The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-03-05
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON

than that OF Senator Allen, of Neb.,
Having tirst a.Certained Ivy public
ly questioning Senators Aldrich.
Plat and llawley that his propo-
siti0n would not he accepted by the
republican. Mr.. Allen gravely
proposed in the name of the six
populist Senators, that they would
furnish the vuIes necessary to pass
the House tariff bill, if the repnbli-
cans would furnish the votes neces-
sary to add an amendment to that
bill providing for the free coinage
of silver. And all this, mind you,
on the floor OF the Senate in open
session.
No man who heard Senator Sher-
mans short speech after the Senate
had for the second time voted
against consideration Of the House
tariff bin could doubt the intense
feeling that lay behind his words.
There is no que stion about his hav-
in meant every word when he
said: 1T is Disgrace TO our civil
lization; it is a disgrace TO the
country itself that we are now ex-
pending $30,000,000 yes, mere
than the receipts of the govern
ment, and that. Congress now in
session, with both Houses fully
armed with power to furnish the
revenue, is idle and refuses to act.
| will vote for tax on tea, coffee,
on anything, in order to meet this
deficiency, and | say that if the
present Congress does adjourn in
the face of the declarations n W
made to us of the official reports
sent to US, of the statements made
by the President OF the United
States and the Treasury, that we
are now going on day by day like a
careless spendthrift to Involve the
country in debt, selling bonds whcp
it is the duty Of Congress at once to
supply the revenue" Al this point
Senator PETER Interrupted to say
that the President asserted that we
did not need additional revenue.
Quick as a fla sh Senator Sherman
retortod in tones Sharper than he
has been heard TO use for years.
"I do not care what the President
says, Every man within the sound
of my voice knows that we need
more revenue"
Chairman Diugley, Of the House
Ways and Means committe, said of
the fate of the tariff bill which bore
his name: ,"Of course this ends all
chances for the passage Of any rev
enue bill. BY a solid democratic
and populist Matchmaking in them
selves a majority, without the votes
of the five silver republicans who
10 ned them-the Senate has I'D
it will not have the forty millions
of revenue offered by the House
bill to prevent further deficiencies.
The House has done its duty in Of
fering revenue, but his majority Of
the Senate assumes the full respon-
sibility for refusing il; and no
doubt President Cleveland is CRATE
full to them for relieving him from
the difficult position he would have
occupied if the biz had reached
him and he had interposed u veto.
The vote of the Senate simply
means that so far as the majority
of that body is concerned theJ
want the deficiency to continue
with the bond sales which itsneces
states"
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon ,
chairman of the committee on
Elections, has given notice that he
will call up next week the report of
that committee in favor of seating
Senator Dupont, of Delaware. The
debate ON the report will be spirit
ed, but it is believed that Senator
Dupont will be seated, even if the
republicans are OF e short of ma
jority in the Senate.
The resolution coniemning and
censuring Ambassador Bayard, Tor
having used un-American language
in speeches, was this Elk reported
to the House and its adoption may
be set down as certi il y. 1t is
really a great pity that the House
has not the authority to recall HIM
from the post which he has used TO
misrepresent the people to whom
he is under obligations for honors
conferred which have been out OF
keeping with either his ability OF
his patriotism.
WATERS.