Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21
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eenE AsrteD, having returned ~ TIE
city zfter tso Neezs' zoss zee. occupied
tns e4zir - tie oEeaing % Wednesdays
session ~ Lhs Senate. Ths Mckinley
a4DiEistra.ive-custom bill vas re-
poEssd - ths Ssaass D. the finance
coDnitses. stta 4msltGeEts.
TEs senate passed 6il 70 increase
the pension ef soldier o. ths sar OF
isis-lsaNe \. Daily, % years olt-irom
- - $50 a uonsA-
The resola atioe offered By Senator
voorhees, Ind last Monday as 20 sgri-
cultural depression VS. taken up and
senator Voorhees, addressed tbs Senate
"a relatioa % - he spoke Of ths deep,
stF0ag casEent ot aaxiety, diSconteat
and alarm prevailing Ia the farming
communities. zhd said that 10 proposed
20 aid then IN the inquiry a. 20 tAe
causes of ths existing depression
Hs was dealing not with q theory bat
with condition, which even a blind
Iaan could look at and draw from il an
unerriag conclusion. The farmers ot
TIE GATED states today did not receive
on an average more than 10 cents
bushei for their corn, 50 cents for their
wheat and from 2 to ) cents = pound
Tor their hogs Every preteRse Of
home market FOR the farmer was
fraud and every pretenss OF
taxing wheat and oats and potatoes for
his beneh. was cheat and sham. II
was . notorious and sslf-evidsnt truth
that the tariff. as IL now stood, increased
| the farmers expense account from 35 70
100 per cent on every implement of
agriculture with which he toiled. and
| last year binding twlne had been ad-
yanced 20 IS cents a pound by the tariff
and tWine trust
He declared that not only had there
been no increase IN the value OF land
FOR the last quarter OF century, but
.nere had been an absolute loss of SS
per cent Twenty-shree per cent of
the whole faco OF tho State OF Illinois
vas under mortgage The State of
| Michigan Was sill worse-47 per cent
OF the whole surface of that
! State was under mortgage. In
tho States OF Indiana, Kentucky,
| Missouri, Kansas Iowa, Nebraska and
| the whole Northwest from 90 TO so per
/ cent OF the farm lands were under
mortgage a such rates ofintsrest as the
| farmers could never pay out OF their
/ crops. 20 say nothing % the principal
The farmers vera thus brought face TO
| face with the loss of their homes, with
ruin, aud hundreds OF thousands of them
were standing In That attitude at the
| present day and hour.
| In the face OF such appalling facts
/ who, he asked, would eulogize the work
/ ings and results of system OF tariff
/ protection which had FOR continuous
term OF twenty-sighs years accom-
! Plished nothing save the concentration
and amusement OF wealth in the hands
OF few protested people? His
earnest prayer and belioi was for
the overthrow OF system OF ex-
tortion and robbery more wicked in the
! sighs OF God and man than all the sins
! of Babylon when Ter robes we're scarlet
with iniquity. The remedies to DO ap-
/ piled were: First tariff reform; second,
a full supply OF legal-tender money;
/ third, the free coinage of silver; fourth,
the suppression by law Of gambling in
futures; fifth, liberal policy Of PEN
sionS
The Blair educational bill was then
taken up and Senator Pierce Is. d.
spoke in opposition 70 it. Senator
Evarts N. " and Senator Call Ella }
addressed the Senate in support of
the bill
wAsHISaToy, March eo.-In the
House Wednesday Mr.. Cooper (Ol, a
member az the committee on elections,
called up the Maryland contest case OF
Mndd against Compton. No action was
taken.
WAsHTN0ToN. March 20.-The House
this morning passed the Senate bill for
public building az Burlington, Ia, at
limit Of cost OF S10o, 600, and the House
bill for a building a. York. Pa, at 8
limit OF cost of $50, 900. The House then
resumed the Maryland contested cleo
tlon case Of Mudd VS.. Compton, and Mr..
Conf pton addressed the House in hisown
behalf
TIE WORLDS PAIR BILL REPORTED.
WAsETSsroS, March 90. MIR. Gambler
Mass presented in the House Wednss-
DAY tao report Of the special committee
on ths worlds fair. The report opens
with = comparison between the original
and amended bills, pointing out the
changes thatbava been 70 ade and Alre al J
published- The committee says that II
has given careful consideration to the
statements of the Representatives. OF the
finance con nittes Of the city Of Chi
cago as to he subscriptions OF the stock
Of s.. coo. COZ. aud believes The subscrip-
tions % - bona fde aad made in good
fsith, and that they wil be paid and
urges Immediate action b7 Congress.
Accom- pan7inE the report OF toe ma
iority o. tks committees and the minor
Gty report signed bY Belden. Flower and
Hatch. which vas simplJ an assertion
o. she insufacienc7 Of Caicszo's financial
guarantee. were rspers containing o.
fciai estimates from al the eIscutive
departments of what ths Federal Gov.
srnment would need for its share fl tie
exposition They aee summarized il
lester from Secretary Window.
~ho gives Re following 6Eurss: Depart
u,au - State. $50. COO; Dspsrtn snt oi
Jussice. g. zee, Conn missioner Ct Fish
s-sss. s1ss, Gee, lfe-ssving servtcs, IN
end ~ cest ~ ffa-saviaT station SIS
eco. sosss sur~e~. So $50, Bursau oi
Engraving snd Printing. s.. eos. smith
ssuisn institu tiou. s5s5, coo
zxvEyUs oELEcTrovs
wAsrTvsrov. Mzrea 2-The tcts'
,-,l1setian- % internal re7snae Z airing