The record-union., 1895-01-17
WALKER AND WARNER LEADERS
IN THE DEBATE.
Hill Addresses the Senate on His APP
peal From the Ruling That His
Amendment to the Income Tax APP
Ruling Sustained by a Vote of
Forty to Six.
Special to the REcokp-UN1os.

Inc house W9nC 1uIO CO1umltLee Oh
the Whole for the further consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill. Flynn
Rep.) of Oklahoma started the debate
with an assault on the Indian Office,
which he charged with double dealing.
Walker (Rep.) of Massachusetts took
advantage of the latitude allowed for de-
bate to discuss the condition of the
Treasury and the sources of revenue out
of which the enormous expenditures of
the Government were to be betrayed. lie
said all the Republicans asked was that
the sections of his currency bill be con-
sidered in logical order. That being re-
fused, they voted against its considera-
ton. He challenged any one on the
Democratic side to point out in his bill a
single feature that should not be there.
The Republicans would vote for any
measure that would furnish sufficient
revenue to meet the demands on the
treasury and that would reform the cur
rency.
'Will the gentleman guarantee" in
quired Warner Dem.) of New York,
that his own bill viii have the solid
support of the Republican side?"
Never" responded Mr.. Walker, "un-
til we are assured that it will pass. We
will not be placed in the position of vot-
ing for bill that is not to pass until we
are without responsibility for legislation.
When we come into power we will see
what we will do" Applause on the Re-
publican side.
1.-The gentleman from Massachusetts
(Walker) we'll knows,'' said Mr.. Warner,
''that so far from this Republican minor
ity, which he has vaunted as SO ready to
assist in the financial question, being
-t,,,t1
measure which he proposed is the only
one that any member upon that side has
dared TO expose to the air, and he will
not claim that there are ten men on that
side who will even vote for the consider
alton of it. We all know that on the day
to which he referred there was witnessed
in this House an unprecedented event,
when the two wings of the fat-money
party, heretofore estranged from each
other by unfortunate political differences,
the one led by the gentleman from
Maine (Reed) and the other led by the
gentleman from Missouri BLAND, Topped
together until they are sore from their
attempted cooperation. Laughter.
1.-The gentleman will also remember
that upon that day, for the first time on
record-and it is a credit to his party that
they have kept so long apart from such
alliances-the soft money Democrats, the
silver Democrats, the Populist party en
masse, and the Republican party unan-
imously, with the exception OF the one
man who had not been here long enough
TO be gotten into discipline, voted sue
cessfully to prevent further consideration
of the measures for the relief of this
country that the Administration had sug-
gested, and that the majorlty Of the Dem
ocrats were then pressing for action.
do not blame the gentleman for one mo-
meut, except as to the matter of taste for
IL. IL
before MIN, IN case. by an extra session,
the Repu blican party is dragged here and
led to make a holy show OF themselves
before the country. l am bound to say /
have sympathized with the feelings OF
some of our friends in the North and
other parts OF the country who have criti-
cised this Democratic majority for not
having been able to enact in this Con-
gress the measures for financial relief for
which the country stands in need, but
now and here beg them to save enough OF
their epithets to treat with the considera-
ton it will deserve the situation they
will soon have to deal with, when they
find silver Republican Senate and a
greenback. .Repub blican House standing in
the way of all decent legislation for the
relief of the treasury, or for the preserva-
tion of the honor OF the American peo-
pie" Applause from the Democratic
side.
Reed took the floor and humorously
suggested that the Democratic side was
trying to get consolation out of its defeat,
Except he added, the gentleman from
New York (WarnerJ, who always came
out of the same hole he went in. Laugh
ter AS a matter of fact, the Carlisle
bill fell of its own weight. 1t had not
consistency enough to stand alone. That
was proven by the fact that no one had
objected to the withdrawal of the rule,
Ill
was not satisfactory to the House, to the
country, to anybody, and rybody
knew IL could not pass. That was the
fact. The simple fact was the Govern
ment was running behind S5,000,000 a
month, and the remedy was simple
enough for the Democrats to apply.
Laughter. Then they can face frown-
ing world" Renewed laughter
Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas managed to
get the floor long enough to create a laugh
by stating that the seven votes cast by
the Populists had defeated the rule, and
If both the other parties were seeking to
avoid the responsibility for it's defeat the
Populists were willing to assume it, and
would consider themselves worthy OF
credit If nothing more than the defeat ot
this measure could be charged to them.
Bland and McRae made some brief
statements of their positions, when Cock
rell of Texas, in whose time the debate
had been taken, claimed the floor, and
proceeded to discuss the Indian bill.
At the conclusion of Cocktails remarks
the committee rose, and at 4:35 the House
adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Cock
rell stated when the Senate assem- bled
that he hoped to secure vote to-day on
HIPS income amendment to the def
cheney bill, which has given rise TO such
O wide range of discussion.
Bills were passed granting the Gila
Valley and Northern Railway right OF
way through the San Carlos Military
Reservation in Arizona.
Without being disposed of, the pend
ing deficiency bill was taken up. and
Hill addressed the Senate on his appeal
from the ruling that his amendment to
the income tax appropriation was out OF
order.
Vest said: ST have no authority to
speak for the President, but l hope that
ii some definite action is not taken by
this committee, the President will call an
extra session as soon as the gavel falls al
the close OF this session.
White of California and Harris of Ten
nessee spoke briefly against the Hill
amendment.
Hill again addressed the Senate. an
swerlng objections raised to his amend
ment. This closed the debate, and for the
purpose OF simplitication il was agreed
to take the first vote on sustaining the
CHAIR In ruling out of order the Hill
amendment, referring the income tax to
the courts.
The Chair was sustained on a yea and
nay yote-40 to 6-oniy five Senators
Dubois, Davis, Mitchell of Oregon, Quay
and Pettlgrew-voting with Hill, against
the decision of the Chair.
By vote the Hill amendment disap-
peared, as the Chair had ruled it out OF