The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-28
CAMPAIGN
 GUNS BOOM House Spends Day Talk
 ing Poyss. :. BOTH slN' ABE HEARD
Burks for Republicans and
 CISnran for Democrats.
Aerial Navigation and the Race Question Also Get Into the De- bate on the Urgency
 Deficiency Bill.


 the House to-day on the urgent dehcien- cy bill dlgressed to discussion of politi- cal topics the race question and aerial navigation. MT. Burnett (Neb), led on with discussion of the political situa- tion from a Republican viewpoint and Mir. Cochran (Mo.), spoke for the Demo- crats.
 MT. Hardwick Dem.. Ga-), made an ex- tended address on the race problem
 MT. Overstreet Qnd.), frosss the com mittee on postoffices and post roads. at the opening of the session, called up privileged resolution reported by the committee, calling on the postmaster gen. eral for statement giving the serial number of all postal cars for which the Postofice Department is paying rental in addition to the amount paid for carry ing the mails, the name of the railroad company owning the cars and the time of service of each car from the date of the original construction and first use; together with information as to the con- dition of cars June 90, 1903. The resolu- ton was adopted. Information Already In.
 Mir. Hemenway Qnd.) from the Commit tee on Appropriations. reported the res olution asking the Secretary for War for statement showing the amount of money disbursed by his department in promotion of flying machine experiments and construction, whether under direc- tons of Prof. s. P. Langley or other wise; with recommendation by the com mittee that it be laid upon the table. The committee. in its report. said the 1 information sought was fully given in the report of the board of ordnance and for i tifications.
 Mir. Hitchcock (rteb.). author of the AaA ,ut gance He asked why modern Darius Green should be established at national | expense and insisted that the informa- ton sought in his resolution should be furnished the pshfie. ,s..y. Z Mir. Robinson dnd.1 saids s8ssS- We should strike directly at that queer schetne of aerial navigation where | by sciehtihc promoter encouraged by executive officers if not by Congress-, raised the high expectations of the pub i lie and his depands for money, only, to have the venture fall flat"
 Langley's Airship. He declared the Langley airship was , not an engine of war and that "a regi- ment of them would not conquer the Fiji Islanders except, perhaps, by soaring them to death."
 Continuing, he said: We should frame our appropriation bills so that unsus- pecting government officials susceptible to hypnotic influences or scientific dreams may not be led away
 | Mir. Hemenway said it was contended not many years ago that 1t would never be possible to talk by telephone with New York. but he said this resolution had nothing to do with appropriation, of money for flying machines. but called for information which, he said, had already been supplied.
 On his motion. the resolution was laid on the table.
 The House went into committee of the whole with MT. Tawney (Mlnn.) in the chair, and resumed consideration of the urgent deficiency bill.
 MT. Burkett (Neb), speaking on party issues, said the Democrats would not know whether they will talk free silver | or the gold standard until after their con vention at St. Louis and they learn who is to control the party-the gentleman from Nebraska or the reorganizers. Asked if the Republicans were going to stand for the prosecution of trusts, MT. Burkett declared that every anti trust law on the statute books had been enacted by Republicans and every prose- cution conducted under Republican ad- ministration.
 Asked how much of the $500 900 could
 
 MT. Burkett said all that was necessary.
 MT. Lands GndD. interposed with a speech praising President Roosevelt.
 Cochran Makes Speech. MT. Cochran (Mo). in a brief reply to MT. Burkett, paid his respects to Pier pont Morgan. The financial policy inau- gurated by President Cleveland, he said. emanated from no political party, but from coterie of gentlemen who then and since then had been the advisers of Presidents, and who had. by their ven emous financial legislation of 1893 and up to 1896, brought upon this great continent the desoIation of a desert and have now followed 1t up by plundering every man | of small means and every small investor in their neighborhood."
 Ut should be remembered that if one man mors than any other was conspic- uous in further promoting the financial policy of Grover Cleveland. 1t was John Pierpont Morgan, man who has sunk from the condition of adviser of Presi- dents and inventor of financial legisla- ton. to the level of the man with a gold brick to sell. or a confidence man with three cunning little shells at a county fair"
 MT. Hardwick (Ga.J speaking on the race problem. rejoiced at the happy re- lation now existing between the North and South. He said the South had yielded to no section In loyalty and in that spirit he invoked consideration of the question. The negroes. he said. constitute about 26 per cent. of those of the voting popula- | tion in eleven of the Southern States.
 Restriction of Suffrage. Reviewing the voting qualifications im- posed by constitutional action in South ern States. Mir. Hardwick said it was not believed by some of the lawyers of abil- ty that any of these qualifications were
 in conflict with the Fifteenth amendment. He said the negro can no longer stand IS political ward of the government but must stand on its merits as a citizen There never has been any disposition in the South to deprive the negro of his political rights-the right to earn a liv- ing and the right of protection to life and property. There cannot be political equal