The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-02

teen months.
The condition of the revenues brought
about by the domination of the party
that condemned legislation for the pro-
lection of American industry and under
took to legislate for revenue only, COM
PEELED economy. Prosperity 10 the
treasury and the people would not come
as long as the present tariff law re-
manned on the statute books.
'If the income tax had not been de-
clared unconstitutional" interposed
Mr.. Tafbert (Dem. S. c. there would
have been no deficit"
"Oh, Mr.. Chairman" replied Mr..
Grosvenor, 1--WE might have gone out on
the high seas and committed piracy TO
procure money. The one is robbery,
the other unconstitutional"
Mr.. Hyde's amendment was carried,
64-37, despite the appeal OF Mr.. Cannon
urging members TO stand by the com
mittee.
Mr.. Cannon secured tellers, but was
again defeated, whereupon he gave no.
tice that he would demand a vote when
the matter reached the house.
TARIFF, OR CURRENCY.
Mr.. Grosvenor's remarks drew the
fire of Mr.. Patterson Oem. Tenn) He
would not have replied, he said, had
il not been for the fact that the gentle
man from Ohio (Grosvenor) appeared
as the advance agent of the coming
Mckinley administra ton. When Gro
yer Cleveland retired in 1889, Mr. Pat
terson proceeded, the credit of the gov
eminent was unquestioned by the world
He attributed the financial ills that
followed to the Sherman silver pur-
chase act Of 1890, which reduced gold
receipts a. the custom houses to less
than 4 per cent. From that day the
country had been in distress, and he
insisted that it was not fair TO say
that the results of a law during such
a period were normal With much We
henence he declared that the financial
issue was paramount. The friends of
the Ohio candidate, he said, could not
relegate this question to the rear They
had straddled the question and now
came before the country saying that
the sole remedy for existing conditions
was the further taxation of the people.
But he warned the Republicans that
they could not escape the main issue,
in which the whole commercial world
was interested, and he predicted that
if the Ohio candidate was not made on
the Ohio platform he would be doomed
to defeat
"Oh, if my fellow-Democrats' said he,
with outstretched hands to his Demo-
cratic colleagues, ''but felt as 1 do
This appeal was greeted with derisive
jeers from many of the Democrats.
Il know you will laugh" he contin-
ued, but I insist that if the Democrat
ic party would stand for tariff reform
and sound money it would regain the
confidence of the people and be retained
in power"
REPRESENTING GROVER.
Mr.. Grosvenor replied in a witty
speech. When an ambassador came
from foreign country, he said, he was
asked to produce his credentials to
show whom he represented. Who, he
asked, did the gentleman from Tonnes
see represent?
ct represent the administration of
Grover Cleveland" replied Mr.. Patter-
son.
Let US sing the doxology," shouted
a member on the Democratic side amid
general laughter.
THE gentleman will surely accept
the gentleman's credentials" called out
Mr.. Bailey, but Mr.. Grosvenor shook
his head. He doubted, he said, wheth-
er Mr.. Patterson represented even him
self without struggle He called at
tention to recent gathering of Demo-
Gratis in Tennessee which had declared
for free coinage. Democratic APP
plause)
1.-The gentleman" continued Mr.. eros
venor, fled to Missouri and entered up
on a pilgrimage for the enlightenment
of that benighted state and as he passed
through St. Louis on his return, he was
greeted with the announcement that
the Missouri delegation to Chicago
would be for free silver. Able as the
gentleman is, he comes without creden-
tails He is a guerrilla"
NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
When somebody again suggested
that Mr.. Patterson represented Mr..
Cleveland, Mr.. Grosvenor said that Mr..
Cleveland had not been able to rally a
ma jority of his own party in either
branch of congress. He was an Ish-
maelite. His hand was against every
Democratic organization. He admit
ted. amid much merriment. that the pre-
sumption was that anybody who was
always against a majority of the Dem
ocra tic party was always right. When
he concluded with some word about the
interment OF the remains of Democracy
in November. the clerk reading from
the bill shouted superintendent of
national cemeteries
This convuised the house again and
Mr.. Meredith Den. Va shouted above
the noise that his side could not be
buried in a national cemetery.
Later, Mr.. Bowers (Rep. Cal) an ar
dent free silver Republican, renewed
the meriment by resenting the attacks
made by the manufacturers of Philadel-
phia and the gold press on the silver
Republicans, and offered a series of far
cicaI resolutions to the effect that the
silver cranks should be expelled from
Congress"
vote, vote" shouted several men,
hers.
The resolutions endorsed the gold
platform of Grover Cleveland in which
the Republicans have secured a revis-
ionary interest" applauded bank Off
Gals who were in congress looking af-
ter their interests and condemned
those who were representing the silver
mine owners.
BLUE MAKES CHARGES.
Mr.. Blue (Rep. Kan) charged indi-
rectly that treasurers Of the various
homes for disabled volunteers were
compelled 10 furnish bonds in partic-
lar surety company.
Mr.. Steele, representatives 1nuldna.
one Of the beard Of managers denied
the truth OF the irsinuation, in so far
rs he had information. AS a matter OF
fact the hoard had no control over the
bonds. That was a matter under the
direction CT the war department. He
resented the imputation. Thereupon
Mr.. Blue asked If il was true that all
buildings built from the post fund were
insured by the direction OF the board OF
managers in a Hartford insurance COM
pany. Of which General Franklin,
member Of the board. was an officer.
IL S-tasla rsrliai that he was not