People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL.

Ja1 lo-The third day OF the tariff deb1te
I'D lhe bou was enlivened by q Sensational
speech by Mr.. JDhnson Of Ohio. The free
trider and sin lie tax advocate He
boldly attacked the Democrats for the timid
~ lhneI IN which they had handled the tarin
question ana CHARGED them with oWardiee NH
along the inc Mr. Dalzell made n brilliant
speech IN defense OF the tariff dwellin par.
Iitularly on the iron and steel interests
NESTS N0omer OF PENNSYLVANIA and
Coom6s OF New York. were the other speakers
Last week. when the Democratic caucus
was IN session. tender OF recognition was
nlade 10 the Populist party. and 10 nisht for
, ,he nrst liihe In history. Populist in
tne person OF Jerry Simpson oce, neo the
shalr AT 10 o'clock Mr.. Curtis OF Kansas. fol.
lowed MS colleague and spoke for thirty min.
ulcs MS constituents bein. nearly ali en-
ga ed IN sheep raising and farming. he critical.
~ arraiZned the wool and live stock Schedules
OF Inc Wilson bill At 1870 the house adj.
In the senate the principal event was tho
speech OF senator Davis OF Mime sofa. In snn.
port OF non Intervention in Hawaiian aTairs
Inc senator plainly EXPIRE sed himself In favor
OF Inc annexation OF Hawaii and declared
that 10 finally be the manifest des.
tiny OF Hawaii II had for forty yeIrs
oeen recognized as inevitable By every Ameri
can minister TO Hawaii and no foreign govern.
ment objected TO this plan when consum.
mated under favorable circumstances
In the earlier plrt OF the day and on an.
other subject, Senator German created some
surprise by declaring that duriny Tho net
three years the total appropriations Of con.
gress had exceeded By sSOL0DOJI the total
revenues OF the government durinr that
perlol A large portion Of this enormous
a-treeale u lOr public buildln $, and is in a
great measure unexpended.
lnnunrv Tho uo,-,sf..
sum q almost the whole time in the senate
senator Davis Of Minnesota, concluded his
s.eeeh IN opposition TO the D, licy
OF the present administration. and
VS. particul rly emphatic in his
opposition TO the act OF the presider.
IN eonmlssionin Mr. BlOunt TO Hawaii and
clolhlng MIN with plenary powers even 10 the
eNlenl OF control OF the naval forces without
sueh appointment having been confirmed nv
the senate Senator rTurpie made nm
hourN speech that was full OF surprises
IL was long legal argument based ON
intern ltlonal and diplomatic law and took
the position the provisional government nav.
IN once been reco nized BY the United States
ana the civilized world II was a fact Accom-.
pushed and recognition could not be with.
,,I save for recess OF two hours there was an
uninterrupted flow OF tarf Cratory in the
mouse from II in the mOrniag until 10 20 al
night Interest in the debate is IA ,oing
little The pr ncipal speeches were by Breck
ihrldTe OF Kentucky. Springer OF Illinois
Dlhgley OF Maine and Mr. Harter OF Ohio
Jan l2-The important tariff speeche, were
made by Mr. Payne OF New York one of the
leading Republican members of The
ways and means committee DIR
Everett, the Massachusetts mur
wump, and Mr.. Jerry Simnson the Knn.
sIS Populist Mr. Simrson created the sen.
satlon OF the day by illustrltin, his marks
on the deploraDe condition Of the a ricultural
classes by displaying dapid Itei overcoat
Whlch ne OF from frmer on the IN lrket
place. He said he could duplicate il ON the
day. W
inc greater part Of the session Of the sen.
ave was devoted TO executive business The
nomination OF Mr. Pre- ton as director of the
mint was finally e-urrected after many
weeks oil s!umberin,. and confirmed BY n vote
Oi lnreehiths Of the senators present Mr.
Neeley was confirmed as marshal Of Kansas.
ana also the recent appointed land ofice re.
ceiyers and registers
Jan 1.-THE weeks general debate on the
tarln clio ed with brilliant Outburst OF orr.
tory Bourke Cochran OF New York. Jld
turner OF Georgia, General Gro yenor OF
OHIO and Mr. Bryan OF Nebraska made tril.
II nj speeches for and AGAINST the hill