Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-12-29
Congressional.

tee, great crowds were attracted to
the capitol. Most OF the members
who had gone home for the holidays
had hurriedly returned, and the ut
tendance on the floor was almost as
large rs on tho opening OF the ses-
sion. In addition many Senators
were in attendance.
Immediately after the reading OF
the journal Dingley, chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee, report.
ed to the House the tariff and bond
bills agreed upon by u majority OF the
committee.
The bills were accompanied by an
elaborate report, in which the COM
mittee said:
I'VE regard the chronic deficit Ill
revenue OF the past two years and u
half a most potent cause OF the diff
Guilty the treasurer Inns encountered
and nm important factor in the crea-
ton and promotion of that serious
distrust which has paralyzed business
and dangerously shaken confidence.
eve in the financial operations OF the
government.
@The serious fact we are called up.
on to confront is that in the two and a
half years that elapsed since July l,
1893, this government has had INSULT
cient venue to meet the current -.
penses, amounting in the aggregate
to about s133,000,0OO, and even in the
first half OF the prerent fiscal year the
deficiency will reach about $4,000.
600, and about 100000 the present
month.
~The insufiiciency of tho venue
has made it necessary to use redeemed
United States legal tender notes to
pay the current expenditures, and
thus supply IN additional means TO
draw gold from the grecnback re.
demption fund-in short, to create an
endless cham OF which the Sccre
tary of the Treasury complains, and
which has made it necessary to sell
issue after issue OF bonds to replen.
ish the eserve.
-Those who oppose the raising OF
more revenu in such a situation are,
in effect, whether they intend to do so
or not, in favor OF borrowing in pref
renee to paying n we go along.
while we have presented i'll brief
Il measure and reported Il horizontal
increase OF 10 per cent of the existing
duties on all schedules but two, which
is an addition OF less than 8 per cent
to the average nd valorem rate giving
about s15.00O,0O from that
%sourcel, yet more than $1,000 goo OF
the Si0,O00,000 which it is estimated
in this bill would add to our annual
revenue, will come mainly from wool,
which is taken from the free list and
given a moderate duty. and from man.
ufactured woods, which are given
a compensatory duty equivalent to
the duty on wool (Which is always
necessary when duty is placed on
wool. in order to- give the WOO! grow
or the bcncnt, una make II possible
to manufacture woolens at home.
"Such lumber rs was placed ON tho
free list by by the act Of 1891, without
the slightest justification, is restored
to the dutiablo list, but with Il duty OF
only lG per cent Of the duties provid-
cd by the act OF 1890. giving tho
equivalent OF about II per cent
Crisp tDem,) OF Georgia said the
minority had had no opportunity to
prepare and file it's views.
Henderson Qecp.) OF Iowa, from the
Committee on Rules, presented n
special order under which the House
was to operate. 1t provided that i'm
mediately after the adoption of the
order it would be in order to call up
the evenu bill and the debatc con.
tinue until D O'Clock, when. without
intervention or motion, II vote be talk.
en- Oh the passage of the bill.
After II protest by Crisp the rules
report was adopted by 2l3 to 50. a
strict party vote.
Henderson closed tho debate on the
rule in q speech which aroused the
Republican side to great enthusiasm.
"a Democratic President" he said,
"had sent to Congress a declaration
OF war, md three days aftcrward filed
a petition OF bankruptcy"
lie continued: "Wc arc not foI
war. Tho President demanded mon.
cy. We will give il TO him, but wC
have not declared war. although wal
will find us ready. Let no business
interests OF the country shivcr bcfor,
this tempest in "a teapot. Tho %countr,
has assets. Tho Republican part,
has returned to power in the lcgisla
tive branch OF the government. ]
will soon have mn executive, and thoi
mover ngain will our integrity be pu
in question: Democrats had no rcas
on to complain Of the whip and spu
and gag after their proceeding on tn
Wilson BILL
At5:25 the tariff bill passed tn
House by a,yoto OF 202 TO 81.
There may be nm important ching
made by the Ways and Means Com
mitteo in tho bond bill before tn
scheme is brought before tho lIous
tomorrow. Considerable dissatisfac
ton has arisen among many Rcpubli
cana since the text Of the bill wa
made public, tho d~issentcrg a%ssortin.
that 1t could not bc used by n lostil
administration for tho permanent rc
fremont OF g%rccnbacks.
In yesterdays committee meeting
similar charge was made by tho Dom