The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-02-02
Wilson's Bill Passed in the House
Without Amendments.
A BUSY DAY IN BOTH HOUSES
Henderson Introduces ~ BilI Ia the SEN
ate Providing for Free Coinage
The Pooling Hill Up.

asked unanimous consent in the house
for consideration of a joint resolution to
revive the grade Of acknowledgements of
the army, in order that Major-General
Schofeld of the army might be promot-
ed thereto, but Mr.. Wadsworth of New
York objected.
When the conference report on the bill
granting a pension to Catherine Todd
Crittenden, widow of General Critten-
den, which the conference compromised
on at $50 per month, the senate bill hav-
ing been 5000 and the amendment hav-
ing reduced it to $50, was reached, Mr..
Jones of Virginia made a point of no
quorum, on the adoption of the report.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio thereupon de-
manded the ayes and noes and the roll
was called The report was adopted,
POI to 20.
Mr.. Cultivate then reported special
order setting aside three hours for
further debate on the bill to repeal the
discriminating duty imposed by the
tariff law on sugar imported from
bounty-paying countries and providing
for vote thereafter The rule was
amended by an agreement to give an
additional half hour for debate under
the five-minute rule. AS amended, 1t
was adopted without division. Then,
under the terms of the order the house
went into committee of the whole and
the bill was again taken up.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine entered into
criticism of the statements of Mr.. viii
son. made on Saturday, in which the
latter asserted that the revenues under
the new tariff law were increasing and
in ie Mr Ding
ley said he would range alongside of
this rosy view of the situation the i'm
pressive words of the presidents mes
sage yesterday, fraught with impend-
ing disaster and distress. The state
ments were absolutely irreconciliable.
He declared that a run having been in
augurated on the gold reserve, 1T was
of some Importance that increase of
revenues should take place to restore
confidence. The $780, 600 of bonds is
sued during the last year had been eX-
pended to meet the deficiency in the
revenues.
Mr.. Reed of Maine, who closed the
general debate for his side, declared the
pending bill was trifiing because no one
expected it to become an act. 1t was
in that respect, he said, like much of
the legislation proposed in this congress.
lnITlnSlCdlN the Dlll WAS u lllpOA NdllNt
in that the house did not desire to com
nit itself too hastily to the ill-advised
opinion of the secretary of state. But
the bill was being pressed, not because
it was of Importance to the United
States from an economic point of view,
but because it was said to contravene
some of the treaty rights. This prop
Osition involved a peculiar situation.
Germany granted a bounty for the ben
eft of her sugar growers and manu-
facturers to give them an opportunity
to sell in our markets. We, acting
under our rights decided that we would
protect some of our citizens, the Louis
lana planters and the sugar trust. Ger
many's bounty acted directly against
us and we simply contravened their
act Mr. Reed called attention to the
conflicting opinions of the secretary of
state and the attorney general, the lat
ter being strong in the opinion that this
duty did not violate the treaty with
Prussia. Mr.. Reed added to the attor-
ney generals opinion that of Count
Hatfield, who stated in 1888 that such
was the opinion of the imperial govern
ment of Germany. Mr.. Reed asked
what evidence had been adduced &c
show that our meats had been eX-
Guided by Germany because we had i'm
posed this differential on her sugar
When this administration came into
power there was $107, 900 in the treas
ury in gold. Since then the admins
tratiOn had borrowed $l17 600, max
ing in all 1924, 900, 600. Suppose the rev.
enues had equalled the expenditures
and the gold had been paid out, there
would be in place of gold the equiVa.
lent in greenbacks. That is the situa.
ton in nutshell. If this had occurred
no one would have asked that the green
backs should be retired from circula
ton What is our duty? 1t is very
plain. Make the revenues equal to the
expenditures We on our side, are al
ways ready to do our part to sustain
the government"
Mr.. Coombs of New York at this poin
submitted some figures to sustain tn,
presidents statement in his messag,
yesterday that this generation had paiC
enough of the debts of the war III
1865 the debt was $2,635, 900 O00 Sine,
then 1896, OOO, 900 of bonds had been is
sued. This generation since that tim,
had paid an average of 5000, OOO, 900
year. total of $6,379, $50, 9O5, in principl,
and interest, exclusive of the millions O
dollars worth of war claims"
Mr.. Wilson closed the debate with
brief speech in which he denied that h,
had said Germany had not discovere,
diseased meat among our exports.
Proceeding then to challenge MI
Dingley's statement that his CWilson's
view of the cause of the treasury's dis
tress was antagonistic to that of tn