The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-02

70 the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Henderson CRep.. Iowa. from the
Committee on Rules. then presented
the special order under which the
House must operate II was ironcIad
IN its character. II provided that i'm
mediately after the adoption of the
order It would be In order to call up
the revenue bill just presented by Mr..
Dingley, and that the debate should
run until 5 O'clock. when, without in
terNening motion, the vote should be
taken on the passage of the bill.
MIR. Henderson demanded the pre-
Vlous question on the adoption of the
order, which was ordered without d.
| vision.
Mr.. Henderson then took the floor
and explained briefly the urgency
which necessitated such summary ac-
ton Of the House on such an important
measure.
Mr.. Crisp called the attention Of the
House TO the effect of the rule under
which it was proposed to operate and
asked every member to weigh his re-
sponsibility when he voted for it, He
| protested aginst the use of the whip
and spur for the passage of this bill
before the opinion of the experts of the
treasury department could be obtained
as to its effect
NO AMENDMENT POSSIBLE.
Mr.. Linney Rep., N. c. after first
stating that as a Republican he ia
vored the measure which it is proposed
to pass, asked if this rule would not
extend to Democrats the privilege OF
Offering amendments before the vote
was taken.
ut 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 Re
publicans from Offering amendments
which they might deem wise. 1t was
1 an attempt to make the Republicans
| appear unanimous. Democratic ap-
| plause)
| Mr.. Henderson replied that there
were no differences on his side. This
| was an emergency revenue bill, not {
| careful revision of the tariff bill, anC
\ they were all agreed.
The Rules committee order was theI
| adopted by a strict party vote, saw
| that Linney IN. CO and Connolly Gil.
| Republicans, voted with the Demo
| Gratis.
The bill was then read by the direc
I ton of Speaker Reed, who said tina
Mr.. Dingley would be recognized t,
! control the time on one side and Mr.
| Crisp on the other.
| DINGLEY FOR THE BILL.
| Mr.. Dingley took the floor in advo
cacy of the bill and said the Republi
! cans had periodically assumed the re
| sponsibility placed on them by thu
| President, and had gone to work t
/ prepare measures to meet the Treasury
| situation. He then launched into al
! explanation of the cause of the exist
| ing weakness of the Treasury, follow
ing closely the lines Of his report o.
= l. a1xr l.nw. fTtrtrw
| revenue came into the Treasury tha'
| the gold reserve could be protected
| The Ways and Means committee haC
| decided that these revenues should b,
| obtained from customs duties for tive
reasons, first. over $15O,Oo0,0O0 was nov
being raised for excise taxes, and 1
| was a well-founded policy ef the Gov
eminent in time of peace to obtain tn,
bulk of the revenues from duties OF
| imports.
Second, an increase of customs du
ties would tend to turn the balance o
trade in our favor. Mr.. Dingley con
tended that the gold must go abroad
to pay the balance against us. Thu
bill proposed by the committee in tn,
next two and one-half years, during
which 1t was to operate, would rails
about $40,000,000 to stop the deficienc!
that was causing the disaster
! CRISP FOLLOWS.
Mr.. Crisp who followed Mr. Dingley
said the latter had asserted that thf
extraordinary bill had been preclpitat
ed upon the country and this e,traor
binary spectacle created by the Presi
dents message. In making this asser
ton Mr.. Dingley had not observed hi
usual care.
1t was true, Mr.. Crisp confessed, tina
the daily receipts were smaller thai
the daily expenses, but there was
surplus in the vaults of the Treasur!
sufficient to meet any probable de
ficiency three times over. 1t was no
a question of borrowing money but
question of using an asset which w
have already-a question of gettinl
money to pile up in the Treasury. MI
Crisp then proceeded to argue the Nc
| Ktnley law had been responsible 70
whatever deficiency there was He in
stanced the fact that the receipts unde
this law had fallen off until during tn
four months preceding the inauguru
tion of Mr. Cleveland there was a de
ficiency of over $4,000 900. This short
age had, he said, occurred under Law
which was the peculiar pet of the Re
publican party
Furthermore, he had understood MI
Dingley to say that there had been n,
! expectation of gold previous to the in
| auguration of the Democratic Admins
| tration, whereas. as a matter OF fact
more than s5S, 0O0,0 900 of gold had beer
sent abroad during the nine months
Immediately preceding March 1888.
| DEBATE BECOMES GENERAL.
Mr. Crisp yielded few minutes t,
Mr.. Bell, pop, Colo), who. upon be
half of the Populists, denounced thi
attempt to pass a general tariff bill.
Mr. Dockery Dem., MOI declare,
that the adverse business condition
that obtained under the Mckinley Law
| T. l...1 . I.
the Republican party in the fall Of tina
| year. These adverse conditions, ne as
| serted, compelled the Secretary of tn
! Treasury, Mr.. Foster, to use $54, 600 90
of trust funds. Even with the use O
that money he insisted that the Treas
ury was on the threshold of a bond is
| sue when Mr. Cleveland was inaugu
rated. He produced something of
sensation by holding up and readin
Secretary Fosters original order to tn
Chief of the Bureau of Engraving an
Printing to prepare with all possibl
haste" the plates for a bond issue.
Mr.. Hopkins (Rep., lid asked why,
the other side did not believe the pen(
ing bill would relieve the situation
they had not suggested some remedy.
Mr.. Dolliver (Rep., Ia) closed the d.
bate for the majority. His speech Wa
most eloquent effort. AS he spoil
the Republicans crowded about hir
and there was much applause and e.
| thusiasm.
Mr. Dolliver took his seat, and Il
bill was upon it's passage, the vote b
: ing taken by yea and nay. 1t W;
| passed, 205 to 81.
| AT 5:35 the House adjourned
\
! Merely a Social Visit.
Washington, d. c., Dec 26.-Amol
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