The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-04-26
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Congressional Proceedings and Osi,er
Items OF Note.

Congressional Proceedings and Osher
1sems Of Note.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The ses-
sion of the senate opened with PRAYER.
by Rev. DR.. Mendy, rabbi of the Span
ish and Portuguese congregation of
Jewish custom. wore his hat while en-
gagged in prayer. This is the second
Instance probably in the history of the
government, certainly within the last
half century. when a Jew has offered
prayer in the senate.
Among the bills reported from the
committee and placed on the calen-
darSWas the following: To provide for
the erection of public buildings for
poStoffices in towns and cities where
the postofice receipts for three years
preceding have exteeled $50, 600 an
nually.
Vest, who reported the bill, said he
would ask its early consideration, as
it was very important bill and was
recommended by the postmaster gen
eral.
On motion of Harris, house bill ap-
prOpriating 5000, 200 for an arsenal at
Columbus, Tenn, was taken from the
calendar and passed.
AO 6ChdOC IlCfA 1OouuuCu
Grafton of the international copyright
bill, the question being on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Morrill,,
providing that newspapers and peri
odicals may copy articles from foreign
newspapers and periodicals..
The international copyright bill
was, after an interesting discussion,
laid aside without action and the sen
ate proceeded to the consideration of
hi e.. III sr,l,-
bureau of animal industry.
Palmer made long statement and
introduced and had read numerous eX-
tracts from newspapers published in
New York, New Jersey and other
states, criticiZing in severe terms the
manner in which the existing item is
executed, some of the charges against
the government agents being, as he
said, atrocious. Without action on
the bill the senate proceeded to execu-
tive business.
After the doors re-opened number
of local business and bills were passed,
pension bill having been passed on
motion of Mr.. Beck.
Blair proposed to celebrate the era of
good feeling when that senator was
found asking for the passage of a pen
sion bill, and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 24-Heard, of
Missouri. from the committee on eiec-
lions, submitted the report in the con-
tested election cases of Frank vs..
Glover from the ninth congressional
district of Missouri, and it was re-
ferred to the house calendar. 1t finds
contestee, Mr.. Glover, entitled to the
seat.
Anderson, of Iowa, from the COM
mittee on commerce, reported back the
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of the strike on the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railroad.
The committee of the whole, Mills,
of Texas, asked unanimous consent
that all gentlemen might be allowed to
print in the Record any remarks upon
the subject of the tariff, but Reed, OF
Maine, objected.
Hopkins. of New York, objected to
the request from Mills that a night
session should be held this evening,
and then the house went into commit
tee of the whole.
Commenting on the surplus, Nc
from commerce and locking it up in
the treasury at such rate that it is
only question of time when stringen-
cy will set in. We are rObbing not
only commerce of its life blood, but the
people of the means Of paying taxes to
their government. All sorts of jobs
are proposed to congress and all sorts
of jobbers are hocking here. The in
ternal revenue yields $120, 10000 of
revenues to the government; The an
nual surplus is only about $50 ,006, COO,
so that if all the internal revenue laws
were repealed it would leave a de-
ficlency in our taxes of S60, 200, 900.
What is this to be raised from? Shall
we re-lmpose tax on tea and coffee?
No. There is not a man who would
re-tax coffee to untax whisky.
Shall we increase the duties on wool
en- goods, rice OF sugar? No. For the
people would not, and should not toll
crate any such legislation. Then we
have to select the subjects from which
we will remove taxes, and in view of
the fact we cannot repeal the internal
revenue system, we have to determine
whether we will reduce the tax on
whisky or the tax on clothing. The tax
on whisky or the tax OIL sugar. In
| other words reduce the tax on thai
without which men. can live and pros
per, or upon that which is essential to
] their comfort and it narrows itself
down to contest between the drunk
| ards belly and the poor mans back. In
| that fight do not hesitate to say that
l eSpouse the cause of the back and
defy the world, the flesh and the devil.
Passing to the consideration of the
bill, Mcmillan said that it proposed
to make a reduction of $98, coo 900 for
tariff and internal revenue sources,
and the plain, simple question pre-
sented, is will we take this burden off
commerce by leaving it unshackled
| or will we keep it hampered? viii
we continue to hoard up a surplus, OF
| leave the money in the pockets of the
people, WI re it belongs? These are
the grave questions which confront
us, and these are the subjects upon
which we are to act. At time wheI
there was not one-tenth the necessity
or demand for tariff reduction thai
there is now, the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Randall) had made
pointment of tariff commission, II
which he made use of strong argument!
in fayer of a reduction. The commit
tee had doro the very things that il
was stated then were necessary. They
had prepared a bin that every bond sub
ject to the call of the government since
that speech was made, had been paid
Every dollar of Indebtedness which
could be discharged without the pay
ment of a high premium had been ex
tinguiShed. Vast accommodations hat
been piled up in the treasury witt
money which ought to be in the chan
nels of trace till there was $40, 0OO, 90
where there had been only
small surplus. This house stoo'
ready to make good the word
which he used on that occasion. /
was ready to give the relief whicl
he said the people were entitled to.
was ready and willing to remove tn
temptation to corrupt the government
which he said was always found ia
full treasury 1t was to aid him in in
surfing to the people that frugality an
economy, which he said never. de
stroyed any government. and to PIT
vent that saturnalia of extravaganza
and disgrace which he said character
lied the period just prior to 1874. III
compared China, which he said desire
no intercourse with foreign nations
and would not have any that could
|. avoided with England, which has rlC
den the waves of all ocean