Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
Lsshsm Raises she Question In the
House Rsw Lsng a Legislative
Day CER Last.
WILSON Delivers Long Argument 10 thu
Senate on the Sub! set OF Tsrih hs'
form and Revenue Reduction.
Eiftteth Congress.
THE SENATE.

Mr.. Berry Of Arkansas the House bill ap-
nropristing ST.. 600 for public building
At Helena, Ark, was passed.
Mr., Wilson then addressed the Senate
IN the subject of the Presidents message.
Hs quoted fgures contained In the
last annual report OF the Secre-
tsry of the Treasury showing the re-
csIpts and expenditures of the government
for the last three years, the aggregate OF
receipts over expenditures being sl7s,-
ooo 600, or an average of s5s, 900, goo
YEAR. The result thus disclosed, he said,
presented the limit within which Con
qress shoHld move in the matter Of the
ABDUCTION of revenue. However much
the Senators mIghs diner IS to the meth
ods of reduction, ell would doubtless
agree that the revenue should be reduced,
II was not wise or jast to collect more
revenue than was needed for proper puf-
noses of the government. He then spoke
nj the great achievement of the Repuoli-
can party, sharply contrasting the policy
OF thxt party with that Of the Democratic
p.rty; referred to the growth Of
agriculture and manufactures, and IL
y0red the establishment Of manufsctur
ing enterprises IN sill locations where
agriculture produced cheap food and
where the various raw materials were
found in abundance and that there should
he no centraliEng Of manufacturing
plsuts In great cities, but "a policy adopted
that would distribute them IN sll psrIs Of
the country; that II they we're ofollow the
Presidents suggestions they would not
multiply and distribute manufacturing
plsuts, but they would emoarrsss
those now In operation, aud repress the
tendency to invest capital In them. Pro-
ceeding TO discussion Of the question OF
the duty on sugar aud molasses he quoted
figures to show that in spite Of the tariff
the prices of these articles had fallen CON
sidarSbly for several years past, and he
suggested aremoysl Of the duty on susar
aud molasses, amounting 10 about $751;
coo 900, IS s means of guarding sgainst
AZ annual surplus Of $50, 600, 0e0. He
quoted some sentences from the Presi-
dents message and asked whether
any better response could be
given 70 them than by
placing sugar and molasses on the free
list He would admit free all sugar and
molasses coming from countries which
did not impose export duties on those
commodities and which reciprocsted by
admitting all products free of duty into
their ports. He criticised the Presidents
suggestions on the surjsct of wool, and
said no one would inter from the m tina.
under the tariff tinkering the wool
product OF the country had fallen
f 43 000,oIo pounds IN three years
Tae President, he said, was not a skillful
artist, his conception was not bold, his
bend not cunning. His presentation was
pale and dull and h,t. After discussing
tao wool and NIX questions as affecting
the farmers, Wilson said the farmers
Shout Iiemand that all articles produced
BY the should be taken from the free
list and that at least q moderate rate of
duty should De imposed upon them.
Al thu close If Wilson's speech consid-
Grafton OF the House bill for the purchase
Of United States bonds was resumed.
10 = few sentences Mcpherson withdrew
the amendments oRsred by him yesterday.
Then the substitute, amended by toe
Beck proposition, WAS agreed TO without
discu.s sion or division, and the bill was
rexd for the third time and passed.
A desire TO have the yeas and nays taken
on the pass &c of the bill was indicated
by Mr.. Stewart, out hearing dissent on
Gll sides he withdrew the demand, and
then on motion of Mr.. Beck, the Senate
insisted on its amendment to the bill,
and the following committee of confer
ence WAS appointed: Messrs. Sherman,
Allison and Beck.
Following is the text OF the bill as
IS passed: "That section of the act
making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the government for the year
ending June 80, 1889, and for other pur-
poses, and wnlcn Is as follows: That the
Secretary of the Treasury may at any
time apply the surplus money In the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or
so muCl thereof as he msy consider
proper, to the purchase or redemption "
UniIed States bonds, provided that the
bonds so purchased or redeemed shall
constitute no part Of the sir King fun d 4,
but shall be canCs He'd was intended TO
be permanent provision CT the law and
the same is hereby de ciared to have been
sinGe its ensc' Mt and TO be In full force
and eject now.
SEC. 2. "Thss whenever circulation or
any portion thereof of say national bank
not IL liquidation snail be surrendered by
deposit OF United States n0tss In the
treasury or otherwise. and the same or
IN equivalent amount is not taken by
other nstinnaI banks within thirty days
thereafter the Secretary Cf the
Treasury is hereby authorized and di'
rected to purchase st th- market price
thereof an equivalent amount in silver
bullion in excess Of the minimum Of
$4,000, 600 wor,h per month for coinage
purposes, which sasll be coined and used
as provided In the act passed February
S,flS7S, entitled ian act author zing the
Coinage Of standard silver dollars, snd 10
restore to legal tender character pro-
Tiding that nOlhing In this act ehsll alter
or repeal said act of February %, 1879"
The Senate then proceeded TO the con-
Nderstiou of the bill to provds for the
establishment OF huresu OF animal in
custry 10 facilitate the expectation Of live
stock aud their produces and to sxtirpate
contagious pleuro pneumonia and other
diseases among domestic animals. After
ac5uple Of hours spent in the reading Of
the bill and ne report and virious COM
municstions, and after some discussion
the bill wss laid aside without scion.
MIR. Hswley Of the committee on mill.
ary sfsirs reported 8 joint resolution
authOI.Z ng the cretarV OF War to re-
eelve for instruction as the military acad-