The morning call., 1892-01-15
TIE HOUSE.
An Interesting Debate on the Holman
AntiSubsIdy Resolution.


Anti-Subsidy Resolution.
In the House the following bills were
introduced and referred: For the repeal of
the sugar bounty clause of the Tariff Bill
and looking to the adjustment of interna-
tiOnal disputes without resort to war
The Holman anti-Subsidy resolution was
then taken up for discussion.
Holman said in regard to his resolution
"When similar resolutions were adopted in
the Forty-tourth and FOrty-ffth Congresses
the revenues and expenditures Of the Gov.
ernment substantially balanced; but now
the expenditures were in excess Of the reve-
nues and the necessity of this second reso-
luton was manifest. As to the question Of
subsidies, subsidies mean legislation for the
benefit of favored classes, and were the fea-
lures of a government belonging to mon
archies." He entered into a comparison of
the records of the two parties, and Incl
dentally remarked that the Democratic
party always had been ready by revenue
measure to strictly secure incidental protec-
tion.
While inveighing against class legislation
he was interrupted by Raines of New York,
who asked whether it would be class legs-
lation to give TO silver bullion owners 81
for rs cents worth OF metal.
n.
that l am in favor OF the free coinage Of
silver on the same basis as the free coinage
of gold"
Dngley of Maine asked consent to have
pending as a substitute. resolution declar-
ing it TO be the sense of the House that it is
the duty of Congress to limit the appropria-
tiOnS to the requirements of an efficient
honest, economical and statesmanlike ad-
miniStration Of national affairs; that the
duties of Congress were not restricted to
simply providing means for carrying on the
departments, but include such other sub
jects as are directly or Indirectly for the
benefit OF the country as whole, and not
likely TO be secured by private enterprise
such as the establishment of agricultural
colleges agricultural experiment stations,
geological surveys, improvements in rivers
and harbo;S, the maintenance Of soldiers
homes and the pension system for the bene-
fit Of those who imperiled their lives in be-
half of the Union
Holman objected to the substitute being
regarded as pending.
Dingley thereupon withdrew his resolu-
tiOn.
Henderson of Iowa opened the discussion
on the Republican side "The resolution
guage or spirit the same as the resolutions
passed by previous Congresses. In those
resolutions the financial condition of the
country was expressly referred to with re-
gard TO the declaration as to bOunties and
subsidies. Al that time the Government was
under heavy and oppressive load of debt.
Under Republican management the Govern
meut is getting rid of this mortgage. lAp-
plause Under this resolution, not a pri-
vate pynsOn bill could be put through, AMI
nothing in the nature of public works could
be entertained. What was the real object
of the pending resolutions. To what boun-
ties did Holman refer? He understood for
sugar. Speaking for himself, he would say
IL ali the gentlemen on the other side
wanted TO cancel the bounty on sugar he
might be found voting with them. This
resolution was aimed at something else
1t was deadly weapon aimed at the starv-
ing millions of Russia. Ii it was ad opted
Congress could not make an appropriation
TO send to that country the offerings of the
generous hearts of our people. Here came
the gentleman from Indiana making an as
sault ON the unfortunate inhabitants of
Russia Jews and Gentiles, in the presence
of famine, came forward with full hands
and generous hearts to help their fellow
mOrtalS, and the Reform Democracy said
this Government should not carry their
| contributions TO Russia"
Henderson then turned his attention to
| the speech made some days ago by Dockery
| relative TO the financial position of the eOun-
| try. DOckery had stated that the receipts
| for the first half Of the present fiscal year
| fell short of the expenditures S273,000 He
| henderson, had asked for information
| from the Treasury Department. and had
been informed that the figures for the Pc
riod in question showed an excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures of S7,100,000. in
stead of a shortage OF S273,0O0 Tie pres
| ent Administration had paid over S259,OO0,-
600 Of the Understanding debt. Not a
bondholder had wanted his money, but the
! Administration made him step up and take
it. The Administration had saved the peo-
| Dle SOB 600 600 in interest.
| Henderson then proceeded to contradict
| the statement made by Duckery last
week, that the Sinking Fund was in
a depleted condition. the last Congress
| had been sneeringly alluded to as q
Bilion-dollar Congress-" The ordinary
increase Of the appropriations of the Fif.
tieth Congress over those Of the Forty th
Congress had been Sos, 100000 The ordi
nary increase of the Fllty-frst over the FIT