The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
MORE REVENUE IS THE KEY
I FIGHT WIS MADE IN THE HOUSE
 OYER THE TARIFF BILL.

The Bin Was Passed After Several Debates
 and Interruptions-on Strict Party Lines
 --Popullsts Voted With the Democrats
 Debate of the Leaders of the House on
 the Measure.
 Washington, Dec. 26.-The promised debate on the revenue measure pro posed by the committee on ways and means attracted to the house to-day an attendance which filled the galler- ies to their utmost and filled the seats with many more than a quorum of members
 Immediately after the reading of the journal Mr. Dingley, rep, of Maine, re- ported from the committee a bill 'to temporarily increase revenue to meet the expenses of the government and provide against deficiency" together with a statement of the reasons why the bill should be passed.
 Mir. Crisp, dem., of Georgia, explain ed that the minority of the committee had no opportunity to prepare theip views in opposition to the bill.
 Mr. Henderson, rep, of Iowa, of fered resolution from the committee on rules providing for a vote on the revenue bill just reported at o'clock this afternoon. He Stated that he SUD- posed gentlemen understood that an- other bill from the committee on ways and means would be reported to-mor- row The bill to be discussed to-day, he said, was in no sense general re- vision of the tariff, but one to provide revenue needed at once. The house differed from the president, probably, as to what was necessary to ihe done to relieve the country and the financial situation, but the bill under discussion contained what the louEa. or majority thereof, believed to be necessary.
 Mir Crisp, dem, of Georgia, said members of the house should not blind- ly follow the dictates of the rule, but vote upon it as they deem to be best for the interests of the country.
 The bill reported was general re- vision of the tariff, whatever might be said to the contrary, for it affected every schedule in the bill. The rule brought II. deprived the house of the right to consider the bill in committee of the whole as of the right to discuss it under the general rule of debate and the five minute rule, and also to offers to amend it. So that every constitu- tional privilege of the debate and con- sideration was violated by the rule pro- posed 4oy the gentleman from Iowa. The resolution was a return to the rules of the Fifty-first congress, about which so much had been said. He defied any one to point to any rule reported by any committee to any legislative body which proposed a general revision after four hours debate without the right to propose a single amendment. Every republican member was expected to vote blindly for the bill without know ing anything about it or it's probable effects upon the people represented by them No department of the govern ment had asked that the bill should be passed; there was no suggestion from any official source that the revenue it pretended to supply was needed for the purposes of the government.
 MT. Dalzell, rep, of Pennsylvania, member of the committee on rules, said that no man within the sound of his voice did not know that ever since March 4, 1893, the revenues of the gov ernment had piled up a steadily in- creasing deficiency. The president and secretary of the treasury had become alarmed and the former, turning to party in congress not his own, had asked it to act speedily for the relief of the public, even going so far as to request them to forego the usual holi- day recess Under the spur Of that re- quest the committee on ways and means had been working night and day to prepare the measure proposed. 1t was not he asserted, a general tariff rev1s- ion. but an emergency revenue meas ure
 MT. Dalzell said it was refreshing to hear Mr Crisp talk about party whip and ironcGad rules. He did not remem- her that the present tariff bill, with more than 500 amendments, none of which were considered in committee, was driven through the house in two hours by the terms of rule prepared bv the gentleman himself? (Applause) Bv the working of the same kind of 
 introduced in the house, in violation Of ar parliamentary decency, without ref ererce to any committee, and passed in fifteen minuteG-bills that dealt with inc great coal, sugar and ore interests of the country. What is the house call- eIupon to-day to do? he asked. It was, ha said. what the republican party al- ways did, to rise above party prejudice or passion and in response to the pres ident's appeal to give the country the relief he had asked. (Applause.)
 MT. McMiMan de-, of Tennessee, said ha would give the answer to MT Dal- cells ouestior. It was to pass 6, general 5arifi bill affecting every one of the f, ur thousand articles on the dutiable list except sugar. The republicans were in power again, and proceeding as they had previously done, he said. "Go ahead, gentlemen" MT. McMillin said, "the same power which deprived you of place and authority will do it again" (Applause.)
 MT. Turner, dem., of Georgia, said the bill was not intended and would not meet the merits of the emergency.
 MT. Henderson, rep, of Iowa, con- clrding the argument for the adoption