It carries many million dollars for necessary work In connection with the defenses of the country. for the national defensethings considered highly imperative and essential and for which the appropriations must be made. It carries $275.000 for artificial limbs for Union soldiersthese allowances a re made under the lawand for trusses for disabled Union soldiers. It carries money for the support of the national soldiers homes and for the State soldiers homes. for the Lighthouse Service. for the Immigration Service. and for iffnumerable other activities of the Government. for which provision must bo made. The gentleman from Kansas asks If I do not think that the bill to which he refers should have been considered today instead of this general debate. interrupted by the point of no quorum. In the firsi place. the length of the general debate to which I was compelled to agree was due to some extent to the fact that the 17 followers of the gentleman from Konsas demanded one hour of general debatepractically as much time as will be consumed by the Democratic majority In this House upon this billand as those who understand.
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