The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-08-20
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE.
A Comprehensive Summary of Its
Present Session by Repre-
sentative 7. G. McRae.


quiry, what has Congress done at
its present session, by way of re-
deeming the promises made to the
people, during the last campaign?
Hon. 7. c. McRae, Representative
from this, the Third Congressional
district of Arkansas, makes the
following answer to a newspaper
representative, at Washington;
81 cannot, in an interview that
must Of necessity be short, give an
exhaustive review of the work done
by the Democrats in this Congress.
but will briefly call attention to
the following important things
which have been accomplished by
this administration;
81, The Federal election law has
been repealed and the State Gov
eminent given full control of their
elections.
SO. The law exemping United
States Treasury notes from all tax
ton has been repealed and $780,,
600, 600 added to the taxable values
for State, county and municipal
purposes.
''3. That eliminating atrocity
of class legislation, the Mckinley
tariff law, has been repealed and a
good revenue tariff passed which
puts on the free list agricultural
implements, cotton ties and bag
ging and cotton gins and reduces
the tax on nearly everything
bought by the farmers from one
half to one-fifth the tax heretofore
imposed.
a. A tax of 2 per cent, on in
comes over 81, 600 has been imposed
whereby the wealthy are made to
contribute to the support of the
Federal Government,
IS. The sugar bounty law, which
has cost the people in the last three
years 1901, 1913, 440.41 has been re-
pealed and hereafter it will be un-
lawful to pay any bounty for the
production of sugar, and this
against the votes Of the Populists
in the Senate
IS. The expenses for running
the Government have been reduced
1913, 1876, 980,07, as shown by the
statement of the Chairman OF the
Appropriation Committee.
a. Bills for reforming the adj
ministrative department have been
passed, by which it has been esti-
mated that at least $15, 900, 600 per
annum will be saved to the people
"8. BY an honest administration
Of the Pension Bureau $23, 1922, ZIG
of the last appropriation for pen
sions were saved and conveyed back
into the Treasury.
SO. One Democratic State has
been admitted into the Union and
two more will be at the December
session as soon as the Senate votes
on the enabling acts, House bills
for which are now pending there.
TO- Hundreds of useless Offices
have been abolished.
III. The House has passed and
sent to the Senate an anti-option
bill to tax the business Of gambling
in futures. A railroad grant bill,
FORGETTING 100000 acres Of I'M
earned land; separate bills to put
sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed
wire on the free list; a bill to fur
Their restrict immigration, and
resolution to so amend the Consti-
tuition as to allow the people to vote
directly for United States Senators.
The consideration Of these bills has
been prevented by the tariff bill,
but think will be properly taken
up next December. This and much
more has been done without the aid
of the Populist Representatives and
and Senators and some of it against
the votes Of many Of them There
was never Il time in the history of
our country when it was more inn
portant for Democrats to remain
true to their organization than
now. 1t must and think will re-
move every suspicion put upon it
by those who would use it for per-
sonal profit or local interests TO
accomplish this it inyites.the coop
GRAFTON Of all those who wish to pre-
serve the Government from the
blight Of paternalism which has so
long threatened it. If a Democrat
ic House can be returned in Novem-
Der next, as I confidently believe it
will, the end of Mr.. Cleveland's
term will find this Government upon
genuine Democratic basis, and
the Populist's idea Of sub-treasury
and Federal ownership Of railroads,