Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-07
A SHARP COLOQUY.
The Pot Calling the Kettle
Black.

In the House last Tuesday Mr..
McMillin Dem. )of Tennessee call.
ed up the joint resolution report
ed from the committee on ways
and means directing the secretary
of the treasury to remit the du-
ties imposed on the war munitions
imposed by the navy department
at the time of the threatened
trouble between the United States
and Chill. The joint resolution
was passed.
In the course of the discussion
Mr.. Reed said that he would not
object to the joint resolution, but
expressed his regret that the mat
ter did not take the form of a
direct appropriation from the
treasury to pay the amount of the
duty. 1t required an act of con-
gress in each case, he said, but
the S43, 900 under the arrange
ment did not appear in the appro-
priation bill.
"And," continued Mr.. Reed,
Gas there have been some very
wicked appropriations in the last
two congresses"
Mr.. Dockery(Dem. of Missouf-
ri-No, not in the last two con-
crosses. In the Fifty-tirst.
Mr.. Reed-Only wicked in the
Fifty-frst!
Mr.. Dockery-Yes.
Mr.. Reed suppose there was
no occasion for wickedness in the
Fifty-second!
Mr.. Dockery-No; we were
left legacy by the Fifty-frst
congress and had to make pro
visions to meet it. We were i'm
posed on by the legislation of the
Fifty-frst.
Mr.. Reed-Well, you are very
easily imposed upon. You had
control of it and you made bigger
appropriations than we ever did,
and you have been going around
the country ever since making
excuses for it. You had better
make smaller appropriations and
you would need fewer excuses.
Mr.. Dockery-One hundred
and fifty-four millions of the ap-
preparations of the Fifty-second
congress were entailed by the
legislation of the Fifty-frst con-
gress.
Mr.. Reed-Yes, entailed. You
were children in swaddling clothes.
Things are "entailed" upon you
all the time. You are going
about the country from one end
to the other talking about "what
has been entailed upon you
Why don't you do something
yourselves! Naughter).
Mr.. Dockery-I will say in re-
ply to the suggestion of the gen
tleman from Maine (Mr. Reed
that l trust with the House Dem
ocratic and the Senate Democrat
ic, we will be able. at this session
or at the regular session of con-
gress, to repeal some of this leg
islation that imposed these extra
ordinary taxes upon the people.
Mr.. Reed-You have not done
very much repeating up to date.
Mr.. Dockery-We have had
no opportunity heretofore.
Mr.. Reed-No opportunity
You have had the House and the
Senate and the President, partial
ly. Gaughter.) Why in the
world don't you do something!
Mr.. Dockery-I want to say
that during this extra session an
effort has been made and is now
being made to repeal a part of the
odious legislation enacted by the
Fifty-first congress.
Mr.. Reed notice that the
gentleman from Missouri did not
participate in that effort to re-
peal. (Referring to Mr.. Dock
ery's vote against the Wilson re-
peal bill.)
Mr.. Dockery-The gentleman
from Missouri did and desires the
repeal of that law Ohe Sherman
act) with conditions that will be
Just to all sections of the country.
Mr.. Reed-Exactly. That is
what some of our good people al
ways want-righteousness with
conditions. Laughter.)
"You hear some of these little