O carefully prepared
SPEECH In defense Of the policy Of rstain-
ing possession of the Philippines rs a
logical result of the war with spain and
Dewey's victory in Manila. He said the
C,ppsrheads of 1861 D were succeeded by
the "Anti-Imperislists'' Of today. Both
sought to embarrass the government.
Mr.. Bell of Colorado submitted some
remarks in criticism Of the statements Of
the Presidents message about the pros
porous condition Of the country. He
charged that large proportion Of the al
legged prosperity was fictitious, AID in
stsnced the case of the numerous indus
trial trusts which be said had been In
fiated with wind and foated, MANY o.
these bubbles had been pricked within tn,
last few days and today the newspaper
were filled with the stories of disaster on
Wall street.
Mr.. Gaines Of Tennessee, spoke briefly
In opposition to Mr.. Grows statement
last Friday that from 1850 to 1878 'coin"
was understood to mean and did meat
"gold. The resolutions were then adept
ed.
Mr.. Mercer of Nebraska announced
the death Of the late Senator Hay ward
of Nebraska, and after the adoption OF
the customary resolutions, the House. al
2O5 D. M, as a further mark of rsspset
adjourned.