The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-02
SPOKANE'S NEW POST
Hyde Of Washington Succeeds in Car
rying His Point
GROSVENOR AND HIS WIT
Patterson of Tennessee Says He
Represents CIeveland's AdmInis-
tration, and a Democrat shouts
Lets Sing the DoxoIogy."


business was transacted at the open
Ing or the session in the house to-day
ana the house then resumed considera-
ton OF the sundry civil appropriation
bill. An amendment allowing extra
compensation for surveys through
mountainous or heavily wooded terri
tory in Colorado and Utah were adopt
ed. An amendment was also adopted
making an appropriation for the ex-
penses of our representation at the
meeting of the international prison con-
ference.
Sayers. democrat, Texas, offered an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 for
the purchase of the house in Washing
ton in which President Lincoln died.
and which is now rented by an histor-
ical society. Adopted.
Hyde, republican. Washington, Of
fered an amendment to appropriate
$4,000 of the $500, 900 carried by the bill
for the construction of military posts
to commence the erection of perma-
nent buildings at the military post at
Spokane. Wash. The site of the post,
comprising more than 1000 acres, Mr.
Hyde said, had been donated to the
government by the city of Spokane.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the appro-
priations committee, opposed the
amendment on the ground that the
straitened conditions of the treasury
would not warrant the expenditure
Grosvenor, republican. Ohio, in reply
to Mr.. Cannon expressed his regret that
the chairman of the appropriations
committee felt II incumbent upon him
self to make such an announcement
Economy was one thing, said he, par
simony another; but worse than either
was the existence of the public neces-
sity OF an expenditure of money and
the acknowledgment that congress
could not furnish 1t. That admission"
said he, I'VE must accept" He referred
to the great demands of commerce
which must be met with the declara-
ton of congress of it's inability to meet
them. He pointed out that the receipts
under the present tariff law for the
first 10 months were $4S1 600 000 more
than $16,000,000 below the expenditures,
and contrasted the receipts under that
law with the receipts under the law of
1890, when they aggregated $500. 1000. 900
for the first 10 months. The condition
of the revenues brought about by the
domination of the party that con-
demned legislation for the protection
of American industry and undertook to
legislate for revenue only, compelled
economy. Prosperity to the treasury
and the people would not come as long
as the present tariff law remained on
the statute books.
IF the income tax had not been de-
clared unconstitutional" interposed
Mr.. Talbert, democrat, South Carolina,
there would have been no deficiency"
"Oh, Mr.. Chairman" replied Mr..
Grosvenor; I'VE 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 to 47-despite the appeal of Cannon
m rfFaor
mittee. Mr. Cannon secured tellers but |
was again defeated, whereupon he gave |
notice that he would demand a vote |
when the matter reached the house
Grosvenor's remarks drew the fire of |
Mr.. Patterson Of Tennessee. He would !
not have replied. he said, had II not I
been for the fact that the gentleman /
from Ohio (Grosvenor), appeared as
the advance agent of the coming Nc /
Kinley administration. When Grover 1
Cleveland retired in 1889, Patterson /
proceeded, the credit of the government I
was unquestioned by the world He
attributed the financial ills that fol-
lowed to the Sherman silver purchase
act of 1895, which reduced gold receipts
at the customs houses TO less than
per cent. From that day the country
had been in distress and he insisted
that 1t was not fair to say that the re-
suits of a law during such a period
we're normal. With much emphasis
ne declared that the financial issue was
paramount. The friends of the Ohio
said he, could not relegate
his question to the rear They had
'trangled the question and now came
before the country saying that the sole
remedy for existing conditions was the
'urther taxation of the people. But he
warned republicans that they could not
escape the main issue, the whole COM
nercial world was interested. and he
predicted that If the Ohio candidate
vas nominated on the Ohio platform
he would be doomed to defeat. ''Oh. n
ny fellow-democrats." said he, with
hands to his colleagues.
but felt as i do"
The appeal was greeted with derisive
eers from many of the democrats II
know you will laugh" he continued.
but / insist that IL the democratic
)arty would stand for tariff reform
md sound money ii WOULD regain the
of the people and be sus-
aimed in power"
GrosVenor replied in a witty speech y
When an ambassador came from a for
ign country, he said. he was asked TO
'rcduce his credentials TO show whom
e represented. Who. he asked, did
ne gentleman from Tennessee repre-
ent?
represent the administration of
srover Cleveland" replied Mr.. Patter-
on.
Let us sing the doxology." shouted I
member on the democratic side amid !
'eneral laughter.
The gentlemen will surely accept
he gentleman's credentials" called
ut Bailey. but Grosvenor shook his
cad. He doubted, he said. whether
'atterson represented even himself
Tithout a struggle. He called atten-
ion to a recent gathering OF demo- I
rats in Tennessee which had declared ,
or free coinage. Democratic ap-
lause.) The gentleman" continued
fled to Missouri and enter
d upon pilgrimage for the enlight-
nment OF that benighted state. and as .
e passed through ST. Louis on his re-
urn. he was greeted with the an
that the Missouri delepa- ,