The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
The Proceedings.

The Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-Some minor
business was transacted at the opening
of the session of the house today. The
house then resumed consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
An amendment allowing extra compen-
sation for surveys through mountainous
or heavily wooded territory in Colorado
and Utah was adopted
An amendment was also adopted max
ing an appropriation for the expenses Of
our representation az the meeting of the
international prison conference.
Mr.. Sayers Oem., TeXas) offered an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 for the
purchase of the house in Washington in
which President Lincoln died and which
is now rented by historical society. The
amendment was adoped.
Mr.. Hyde CRep., Wash.) offered an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 of the
100000 carried by the bills for the CON
struction of military posts to commence
the erection Of permanent buildings at
the military post at Spokane, Wash. The
site of the post comprising over 1000
acres. Mr.. Hyde said. had been
DONATED TO THE GOVERNMENT
by the city of Spokane MI. Cannon,
chairman OF the appropriation committee
opposed the amendment on the ground
that the Strengthened condition of the
treasury would not warrant the ex-
penditure.
Mir. Grosvenor CRep.. Ohio in reply to
Mr.. Cannon. expressed his regret that the
chairman of the appropriations COMMITTEES
felt it incumbent upon himself to make
such an amendment
Economy was one thing. said he par
simony another, but worse than either
was the existence of public necessity for
the expenditure OF money and the
acknowledgment that congress could not
That admission said he, "we must
He referred to the great demands of
commerce which must be met with the
declaration of congress of its inability To
meet them. He pointed out that the re-
ceipts under the present tariff law for the
iirst nineteen months were sts1. 900 900. over
Si6.eN9o0 below the expenditures, and con-
IraSted the receipts under that law with
the receipts under the law of 1890. when
Jney aggregated S5So0OO,00O for the first
nineteen months. The
CONDITION OF THE REVENUES
brought about by the domination of the
party that condemned legislation for the
protection of American industry and
GndeIteok TO legislate for revenue only.
compelled economy. Prosperity TO the
treasury and the people would not come
y leng as the present tariff law remained I
on the statute books
IF the income tax had not been de- |
cared unconstitutional" interposed Mr.
been no deficit" nave
Or, Mr.. Chairman replied Mr.. c~,s,,- !
nor. we might have gone out On the bipb |
seas and committed piracy To rron,,s |
money. The one is robber. the otber ~,
constitutional '-'e O'iier I'M
Mr. Hyde's amendment was carriad
90. 81 uespite the appeal Of Mr. Cannon
mittee. oS the COM
Mr.. Cannon secured tellers but NOS
-. uelealea. Whereupon he gave notice
Ill ne would demand a vote whom ~
enor's remarks MI erosv-
BREW THE FIRE OF MR.. PATrEp
SON
o. Tennessee. He void NOT how -,
~ SdiI, had It not been for +be To-:
800, 49, zee genTleman from Ohio 0c,ros
Of ~ appeaned as the advance agent
1., me coming Mckinley administ,s g.; M
" men Grover Cleveland re4f-,s.I 81 a 1 iSI1-
~, = tIueCson proceeded. the credit Of ~
So,.l5 i'" IN Wa unquestioned by tbe
NOIlu. re attributed the fiporofsr ne .,te
tnat followed TO the Sherman sii1-s,. III, ms
cnaSlng act OF 1890, which reduca5 goil7
receipts at the customs houses 70 EoIu
country bs5 en- sn.., FROM that day the
sieu tlat u was not fair to saw +ba+
90 tSsuI'S OF a law during such a nov
lou were normal With much vabera
1Tss n ne ueclarec thaS the financial issue
The friends Of the Ohio candidate so,7
ne, could not relegate this Question ~
The rear. They had stradtIlad an III 20
tion and now came bafora ~ ,ii ,. ques-
Saving that the sole remedy for e,is+
ing CONDITIONS was tho further taxa4i,, !
OF the people. But he
WARNED THE REPUBLICANS
that they could not escape +he main g
sue IN which the whole commerciai ,rori5
vas interested and he predicted that 10 /
the yhto candidate was nominated m |
defeat O u'Oiiied 10
.oh. If my fellow Democrats 4" s.t5 -
with outstretched hands to his Demo I
e ene, coIleaEues. but felt as do'' The
from many OF the Democrats. !
know you VII laugh" he continued I
Out insist that IL the Democrats /
party, would stand for tariff reform and c
power' e''-H7u IN
Mr.. Grosrenor replied in a witty speAch d
when an ambassador came from a for '
eign country, he said. he was asked To :
produce his credentials 10 show whom he c
represented. Who. he asked. did The gem e
delnan from Tennessee represent?
represent the administration OF h
son. a
Let US sing the doxolozy.r shouted a II
member on the Democratic side amid {
general laughter s
THE gentlemen will surely acoen. Tho I,
gentlafnan's Credentials" called out M q
Bailey but Mr.. Grosvenor shook his :,
head He doubted he said. whether Mr.. :,
Paterson "
REPRESENTED EVEN HIMSELF II II
without a struggle. He called attention O
70 recent gathering of Democrats in a
Tennessee, which had declared for free -
coinage. Democratic applause9 =
The gentleman" continued Mr. Gros- y
venor, he'd to Missouri and entered upon
a pilgrimage for the enlightenment of n
that benighted state, and as he passed tt