Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-06

| take any thousand millions AZ all"
Ny. Hammond; GLOW many will
Il talxe?n
Mr. Keifer 81 am unable to give
the gentleman good approximate
answer
Mr.. Hammond. ~ state emphat-
ically that no man who regards his
reputation for honesty will undertake
even 10 guess"
Mr.. Townshend Of Illinois said that
at the opening OF the present session IL
had been his intention to call up the
Mexican pension bill Immediately, but
the rules OF the house had prevented
him from doing so. He had, however,
determined to press IL 70 consideration
az soon as the interstate commerce bill
was out Of the way. He wanted q
vote on the pending motion.
Mr. Reed Of Maine predicted that II
the bill was not passed within the
next sixty minutes II would never be
passed.
Mr. Boyle Of Pennsylvania argued
that now was presented the last OPP.
portunity to pass the bill, and Mr.
Cutcheon Of Michigan supported the
bill as "A matter of justice to the Next
can veterans and soldiers of the late
war.
Messrs. Keller and j. ID. Taylor of
Ohio characterized as extravagant the
estimates Of the amount to be taken
out of the treasury by the bill, and
maintained that 10 would not
require an appropriation Of more than
tl7 100000 annually to meet its provis-
| ions
Mr. Herbert OF Alabama regarded
fla .
and unjust; unjust both to the soldiers
and Taxpayers.
Mr.. Warner of Ohio held that the
principle OF the bill, If followed out,
would result i'm the expenditure of not
less than $25 600 600. 600. The princi-
pies Of granting the service pensions
was dangerous.
The motion to suspend the rules and
concur in the senate amendments was
lost, yeas l29, nays So; not the neces.
sary two.thirds in the affirmative.
Mr. Collins of Massachusetts moved
to suspend the rules and adopt reso
luton making the senate bill to estah-
fish uniform system of bankruptcy
the special order for Thursday, Janu-
airy %
Mr. Willis demanded q second,
which was ordered, ll9 to 81.
Mr. Potter OF New York hoped that
the house would consider and pass the
bill.
Mr.. Adams OF Illinois thought that
| he represented the business men of
Chicago in saying that they all desired
good bankruptcy law which would
discourage dishonest and reckless trad
ing
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa thought that
| the passage of the Lowell bankrupt
oy bill would give an imdetus to trade
and perhaps save the country
from disaster. The bill met
nearly all the objections
that made the last bankruptcy law of
fensive to the business of the country.
Mr. O'Neil OF Missouri presented
petition from the business men Of st.
Louis in support Of the bill.
Similar petitions were presented
from the business men Of New York
and Baltimore.
Mr.. Hammond Of Georgia opposed
the motion.
Mr.. Moulton of Illinois said that the
| petitions In favor of the bill had been
circulated by specially interested par
ties, and he Veutured the asser
ton that more than two
thirds Of the persons whose name.
were signed TO them had never reaC
the bill. This bill wal inhuitelS
worse than the law of 1867.
Mr.. Willis entered his protest against
anew bankruptcy bill. Every gentle
man in the house would be within
forty days besieged with thousands o
applications for Office from one end o
the country TO the other. II
the bill Is passed five thou
sand more offices have e
be filled. He was not surprised tina
the attorneys la New York had beer
able TO create an artificial demand fol
a new bankruptcy law. This bill wa
reproduced from an old law which hat
been repealed. IL was the bill which
three years ago had been repudiate,
by the British parliament
aud he predicted that
the house passed the bill, and it's con
slderation in this case meant 1t
passage, that these five thousanI
officials would have hardly begun
their infamous work before the cry
would come from all quarters OF Tia
country demanding tho American
congress to repeal the law. The las
would be an open door TO fraud. l
I would be temptation to will,
speculation which was the ruiz
of country. Let congress pas
this bill and IL would invite again
perfect saturnalia of speculation. /
would open the door to embezzlini
cashiers and say to them: "Go on witt
your infamy and this benignant Law
will meet you with hearty welcome.
Mr., Collins said that If the oppo
nents Of the bill were fair.mlnde,
enough to give 1t hearing, h
would undertake to give them q cor
Z vincing reason why IL should becom
a law. He did not know where III
4 gentleman from Kentucky got hi
> five thousand office -helders. Not NOR
+ than three hundred offices would b
created by the bill. He held Il
! his hand a copy of th
{ Pail Mall Gazette containin
1 articles which showed the admirabl
4. working of the r sent bankrupte
| law In EDglano, which was based oi
s the principle Of this very Lowell bill
The gentleman from Illinois (Moultou
9 had said that the bill was asked for b
, interested parties; yes, by parties In