Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-02-02
A DAY IN CONGRESS
Wilson'S Bill Passed in the House
Without Amendments.
A BUSY DAY IN BOTH HOUSES
mandersou introduces = Eill In the sen
ate Providing for Free Coinage
--The Pooling BiII III.


asked unanimous consent in the house
for consideration of a joint resolution to
revive the grade Of lieutcntnt-generalo Of
the army, in order that Major-General
Schotield Of the army might be promot-
ed thereto, but Mr.. WalswOrth 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 hay
ing been 5000 and the amendment haV-
ing reduced it to $50, was reached. Mr..
Jones of Virginia made point Of ny
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,
201 to 20.
Mr.. OuthWaite then reported a 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
the tive-minute rule. AS amended. it
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.. Will
son, made on Saturday, in which the
latter asserted that the revenues under
b..r a ri inrip3 and
that Il surplus was in sight. Mr.. Ding
ley said he would range alongside Of
this rosy view Of the situation the inn
pressive words of the presidents mes
sage yesterday fraught with impend-
ing disaster and distress. The state
rnentS were absolutely rrecOncilia bic.
He declared that a run having been in
augurated on the gold reserve, it was
of some Importance that increase Of
revenues should take place to restore
confidence The 500 600, 600 of bonds is
sued during the last year had been cX
pended I'd meet the deficiency III the
revenues
Mr. Reed of Maine. who closed the
general debate for his side, declared the
pending bill was trifling because no one
expected it to become an act. II was
in that respect, he said, like much Of
the legisla ton proposed in this congress.
lntrinsically the bill was OF Importance
in that the house did not desire to COM
NIT itself too hastily to the ill-adEised
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 cOntrayene
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 ou. rights, decided that We would
protect some Of our citizens, the Louis
lana planters and the sugar trust Ger
4nany's bounty acted directly against
us and we simply cOntraVened their
act Mr. Reed called attention to the
conflicting opinions of the secretary Ot
state and the attorney general. the lat
ter being strong in the opinion that tins
duty did not violate the treaty with
Prussia Mr.. Reed added to the attor-
ney generals opinion that of Count
Hatzfeldt. who stated in 1883 that such
was the opinion Of the imperial govern
ment Of Germany. Mr., Reed asked
what evidence had been adduced 70
show that our meats had been eN-
cluded by Germany because we had I'M
posed this differential on her sugar
When this administration came into
power there was $107, 600, 600 in the treas
ury in gold. Since then the admins
ration had borrowed $ll1,OOO, 900, max
ing in all 1924 ,000,0 600. Suppose the rev
enues had equalled the expenditures
and the gold had been paid out, there
would be in place Of gold the equlVa-
lent In greenbacks. That is the situa-
ton in a 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. Coumbs of New York at this point
submitted some figures to sustain the
presidents statement in his message
yesterday that this genera tion had paid
enough Of the debts of the war In
1866 the debt was 81 635, 100000 Since
then SlY5, ,0oO, 600 Of bonds had been is
sued This generation since that time
had paid an average OF s2oo,0oooo0
year, I. total Of $6,379, $50 ,9o5 i'll principle
and interest, exclusive OF the millions OF
dollars worth of war claims.
Mr. Wilson closed the debate with
brief speech in which he denied that he
had said Germany had not discovered
diseased meat among our exports.
Proceeding then to challenge Mr..
Dingleys statement that his (Wilsonsl
nft I. Of the dis
tress was antagonistic to that Of the
president he quoted Cleveland's words
that there was a comfortable surplus of
S63, 900 900 in the treasury. but it was
not in gold and therefore did not meet
the present difficulty. In conclusion
Mr.. Wilson expressed the hope that
this bill would become law
VOTED ON AMENDMENTS.
The bill was then read for amend
meut under the five-minute rule. The
amendment of Nj Hepburn, to author
ize the president to impose by procla-
nation tax Of 81 per ton upon vessels
of countries which made or enforced
regulations that prohibited or impeded
the sale Of our food products, was lost,
63 to 49,
A
kins Of Illinois, in the shape Of provis-
ion containing the differential duty
against such countries or their depend
encies as made or permitted unjust dis
elimination against products of the
United States, was opposed by Mr.. Will
son on the ground that it meant retalia-
ton not reciprocity, and would com
picate the bill and render its enactment
into a law impossible.
Mr., Hopkins argued that If the bill
without some such amendment should
become a law 1t would place us at the
mercy of Germany, The amendment
was lost 50 to l0l,
Mr.. Hit offered an amendment to re-
peal the one-eighth of cent differen-
tial on refined sugar. He declared this