The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-02
sPfCY DIALOG UE.
pomocrntie Supremacy Was Ridic"led by
the Former Speaker of the House


+b. Former Speaker of the House
The most spicy dialogue which na'
o,tiv.ned the House this session took
,tsce Yesterday. and as usual Mr. keeo'
NJ Maine. was the hero Of IL. MI DoCAtIy
toolf mart in the conversation DuI NJ
remarks served largely as hdhuieS 1''
the Republican leaders wit. ,,
I, ,,,a. started by a resolution 10 remit
duties ON raw material imported by 'he
Navy Department, and amounted 10 IAN
H. y,opev from one branch of the govern
ment to settle expenses or ahothei' M.
Reed EXPRESSED his regret that the matter
anu not take the form or direct apPio
priation from the Treasury 10 pay ths
amount OF the duty. 1t required an &c.
Of Congress- In either case, ne sdlu, pu.
thA saS. COO under this arrangement did not
annoar in the appropriation bills. And
continued Mr.. Reed, "as there have been
some very wicked appropriations IN the
last two Congresses
Mr. Dockery-No; not in the last TWO
Congresses. In the Fifty-frSt.
Mr.. Reed-Only wicked in the tltty-
| first.
Mr.. DSckery-Yes.
| MIR. Reed-I suppose there was no oc-
| CASTOR for wickedness IN the fifty-second
Mr.. Dockery-No. We were left a legacy
by the Fifty-frst Congress and mad 10
| make provision 10 meet 1t. We were i'm
| posed on by the legislation Of the Fifty
| first.
Mr. Reed-Wen, you are very easily inn
posed upon. You had control Of it, and
| you made bigger appropriations than we
| ever did, ana you have been going around
| the country ever since making excuses
| for it, You had better make smaller APP
| propriations. and then you would have
needed fewer excuses
| Mr.. Dockery-One hundred and fifty
four millions OF the appropriations Of the
! Fify-second Congress We're entailed by
| the legislation OF the Fifty-frst Congress.
Mr. Reed-Yes. "eDtaled." You were
children in swaddling clothes Things are
| "entailed" upon you all the time. You
| are going about the country from one end
70 the other talking about what has been
| "entailed" upon you. Why don't you do
| something yourselves?
Mr.. DCckery--I will say in reply to the
| suggestion of the gentleman from Maine
that l trust, with the House Democratic
and the Senate Democratic. we Will be
| able at this session, or at the regular
session Of Congress, 20 repeal some OF
this legislation that has imposed thes'
| extraordinary taxes upon the people
Mr. Reed-You have not done very
much repeating up TO date.
Mr.. Dockefy-We have had no oppo
tunity heretofore.
Mr.. Reed-No opportunity? You have
had three months. What do you cal
opportunity? You have had the House
and the Senate and the President par
TALLY. Q4aughter) Why In the world don
you do something2
Mr.. Doolkery-I want 70 say that durinl
this extra session an effort has been mad
and is now being made, TO repeal par
of the legislation enacted by the Fifty
, first Congress.
Mr.. Reed--I notice that the gentleman
, from Missouri did not Participate In tina
. effort to repeal. (Referring TO Mr.. Dock
! ery's vote against the Wilson bill)
MI Dockery-The gentleman from Mis-
, | souri, did and does desire TO repeal tina
| law uhe Sherman acO with condition
: | that will be Just 70 all sections Of IN
< | country.
Mr. Reed--Exactly. That Is what som
Of you good people always want-righte
BUSINESS with conditions. w ashingto
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