The record-union., 1895-12-27

NJ cans attracted TO Lne HOUSE lO-udy eh
attendance which filed the galleries to
their utmost and filed the seats with
many more than quorum Of members.
Immediately after reading the journal
Dingley Rep) of Maine reported from
the committee a bill "to temporarily in
crease the revenue to meet the eX-
penses of the Government and provide
against a deficiency" together with a
statement of the reasons why the bill
should be passed.
Crisp Oem.) of Georgia explained
that the minority of the committee had
no opportunity to prepare their views
in opposition to the bill.
Henderson Rep) of Iowa offered
resolution from the Committee on Rules
providing for a vote on the revenue bill
just reported at o'clock this afternoon.
He stated that he supposed gentlemen
understood that another bill from the
Committee on Ways and Means would
be reported tomorrow. The bill to be
discussed to-day, he said, was in no
sense a general revision of the tariff,
but one to provide revenue needed at
once. The President had aroused pub
lie sentiment by sending two messages
to Congress, and the money centerS
were desirous 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
Necessary to be done to relieve the coun-
try and the financial situation, but the
bill under discussion contained what
the House, or a majority thereof, be-
lieved to be necessary.
Crisp Dem) of Georgia said members
of the House should not blindly follow
the dictates Of the rule, but vote upon it
as they deem to be best for the interests
of the country. The bill reported was
general revision of the tariff, whatever
might be said to the contrary, for it af-
'fected 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 we'll 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. Every
Republican member was expected to
vote blindly for the bill without know
ing anything about it or it's probable
effects upon the people represented by
them.
Dalzell (Rep) of Pennsylvania,
member of the Committee on Rules,
said there was no man within the sound
of his voice who did not know that ever
since March 4, 1893, the revenues of the
Government had piled up, steadily
increasing the deficiency. The Presi-
dent and the Secretary of the Treasury
had been alarmed, and the former turn
ing to party in Congress not his own,
had asked it to act speedily for the re-
lief of the public, even going so far as
to require it to forego the usual holiday
recess. 1t was not, he asserted, a gen
eral tariff revision, but an emergency
revenue measure. Did Mr.. Crisp not
remember that the present tariff bill,
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.)
1t was, he said, what the Republican
party always did, to rise above party
prejudice or passion, and IN response
to the Presidents appeal, to give the
country the relief he had asked. (Ap-
plause.)
lowed He said he would give the an
swer to Dalzelrs question. which that
gentleman had failed to do. 1t was to
pass a general tariff bill affecting every
cne of the 1000 articles on the dutia-
BILE list except sugar. The Republicans
were in power again and proceeding as
they had previously done. He said: "Go
ahead, gentlemen" McMillin SAID: THE
same power which deprived you OF
place and authority will do it again
(Applause)
Turner Oem. of Georgia pleaded for
time in which a respectful discussion
of the momentous issues involved could
be had.
Henderson (Rep) of Iowa, concluding
the argument for the adoption of the
rule, said this was business PROPOSE
tion for the relief of the business peo-
pie When the Bayard resolution was
under discussion in the House the other
day, Henderson said, the Republicans
were taunted by Crisp with fear I'd take
responsibilities. For I'll show him to-
day whether we are afraid of RESPONSE
bilities. (Applause.) Whether a Repub-
lican or a Democratic President sits in
the Executive chair; whether we are
threatened with ballots or bullets,
whether we are confronted with a de-
fciency or a surplus, Republicans are
always ready to assume all rightful and
necessary responsibility When the
Democratic ass falls into a pit Of it's
own making, with the burden of ma
tional responsibility upon it's back, the
Republicans will work on Sunday to
get it out and set the country on it's feet
again Gaughter.) The gentleman from
Georgia, Mr. Crisp, has said that this
was a bill to tax the people My God"
he exclaimed. the House of Repre-
sentatives hasn't the power to vote to
pay back to the people the millions of
which they have been deprived since
the Democratic party came into Lower
on the 4th of March, 1881
Linney (Rep) of North Carolina asked
Henderson if the rule could not be
amended so as to permit Democrats to
offer amendments.
Henderson replied that it was not
practicable; that differences were dan
gerous,
Crisp said the gentleman from North
Carolina was new member, and had
not yet learned the kernal of the situa-
ton.
The resolution providing for vote on
the revenue bill at > o'clock was agreed
to-ayes 213, nays 80.
The following Republicans voted