The advocate., 1896-05-27


is In the history OF the country. / agre
that an adjournment without measur
Of relief would be an outrage and
shame. And / say to the Senator il hi
committee will propose q measure T.
increase the revenue, measure tFul
non partisan and solely to raise reVenu
that he will find support on this sid
of the chamber"
"The Senator's proposition" /" answere,
Mr.. Sherman, ais that we should disre
gard the bill OF the H0use-that bod,
charged with initiating revenue legisla
tion; that we should tear up the Dingle,
bill and make another. He must b
broad and liberal in his offers"
Me-. Dubois (Rep, Idaho,) one of tn
five Republicans who voted against con
sidering the tariff bill, rose at this poin
and in ironical tones said that OF c0urs
it would be easy to get the ground AM
pass a revenue tariff bill with free sil
YER amendment.
"You will recall" he said, "that fiv
Senators voted against taking up tn
Dingley bill. Every one Of those fiv
Senators has been indorsed by his State
Every one Of those five Senator'S will b
q delegate to the National convention.
Senator Hill then resumed his gpescl
ana said:
''If / were the President Of the Unite,
States" he said, 'Iwhich from presen
prospects it looks az il / never Woult
be) / should take the last dollar from th
treasury to see that the pledge OF tn
government should be kept and | mis-
Judge the chair and force Of the presen
executive if he does not pursue thi
course"
Mr.. Hill yielded here to Mr.. Bake
(Rep., Kaa). He said the bill was
mischievous one. He referred to the re
fusal of the Senate to pass the Dingle,
tariff bill and warned the Senate agsins
depriVing the government Of it's onl,
mode Of securing the means for conduct
ing the government. He said the pass
age Of the bill would foreshadow panic
repudiation and possible revolution. /
would be the greatest crime Of the nine
teenth century.
Mr.. Teller asked Mr.. Baker il he ap
proved Of the issuance of bonds by th,
present administration.
Mr.. Baker replied that he would hsvt
favored the passage Of such bill as thi
when he first came into the Senate, bu
since five Republican Senators hat
joined with the silver Democrats ant
the Populists to prevent the passage o
bill to insure an adequate increase o
the revenue, he had concluded tina
there was no possibility Of securing leg
islRtion that would give sufficient rev
enue. In view Of this fact, he believsC
it wise to retain the only vestige of su
thOrity left for securing money.
At 2 o'clock the President OF the Sen
ate laid the regular business before thI
Senate, but by q vote of % to q thC
consideration Of the bond bill was con
tinued.
Senator Hswley Rep., COnn.l thel
said: "If this measure is passed it vii
be one Of the foulest blots-the foules
blot and the only one-on the history o
this honorable body.
"rhis is reputation. This is bank
ruptcy. This is anarchy and infamy."
Senator Mills (Dem., Tex.) spoke TO
the bill and referred to the speeches o
Senators Hawley and Hill 90 the mos
remarkable he had ever heard, answer
ing, as they did, that the government
must issue bonds TO raise money to pa!
the ordinary expenses Of the govern
ment. He ridiculed the idea Of repudia
ton and said that il more revenue wa
required Congress would give it. Al
agreement was then made to vote on th,
lat 4 p. m. Monday.