The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-21
THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS
me AyTI-0P7fUN BILL ATTACKED BIZ
SENATOR'S TFsr AND DANIEL.

A Large Number OF ms Passed In the
ver,s,ry 10 the Pnc,ne Mail Steamship
,Liun Opposed and Finally Tabisd-Ths
XIII to Force Reciprocal Re:sions with
,.nnda ia, o~nbiy Reported to the Rouse.
WASHINGTON. July 2O.-The Anti. option bill
camc up In the Senate to-day
MIR yest (Dcm., Mol said he had earnestly
erdc,yored to persuade himself that tho pat
Of duty lay In tho support OF the pending hill.
lie lad examined It again and again and was
unable to come to a conclusion other than that
This was one OF the most pegniclous measures
thpt had come before Congress in his fourteen
years Of service His main objection to the
III wasthat J., was a rcrverson Of the taxing
mower II tho onstitution from its legitimate
exercise. aud cpnvertng II into police meas
ire. He unlivened tho debate with pointed
pc-sounl references Who was It. ho asked. that
stood behind this sudden. burning. bubbling
el,,lIi,ion % zeal on behalf OF the farmerP Mr.
pItsi,ury, with his 100 elevators and -FOUR
mills in Dakota and Minnesota towned by
Ir.ehmen, who was interested In putting
down the price OF wheat: and Mr.. Whitaker.
,b. rort r,cHev OF his lNir. Vests, own city OF
II. ouis. who was interest eatn putting down
,Lrrrce OF hogs. Who was 1t that issued
that celebrated circular to the farmers. when
wheat was selling at 90 cents a bushel. advis-
Ing them to hold on to their wheat? 1t had
been CHARGED against tho Alliance and lgna-
tir, uonncily of Minnesota. but they had de-
Mod It. Mr.. Plisbury had admitted that he
had advised farmers to hold out They had
done so until wheat went down TO 70 cents
The syndicate unlonded at 90 cents. and the
farmers wern loft to-day standing In their
NrlIs wonderful. what hurt them.
Mr. Vest read letter written on juno %
Inst. in which the writer expressed a fear that
Mrssrs Vest. rugh Coke, and George OF the
Judiciary C"mmitec would oppose the Hatch
M N 9 en- eroSn ts: The Letter
hil cen II anrl y jefferson in the LOUISE
ana pnr has an'I also sy the passage Of the
scstc" tndt night messages he sent to the Sem
ators named to try and influence their action
n tn" E BY shs Of sf Ec
Eo o s d francis Whittaser Son Engaged 10
selling larl ard hog products. They wanted
were rev wiling mat the Constitution should be-
stretched through. night messages to the
MI" sir & e. see. hnn inssSfpptlne a.
d oS I'll rn sinn b BIZ q the the
low. under any provision OF this til miller i
VII" wanted to buy wheat.
Mr. Culom Tier. M asked whether the
Serat,r from Minnesota would be willing to
hav. -four addrd to the other articles mcn-
Toned In section Il
Mr. Washhu,n replied that gam bling in -four
WAS impossible. because flour was sold by
peculiar brands. and these. could not be sold
short without the consent OF the nillers.
Mr. Cullom asked II it would hurt to insert
flour in this bill.
Mr. Washburn said that he had no objection
to putting it into the bill il il would mako any
Mr Vest said that II this bill passed 1t would
drive the TRADE operations now conducted in
this country to tho exchanges of England.
belgium. and France. and he rcad statement
started In Hamburg on the news Of the pas;
opposed the OleomnrGarine bill and had never
req cited X. The worst act Of MIR. Cleveland 3
tdmlni t:ation in his judgment. was when he
INST vetoed that till and then signed it..
Mr.. Daniel tDem. al said 1t WAS lain to
est bill. which, und or the false color Of ding
thing, designs to do another thing. I!e believed
describing it's true purpose and it should he
carried efore the supreme Court. that tri-
lunal , hu'd say that the truthful whereas
destroyed the integrity OF the rest OF the hill.
The power conferred upon Congress was 10
levy taxes and to cnilrct tliem-not to levy
taxes and not to collect them. Hy this act
congress laid n tax with the, fNeh purpose.
rrnclaimed to the Senate and tn world. not to
collect 1t, hut to correct something which was
evil hy laying tax upon it. with view OF
At 80 the Senate went into executive SEES.
sion and adjourned TIL tomorrow. Mr. Daniel
still retaining the floor.