The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-30
DEBATE ON THE REVENUES
SPEECHES BY DINGLEY. REED, WILL
SON, HIT AND OTHERS.
Busy Day in the Senate-Mr. Chandler
ON Railway Monopolies-The Com
merciaI Travellers Bill Passed.


was passed without amendment by vote of
2S9 to 81 A series of amendments-two
offered by Mr.. Hepburn and Mr.. Hopkins
looking to retaliation in case Ger
many refused to admit our meat products
after the repeal of the differential: one by
Mr.. Hit to repeal the one-eighth dfferen-
tial on refined sugar, one by Mr.. Dingley
to provide that this act should not be con-
strued to that the United States sur
rendered the right under treaties contain
ing favored nation clauses, to effect bountieS
by the imposition of equivalent differential
duties, and one by Mr.. Van Voorhis, of
New York, to place all sugar, raw and re-
fined on the free list-were lost by practical
ly strictly party votes. The debate to-day
was of an interesting character. and at
times very spirited 1t touched quite ex-
tensiyely on the treasury situation and the
remedies to be applied. Mr.. Dingley made
a long Statement of the receipts and ex-
penditures to show that the treasury was
suffering from lack of revenue and that the
first duty of the government was to increase
the receipts Of the treasury. Mr. Reed
took a. similar view of the situation, which
was again controverted by Mr.. Wilson. The
attempts to amend the bill by repeating the
other portions of the sugar duty were OPP
posed by Mr.. Wilson the ground that If
the bill was loaded down with amendments
it would surely meet it's doom in the Senate.
AT the opening of the session Mr. Outh-
waite, chairman of the committee on mill
tary affairs, asked unanimous consent for
vive the grade of lieutenant general OF
the army in order that Major General
fhereto but Mr. a WaasWorth ob e
The Senate bill to authorize the city. of
Charlotte, N c. to beautify the United
states mint property and use 1t as pub
lie park, was passed.
When the conference report on the bill
granting a pension to Catherine Tod Crit
tenden, widow of General Crittenden, which
the confereeS compromised on $50 per
and the House amendment having reduced
! 1T to $50, Mr.. Jones made the point of
no quorum Mr.. Grosvenor thereupon de-
manded the yeas and nays and the roll
| was called. The report was adopted-2M
Mr.. Cultivate, from the committee on
rules, then reported a special order set
ting aside three hours for further de-
imposed by the tariff law sugar imported
from bountypaying countries Cwo hours
| for general debate and one hour for de-
bate under the five-minute rule), and pro-
| viding for vote thereafter The rule was
amended by agreement to give addi-
| tional half hour for debate under the FIVE
minute rule AS amended it adopted
| without division. Then, under the terms of
| the order, the House went into commit
| tee of the whole and the bill was again
| taken up.
/ DINGLEY AND REED SPEAK.
| Mr.. Dingley entered into criticism Of
| the statements of Mr.. Wilson, made on
| Saturday, in which the latter asserted
that the revenues under the new tariff
| law were increasing and that a surplus
| was in sight. Mr.. Dingley said he would
/ range alongside of this rosy view of the
/ situation the impressive words of the Pres
| ident's message yesterday, fraught with i'm
| pending disaster and distress. The state
| ments were absolutely irreconcilable. Since
! the tariff bill went into effect up to Sat
urday night last, the deficiency was $44,-
600 ooa. He made lengthy argument to
/ refute the position taken by Mr. Wilson
on Saturday regarding the revenues. He
| rated on the gold reserve it was of supreme
importance that an increase of the rev.
| ldence. The $100,0000 900 of bonds issued dur
ing the last year had been expended to
Mr. Reed, who closed the general debate
for his fI;a,. side declared the pending bill
become an act.s 1t was in that respect,
he said, like much of the legislation pro-
posed in this Congress-. Intrnscally the
desire Congress- to commit itself too hastily
to the il lad opinion o, Of the Secre-
to us from economic point of view, but
of the treaty rights This proposition in
volved a peculiar situation Germany
sugar growers and manufacturers to give
them opportunity to sell in our markets.
We, acting under our rights, decided we
Louisiana planters and the Sugar Trust.
Germaanys bounty county acted directly against
Mr.. Reed called attention to the. conflict
ing opinions Of the Secretary Of State and
strong in the opinion that this duty did
not violate, the treaty with Prussia Mr.
ion that of Count Hatfield. who stated in
1888 that such was the opinion of the
| asked what evidence had been adduced to
show that our meats had been excluded
differential on her sugar. When this ad-
| ministration came into power there was
the surplus Since then the administration
has has od borrowed n sly, ooo,Qoo. making in all
sassS e sne and tb so,a bad
been paid out. there would be in place
| of gold the equivalent in greenbacksa That
| Is the situation in nutshell. If this had
occurred no one would have asked that
the greenbacks should be retired from cir
Reed. 1T is very plain. Make the rev.
enues equal to the expenditures Do it at
once. We, on our side, always ready
to do our part to sustain the government .
Republican applause)
CUCKOO COOMBSS FIGURES.
Mr.. Coornbs at this point submitted some
figures to sustain the Presidents statement
in his message yesterday, that this genera
ton had paid enough of the debts OF the
600. Since then $195,OO0, 900 of bonds had
been issued This generation since that
time, had paid average of $500 600 900 a
year, total of 1878, $50. sos in principal and
| interest, exclusive of millions of dollars
worth of war claims,
| After some further debate by MIR. Turner,
In reply to Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Wilson closed
| the general debate with brief speech, in
which he denied that he had said that Ger
| many had not discovered diseased meat
among our exports. Sporadic cases of dis
| ease would naturally be discovered, but,
| putting together Germany's protest against
this duty before the passage of the tariff
| act with her subsequent act in prohibiting
the further importation of meat, he
| reiterated the belief that no could
! doubt that one was the cause Of the other.
Proceeding then to challenge Mr.. Dingley' s
| statement that his (Wilson's) view of the
| cause of the treasury's distress was an
| tagoustic to that of the President. he
quoted Mr.. Cleveands words yesterday
that there was comfortable surplus of
| 1853, 600 0D0 in the treasury but il was not
| i'm gold and. therefore. did not meet the
present difficulty In conclusion. Mr. Will
son expressed the hope that this bill would
pass both Houses of Congress and become a
4 law.
The bill was then read for amendment.
| under the five minute rule. The amendment