The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-26

tect the forest reservations. 1t having al
ready occupied two hours on the previous
day, the point was raised that under the
rules it could not again be called up, but
must take its place on the calendar Inc
Speaker postponed his decision on the point
of order until this morning, when he ruled
that although the rule was vague and un-
certain, he was of the opinion that under
it committee could call up any Pill as
often as it desired. Thereupon Mr.. Mc1tae
moved that the Pause go into committee
of the whole for consideration OF the Dill,
and, upon call for the yeas and nays, II
was found that no quorum was present.
The morning hour expiring without a quo
rum appearing, the bill went over.
Mr.. Oates moved that the House resolve
sideration of the bankruptcy bill, which was
agreed TO- Mr.. Lane addressed the House
against the bill. Mr. Coombs defended the
proposed law. He said that under existing
laws there are thousands of men who have
failed honestly and who are forced TO DO
business in n; AN % mhderhand Nay aIa IN t,vs .ne
The passage of the proposed bill would rem
edy that, so that they could resume busi-
ness openly and honestly. The relations OF
men are so intimately connected-the debtor
may be creditor and the creditor may be
a debtor-that if you take away the abil-
ity OF a creditor 70 collect from his debtor
you may take away his ability TO Discharge
his obligations to his creditor. He said that
he had been a merchant for thirty-hye
years and had done business with people
of the whole world. In this time he had
been creditor to very large amount and
he affirmed that his losses by dishonesty
had not exceeded one-sixteenth OF l per
cent.
Mr.. Kilgore next spoke in opposition to
the bill. He stated that a bankruptcy law
had been in existence in England since the
time of Hensy VIII and bill in the same
line was passed in 1888, which was said 10
be the perfection of bankruptcy laws; and
yet they did not prevent fraudulent impo-
sition upon the creditor class. He did not
believe it necessary TO pass any bill OF this
kind but he would not have such grave OBJ
law instead of the involuntary law pro-
posed He objected to that section of the
proposed law which makes 1T illegal to pre-
fer one creditor TO another. AT 4:5O, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Oates. the committee rose and
the House adjourned.
The following bils were also introduced
BY Mr.. Bell: To retire national bank
notes and substitute United States treasury
notes.
BY Mr. Hicks: To prevent the suspen-
sion of any pension unless it can be shown
the pension was obtained by fraud or per-
jury.
BY Mr. Compton,: Bill appropriating $780,
600 to pay supervisors of the tenth census
$1,000 in addition TO the compensation they
By Mr.. McRae: A resolution providing
for day to consider the bill for the pro-
lection of forest reservations over which
there has been such determined contest
by Western members.
BY Mr.. Dearmond: bill which, if it be-
comes law, would revolutionlze the civil civil
with nothing to do. 1t relates to the clas-
sified service, and turns over the selection
of government employees entirely TO the
States. The States are to provide by act
of Legislature how they shall name citizens
to take the places in the classified SER
vice.
BY Mr. Coombs: resolution outlining a
plan for tariff bill, and instructing the
ways and means committee to bring in q
bill in accordance with its provisions. The
bill, according TO the resolution, shall have
four schedules: a, composed of articles fres
of duty, including all raw materials; H.
articles to pay duty of 10 per cent; c, arti-
| cles of luxury, wine, spirits and tobacco
upon which a duty must be charged sufti-
cient at Least 70 protect manufacturers, &c
pay internal revenue tax; ID, a schedule for
| the protection of labor. All articles not COW
| cred by the preceding list to go into an un
classified schedule. After the amount oi
revenues needed shall be ascertained and
| the amount of revenue to be obtained from
the first four schedules shall have been de-
Quoted from the amount needed, the re-
mainder shall be raised by import taxes or
unclassified articles. When the reading OF
| the resolution had been completed Mr.
| Payne asked, sarcastically, whether such Z
bali would be constitutional according tC
| the terms of the Chicago platform. Mr.
| Cultivate insisted that the resolution b'
| referred 10 the ways and means committee
| and it was SO referred.