Morris tribune., 1896-05-06
Interesting Items Cleaned at
the Capital by the Tribune
Reporter.
All the Important Doings in
the House and Senate Re-
corded Weekly.

vide sufficient revenue to meet the
needs of the government. The &C.
acknowledgement was openly made
this week in both house and sep.
ate and really amounts to putin g
IN a plea Of guilty Of inefficiency
for the Democratic party. Yet
they still pretend to think that the
people can be bamboozled into Civ
ing the Democratic party an oppor-
funity to nut the country still deep
er into tie hole, when the Repub-
Iesn party with its unbroken rec
ord of good management of the
governments business and pros
pelity for al classes of our citizens
stands ready to again take charge
and put stop to the increase in
! Se public debt, which has been SO
great under the Cleveland admins
fTAtIon.
Wh'n Republicans charged that
Sevt,.iary Carlisle was withholding
appropriations made by congress
-and refusing to pay claims against
1he government upon the fimsiest
excuses Democrats denied both
charges. Now comes Senator Cor
man Nth statement fully sub
Etantiating both charges and say
ing that Secretary Carlisle was
obliged to resort to such methods
because of lack of money.
Senator Squire's bill appropriate
ing 100000 for the erection of an
equestrian statue Of Gen. Grant
H2"n government land in the city
Of Washington, was this week fav-
orably reported to the senate, and
Senator Squires hopes to get it
3assed before congress adjourns.
}it thinks 1t IS a shame that con-
gress has not long ago provided for
"a grant statue, and has done his
part towards getting one by
introducing a similar bill to the
present one III several congresses,
but circumstances of one sort or
another have prevented any of
them from becoming laws.
Senator Sherman tripped up Sen
'ator German very nicely this week
Mr. German had just made speech
dealing with the enormous and
alarming deficit in government rev.
ennes-his total was 1898, 900, OOO-
saald concluded by throwing a few
boquets to himself for having less
ened the deficit some by preventing
the original Wilson tariff bill from
becoming a law and declared that
Ae was prepared to vote for any
measure that would add SIS, 600, OOOI
"a Year to the revenues. Senator
Sherman promptly challenged that
sttsclaration by stating that the
house had passed non partisan
tariff bill, which would have added
S5O, 900, 900 a year to the revenues,
and that Mr. German had led the
solid Democratic opposition to it in
1he senate. The only answer Mr..
<Torman could make was that the
All was McKinleyism. He then
Red to make point by asking
- AatOr Sherman if he would vote
fssh' a duty on tea and coffee, but
Mr. Sherman. squelched him by re-
''No, I will not; for |
would not pnt the whole burden of
taxation upon those who drink tea
and coffee. | am willing to get
the revenue from the taxation of
5oreign goods.
Senator Chambers amendment
TO the naval appropriation bill,
against the employment of naval
ofieers, on the retired list, by nav
q contractors after June 80, 1897,
was adopted by a vote of As to Ii.
This amendment is one of the re- {
suits OF the recent investigation by
'sle senate committee on naval af-
airs OF the making Of armor plate
5sr the government.
The house this week passed the
'aekler pension bill, and is now t
batting the bankruptcy bill, |
/ hleh will he votad nnon 4on +