The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-28

the course of his remarks said that Mr. Grain. of
Texas, and not Mr. ONeill, was the author Of the
arbitration bill
Mr.. O'Neill replied that ever since he hal been
chairman Of the committee on lab~'.r, he had
been fretted and worried by the -.orehead gentle
men from Ohio. The only ..rouble with The ar.
bitration bill was THAI nis name was connected
with 1t.
a nun Der Of committee reports were present
cD, ana then the bill to re-establish a sub
treasury at Louisville, KY, was called up.
Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, and Mr.. Dingley, OF
Maine opposed it, and, after further discussion.
consideration of tho bill was postponed until
May %
The House then went into committee of the
whole-Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, in the chair
on the river and harbor bill
The paragraph accepting from the State of
Ohio the ,uskingum river Improvement gave
rise to much oppos.tion. and Mr. II, Reagan, OF
Texas, moved to strike it fro.-' .he oiii' IT,. 49,
MIR. Hewitt supported the motion. A"e X, gOa y
ernment, be said, was becoming the dump
ground Ct all the Improbable enterprises Of the
several States He was utterly opposed to such
proposition.
Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, said that the ques-
ton OF free transportation was the question of
the nour, and If by an appropriation of $2O0
the United States could free the commerce of the
Muskingum river, he could not see the dreadful
result
MIR. Henderson, of Illinois, opposed the no
ton to strike out
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, spoke in favor of an
amendment-which was ruled out on a point of
order-looking to the acquisition by the United
States OF the Erie canal.
Mi. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, agreed with
Mr. Hewitt in saying that all taxes are burdens
upon the people. Ii the $500, 900, 600 gathered
from them to support the government was
burden, how great must be the burden Of $780,
OOO, 600 which they paid to corporations.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, thought that the appro
priations in the pending bill would have little
effect In bringing distress or relief to the coun-
try. One of the causes for the distress was the
fact that the people were afraid Of those who
were now in authority. There had been so much
OF promise and so little Of performance on the
part OF the Democratic party that the people
looked. to the future with distrust To enumer-
ate a few OF its pledges-the people bad been
told. especially by his colleague Mr.. Weaverl,
that heretofore the government had been run In
the interests OF great corporations. but that now
the people were to be conserved in their inter-
ests. AS proof of this the gentleman had called
attention to the fact that the President sym
pathized with the settlers on the frontier who
were standing around the territory of Oklahoma;
the mohopoles were in there under the rule of
the Republican party, and now they were to be
turned out and the settlers were to go in. A
few days ago. his colleague had been compelled
to say, with humiliation in his manner, that all
these loud-sounding promises had been untrue,
that the settlers were still. standing outside
looking to the land of promise. to which the
President bars their entry. The people had
been told that the volume Of currency was to be
enlarged, but instead of that, before the Presi-
dent had taken his seat. he had recommended
that the silver branch of the currency should be
stricken down. Not content with that, in the
very irst report made by the Secretary of the
Treasury, that officer had recommended that all
the greenbacks should be destroyed. Immedi
diately after that the gentleman from Illinois
fMr. Morrison] had come in with provision to
disturb all Of the labor interests Of the country.
No man knew where that would end. No man
could tell where the disturbance was to cease.
No man could forecast the future.
The motion to strike outwas lost, the com
mittee rose, and the House adjourned.