The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-26
GAG AND GOAD.
Republicans Will Dragon
Tariff Revision Through
the House Today.
NO AMENDMENT, NO DEBATE
Democrats Have Had No OPP
portunity Even to Consider
the Bill.
BOND SCHEME TOMORROW
Crisp Protests Unayailingly-To-
tally Unprecedented
Course.

w WASfflN\JION, Lee. 20, 1o0o'- -
Wsomised debate on the revenue measure
proposed by the Committee on Ways
and Means attracted to the House today
an attendance which filled the galleries
to their utmost and filled the seats with
many more than a quorum OF members.
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal, Mr.. Dingley (Rep., Me.) reported
from the committee a bill ito tenn
porardly increase revenue to meet the ex-
nenses of the government and provide
against deficiency" together with
statement of the reasons why the Dill
should be passed.
Mr.. Crisp Dem., Ga.) explained that
the minority of the committee had had
no opportunity to prepare their views Ia
opposition to the BILL
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Iowa) offered
resolution from the Committee on Rules
providing for a vote on the revenue Dill
lust reported at five o'clock this after
noon. He stated that he supposed gentle
men understood that another bill from
the Committee on Ways and Means
would be reported tomorrow. The bill
to be discussed today, he said, was IN no
sense a general revision of the tariff
but one to provide revenue needed at
once. The President had aroused pubic
sentiment by sending two messages TO
Congress, and the money centres were
dessrous that something should be done
to allay the excitement caused by the
feverish declarations from the White
House. The House differed from the
President probably as to what was neces-
sary to be done to relieve the country
and the financial situation, but the pill
under discussion contained what the
House or a majority thereof, believed to
be necessary.
Mr.. Crisp Dem, Ga.) said members
of the House should not blindly follow
the dictates of the rule, but vote upon
it as they deem to be for the interests
of the country The bill reported was
a general revision of the tariff, what
ever might be said to the contrary. for
it affected every schedule in the bill.
The rule brought in deprived the House
of the right to consider the bill in Com
mittee of the Whole as well as of the
right to discuss it under the general
rules of debate and the five minute
rule, and also to offers to amend it, So
that every constitutional privilege of
debate and consideration was violated
by the rule proposed by the gentleman
from Iowa The resolution was re-
turn to the rules of the Fifty-f1rst Con-
gress. about which SO much had been
said. He defied anyone to point to any
rule reported by any committee to any
legislative body which proposed gen
eral tariff revision after four hours de-
bate without the right to propose a
single amendment Every Republican
member was expected to vote blindly
for the bill without knowing anything
about it or its probable effects upon the
people represented by them. No depart
'ment of the Government had asked
that the bill should be passed; there was
no suggestion from any official source
that the revenue it pretended to sup
ply was needed for the purposes Of the
Government.
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep.. PAD, member OF
the Comittee on Rules. said that no man
within the sound of his voice did not
know that ever since March A, 1893. the
revenue of the government had piled up
a steadily increasing deficiency. The
President and Secretary of the Treasury
had become alarmed and the former,
turning to party in Congress not his
own, had asked 1t to act speedily for
far as to request them to forego the
usual holiday recess. Under the spur Of
that request. the Committee on Ways
and Means had been working night and
day to prepare the measure proposed.
1t was not, he asserted, a general tariff
revision. but an emergency revenue
measura.
Mr.. Daazell said It was refreshing to
C,.;c foil oh NJ rUl1f in
and iron-clad rules. Did he not rernem-
Der that the present tariff bill, with
more than 600 amendments none of
which were considered in committee. was
driven through the House in two hours
by the terms of a rule prepared by the
gentleman himself (Applause) BY the
working of the same kind of rule. Mr.
Dalzell continued bills were introduced
in the House, in violation of all parlia-
meatary decency. without reference to
any committee. and passed in fifteen
infnut es-bills that dealt with the great
coal sugar and or interests of the coun-
try. What is the House called upon
to-day to do? he asked. 1t was. he said,
what the Republican party always did,
to rise above party prejudice or passion
ana in response to the Presidents ap-
peal to give the country the relief he
had asked (Applause.)
Mr.. McMillin Dem., Tenn.) followed.
He said he would give the answer to Mr..
Dalzelrs question which that gentleman
had failed to do. 1t was to pass gen
eral tariff bill affecting every one of the
1900 articles on the dutiable list except
sugar The Republicans were in power
again. and proceeding as they had pre-
vlously done, he said. go ahead, gem
tlemen,' Mr. McMillin sSid, "the same
power which deprived you Of place and
authority will do it again" (Applause.)
Mr.. Turner (Dem., Ga) said the bill
was not intended and would not meet
the merits of the emergency. The Treas
ury did not need additional revenue. The
Presidents message and report Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury showed
sarD,ps Of oyer y, ., COZ, 900 enough to pay