The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-27
REVENUE BILL ON A RUSH.
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ffornia, and expectations from the United
states had actually increased. The de-
feat of the income tax, Mr.. Turner said.
caused a deficit in the receipts. but there
vas no deficit, he cOntended, in the treas
my By the report of the secretary it
was shown that there are over S170.O04 go
in the treasury, including the gold re
serve why should We, he asked, put
more money of the same kind in the treas
ury, when there is more there than we
need
10 the democratic party for furnishing the
pIank upon which the bill was framed
a tariff for revenue only. The republicans,
he said, had gone back upon all their old
leaders in their new movement. why
did not the gentleman from Maine offer
on his own. or his official responsibility,
the bill he proposed in the last congress,
10 increase the tax on beer 81 a barrel
That would have yielded all the revenue
that can be hoped for from this bill. Where
IS all the Wanted courage OF that party
now (Laughter). Instead of hosting
llD the old nag of tariff for protection in
this. the hour of their elimination, they
seek cover under the pop-gun policy and
cry, Tariff for revenue only " laugh
For his part, in conclusion, he said, he
would prefer to lower rather than to raise
taxes. (Applause).
Messrs. Arnold, rep. of Pennsylvania,
and Knox, rep, of Massachusetts,, spoke
briefly in support of the bill
Mr. DOlliver, rep, of Iowa, in closing
the debate, said: My friend (Mr. Tur-
ner) asks the republican majority why we
do not bring in a general tariff law. and
he refers to the leadership of the House
as wanting in courage; but the leader
ship of this House can always be relied
air Why, we know, and everybody
knows, that a general republican tariff
law cannot be enacted by this congress.
We know that the President of the
United States would not sign the present
bill. Does my friend speak by some COM
mission when he says that the admins
IA fnFp 10 how ffsa
best reason for knowing that this law
will please he present chief magistrate.
We had a letter from the President in
the last session of congress which con-
tains evidence that he will sign this law,
restoring reasonable revenue duty upon
wool.
to be agreed upon, whatever else we are
divided about, and that is that the treas
ury of the United States should no longer
he left at the mercy of the organized av-
erice of the world, without money to pay,
or power to borrow, or means for increas-
ing the public revenue; and so Mr.. Speak
er, closing this debate, | appeal to the
patriotic sentiment that may still be sup
posed to reside in the democratic breast
TO come to the level to which the republic
can party has come, in Offering, upon rev.
enue principles a measure to relieve the
embarrassment and distress of the treas
ury of the United States" (Applause)
The bill was ratified, and on the ques-
ton of its passage the yeas and nays
were called--resulting, yeas, 2O5; nays, 81.
Inc vote was SlflCtly on parity lines,
the populists voting with the democrats
against the bill. Mr.. Newlands, silverite,
of Nevada, vote aye.
Mr.. Cannon rep, of Utah offered
joint resolution which was adopted, call
ing upon the governor and secretary of
the territory of Utah to turn over to
the governor and secretary of the state
of Utah, upon the issuance of the execu-
tive proclamation announcing its admis-
sion to the union, all the public property
in their possession, including that of the
Utah commission. Under cover of de-
batting the resolution, Mr.. Bailey, DEM.
of Texas had read what he described as
a substitute for the bill to be reported by
the committee on ways and means. 1t d.
rected the Secretary of the Treasury to
coin all the silver bullion now in the
treasury, purchased under the Sherman
act Of 1880, into standard silver dollars and
with them to redeem the notes issued
under that law
At $40 o'clock the House adjourned.