The Portland daily press., 1896-05-27
INERT POPULlSTIC MASS.
That is What the United States
Senate Is.
ACCORDING TO REPRESENTATIVE
DOLLIYER OF IOWA.

Debate on Free Alcohol Bill in the House
That Body Finally Agrees That Conn
mission Be Appointed to Report in
December-senate Considers Bond and
Filled Cheese Bills.
Washington, May 26.-In the Senate to.
day the pension committee reported back
She vetoed pension bill OF F. e. Hover
with recommendation that it be passed,
notwithstanding the objections of the
President A bill to give Mrs. Spencer
widow of General and ex Senator Spencer
OF Alabama, a pension of $75 month,
passed. The "filled cheese' bill was
taken up and an amendment was offered
to it by Mr.. Dubois, Republican of Idaho
to impose an additional tax of seventy
five cents barrel on beer.
MIR. Sherman appealed to the Senators
to.pass the filed cheese bill in the interest
of the farm ers of all sections. He moved
to lay the amendment on the table. The
Senate refused, yeas, l25; nays, 80.
The amendment being before the Sem
ate, Mr.. Villas, Democrat of Wisconsin,
spoke in opposition. Mr.. Mills advocated
the amendment. Mr.. Aldrlch, Republi-
can Of Rhode Island, professed to be glad
to learn that Mr.. Mills was in favor of
increasing uhe tax on beer, and recalled
the fact that in the Mills tariff bill re-
ported some years ago, and in the Wilson
and Brice tariff bills, thsre was no sucn
proposition.
MIR. Mills offered to change the tax OH
haQr N a tav on, GT n n ta m
Manufactured products or any tax that
would bring revenue to the government.
and bear upon the people as equally as
possible.
Mr.. Nelson, Republican of Minnesota,
said that this bill was intended to pre-
vent fraud and deception and to protect
the dairy men of the west. "Why seek, -
he asked, "to inject the silver question
and the tariff question into it?'
Mr.. Gray, Democrat of Delaware, op-
posed the bill as being intended to sup
press fraud within a state, which was one
of the police powers of the state exclu-
siyely.
. At 2 D. m. the bill went over without
action on the amendment.
The bill to prohibit the issuance Of
United States bonds without consent of
Congress was taken up. Mr.. Pritchard,
Republican OF North Carolina, said that
he was in favor Of preventing the issu-
anoe of bonds in time of peace for the
purpose of raising revenue to meet the
current expenses. He opposed the use of
the resumption" fund for ordinary ex-
penditures. 1t was a misapplication Of
public funds, he said, which had to be
prevented and there were only two ways
to prevent Ii. One was to pass the emer-
genoy protective tariff measure, and the
other to taks from the Secretary of the
Treasury the power to issue bonds and
increase tie public debt when there was
no necessity for such conduct.
Mr.. Lindsay, Democrat of Kentucky,
opposed the bond bill, expressing the be-
lief that its passage into law. would re-
suit in the suspension of specie payment
within sixty days. The bond bill went
over without action.
: 9 The final conference report on the legis-
latiye, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill were discussed and agreed to.
be partial conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill was
| agreed to and further conference ordered.
The Senate proceeded to executive busi-
ness and soCn afterwards adjourned.