Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-12-21
CONGRESS-.
The Senate Passed the Bill
Extending the Chicago
Port of Entry.
CURTAIL[NG EXPENSES
Congressman Pfefer Thinks Con-
gressional Funerals Are too
Much of a Drain on the
Treasury.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 12-The proc ,ed-
ings of the senate yesterday were more
varied and covered the entire range of
legislation from the introd duction of petit
tlons, bills and resolutions to the passage
of bills and included two formal address
es.
The bill extending the Chicago port
of entry so as to cover the state of Illi-
nois received the final endorsement of
the senate, having already passed the
house. The bill will be probably the first
bill OF the 54th congress to become q
law.
Almost an hour was devoeed to listen
ing to Senator Pfeffer's advocacy OF his
bill curtailing expenses incurred in con-
greesionol funerals, and providing that
the sergesnts at arms take the place of
the committees now sent out by the two
houses to escort to their homes the re-
mains of deceased members. Pfeffer de-
clsred the expeditures on account of
funerals were continually growing until
the average cost 81, ,542. The last Ii bur-
ials OF the 70 which had occurred in the
senate cost more than all the other sixty.
The funeral of Hearst, of California,
cost the government S21.322.
Call addressed the senate upon q res
olution declaring it the duty Of the civ
ilized powers to suppress the cruelties
alleged TO be perpetrated upon Armenian
subjects of Turkey by Turkish suthori-
ties. Call said, while it was the accept
ed policy of this government to avoid
participation IN foreign complications,
he did not understand it to mean we
should not interfere to prevent suoh
cruelties and barbarism as had been en-
acted in Armenia.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Among the
billsintroduced in the house yesterday
were the following:
Call, or Tennessee, to amend the PEN
sion law so as to remove the disabilities
of persons conscripted into the confede-
rate service, and who enlisted therein to
escape military prisons.
Sherman, Of New York, for three bat
tsllion organizations Of infantry recon-
mended by Secretary Lamont and Gen.
eral Miles.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, to restore
Iuo hCAlulcy IdIco VI lulpOEk6blOQ5 6Qu
manufacturers OF wool.
Among the senate bills introduced
were: Thurstcp, increasing all pensions
% per cent, also establishing school Of
forestry in connection with the depart
ment of agriculture.
Dubois, giving the states of Colorado,
Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Wyoming, South Dakota twen-
ty five per cent of the funds from the
sale of mineral lands for the support Of
state schools.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Ex-Speaker
Grow, a republican of Pennsylvania,
made speech IN the house today Of
| almost an hour on the portion of the
| presidents message referring to the
| tariff, in which be compared the old
| protection tariff laws with the present
| custom laws. He showed that the new
| law up to December fret, produced a
deficiency of S131 100000 while under
\ the protection measures from 1880 to
| 1898 the revenue exceed expenditures
by S1,310,000. He attributed the de-
| pletion Of the gold reserve to the pay
nent OF current deficiencies out OF the
reserve and maintained that greenbscks
were not menace to the reserve if there
was sufficient revenue. Grow said the
Mckinley law, as well as every protec-
ton measure passed since 1890, had pro-
duced more than enough revenue to
meet the normal expense Of the govern
ment. From 1868 when the Morrill, bill
passed to 1880, the protection to customs
system produced sufficient revenue to
meet the regular expense Of the govern
ment save during the war. From 1880
to 1898 the revenues exceeded the ex-
penditures by 100000 dollars. The
last democratic administration before
the war borrowed money to pay expsn-
ses. For no similar period has the
balance of trade been so much in our
favor as during the three years the Me-
Kinley law was In operation.
The emphatic statement by Grow that
the greenbacks should not be retired
was received with demonstrations OF
applause by the republicans. The pres
ident's complaint that sgr1 1nbacks fur
, nished an endless chain by which the
gold reserve was depleted was not frank
!. Greenbacks would endanger the reserve
as long as the revenues were not equa
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