Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-15
ANTI-SUBSlDY
Taken Up ind Discussed BY
The H0usa.
Seaa!s Commences Consideration Of
Bills On the Cllaldaf.
President Appoints Forrest Goodwin as


WAsHixaros, Jan. if.s-ln the House
the Anti subsidy resolution was taken up.
Holman entered isgo = comparison Of the
records Of the two parties. and Incidentally
remarked tbs. TIE Democratic party had
always been -ssdS By revenue measure q
strictly revenue mes,ure to secure nci Hem
tG protection. While inveighing sgainst
that class OF legislation be was interrupted
| by RAiaes, who s.ked whether il would be
class legislation TO give to silver bullion
owners 81 for Is cents ssrth Of metal.
| simply ansWer. returned Holman, that
| am in favor Of free coinage Of silver
on the same basis as free coiasSe Of gold.
| Applause on Democratic nde)
As to tie resolution referring to the
! limitation Cf expenditures he was surprise d
that the gentlemen could rot comprehend
the meaning of the term providing means
fog csrryipg On the departments" would
| include all necessary sxEeadilures for
| carrying on the government.
DinRley Of Maine asked consent to have
pending as = substitute . resolution declsr-
| ing IL the sense Of the Houss that il is the
duty of Congress to limit appropriations to
the requirements Of an Efficient, honest
economical and stAiesmaniike adDinistra-
lion Of national Affairs; that duties Of Con,
ggess are not restricted to simply providing
means for carrying on the departments,
but include such other suit iects as directly
or indirectly for the benefit Of the country
as whole are not likely TO be secured by
private enterprise. such as the establish
mert Of agricultural icoiiege., agricultural
experiment stations, geolc gicsi surveys.
| tenance Of soldiers homes and the pension
| system for the benefit Of those who impef-
lille d their lives in defence Of the nation.
Holman OF jscted to the substitute being
| regarded rs pending.
Henderson Of Iowa denied that the Hol-
| man resolution as now presented was in
| language or spirit the same as the resolu-
tons ado pied in the i4th and 45Ih Con-
gresses. This resolution, he said. was
= deadly weapon aimed at the
starving millions of Russia. II it
WAS adopted. Cor g,ess could not make
the offerings OF the generous hears of our
people. Here came the gentleman from
Indiana making an assault on the unfor-
tunate inhabitants Of Russia. Jews ard
Gen;iles in the presence of famine came
be p their fellow mortsrs but the reformed
Democracy said the government should NOT
cstry their contributions to Russia.
Henderson then referred to the speech
made some days since by Dookery Of Mis-
souri,. relative 10 the financial condition Of
the country and controverted the statement
made by that gentleman that there was but
500 900 900 available cash in the treasury.
Tho AZ at ~ thn 80 thu
treasury, he said, showed thst there wss in
the treasury to the credit OF the d,sbursip,
officers Of che government s27 ,Sl3 900.
After defending the insncial policy Of
the administration, Henderson reviewed
the appropriations made by the last Con-
z g:ess, which he said had been referred to
saseringly as the Billion Congress-"
The ordinary increase Of appropriate ons
Of the 50ih Congress ovel the 49th, he
said was S6s 900, 900. and the ordinary in
crease Of the s 1t over the 50th vas s57,.
600 coo All this war about the billion
congress meant. that the 5lst Congress had
gwen sll3 900 600 by legislation, sppro-
pristlon ard payment to soldiers Of the
republic, their widoHs, cdildrea and de-
pendent relatives. The 5la Congress had
met with courage and wisdom the neces
ssrv demands of the Republic
D. ckery Of Missouri said the aggregate
appropriation OF the last Congreas was
without p,rsllel or precedent in the history
of the country. The record showed, de-
ducting III sinking fund, the interest on
the pubic debt sni the extraordinary
charge for pensions, there remsined more
than SlG0, COO, ,000 increase in the appro
priations msds By the 5lst Congress over
that by the 50.h Cong'ess nThe average in
c'e ese from the 4ith }, he 50.h ue'swss
abou; $50, 900 900 and July L. 1890. there
was in the treasury = surplus Of Slt5, ,000,-
600
Today the s2ssh in the treasury is sc5-
600 COO. including the subsidiary coin and
$40 000, 900 Of the surplus disappeared IN.
der tbesoperstion Of the appropriations o,
the Republican party.
Hooker Of Mississippi, asked why, II the
money was in the treasury with which to
pay the bonds, the secretary of the treas
ury had ssked the holders 10 extend the 4 !
per cent bonds at 2 per cent.
Dockery said ssrcssticslly that he re
sented the insinuation tbs. the secretary
did not take up these bonds because there
vas not money in ihs treasury. Had not
the secretary said shst it WAS because he
wished TO oemonttrsie the extraordinary
soundness Of the government by showing
that il could hoat per cent bords? But
the controlling reason for the exu aordnsfy
action Of the secretary, aside from the con.
dition Of the treasury, vas the fact thst it
would scct mmodats the national banks and
prevent the expense on their part Of sx
changing the bond, and buying the t's At .
premium.
And this by the administration whose
most distinguished official, had in 1888, in
Maine. denounced Mr.. Cleveland because
he deposited the money in the national
banks. Under the Harrison admiuisiration
81 600 600 yet remained in the nationsl
brDks. In the estimates not one dollar
is estimsted for rivers and hsrbors because
with them there was de hcit Of s35 O00, ,0C0.
Dingley questioned this statement and
quoted from tbe report Of Secretary Foster.
Dockery replied that the estimate pre-
parep By the clerks to the Senate and House
committees on appropriations showed this
deficiency. twas not shown by the secre-
t4ry, because he proposed 10 disregard the
requirement Of the sinking fand sct for the
nsxt fiscal year Dokery further stated that
the pension estimates we're same ~ last year
sfhou9h Co gtess last year appropriated
$40 600 0oG more than the estimated. II
s23 000,0o0 was allowed for rivers and
bsibors DEFICIENCIES, it would amount to
s57 900, 600.
He wanted to impress up3n the Demo
Gratis the necessity TOR greE economy. for,
Otherwise, even by fiching from the $780, |
600 900 gold reserve, . deficiency would |
exist in the treasury.
Dinsley Of Maine sad Holman sought |
by hisresolrtion to bind the judgment Of
the members Of the House to what we're
measures of public and what we're Of pri- |
vste advantage.
The substitute he had sought to offer |
d slinctly disw line Of dihnaiion. IL vas
impott,nt that there should be distinct |
diauition vhe the House said these should |
be no APPROPRIATION for private purposes.
What vas the utility Of the resolutionr No |
iexislat on was proposed for granting boun- |
ties. There WAS out one bounty allowed By
law and it vas ,do1b,f1l whether the Ways |
and means committee controlled |
By the sen'lemeu's fieds, would |
report till repeating hat bounty. He
would vote against the resolution because |
he rssd between the lines.
II /; vas proposed 10 make . distinct |
declaration Of principle. let ii 30 appesr,
bat let i: be declaration Of the House
opposed to appropriations simply for private
purposes. He proceeded % defend the las t
Congress from the charge Of extfsv.sance
and asserted TIA; Of tas s48s, 900, ,0s7
,o2fistsd, e3s COO, ,ooS vas 10 supply
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