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RESUME or THE
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The SENATE.
Washington, April As. ST. For more
than three hours yesterday Mr. Hoar
the senior senator from Massachusetts,
occupied the attention Of the senate in
\ speech in opposition to the policy OF
-silnpcrialisnl, upon which he main.
tanned this government had embarked
] AS prepared, the address was $4,000
words in length, but Mr.. Hoar omitted
much Of it owing to an incipient at
tack OF grip from which lie was suffer.
ing. He spoke for three hours, and
while it was Il tremendous strain on
him, the more important passages of
the argument were delivered with
force and Yigor. Ehe speech was
brilliantly written was Illuminated
with splendid rhetorical figures, and
was rich with citations from history.
one of the notable parts of the address
was the eulogy OF AguinaldO Mr..
Hoar did not liken the insurgent leader
ito Washington, as has been done here
tofore. but to Iossuth Oonl Paul, Y on
bert, Nathan Hale and other builders Is
of the church Of liberty. In sta tecfaf Il
he likened Aguinaldo and his associ.
:ates in the leadership Of the Flilipi =.
ITO the best minds ever produ ced y. le
Asiatic race a race which ilanded
down to us the Scriptures Of the Old
Fand New Testaments, sthe poetry ~
David, the eloquence Of lsaia 4, the WIS
dom of Solomon and the profound
philosophy Of Paul. One Of the most
effective parts of the add dress was his
faneied roll calling of some OF the dis.
tinguished statesmen Of the United
States on the question of the retention
of the Philippines. He began With
George Washington AID closed with
William Mckinley, each in q sentence
giving the reason for his vote. Every
vote was in the negative, except that
tof Aaron Burr. Tho voted Eyes, y and
explained: tx Oh are repeating my
buccaneering expedition down the Isl
gissippi.aI am to be wind ieated at last
Il When the name of nv illiam Mckinley
was called he replied: There has
been a Cloud before my vision for q me-
merit. but L see clearly noW;;I 90 back
to what i said two years ago. 'I6orci-
y BE annexation is criminal aggression;
governments derive their just powers
\ from tile consent of tie governed, net
rof some of them, bit Of all of them
III will stand with the fathers Of the
republic. II will stand with the found
\. ers Of the Republican party. Mo-
The effect was dramatic as Mr.. Hcar
4 pronounced his peroration; the stiffness
in the chamber was Intense. Applause
swept over the galleries, hut it was
rhushed quickly by the president pro
ftempore. d H 4.. js Syn
The House.
The second days debate upon the
II, q 4: III aappropriation bill in the house
was confined closely to the subject
matter OF tie bill, and was, as q rule.
devoid Of interesting features. he
questions Of armor plate and the
building Of warships in government
yards attracted most attention. Gen
eral debate was closed yesterday ana
\ to-day the bill VIII be read for amend
4 l,lent under the fly ntIlute rule.
The House.
Washington, April 19,--The debate
!. on the naval approp riation bill under &c
\ tile five minute rule yesterday drifted
into politics and for q good portion Of
sthe afternoon members fought hini
Iner and tongs across the poll ical aisle
The partisan rancor almost culminatcd
h In sa sensational scene between NJ Il
\ Grasyenor OF Ohio, the champion of tile
administration. and air. Williams Of
Mississippi Some Of the Democrats
began worrying Mr.. Hawlay OF Texas
by pointedly asking IL the presideii
had notschanged his mind on the Porte
u Rican tariff question, and Mr.. Gros
yenor finally threw himself into the
" breach. Mr.. Williams made an in
\ terruption that drew Il sharp re1oindeI
X from the Ohian about "the unfair I'D.
vantage taken by the Mississipplan
\ Y.iiis aroused The wrath of the latter
and after Mr. Grosvenor had concluded
n lie made a singing response in which
he said parliamentary Language would
not permit him properly to characterize
Il MI. GrosYenor's offensa. Later Mr.
srosyenor disclaimed intentional al
front. and there the matter ended
Some. progress was made with the Dill
but. Of the controyerted points
went over. az motion to strike from
the bill the contingent fund OF 5000 0V
flor tile navy department was defeafed
$s.A point Of order against the apprOpria
ton Of $3.50, 900 for the new. naval
academy at Annapolis was pending
wien the house adjourned.
The senate.
During almost the entire session Of
the senate yesterday the Alaskan civil
code bill was under consideration. In
this connection Mr.. Stewart of Nevada
delivered an address Of nearly three
hours upon the mining laws Of the
United States and their relation to the
/ proposed amendment of Mr.. Hans
Drough ais to the rights of alien locaters
of claims. Mr.. Nelson OF Minnesota,
Mr.. Carter of Montana and Mr.. Teller
Sof Colorado discussed the pending
amendment ut length, both Mr.. Nelson
and Mr.. Teller being particularly Wig
orous in their denunciation OF 1T.
The Senate.
washington, April 20.-In accordance
with the Recommendation of the pres
fdent In his message sent TO congress
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