The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-13

varied than interesting. They covered
the entire range of legislation, includ-
ing two formal addresses. Two bills,
one concerning roads in the District of
Columbia, and the other extending the
Chicago post of entry received, asten-
ton.
Almost an hour was devoted to listen.
Ing to the speech by Senator Pfeffer in
advocacy of his bill curtailing the OK
penses incurred in Congressional affairs,
and providing that sergesnt.at.arrs
shall take the place Of the committee
now sent out by the two houses as
escorts to their homes of the remains of
deceased members. He denounced the
expense incurred in such proceedings "a
unnecessary.
Senator Gall addressed himself to his
Turkish matter and made plea that
this Government should encourage
other civilized countries to put stop to
cruelties practiced by the Turks in
their war on civilization and the
Christian religion.
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ia In the House
to-day, after the transaction OF some
minor business, Mr.. Dingley (Rep.,
Me announced that Mr.. Grow (Rep.,
Pa.) desired to address the House, and
in order to give him an opportunity to
do 30 he moved they go into committee
OF the whole on the State OF the Union
for confederation Of the Pfesident'a mes.
sage. The motion WAS agreed TO and
Mr.. Grow took the floor.
He sent to the clerks desk and had
read that portion OF the message relat.
ing to the new tariff law now on the
statute books. Mr.. Grow then called
attention to the fact that Mr.. Cleveland
said nothing about the eff ,iency OF the
custom law to produce revenue enough
to carry on the government.
Mr.. Grow pointed out that he did not
give receipts and expenditures for last
year. Yet 1t was g fact, "Mr Grow said,
that the deficiency for 1894 was 500. Oo0,.
600, and for the frat five months of the
present fiscal year 1t wss S1S 600, 900.
Tho total deficiency since June 80, 1894,
was Sl3l,000000. The bonded debt
under the present administration had
increased $162. 1000 900. That has been
the result Of the new custom system
which the President ex.olled.
What of the customs law which pre-
ceded 1t. and which Mr. Cleveland said
purposes OF revenue and which he said
'impeded our entrance into the markets
of the world AS to the charge that
the Mckinley law had not produced
sufficient revenue, Mr.. Grow said that
Is, as we'll as every protection measure
pAesed since 1860, had produced more
than enough revenue to meet the norm IL
expenses of the Government.
"Ffom 1853, when the Merrill bill was
passed, TO 1880. tho protection customs
syatem had produced sufficient revenue
to meet the regular expenses of the gov.
eminent during the war. From 1880 to
1893 the revenues exceeded eXpendi-
lures by Sl,31o,OoO The last admins
tration has borrowed money to pay the
current expenses. Except during the
period of tho war no bonds had been
sold for that purpose until the present
administration assumed the reins OF
power.
1.-THE present administration, said
Mr.. Grow, "seems to have begun where
Buchansn's admin'strativn left of ~
applause and laughter on the Repub-
lican side.
AS the President has charged that the
Mckinley custom law impeded our en-
trance to the markets of the world, Mr..
Grow declared amid Republican ap-
plause that no market WAS better than
the American market. "It consists, -
said he, "of 70,G0O,o0 people, who DON
sumo more than any people the sun
shines on" Mr.. Grow said that for no
similar period had the balance Of trade
been in our favor as during the three
years the Mckinley law was in opera
ton.
He then drifted to disc asslon of Mr..
Cleveland's currency reform. His en-
phatio statement that greenbacks would
not not be retired was received with Q
demonstration of applause by the Re-
publicans. He dwelt on the Presidents
insistance this year in regarding an ex-
tension of the National banking system
and utterly ignoring the reiuvenation
on the Sta q banks, which last wear he
had been 40 anxious about.
Continuing Mr.. Grow said: 1.-THE
complains thas greenbacks furnished
an 81 dless chain, by which the
gold reserve was depleted, was not
frank. The greenbacks would endan-
ger the reserve as long as the revenues
were not equal to the expenses and no
loDgers Having the current debts of
the Government to psy off. the reserve
was the road to national bankruptcy. /"
MIR. Grow referred to the elections Last
fall as condemnation of the new
tariff law and the policy of the adj
ministration.
At she conclusion of Mr.. Crows
speech the committee rose, and the
House at 1:35 adjourned until Monday.
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