Evening star., 1896-06-11
SOME SPEECHMA AKIN
Representatives Kill Time by Discussing
the Work of Congress.
Mes~rs. Cannon and DingIey Speak
for the Republican Majority
Democratic Criticism.

Late Yesterday afternoon when the
House was engaged in doing nothing, a
number of the members se.zed the occasion
to say something on the work of the pres
ent Congress.
Mr. Cannon asked the patience of the
House to say few words. He congratu-
lated the House on the work of the ses-
sion He referred to the fact that it had
passed a bill that would save us from bor-
rowing money" but that it had slept the
sleep of death in the Senate. Nothing was
left but to make the appropriations neces-
sary TO carry on the government, taking
care that they only appropriated what was
absolutely necessary for the needs of the
government He reviewed some things that
had been done. and said that to sum it all
up in one word No scandal can be
charged to this House" They Uhe republi-
Cans) could unite in assuring the country
that if in November they give that party
full power, they would write on the stat
ute books the protective economic policy CT
the republican party.
Democrats Charge Extrayagance.
Mr.. Sayers CTex) said he had listened
with pleasure to the utterances of the gen.
tleman from Illinois. He had heard SINH
lar utterances in the Fifty-first Congress,
and. he added, You know the result"
What had the republican Congress done?
he asked. Instead of simply meeting the
obligations of the government. il had made
appropriate of SJ2O,HU,WO and con-
tracted for $1O).UUOOO additional as bur
dens for future Congresses. The repub-
licans, he declared. had been just to few
at the expense of the many. The minority
had not swelled the appropriations. but
whenever and however they could assist
the majority in reducing appropriations
they had not failed 10 do so.
MIR. Dockery MOI declared that the re-
DIIblicanS p ia nS
higher than ever before at the first session
in the history OF Congress. He had charged
the republican party with being a do
nothing" party. Il do nothing Congress
If he made the alega tion, it was because
it was true. and warranted by the policy
announced by the Speaker. Il know" he
said, I'VE will have a Mckinley bill twice
over. because it will be necessary to have
that number to pay the mortgages con-
templated by the republican party legisla-
ton. Mr.. Dockery concluded by taunting
the majority with its failure to act upon
the anti-bond bill.
Mr. Dingley's Reply.
Mr.. Dingley, who replied briefly to Mr..
Dockery. said the remarks of the latter re-
minded him of one of Josh Billings epi-
grams: 1T is better not to know so many
things than to know so many things that
amt So He contrasted the prosperous
.. condition of the country before the advent
OF the democratic administration with the
present depressed condition of trade and
the deficit in the national treasury. and ex-
pressed his amaZement at the statements
OF Mr.. Dockery in the face of these facts
He quoted from John Mulhall, the famous
English statstician, to the effect that dur
ing the ten years prior to 1892 each day
saw an acquisition to the wealth of the
| nlted States amounting to S2,.aNUrO one
third of the accumulations of mankind.
He declared that the present conditions
would never end until the revenues were
increased TO exceed the expenditures