The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-21
IN THE HOUSE.

IN THE HOUSE.
In the House today, in speaking of an
item in the bill appropriating $4,000 to
Frederick B. Dawson and wife, British
subjects for loss of property and bodily
injuries in Nebraska by residents of that
state Mr. Mercer, Republican of Nebraska.
praised the British govarnment tor al
ways taking care Of it's subjects, no mat
ter where they were. He wondered if
this government had asked France for
damages for the incarceration Of John
N. Waller.
Mr.. Talbert, Democrat Of South Caro-
| lima, objected to the apparent disorimina-
| tion in favor Of foreigners against
Americans. The House spent the entire
session Friday in the discussion Of bill
appropriating some thousand dollars for
| a claim certified by the court Of claims,
while today appropriations for the claims
of foreigners were passed over without
question. Thousands of citizens
in the United States were today
suffering for money, honestly and justly
due them from the government, and up
on which they were unable to obtain
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instance, where charity should begin at
| home.
Mr.. Willis, Republican Of Delaware,
offered an amendment authorizing and
directing the President to call an inter
national monetary conference, to estab-
ltsh an international standard of ratio
between gold AMI silver. Ruled out on q
point of order.
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the deficiency In the collections of the
customs revenue, led to comparison Of
collecting of these revenues under the
tariff laws of 1890, and 1894, and Of the
revenues produced by the two acts.
Mr.. Dockery, Democrat of Missouri,
taunted the Republican majority Of the
Fifty fourth Congress with having done
nothing to bridge the chasm between the
receipts and expenditures Of the govern
ment He characterized it as do-noth-
ing Congress, and said that the Republi-
cans were afraid to bring in a general
tariff bill, because it would create a
division In thoir ranks.
Mr.. Dingley, Republican of Maine,
charged a large share of the increase in
collecting customs revenues to the change
from specific to ad valorem duties,
brought about by the Wilson German
tariff act. He defe nded the course of the
majority of the House, which, he said,
passed bills to increase revenue and re-
dE1s the rate Of interest on bonds.
4 Both these measures OF relief we're met
by the solid opposition Of the Democrats,
/ and in the Senate by combination Of
Democrats and Populists.
Mr.. McMillin, Democrat of Tennessee,
said the chairman of the Republican
National committee, Mr.. Carter, was
one of the five Republican Senators who
defeated the Dingley bill; Mr.. Woloott
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Dubois another. Would he classify them
as Populists2 The Republicans might
need their votes in the coming election.
Mr.. Dingley replied that their votes
did not affect the result in the Senate one
way or the other.
eulOgiZed the reciprocity features of the
law Of 1890, the repeal of which, by the
enactment of the law of 1894, he said,
closed the ports Of Cuba, Brazil, Germany
and France to many American products.
The Democratic party, he said, was held
responsible, for the commercial wrecks
strewn from the Atlantic to the Pacific
by the Wilson-Gorman bill.
Mr.. Hepburn, Republican Of Iowa,
criticized the increase Of the Secretary of
the treasury, in the Eumber of custom
house employees at New York by 169,
which increase WAS he thought, under
the circumstances and especially In view
Ol UQ6 u6Creh66 III CuSuOluS uu6S CUll6UI6U
there, absolutely indefensible.
Mr.. Lewis. Republican Of Ken tuoky,
offered an amendment to pay the Taylor
and Mead company of Kentucky, $2,666
for occupation of their court houses as
barracks during the war, certified to the
53rd and 54th Congresses by the comp
troller of the treasury. Mr.. Lewis said
Congress, to make false pretence nf
0COnOmy in aDDrODriatiOns
Now" he continues, "this Republi-
can Congress is asked to follow in the
steps of that Democratic Congress. You
may refuse, Mr.. Lewis said with great
earnestness, "if you do, 1t will be an act
of dishonesty, injustice and reputation,
which will be a disgrace to Congress. "
The amendment was rejected 81 to 80.
The bill was considered to the end by the
committee without substantial amend
ment, reported to the House and passed.
Mr.. Picker, Republican of South
Dakota, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the resolution making the general
pension bill the order of business for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, a
vote on it's passage to be taken Friday,
after the reading Of the sroll call,
nos quorum appeared, and at COS the
House adjourned.
| Maine Pensions.
| "fsoAlhSuou, IA pAiA SO' OkioAOdo oSS
been granted residents of Maine as fol-
lows:
ORIGINAL.
Joseph Fuller, Brunswick.
INCREASE
Guilford Payson, Hope.
a&9 Fast American Warships.
San Francisco, Cal. April 20.-Accord-
ing to the officers Of the steamship Gaelic
which arrived from the Orient yesterday.
American warships on the China station
are attracting most favorably notice.
The Detroit recently established new
record between Nagasakli and Shanghai,
covering the distance in 26 hrs, speedEoi
~ knots an hour, thus beating the
canadian war steamer Empress OF India s
time by thirty minutes.
The Petrol and Concord are on the way
home from the Asiatio station. The
Petrel left Yokohoma, March 28. and the
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