The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-04

did not regard this policy as of sufficient
Importance to call an extra session.
DE did. however, call congress toget her
In special session for the consideration OF
other matters. The committees on ways
and means, however, which was primarily
charged with the consideration OF quss-
tlons Of revenue. was appointed at the
extra session, and on the lJ.h day OF
December. 1893 only few days after the
convenlng OF coDgress-reporte0 20 the
house what is known rs the Wilson bill,
aud which, passing through the ordinary
on Tue 2ad of February, 1894, and was on
that day referred to the committee on
finance. 1t was not reported to the senate
until seven weeks afterward, land when
say" exclaimed Senator Allison,
that this bill was never read IN
the committee on fnance nor considered
line by line and paragraph By paragraph,
state what Is known to every senator"
SO that it is worth W lille, be continued sar-
castically, for US to consider wha: sane
ton rs TO be given to the report Of a com
mittee that brought II into the senate
chamber, being Practically the conclusion
of ouly three men. IL WAS made plain By
the proceedings in this chamber, ne re-
marked, that as regards the features OF
of the bill involving revenue of $50, Ov0. COG,
il came to the senate As minority and not
ajority report. Ouiy i've OUT Of eleven
memU of the committee gave their sup
port TO that feature.
Il may say" went on Mr.. Allison,
that j am embarrassed IN the examina-
ton of this bill by the fact that We have
not been supplied with the necessary
statements aud prints OF the bill which
would enable Us to consider it rs great
bill Of this character ought TO be consider
ed"
There was not an industry in the coun-
try which would not be injured by The
biil, while many OF them would be
strangled TO death Mr.. Allison went on
To argue of the feature OF the bill changing
the duty from specific TO advalorem, anu
showed the difficulty Of getting
just appraisemeut of their Value.
he gave notice thst at the proper time he
would offer An amendment providing that
the value should be fixed by Its prizes at
home market Instead OF abroad.
Senator Call here asked Senator Allison
to yield for u motion TO 20 into executive
session. This WAS the signal for very
lively debate which came upon tho senate
with the suddennesS OF u cyclone, and In
which Senators Harris aud Frye played
the Leaning roles. The 1Ormer said he
hoped Senator Allison would continue his
speech and finish il Today.
The vice president here interrupted the
discussion to lay the following message
from the president before the senate:
Il transmit herewith u report OF the sec
Rotary OF state before the Paris tribunal OF
arbitration. Also. the protocols thus far
Received, and other papers relating 70 that
matter"
Senator Frye here entered into the dis
cussion with caustic remark about rail-
reading" the bill through the senate, and
a reference TO Senator Harris two notices
in one day Of his Intention to drive the bill
through.
After further sharp cOIloquy, the Incl
dent closed and the motion OF Mr.. Cal
that the senate proceed TO the consldera-
ton Of executive business prevailed. After
a session OF an tOnr aud quarter the
doors were opened aud the senate at 5:25