Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-11
Carlisle Wants Permission to
 Carry Out His Scheme.
BRILLIANT TALK ON THE TARIFF.
Tom Johnson Rouses the House With His EIoquenOe-Mr. Davis Fayors the Senate With Speech on Hawaiian Affairs-Mr. Holman Will Ask For a Protectorate.


 simplest way to meet the apparently rap idly approaching crisis in the treasury. The secretary occupied very little time in speaking of the condition of affairs which had made such an appeal on his part nec- essary, assuming evidently that the com mittee understood the situation.
 He dwelt briefly upon the rapidly dimin ishing gold reserve in the treasury, and stated that instead of increasing, as he had hoped the government receipts would, they had continued to diminish until there was coming to be a monthly gap of about $10, O0O GOO between receipts and expenditures.
 He thought therefore, that it was expe- dient that congress should take steps to provide against the evil He asked that the act of 1875 for the resumption of specie payments, which also authorizes bond issue, should be so amended as to permit this issuance for shorter time and at lower rate of interest than is provided for in that act. He thought it would be a very easy matter to sell enough bonds to tide over the present emergency-to meet the prospective deficiency of the present fiscal year-at per cent interest and running for three, four or five years and he be- ieved 1t would be the part of wisdom for congress to authorize such a change in the present law as to give this authority.
 There was a general interchange of opin ion among members of the committee OF the subject presented, and the meeting gradually drifted into discussion of the outlook for tariff legislation, in which Mr. Carlisle participated very freely, but no conclusion was reached as to the bond rec concentrations made by the secretary. Enough was developed to show that it is going to be very difficult for the commit tee to agree upon a bill.
 Brilliant Tariff Speeches.
 The third day of the tariff debate in the house was enlivened by a sensational speech by MT. Tom Johnson of Ohio, the free trade and single tax advocate, who claims, with Hon. Lawrence T. Neal, late Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, the joint authorship of the tariff plank in the Chicago platform. He boldly attacked the Democrats for the timid manner in which they had handled the tariff ques- tion and charged them with cowardice all along the line.
 Mir. Johnson then had a sharp tilt with MT. Walker of Massachusetts over the cost of m anufacturing steel rails, in the course of which he declared that Carnegie had the finest mill in the world. And protection made it, interjected Mir. Walker.
 "Oh, mo-" replied MT. Johnson. You don't believe a duty at the custom house built it? Bill Jones built it.
 
 [laughterl, replied MT. Walker, but pro- lection made it possible"
 Bill Jones is no myth" answered MT. Johnson. Bill Jones stood with me dur ing the Johnstown flood side by side, while rich men were shirking-Bill Jones' brains and Carnegie's money-and the honors were easy" Democratic applause.l
 When Mir. Johnson finished, the most en- thusiasti0 scene witnessed since the tariff debate began occurred. The Democrats cheered and crowded about to shake his hand and congratulate him. After order was restored MT. DalZell one of the Re publican members of the ways and means committee, took the floor
 MT. DalZell made a brilliant speech in defense of the tariff, dwelling particularly on the iron and steel interests. Messrs Warner and Coombs of New York were the other speakers.
 At the night session Mr. Snodgrass of Tennessee, Mir. Mahon of Pennsylvania and Mir. Curtis of Kansas were the speakers, and at 10:3O the house adjourned.
 Still Talking of Hawaii.
 The principal event in the senate was the speech of Senator Davis of Minnesota in support Of the policy of nonintervention in Hawaiian affairs The senator plainly ex- pressed himself as in favor of the annexa- tion of Hawaii and declared that to be the manifest destiny of the Hawaiian Islands For 40 years it had been recognized as in evitable by every American minister to Hawaii, and no foreign government ob- jected to this plan when consummated un- der favorable circumstances and conditions The main portion of the argument of the senator was to show that the revolution was the legitimate outcome of the usurpa- tion of the queen and of the attempted proclamation of a new constitution, and that her ministers had no choice in pro | claiming the provisional government and Minister Stevens no discretion in recogniz- ing 1t the government de facto after it had gained undisputed and peaceful pos session of the government buildings and l government archives.
 In the earlier part of the day, and on an other subject, Senator German created | some surprise by declaring that during the | past three years the total appropriations of | congress had exceeded by $500, ,OO0, GOO the 1 total revenues of the government during that period. A large portion of this enor- nous aggregate is for public buildings and is in great measure yet unexpended. | The senate committee on foreign rela- ] tions had a meeting after the Hawaiian | subcommittee had adjourned. The com mittee had the Hawaiian question under I consideration but it is understood that the consideration of the subject was confined to hearing verbal report of the subcom- mittee and to an informal discussion of the recent phases of the matter. The commit | tee seems to be of the opinion that it will require some weeks for the completion of 1 the inquiry, and it is improbable that the committee will take up any of the various | resolutions referred to it until the inVeStie ! gatiOn can be completed.