Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-02
TALKED POLITICS.
House Wrestles Awhile with the
Disputed Question,
WHAT PRoDUCEDTHE DErICIEEoYq

sut sespuDienu irOtectlte Iaptu fOint Ol
View and Patterson Replies with . Broad
eide at the SHERMAN Law-The Tennes-
seenn Announces HimseIfthe Heprcsenta-
tive Of President Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, ApriI2-whilc the house
was engaged in committee on the sundry
civil bill n number Of amendments carry.
ing appropriations were adopted until
Cannon seemed to think money was be-
ing too freely voted and opposed one Of
the proposed appropriations. He said
that the Strengthened condition Of tho
treasury would not warrant the expcndi-
tlrp. and thereby precipitatod a political
debate.
Grosvcnor in reply expressed his re cret
that the chairman OF tho appropriations
committee felt IL incumbent upon him.
self to make such an announcement. Eco
nomy was one thing, parismony another:
but worse than either was the existence
Of public necessity for the expenditure Of
monoy and the acknowledgement that con
ercss could not furnish it. "That admis.
sion," he said, I'VE must accept" He
referred to the great demands Of commerce
which must be met with the declaration
OF congress Of its inability to meet them
Attacks the Wilson Tarin Act.
He pointed out that the receipts under
the present tariff law for the frs. nineteen
months were $isi, ,OooOoo. over $40, 900, 900
below the expenditures, and contrastcd
the receipts under that law with the rc-
c9ipts under the law Of 1870, when they
aggregated SJ6l. O0u,OO for the first nine
teen months. Tho condition of the rcye-
nucs brought about by tho domination OF
the party that condemned legislation for
the protection Of American industry and
undertook to lcgislate for revenue only
compelled economy. Prosperity to the
Treasury and tho people would not como
rs long rs the present tariff law remained
on the statute books.
Income Tax Compared to rirn~y.
III the income tax had not been de-
clarcd unconstitutionnl," interposcd Tai
lert (Dcm.) Of South Carolina, 'thcrp
would have been no deficit"
"Oh. Mr. Chairman" {" replied Grosvenor.
Two might have gone out on the high seas
and committed piracy to procure money.
The ono Is robbery; tho other unconstitu.
ttonaL"
Grusvcnor's remarks drew tho fro of
Patterson tDcm) of Tennessee Ho
would not have replied, he said, had it
not bccn for the fact that the gentleman
from Ohio appeared n the advance agent
OF the coming Mckinley administration.
When Grocer Cleveland retired I'm 1883
the credit Of the government was unqucs-
toned by the world. He attributed tho
financial ills that followed 20 the Shcr-
man silver purchase act Of 1880. which re-
duccd gold receipts at the custom houses
Co less than per cent.
Country In Distress Ever Since.
From that day the country had been in
distress. and hc INSISTED that 1t was not
fair To say that the results Of n law dur
ing such period were normal. With
mucn vChcmcucc hc declared that the fl
hlncial issue was paramount. The friends
Of the Ohio candidate could not rclcgatc
this question to the rear. They had
straddlcd the question and now came be-
fore the country saying that the sole REM
cdy for existing conditions was the fur
thor taxation Of the people. But he warned
the Republicans that they could not
escape the main Issue In which the whole
commercial world was interested. and hc
predicted that II the Ohio candidate was
nominated ON the Ohio platform he would
be doomed To defeat.
rattcrson's Credentials Demanded.
"Oh, IL my follow Democrats" he said
with outstrctchcd arms to his Democratic
colleagues. but felt ~ I do" This appeal
was greeted with derisivc jccrs from many
ot the Democrats. II know you will
laugh hc continued, but I insist that
!; the Democratic party would stand for
tariff reform and sound money 10 would
regain thu confidence o; the people and bc
retained In power"
ttrusvcnor replied In a witty speech.
Whom an nmbns-adur came from foreign
country, he said, hc was asked To produce
his credentials to show whom he repre-.
scnted Nhu he asked. did the gentle
man from Tennessee represent?