The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-04
DINGLEY BILL A Law.
This Is What Senator Hale
Expects to See,
SAYS CLEVELAND WILL SIGN 1T.
Democrats Won't Obstruct and Some
silver Republicans VIII Vote For H.
senator Cannon Differs with Him.
Appropriation Bills

WASHINGTON, Dec 2.-Senater Hale
has expressed the opinion that the sem
ate will take up. and he hoped, pass the
Dinglsy bill at the session to begin next
Monday.
I'VE ought to have it." said he, ''tor
the treasury reports show the great
need of more revenue While L would
not attempt TO speak for all of them. L
am satisfied that some of the silver ne
publicans will give their assistance 10
the passage of the bill. and cannot De-
heve that the Democrats would put any
unusual distractions IN the way OI the
necessity of the measure Furthermore
/ am quite pursuaded that Mr. CleVe-
land would not veto the bill II 1t should
be presented TO him. "
Senator Cannon of Utah, who has
reached Washington, and who was one
of the Republican silver senators who
ioined the Democrats last session III de-
feating the consideration OF the DlngIey
tariff bill and who subsequently bolted
the ST. Louis convention. says that the
reasons which induced him TO vote
against that measure at the last session
are accentuated now by the discovery
that some of the interests which last
session favored its immediate enact
ment are now opposed to 1t. This, he
saws, Is especially true of the wool In
dustry OH the ground that present
enactment of the Dingley bill would
delay the enactment of satisfactory
tariff measure containing adequate pro
lection for the woolgrOwers and III the
end might defeat complete tariff lie
vision OH protective lines. lie II not
inclined TO believe that ii serious effort
will be made to pass the Dlngley bill Ill
this session
Chairman Cannon of the apprOpria-
tions committee. in speaking of the
work of his committee. said: Through
the courtesy of the treasury department
the committee on appropriations has ON
hand advance copies of the estimates
covering all the bills over which that
committee had jurisdiction The Varl-
Gus sub committees no doubt VIII make
considerable progress i'll analyzlng
these statements before congress meets
OH next Monday.
1T would not be proper for me at
this time TO speak of the details of any
of these estimates, but as published re
Gently the estimates for Notifications
amount TO something more than sl5.
OOO 600 At the last session of congress
there was an important departure from
the methods of appropriations for foru-
ficatiOns by giving to the secretary of
war authority to enter into contracts
for material and labor for the cOnstruc-
ton of gun and mortar batteries at the
important ports of our Seacoast to the
extent of 81, 800, 600. Just what the de
partment has done i'll the way of acting
under this authority has not been de
veloped.
THE committee possibly will be en-
abled to have the pension approprIa-
ton bill ready TO report to the house Uu
the first or second day OF this session.
They expect to have the legislative bill
in condition to report by the middle or
last of the first week of congress"
What in your Judgment Will be the
policy of the committee touching lib
eral appropriations for the public serv
ice?'
'.It is perfectly well understood that
the revenues received by the govern
ment are not equal to the expenditures
and that the expenditures have beer
and are being paid from the proceeds OF
money borrowed at interest. Keeping
this condition in view, III my ludg
ment, the congress will provide by ap
preparation for an effective public serv
ice, taking care, however, to avoid ex
travagance and limiting appropriation:
to the requirements of the government
economically administered. -
The comparative statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures Of the United
States shows that during November
1896, the total receipts were S25, PIC, ,696
and the expenditures, S32, ,260, 720. Th
receipts for the five months of the tisc;i
year amount to sl31 $50, ,4S9, and the ex
penditures. Sill .597 ,335. The defici
for the month of November therefor 1
SS.050. .024, and for the five months
$50, ,946, ,S46. as compared with si5, 1853,
337 for the corresponding five month
of last year. The receipts from tn
customs during November amounted 4
s9,930. 1856; from internal revenue, Sl3,
l04, 1928, and from miscellaneous sources
S2,I ,4S2. This is a loss in customs "a
compared with November, 1895, O
81, ,524, ,929, gain from internal revenu
of S64, 744, and gain of S6S4,379 fror
miscellaneous sources.