The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-30
TRUCKING TO GERMANY.
Mr.. WiIson Works HIS VIII in the House
of REPRESENTATIVES,

Mr.. Wilson Works HIS Viii in the House
of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-Outhwaite, chairman
OF the Committee on Military Affairs, asked
unanimous consent in the House to-day for the
consideration of joint resolution to revive the
grade of acknowledgement of the army in
order that Major-General Sehoheld of the army
might be promoted thereto, but Wadsworth
(R.) of New York objected.
The Senate bill to authorize the city of Char
lotte, S. c., to beautify the United States mint
property and use it as public park was passed.
When the conference report on the bill
granting pension to Catherine Todd Critten-
den, widow of General Crittenden, which the
conferees compromised on $50 per month, the
Senate bill having been 500 and the House
amendment having reduced it to $50, came up,
Jones 3D. of Virginia made the point of no
quorum on the adoption of the report.
GrosYenor (R.l of Ohio thereupon demanded
the ayes and noes, the roll was called and
the report was adopted-2o1 to 90
Cultivate, from the Committee on Rules re-
ported a special order setting aside three hours
for further debate on the bill to repeal the dis
eliminating duty imposed by the tariff law on
sugar imported from bounty paying countries,
and providing for vote thereafter. The rule
was amended by an agreement 10 give an adj
minute rule and adopted without division.
Under the terms of the order the House went
into committee OF the whole and the bill was
again taken up. Dingley (R.) of Maine entered
into criticism of the statements of Wilson,
made on Saturday, in which the latter asserted
that the revenues under the new tariff law
were increasing and that surplus was in
sight.
Dingley said he would range alongside of
words of the Presidents message yesterday,
traught with impending disaster and distress.
The statements were absolutely irrecon-
cilable. Since the tariff bill went into effect
up to Saturday night last the deficiency was
$44, 100000. He made a lengthy argument to
refute the position taken by Wilson on Satur-
day regarding the revenues. He declared that
run having been inaugurated on the gold
reserve it was of supreme Importance that an
increase of the revenues should take place to
restore confidence. The 500, 900, 900 of bonds
issued during the last year had been expended
to meet the deficiency in the revenues.
Reed of Maine, who closed the general de-
bate for his side, declared that the pending bill
was trihing because no one expected it to be-
come an act. 1t was in that respect, he said,
like much of the legislation proposed in this
Congress. Intrinsically the bill was of i'm
portanee in that he did not desire to commit
himself too hastily to the ill-advised opinion of
the Secretary of State. But the bill was being
pressed, not because it was of Importance from
an economic point of view, but because it was
said to eontravene treaty rights. This PROPOSE
ton involved peculiar situation. Germany
granted a bounty for the benefit of her sugar
growers and manufacturers to give them an
opportunity to sell in our markets. We acting
under our rights. decided we would protect
some of our citizens, the Louisiana planters
and the sugar trust. Germany's bounty acted
directly against US and we simply contravened
their act.
Reed called attention to the conflicting opin-
ions of the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, the latter being strong in the opinion
that this duty did not violate the treaty with
Prussia. Reed added to the Attorney-Generals
opinion that of Count Hatzfeldt, who stated in
1883 that such was the opinion of the Imperial
Government of Germany. Reed asked what
evidence had been adduced to show that our
meats had been excluded by Germany because
we had imposed this differential on her sugar.
When this administration came into power
there was S107, 900, 900 in the treasury in
gold. That was the surplus. Since then the
administration has borrowed $117, 000, 900,
making in all 1924 900 Goo Suppose the reve-
nues had equaled the expenditures and the
gold had been paid out, there would be in
place of gold the equivalent in greenbacks.
That is the situation in nutshell. If this had
occurred no one would have asked that the
greenbacks should be retired from circulation.
What is our duty? 1t is very plain. Make the
revenues equal to the expenditures. Do it at
once. We, on our side, are always ready to do
our part to sustain the Government. [Repub-
ican applause.l
CoombS (D) of New York at this point sub
mitted some figures to sustain. the Presidents
statement in his message yesterday that this
generation had paid enough of the debts of the
war. In 1865 the debt was 50 1886 900 900;
since then $195, 0Oo, 900 of bonds had been
issued. This generation since that time had
paid an average of 100000 900 year, a total
OF Sc, 379,905 in principal and interest, exclu-
sive of millions of dollars worth of war claims.
After some further debate by Turner 3D. of
Georgia in reply to Reed Wilson closed the
general debate with brief speech, in which he
denied that he had said that Germany had not
discovered diseased meat among our exports.
Sporadic cases of disease would naturally be
| discovered, but putting together Germany's
protests against this duty before the passage of
the tariff act with her subsequent act in pro-
hibiting the further importation of our meat
he reiterated the belief that no one could doubt
| the one was the cause of the other.
proceeding to challenge Dingleys statement
that his (Wilson's) view of the cause of the
treasury's distress was antagonistic to that of
the President, he quoted Cleveland's words of
yesterday, that there was comfortable surplus
of $63 100000 In the treasury, but it was not
III gold and, therefore, did not meet the present
difficulty. In conclusion Wilson expressed the
hope that this bill would pass both houses of
Congress and become a law.
The bill was read for amendment under the
five-minute rule. Hit (R.) of Illinois offered
an amendment to repeal the one-eighth OF
cent difierential on refined sugar Wilson said
that it would crafty him if the amendment
could be adopted and his bin become law, but
he realized that the amendment, if adopted,
would defeat the BILL He, therefore, asked his
friends 10 vote down the amendment. There