The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-21
THE HOUSE.
Debate on the Bill for the Extension of the
Bonded Whisky Period.


Bonded Whisky Period.
WASHINGTON, March Automatically after
the reading of the journal, Mr. Turner of
Georgia, called up the Virginia contested election
case of Garrison against Mayo The report de-
clares the contestant Garrison, entitled to the
seat Mayo, the sitting member, was heard in
his own behalf.
At the conclusion of his speech, and after fur
Their debate the resolution declaring Mr. CARR
son entitled to the seat was unanimously adopt
ed, and that gentleman appeared aad took the
oath of Office.
On motion of Mr.. Keifer, the conference re-
port on the Military Academy appropriation bill
was taken up and agreed to- The bill, as
passed appropriates $3l4,516
MIR. Ryan asked consent to refer the Senate
bill for the eradication of the foot and mouth
disease to the committee on agriculture, with
leave TO report at any time.
Mr. Mills objected to the latter part of the re
quest, and said the bill must take the usual
course.
The morning hour was dispensed WITH and the
House, without opposition, went into committee
of the whole, Mr. Dorsheimer in the chair on
the bonded extension bill. Its features were ey-
planned by Mr.. Willis, who declared failure to
pass the bill meant bankruptcy and rum to many
| of the most important and influential firms in
Kentucky and throughout the West. 1t meant
bankruptcy and ruin not only to the manufac-
turers, but to innocent holders of whisky. 1t
meant bankruptcy and ruin to many leading
banking interests of the West. AS a result of
the tax agitation the whisky interest was obliged
TO come to the last Congress and ask relief. and
the committee on ways and means, of which the
gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr.. Randall was
a member, had unanimously reported back the
bill for unlimited extension.
Mr. Randall called the gentleman's attention to
the fact that, though there had been no minority
report, the bill had not been favored by allmem-
beers of the committee, any more than all mem
bers of the present committee were in favor of
the pending bill, although there was no minority
report. He had been absent during the vote
and therefore was not recorded ON either side
but the gentleman had no right to assume be-
cause he had been member of the ways and
means committee he had been in favor of the
bill
Mr.. Willis repeated his statement that the gen
teman member of the committee of the
last Congress; that that committee reported the
bill and there was no minority report.
Mr.. Randall-Just as there is none now
Mr.. Willis denied any intention of making a
personal attack upon the gentleman from Penn
sylvania. He had merely stated facts The bill
had been passed under a suspension of the rules,
with only twenty nine votes recorded in the neg
alive Mr.. Willis then reviewed the course of
the bill in the last Congress, and declared though
Secretary Folger had objected to it, he had done
SO simply because the extension was unlimited.
This not special legislation, but was an effort
TO remove the only special legislation which dis
graced the statute books of the country. Dis
titled spirits were the only victim of special
legislation in the land. In the last thirty days
the price of whisky has shrunk five cents per
gallon, From financial stand point he
asked the members to look around them and