The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-15
HOLMAN DEFEATED
The House Does Not Adopt His
Resolution.
THE MATTER HoTLY DEBATED
Dockery Shows Up the Extravaganza of the
Republican Party-Dissipation Of the
Democratic Surplus.

gress has not followed the aggressive leader
ship of Chairman Holman, of the appropri-
ations committee, in declaring that he APP
preparations of Congress shall be strictly
limited TO moneys necessary to carry on
the several departments of the government
For four hours fierce warfare of de-
the proposition of the gentleman from In
diana, and when it adjourned Holman had
| so far receded from the strict spirit of his
resolution as to ask that the pre-
vious question be reconsidered, in
order that he might consider the
advisabillty tomorrow of accepting
an amendment modifying the sweeping
declaration of the second clause of the
resolution. That many Democrats if forced
TO meet the issue presented by the gentle
men from Indiana will vote against the
resolution there is no doubt. AS it now
reads, it is generally interpreted as pre-
senting an inseparable bar not only to
steamship subsidies, but to the sugar
| bounty, Nicaragua canal, bill for the
Worlds fair loan, Improvement of rivers
and harbors, appropriations for public
buildings throughout the country, and ap
preparations tor Indian depredations and
the court of claims cases. Naturally there
fore the chairman of the appropria tons
committee had arrayed against him the
!
SO vitality affected.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
For the repeal of the sugar bounty clause
of the tariff bill.
Looking TO an adjustment of interna-
| tioual disputes without resort to war.
Holman's anti-subsidy resolution was
then taken up for discussion. Holman
said in regard to his resolution, when SINH
lar resolutions were adopted in the Forty
fourth ana Forty-tifth Congresses, the rev.
enues and expenditures of the govern ent
substantially balanced, but now the ex-
ppnditures were in excess of the revenues,
and the necessity of his second resoluti on
was manifest.
AS to the question of subsidies, subsidies
meant legislation for the benefit OF the
favored classes and were feature of gov
ernments belonging to monarchies. He
entered into comparison of the records of
the two parties and incidentally remarked
the Democratic party always had been
ready by strictly revenue measures 10
secure incidental protection.
While inveighing against class legisla-
ton he was interrupted by Raines, of New
j, York, who asked whether it would be
class legislation to give silver bullion
owners 81 for rs cents worth,of metal. 81
simply answer" returned Holman, 'that
am in favor of the free coinage of silver on
the same DaSlS as Tue Tree coinage OF ROIu.'
Dingley, of Maine, asked consent to have
pending as a substitute resolution declar-
ing it to be the sense of the House il is
the duty of Congress to limit appropria-
tons to the requirements of an efficient
honest, economical and statesmanllke ad-
ministration OF national affairs; that the
duties of Congress are not restricted to
, simply providing measures for carrying Oh
; the departments, but include such other
subjects as are directly or indirectly for
the benefit of the country as whole, and
not likely to be secured by private enter
prise, such as the establishment of agri-
} cultural colleges, agricultural experiment
, stations, geological surveys, improvements
of rivers and harbors, maintenance of sol
diers' homes and pension. system for the
benefit of those who imperilled theil
lives on behalf of the union. Holman OBJ
: ted to the substitute being regarded a,
pending.
DINGLEY THEREUPoN WITHDREW HIS REso-
LUTON.
Henderson, of Iowa, opened upon the
Republic side. The resolution under
2 discussion, said he, is not in language Oh
spirit the same as the resolutions passed
J by previous Congresses. In those resoIu.
tions the financial condition of the country
was expressly referred to with regard to tn,
{ declarations as to bounties and subsidies
,
f heavy and oppressive load Of debt. Unde
, Republican management the government i
{ getting rid of the mortgage. Applause.
D Under this resolution not private pension
2 bill could be put through, and nothing il
5 the nature of public work could be enter
D tanned. What was the real object of tn
= resolutions To what bouEties did Holman
t refer! He understood it was for sugar
/. Speaking for himself, he would say if al
: the gentlemen on the other side wanted t
i continue the bounty on sugar he might b
r found voting with them. This resolution
was aimed at something else;
IT WAS DEADLY WEAPON
aimed at the starving millions of Russia
If it was adopted Congress could not max
an appropriation to send to that countr
the offerings of the generous hearts of on
people. Here came the gentleman from In
diana making an assault on the unfortu
e nate in habilants Of Russia. Jews and gen
Y tiles in the presence of the famine cam
: forward with full hands and generou
S hearts to help their fellow mortals, and tn
u reform Democrats said the government
should not carry their contributions I
Russia.
Henderson then turned his attention t
f the speech made some days ago by Dock
Grey relative TO the
FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COUNTRY.
Dockerey had stated the receipts of tn
q first half of the present fiscal year fe
short of the expenditures S273,0J0. H
;, Henderson, had asked for information
from the treasury department and had bee
informed the figures for the period i
question showed an excess of receipts owe
expenditures of s7,100,0O0, instead of
y shortage of $685. 100. The present admins
> tration had paid over $3.50, voc, 600 interest
: bearing debt. Not bondholder had wante
| M a iric frot II =
d him step up and take it. The administra
ton had saved the people $50, 600, 900 in in
terest
Henderson then proceeded to contradic
d the statement made by Dockerey last wee
that the sinking fund was in a deplete
condition. The last Congress had bee
sneeringly alluded to as
= ''THE BILLION DOLLAR CONGRESS-"
The ordinary increase of appropriation
a of the Fiftieth Congress over those of tn
# Forty ninth had been SOS, 600, 600. The OF
: binary increase of the Fifty First over tn
Il Fiftleth had been $4,000, 600. All tbi
:. about the Billion Dollar Congress mean
that the Fifty first Congress had give
S1l3,0U0,000 by legislation, appropriate
and payment to the soldiers of the republi
their widows, children and dependent rela
a tives. The Fifty first Congress had IT
!: vised the tariff, but in doing so it had il
G creased the price of the products of tn
American farmer, made it sure labor coul
: get fair and just compensation. and mad
: it impossible for starvation to enter the re
y public and remain under the folds OF tn
q American flag. Great applause
II Replying, Dockery said the aggregate az
:. preparation of the Billion dollar Congress
was
WITHOUT PARALLEL OR PRECEDENT
4 in the history of the government. Th
Record showed that deducting the sinkin