The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-01

whose cooperation Is essential to legisla-
| ton and who may be supposed to feel that
| in such an eAigency as now exists the public
necessity must control
Believing that such an increase of
revenue as is proposed Is essential as d
| first step in the restoration of confidence
and the restoration of the treasury TO a
sound condition, and that other leglsla-
| ton to be proposed to this end cannot ne
| effective without adequate revenue to
meet the expenditures of the government.
your committee recommends the passage
of accompanying bill H. RIO tenn
porarily increase revenue to meet the ex-
penses of government and provide against
a deficiency.
Mr. Crisp (dem. Cal announced that the
house minority had had no opportunity TO
prepare and file the views of the minority.
| Mr.. Henderson (rep., Ia.) from the COM
mite on rules then presented The special
order under which the house was to oper-
ate. 1t provided that Immediately after
| the adoption of the order II would be in
order to call up the revenue bill just pre-
| scented by Mr.. Dingley and that the de-
| bate should run until five O'Clock, when,
without intervening motion. the vote
should DE taken on the passage of the bill.
| Mr.. henderson demanded the previous
/ question on the adoption of the order.
which was ordered without division. Mr..
Henderson then took the floor and ex-
planned briefly the urgency which neces-
STATED such summary action of the house
on such important measure. The two
| messages of the president. he said, had
produced the highest degree Of restless
ness in the country. Congress was con-
fronted with a crisis The business CEN
tiers, of the country were staggering UNI
der the feverish declarations from the
white mouse, and 1t was of the highest i'm
portance that the house should act
promptly.
Gr Nrsc 1ad ha orf NJ q
house to the effect of the rule under which
it was proposed to operate and asked
every member to weigh his responsibility
when ne voted for it. Here was a bill,
he said, that affected every interest and
all sections of tile country, which 1t was
proposed to put through under a rule that
deprived the members of any right to Of
fer amendments. 1t must be taken or
rejected as a whole. What authority, he
asked, was 1t on the other side which pro-
posed 10 pass measure OF such i'm
portance under the cracks of the party
whip without the dotting Of on 81 or the
crossing of a 81? This rule. he said,
would chain the house to the wheel of the
chariot. He insisted that there was no
necessity for such course. This Dill
was not demanded by any department of
the government. There was no necessity
for Increased revenue. He protested. He
protested against the use of the whip and
spur for its passage before the opinion of
the experts of the treasury department
could be obtained as to its effect.
Mr.. Dalzell (rep., Pal, member Of the
committee on rules, said there was no
one who did not know that we faced a
peculiar exigency. The president and the
secretary of the treasury had both be-
come alarmed, and the president had
asked the house, notwithstanding 1t was
opposed to him politically, to come to his
aid. The treasury was being rapidly de-
pleted, and since the democracy had come
into control of the executive branch of the
government there had been frequent bond
issues. The measure at present under
consideration was not a general tariff
measure. but an emergency bill Refer
ring to Mr.. Crisp's criticism of the crack
Ing Of the party whip, he said the wilson
bill with 800 amendments had been passed
through, the house with but two hours
debate under a rule reported by Mr.. Crisp
himself He appealed to the house to rise
to the patriotic level necessary to meet
the emergency and come to the presidents
aid ~
Mr. Turner (dem., Ga) called attention
to the fact that both the president and the
secretary of the treasury (whom he ex-
tolled as the greatest secretary Of the
treasury since the day of Alexander Ham
iltonJ had given congress the highest as
suranc.s that there was ample revenue in
the treasury. Both the president and
secretary Oh the treasury HdO pOlllcu Out
the evil In the financial situation and its
remedy. Everybody understood the stress
existing. And what was to be the re-
Spouse of congress? Before all remedial
legislation was to be put proposition to
still further bleed and tax the American
people.
Mr. Henderson closed the debate In a
speech which aroused the republican side
to great enthusiasm. This was, he said,
a business matter for business people
and should be met in a business way.
The republicans were not afraid to assume
responsibility. His side had been tainted
with working on a holiday. II the situa-
ton demanded it they would work on Sun
day. Republican applause-l Democratic
policies had emptied the treasury. They
would fill it. They would right the ship
Of stale that had been plunging half
seas under since the democratic party as
sumed the bridge. A democratic president
had sent to congress declaration of war,
and three days afterward had filed a petit
ton of bankruptcy.
I'VE are not for war" continued Mr. Hen
derson. 1.-The president demands money
We will give 1t to him. But we have not
declared war, although war will find us
ready. Let not the business interests o.
the country shiver before this tempest in
teapot The country has assets. The re-
publican party has returned to power in the
legislative branch Of the government. II
will soon have the executive and then never
again will our integrity be put in question
The democrats, he said, had no right to
complain Of whip and spur and gag after
their proceeding on the Wilson bill.
At this point Mr.. Linney (rep., N. c. after
first stating that as republican he favored
the measure which 1t was proposed to pass.
asked II this rule would not extend to
democrats the privilege of offering amend
mepts before the vote was taken.
1T will not" replied Mr.. Henderson The
democrats applauded this reply and Mr.
, Crisp affirmed that the truth regarding the
purpose of the rule had only been half
elected by this question and response. Its
object, he said, was not only to gag the
democrats, but to prevent republicans from
offering amendments which they might
Vyico uo q of< oyv,y NJ TO- olr~. he