The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-26

President sent declaration OF war to Com
sress, and three days afterwards filed lis
| petition in bankruptcy with the same body
tLaughter.) The Republican party is not
In favor of war: neither Is 1t afra id OF war
But THE couDtry should take notice Of the ia ct
that II has not yet exercised its judgment
upon the question. The President asked
for an appropriation with which to ex-
ercise his executive function, and the Re-
publcans promptly said take your money
Letno one under amisapprehensionr runaway
from that tempest in a teapot
Mr.. LiDney asked Mr.. Henderson if TIE
rule could not lie amended so as TO permit
Democrats to offer amendments.
Mr.. Henderson replied that it was not
practicable; that differences were danger
Gus.
NOT UP TO TRICKS.
Mr.. Crisp said tie gentleman from North
Carolina was a new member that had not
yet learned the kernel of the situation.
The reason the rule was framed as
it had been was not only 10 prevent Demo
Gratis from proposing anne ndments, but
10 prevent Republicans from voting for
them.
Mr.. Henderson stoutly asserted that Mr..
Crisp had entirely misiDterpreted his re-
marks: it was only because of time that
he had said differences were dangerous.
No Democrat could propose an amend
ment," he said, (which would justify a
Republican In voting for it,
A vote by yeas and nays was demanded
on the passage Of the resolution. resulting:
Yeas, 2l3: nays, 80. Several Republicans
were recorded as voting against the reso-
lut ion.
The bill was then laid before the House
and read by the Clerk, together with the
report of the Cornnittee on Ways and Means
in support of the measure.
Mr.. Dingley opened the three and one-half
hours debate on the bill in favor of its
passage. He said that when the Presi-
dents message was read to the House last
Saturday, every member felt that great
responsibility rested upon him. Under
that sense OF responsibility, the Committee
of Ways and Means began the prepa ration
of measures TO meet the emergency set
forth by the President.
The first proposed naturally was to pro-
vide revenue to meet the expenses OF the
government. Gentlemen tell US, he said
that there is money enough to meet eX-
penses. The House had been tod that
next week, next mouth, there would be
sufficient revenue. With that song OF
hope in our ears. the deficiency had gone
on increasing IN amount until now it eN-
ceedsd for the period OF the present admin
istration Sl65,GO0,0OO-
III the policy was to be continued, he said,
OF using the greenbacks deposited IN ex-
change for gold, for aging current eX-
penditurcs, then the endless chain OF which
the Secretary complained, was fully cstab-
Eshed. and the government would be COM
PEELED to continue selling bonds to pay debts.
From l $40 to l 500 there wasno serious raid
upon the gold reserve of the Treasury.
That was due, in fthe irst place, to the
fact that throughout that period the re-
ceiptS of the government exceeded its exc
pendltureS. And, secondly, there was in
existence a tariff policy which produced
sufficient revenue. A return to those con-
ditions, which had not existed since 1898,
Mr.. Dingley said. was the only remedy for
the present condition of affairs, and the
only way TO overcome the distrust which
is DIV eltthroughout the country.