The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-27

portant consideration was time, and any
amendments offered from the other sac 91.
would only delay the passage Oh the piii.
None would be adopted.
adopted by a strict party vote, save that
Iinney (N. CO and Connolly Qll), hepup-
hcans, voted with the Democrats
The Bill Read.
The bill was then read by the direction
of Speaker Reed, who said Mr.. Dingley
would be recognized to control the time
on one side and Mr.. Crisp on the oIner.
MIR. Dingiey took the floor IN aaNoc a..
of the bill. and said the Repupllcaals , llan
assumed the responsibility placed upon
them by the president in a patr1ouc mai
ner, and had gone to work 10 prepare
measures to meet the treasury sltuallol:s
He then launched into an explanation GU
the cause of the existing weakness o. t h;s
treasury, following closely the hnes OF n. ms
report of the bill. 1t was only Wieli sun sun.
Gent revenue came mo me St tscfed The
ways and means committee hao qeciueg
sfat these revenues should be ontaanen
from customs duties for two re. reasoi iEss5
first. over $780, coo, Goo was now BENG Iaiseu
for excise taxes, and it was q Wen Ioulur
ed policy of our government IN tlllle ..
peace to obtain the bulk OF the revenues
from duties on imports s.;oo
Second an increase of customs duueS
would tend to turn the balance OF tra1s
in our favor Mr.. Dingley eontendeu llldl
- gold must go abroad to pay Ine. pd a
am AGAINST u.s. The bill proposed by the
committee in the neXt two ami a haII y eai ?
during which it was 10 operd9e WIN.
raise about S4o0O0oeo TO stop the ST Ti,,-
that was causing the disaster. Mr. DlnS-
lev explained in detail as ne olo IN n ~;
report arguments that had opta1t IeIa,, "a
fixing the duties on wool ana Wo ss -;
ITmker etc which were not lncluueo ~
tn ;,n,.izontal increase of 10 per cent nc
closed with an explanation that t l ma9
not a general bill, and said that the ge di7
eral change needed would be postpoLlsA
mil tTe other branches Of the govern
ment were in harmony with the ho"Se'
Crisp ON the Case.
Mr. Crisp. who followed Mr.. DlnGley'
gard the latter had asserted that TINS eA "A
traordinary bill had been precip i,,aa ~ ,.v
upon the country, and the eNLrSoi mes
Epeetacle created by the president mes
sage. In making this assertion, Nj. Oi'ie
lev lad not observed his usual care:
liz was rue Mr.. Crisp conleSseu, ma ,
the daily receipts were stl iaia ia sirnIiis
in the vaults of the treasury suAlS.eie
TO meet any probable dellclency IN NJ,
times over 1t was not a question on pol
rowing money, but question on '.sih9
an asset which we nave already'-a ques-
sion of getting money to pIe up III elie
treasury. Mr.. Crisp then procee5e1 ~
argue that the Mckinney law udI go
responsible for whatever denclenfy tiele
was. He instanced the fact that ti.s Ie-
ceipts under this law had fallen on III
til during the four months proceeding lte
a defeiencV of over 81 300, 800. This snort
age had he said, occurred un9eT "a "
which was the peculiar pet OF the f@e-
publican party. 5..,, ~
I5ingley 10 say that there had been nc
expectation OF god previous 20 me IA
auguration of the Democratic atIJniIlla'
tration, whereas, as a m3tl,r u i e.,
abroad during the nine months inliho'
diately preceding March lSS
Mr.. Dalzen (Rep.) Pa, said the reno aSF
ing measure was not d Republican tdrlil
bill. il ecrrected none of the inequali-
ties OF the present law. 1t was al eIner-
gencY measure formulated unoer the
whip and spur of pressing necessity
and history would record il TO be a con
sp1cuous tribute 90 the patriotism OF Inc
Republican party, which had risen ABOVE
party lines to respond to the summons
OF a Democratic president.
Mr.. Crisp yielded a few minutes TO MT
Bell iPopulist) Colo, who on oehaJt o.
the Populists denounced this attempt tC
pass q general tariff bill
EOS to 81.
Mr.. Dockery (Dem.) Mo-, declared tha'
the adverse business conditions that ob
tained under the Mckinley law IN 10y
had caused the oVerthroy OF the Repuo
ucan party in the fall of that year.
These adverse conditions, he asserted
compelled the secreta14 OF the treasury
Mr.. Foster to use $04,O0O,eo OF trus
he Insisted that the treasury was on th'
threshold of a bond issue, when Mr.
Cleveland was inaugurated. He produced
something of a sensation oy nolung VI
and reading Secretary Fosters orIgina
order to the chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing to prepare Will
all possible haste the plates for a bon'
issue.
Mr. Hopkins Rep) Ill. asked him |
the other side did not believe the pend
ing bill would relieve the situation, hat
ahey not suggested some remedy
Mr.. DoIliver (Rep) Iowa, closed the de
bate for the majority. His speech was.
most eloquent effort. AS he spoke th'
Republicans crowded about him ant
there was much applause and enthuai
2Sm.
Mr.. Deliver took his seat and the bill
was upon its passage, the vote belnt
taken by yea and nay. II was passed
265 to 81.
At 5:35 tho House adjourned.