The Portland daily press., 1900-02-02
Great Ovation Given the
Speaker.
Remainder Of Debate Was Unin-
teresting.

tive Joseph 5ibley Of Pennsyivania, who
attained great prominence In the 64th
Congress BY his earnest championship Of
free silver, assailsd his Democratic COL
lsAgues today for their opposition 10 ex-
pAnsion in . speech that made the floor
and galleries roar. Mr.. Siblsy has re-
cantsd his views on free silver and 10 now
generally out of line with his colleagues
on the Democratic side. He insisted TO-
day that expansion was an original
Democratic doctrine promulgated BY
Jefferson and adhered to by Madison,
jackson, Tyler, Polk and Buchanan. In
eloquent lang uage he pictured the destiny
Of the United States carrying the arts Of
peace and the story Of the cross 70 the re-
hottest corners Of the globe. Mr.. Siblsy
received an impressive demonstration
when he closed. The remainder Of the
debate today was unintsrssting. 1t
touched the questions Of mediation in the
1ransvaal war. lynohipgs In the South
and the Jury law in Hawaii. Not much
progress was made with the Indian ap-
propi iation bill which was under consid-
Grafton.
Washington, February AT the open.
ing OF the session Of the House today the
Speaker decided the question submitted
to him few days ago relative to the
reference of the estimates for the Rock
Island. Illinois. and Springfield, Massa-
chusetts armories In favor OF the military
Affairs committee no far A. the sppropria-
lions for sTaal arms be concerned and In
favor Of the appropriations COMMITTEES SO
far as the appropriations for fixtures for
the armori,s are conoerned.
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency bill was adopted. It was only
. partial agreement. Two items were
still In dispute.
One Of these. the appropriation for pub
lilo buildings at Kansas was agreed to.
and the house stu insisted upon its dis
agreement to the appropriation Of $1,000
for the observation Of the eclipse ~ $1,000
has TEEN given the Smithsonian institu.
tisn for the same purpose. The House
then went into committee Of the whole
and resumed the consideration Of the
Indian appropriation bill
Mr.. Sbatroth Of California made .
speech saying II WAS the duty of the
United States to mediate between Great
Britain and the Transvaal. He traced the
history Of the TransvaAi Dutch from the
from Holland to show that
England was Invading the rights Of the
South African republic. He oontended
that England had practically abandoned
hsr claim of suzsrainsy over the Trans
wal In the convention Of 1884. The de-
mands of Great Britaia that the Trans
the benefit Of the Uitlandsfs should adopt
the English language a. the official
language and should not impose certain
taxes upon the mines were outrageous
He concludes with the statement that no
fair minded man oopli examine the con-
troverssy without being convinced that
England WAS wrong and the TransvaAl
WAS right His marks were literally ap
plauded.
Mr.. Talbert Of South Carolina, de-
Mr.. Linney Of North Carolina,
for this reflections upon the fair name Of
the South yesterday. Mr.. Silbsy Of Psnu-
sylvanis, criticised his fellow Democrats
for opposing the annexation Of the Philip
pines. He had, he said, heard no srgu-
ment against territorial enlargement
which was not urged against the annsxa-
tion Of Louisiana and Texas.
ISIS there any parallel" asked Mr..
Cochrans Of Missouri. "bstwssn the tar
ritoFy In the Louisiana purchase, then
practically without population, and the
"Nothing has been said about the Phil
lppinss," replied Mr.. siihsy. (which was
not said about the Tertiary now Missouri.
You In Missouri were olasssd ~ bar
bArians."
"But are the Philippines with . psDu.
lation dsnssr than IswA Missouri, Kan.
sas and Nshraska. svaiiahls for ossspa-
sien," asked Mr.. Cochran.
at think thsy are when jefferson ne
sstiated the purchase Il Louisiana he Wa