The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-29

preparation bill, the last of the supply
measures. The amendments suggested
by the committee on military affairs
for a reorganization of the medical n
rdnance departments OF the army and
for the establishment of a number OF
camp sites were declared to be out of
order and lone Of them were retained.
These amendments were discussed at
length before being disposed of.
Mr.. Bacon concluded his tariff
speech begun yesterday, continuing to
cite instances in which domestic pur-
chasers of American manufactures are
REQUIRED to pay higher prices than
purchasers of the same articles residing
in other countries.
MIR. Bacon said he did not expect to
see a low tariff in the United States
for man. years; first. because the rev.
enue necessities of the country render
it impossible, n secondly, because the
business affairs Of the country are so
adjusted as to. make it impracticable.
He c~ontended, therefore, only for a rea-
sobable tariff and for a modification OF
some Of the schedules, under which he
said, there were abuses.
After a colloquy with Mr.. Aldrich re-
garding tariff revision, Mr.. Bacon said
that the country had known ever since
last summer tht no changes would be
undertaken at this session. saying that
the entire programme had been arrang-
ed on the occasion of the visit OF the
Island Senator and a half dozen
other Senators to the summer home of
the President, and that Congress had
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The Senate took a recess until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Allison in moving the recess ex-
pressed the hope that a final ADJOURN
ment might be secured Thursday next.
THE HOUSE
Washington, April 26.-The heavy
weights" had another bout in the House
today with Messrs. Dalzell and Cock
ran as the combatants. The speech2s
were a renewal of last Saturdays de-
bate. but were more personal in Their
character. As-on Saturday the speakers.
were greeted with vociferous applause
by their respective colleagues n the
bitterness of party feeling ran hir.
Mr.. Dalzell repeated his charges that
Mr.. Cochran had received lone for
his support Of Mckinley. The charge
was Indignantly denied by Mr.. Cochran.
The climax came when Mr.. Cochran
offered a resolution providing for the
appointment Oh d SVl6CI COllliilIllSt VI
five members Of the House, to investi-
gate the charge which had been made
against him by Mr.. Dalzell. He and
other Democrats, including Mr. Will
liams, the minority leader. demanded
immediate consideration, but the speak
er declined to pass on a point of order
against the resolution until he had eX-
amined presidents.
Mr.. Dalzell said he would mention
some facts in connection with the his
tory of Mr.. Cochran. He read from a
number of documents to show that Mr..
Cochran started as a greenbacker, and
in 1896 stood with the Mckinley side
because he was for sound money. "For
sound money in 1885," he said amid
Republican applause. Travelling all
over the continent in 1900 in support
Of Bryan, greenbacker, sound money
man, free silver man. He has been a
Bryanite and an anti-Bryanite. He
was for Bryan in 1900. Is he for Bryan
noW?"
Looking MI. Cochran in the face, Mr..
Dalzell, speaking in derision, said that
Mr.. Cochran has been a Tammanyite
and as such has been a member of on
gress; he has been an anti-Tammany.
lite and as such ceased to be a member
of Congress. The gentleman from New
York is a Tammanyite now again, and
now again he is member OF Congress"
The republicans were reused to a
pitch Of enthusiasm and approval when
Mr.. Dalzell softly inquired, would not
that make one suspicious that it was
more than a matter of conscience with
gentleman having such a harlequin
case?" The Democratic side Of the
House. he said. had gotten hysterical
When he would not on Saturday dis
close the name of his informant. He
then read The New York Journal, pub
lished by Mr.. Cockran's colleague Mr..
Hearst. IN August 1896, in which the
statement vas made that Mr.. Cochran
was for Mr.. Mckinley. a position which
to those who remember his career in
Congress does not seem to envolve such
a strain on his feelings as might be
supposed and especially with rumors
in the air of $3.50. 900 checks out OF
Hanna's educational fund"
Mr.. Dalzen closed amid wild Repub-
lican applause. with a most bitter de-
nunciaticn OF Mr.. Cochran. He re-
ferred to that gentleman's speech before
the Democratic convention which sent
him TO Congress in which Mr.. Cock
ran said: I'VE hav reached a point
where the country Is regarded as an
international hoodlum" Facing the
Democratic / d and looking directly AT
Mr.. Cochran, Mr.. Da1zell declared: "If
there be any hoodlums amongs us.
they are not the product OF American
soil, American institutions Or Aamer-
lean civilization" He was interrupted
with loud and prolonged Republican
applause. Continuing. he said: They
are TO be found amongst the adven-
turers, who having left their own coun-
try for their country's good, find In the
field OF American politics prolific source
OF notoriety and pelf. men who without
opportunity now with M party,
now with another. to find a market for
their peculiar wares. cmong which IS
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