Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.


Washington, April 1S.-In the senate
today the bill authorizing the erection
of a stone bridge across the st. Louis
river between Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin passed.
Commander f. W. Dickens, United
States navy. who attended the Duke
Of Veragua at the worlds fair, was
granted permission to accept the deco-
ration of the cross Of naval merit of
the third class from the king of Spain
The venerable Senator Morrill,, Of
Vermont, was then recognized and
during his remarks was accorded more
respectful attention than has fallen TO
the lot of most speakers on the tariff
The senator fOm Vermont expressed
his regret that the financial and indus
trial crisis had to be continued by a
yainglorious and clumsy attempt to
carry out the democratic platform
Concerning the rates Of duties re-
ported in the tariff BILL" he said, 1T
is no violation g. the confidential re
lations of the senate committee on
finance to state now they were all
fixed and determined without the votes
Of the republican members and against
even the votes Of any hesitating or di
vergent minority Of the democratic
members Thus many of the most i'm
pOrtant questions may have been de
termined by the small fraction Of three
or four of a committee Of eleven, but
while the process of evolution was
great novelty, it will not be conuo-
yerted that all the rates Of duty are of
the purest democratic origin Tariffs
for revenue only prove to be political
tariffs valid only after the next cleo
ton"
He pointed out in detail what he
considered the special evils Of the bill
the first being the obsolete al valorem
system The purpose Of the bill, he
thought, was especially destructive to-
wards the production of the farmer
Reciprocity arrangements which bene
fit the farmer are to be abrOgated
The income tax, he called an unusual
blunder for even a democratic admin
isration to make
In closing Senator Morrill, said:
The policy Of some rugged parJi
sans is to hold as their enemies all
corporations, however benetccnt. rs
the Fiji islanders once held Christian
people, and though these fanatcal
partisans may love and forgive them,
they really love them best roasted.
The democratic party cry for years
has been against Ill internal revenue
taxes except those on malt and spirit
uous liquors. The revolution now pro
posed is to give the lead to those
taxes, hitherto mathematical, and 50
minimize customs revenue that even
incidental protection shall be impossi-
BILE"
Senator Twpie followed in support
of the tariff bill. Mr. Cameron then
took the floor in opposition to the bin.
Next Mr. Quay continued his speech
begun Saturday.
In the house the Hawaiian policy
of the present administration came i'm
for good share of attention rhc ap-
pointment of Van Allen rs minister to
Italy provoked very extended dis
cussion The democrats in defending
the appointment countered on the Hair
lison administration by detailing The
history of the Sl00 coo campaign fund
raised by eX-Postmaster General
Wanamaker.
Later in the day Mr. Wise took mp
the authorship Of quorum counting as
a parliamentary notwithstanding cN-
pedient and quoted from the record to
show that the first proposition in This
line was offered by j. Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia. democrat, in 1850.
when it was vigorously opposed by NJ.
Reed. Mr. Walker met the attack on
the eX-speaker's fame by shrielling ont
that the record showed democratic or
position to the quorum counting rule
in the jlst congress, Speaker Crisp
leading the opposition.
Mr. Grosvenor concluded The debate
for the day with some remarks about
the manner in which the Wilson hil
was battered beyond recognition i'm
the senate
Washington, April 19-ln the senate
today, Mr.. PETER stirred up q hornets
nest by calling up his resolution for
a committee to receive the petitions Of
the COXey army. He made a speech /
in its support declaring the time was
critical and the senate should show
it was not an American house of lords /
and that 1t was in touch with the
people
Mr. Allen, Of Nebraska, maintained /.
the perfect right of Coxey ana his /.
followers to come to Washington and /
even into the galleries Of the senate.
Mr. PETERS resolution went over |
without action by the expiration of .
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