The herald., 1896-04-21


to be paid Frederick o. Dawson, wife
and daughter, for loss of property and
injuries inflicted in Nebraska Mercer,
| Republican, of Nebraska, called at
| tention to the great vigor with which
Great Britain pressed this case, 40,00O
having been claimed from Nebraska.
He commended the vigilance of the
| British government in protecting her
| subjects and said it was in strange con-
| trast with the action of our government.
Dawsons were as much to blame as
| the McCartys in this particular case.
| 1t was a brawl on the highway.
| Hit, chairman of the foreign affairs
! committee, said the testimony showed
| the women had been outrageously mis-
| treated. AS the result of injuries the
| daughter was today suffering from
chronic epilepsy
| Hopkins, Republican, of Illinois,
| thought inasmuch as the Dawsons were
| in Nebraska with a view of making it
| their permanent home, although they
! had not been naturalized, they should
| not be permitted to invoke the protec-
tion of the British government after be-
| coming involved in brawl.
| Mr.. Cannon said that the claim was
| raised by the state department. 1t was
| matter of international honor. We had
exacted heavy indemnities from China
Mr.. Livingston, Democrat of Georgia.
called attention to the fact that We
were now preparing to make claim
against Spain for the Imprisonment of
Bishop Diaz in Cuba.
| The indemnity allowed was $2s00
Mr.. Hainer, Republican of Nebraska,
| who said he had thoroughly investi-
! gated the circumstances, thought in
! demnity should be paid. The item was
passed without amendment.
Mr.. Willis, Republican of Delaware
| offered an amendment authorizing and
| tn n ta
commercial nations of the world to meet
| in international conference for the pur-
| pose of fixing an international ratio for
the coinage of gold and silver.
| Mr.. Cannon interposed a point of or
der to cut off debate, and he was sus-
tanned. He said that substantially such
Legislation already existed, but it had
| not been executed.
A protracted discussion of appropria-
| tions and expenditures was precipitated
| by Mr.. Hopkins, who asserted that it
cost $734 900 more to collect $i69,000, 900
from customs last year than it did to
collect S192, ,000, 900 from customs in the
last year of the Harrison administra-
| ton. A deficiency of $685. 600 for the col
| lection of customs was reported in this
| pending bill.
MI Hopkins thought the change Of
| the system from specific to ad Valorem
! duties made by the repeal of the Nc
| kinley law and the enactment of the
Wilson bill might be responsible for the
| great increase in the cost Of collecting
| the customs.
Would you prefer the Mckinley law
with its s10000,0 900 sugar bounty" asked
Mr.. Sayers.
LAS against the present law, yes one
thousand to one" replied Mr.. Hopkins
| Mr.. Dockery, Democrat of Missouri
asked the Republican side what effort
they had made with $50 majority to re-
/ peal the so-called Wilson German BILL
| which they denounced. He taunted
them with having done nothing. He re-
called the campaign book of blank
pages circulated by the Republicans in
| 1894 entitled What Congress Has Done
| comparing that record with the do
nothing record of this congress. He
| suggested that the Democrats could
effectively circulate a similar book i'll
the coming campaign.
| What has this congress done nc
| asked. What has been done to bridge
| the chasm between inadequate revc-
nues and increasing expenditures? ?
| Where is the Dingley bill-pigeon- -holed
| by the votes of five Republicans?
| "How many Democrats voted to pus
, it there?" asked Mr.. Brunlm (Republi-
! can of Pennsylvania
"All of them of course" replied Mi.
| Dockery. Democrats are opposed to
| increasing taxation
|
lnjority for making no effort at cur
rency legislation, which the buiness in
| terestS of the country demanded. ThH
| policy of this congress, he said. was Onc
| of delay. That policy had been declared
| by the speaker at the opening of the
| session when he announced himself
i against Crude and hasty" legislation.
Mr.. Dingley, chairman of the ways
| and means committee, was stunS by
Mr.. DOcllery into a reply. The charge
| that nothing had been DONE he said,
must be looked in the light of the sun
| The house senate and president togeth-
er made Legislation. Unless they con-
| CURED, no legislation was possible. The
| house alone of those three factors in
legislation was under Republican cor
troll. In the house the Republicans were
| responsible. They We're not RESPONSE
| bic for Democratic aud Populistic sen =
| ate and the influence of a Democratic
| executive.
We did everything we could do IN
| the circumstances. said Mr.. Dingley
and here and at the other end of the
cpitol met the united opposition of Dem
| ocrats and Populsts. The only hing to
! do is to appeal to the people and let
| them say whether we shall have a pres
| ident and a senate who will block our
way. or who will cooperate with us in
giving the treasury sufficient revenue
nd restore prosperity to the country"
(Republican applause.)
| rs not Tom Carter chairman of the
| republican national committee?" asked
! Mr.. McMillen. do you claim that
| Messrs Wolcott. Dubois and Teller are
| Populists? If you do you cut off a good
deal of the respcctability of your
| party"
! Have not the Democrats and Popu-
lists a majority in the sehate?" asked
| Mr.. Dingley who now became in turn
| inquisitor.
! Mr.. McMillen adroitly parried an
other query, which Mr.. Dingley thrust
at him repeatedly by dwelling on the
! -four recalcitrant Republican sena-
| tors" and the swap of the biggest
committee in the senate for the loaves
| and fishes that float about the senate.
waters"
| Mr.. McMillen concluded by referring
| to the necessity for a bankruptcy bill
| a Pacific roads refunding bill, a cur
rency bill. etc, and charged the Re-
| publican side with cQwardice in not
| meeting these questions instead of pre-
pairing to adjourn and run away
MI. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa), Mr. oCoper
| (Rep., Ft) Mr. Terry Dem.. Ark.) and
| Mr.. annon (Rep., Ill.) also participated
in the debate
| MI. Lewis (Rep., Ky.) offered an
amendments. toj pay Taylor county (Kv.)
$4,000 and Meade county $1,000 for tn,
| use OF court houses during the war as
barracks. Mr.. Lewis declared that
the refusal to pay this money to those,
| counties would be an act of "disbor-
| pStV and shameful ropul;ot;o,,