Evening star., 1896-12-16
The Missouri Senator Makes Char
acteristic Speech.
ELECTION A PARODY ON FREEDOM
The Pension Appropriation Bill
Passed by the Senate.
MATTERS IN THE HOUSE

| Warren (Wyoming) was referred 10 I'm the
chapialns prayer at the opening Of the
Senate today. and the earnest hone ex-
pressed for their speedy recovery
"hen Mr. Sherman tOhio) favorably re-
ported several bills authorizing the accent
ahce OF medals, etc, from foreign govern
ments 10 United States citizens, Mr.. Allen
| tNeb) interposed an objection and the hills
| went over
Ihe joint resolution for the payment NJ
congressional employees prior to the boli-
| days was agreed to-
I Inc biil was passed extending the time
Ior building bridge over the Missouri
| raSer AT Lexington, Mo.
MT. Mitchell tOreg) spoke briefly In favor
| =. an amendment to the statutes which n.
| oneIed, prov-d -ng that ali survivors ~ ,rars
IT, a ~ oe included with disabled soldiers of
| .nc ,ate war IN the preference given i'm an
M pointnieht to government Offices His hin
was referred. ''''
| fensfon Appropriation IuI.
Inc pension appros -iation bill was then
taken up. Mr.. Galhnr.r (N.HD chairman
| oi the committee on ~ sions I'm sun,o,,
"e 'he piii' mace "a "a. &C reference to re-
cent statements as to pension frauds"
Inc senator expressed great surprise ON
s III oihs IN the Presidents message thar tho
| ~ Ne hao not yet disabused himself ~
| tne idea that rascai,ty perysdea ,ba -, u
sion system Mr.. Gallineer said thar 20
| ra,,.s as tne present administration of the
| pension bureau was concerned q, @ ne
| worthy of fun approval for ~ -, was
neau had SHOWN himself to be in fulr So,
| "a win the old soldiers But the Sen.
| this hmt,t, he peneVed II was time ito prick
a.us bubble which the Presiden, 60 nn-l
| pension frauds '"e Puphc as 10
oomi,; mr; G;aiiinser pointed out that only Is-
| lions IN pension cases had orc,,,.,a.,
| within the year. and these ne - 1.Suiied
| - against Pensioners. He nro,as,ai
| asainst the Presidents co-tinua5 a,,aa,,
ton Of listeners franSl and his constant sugees-
| hon VI hauuS as not constituting n roll -,
nohor' and expressed the belle ,bat 20, Do oi
| go .n no way shared this hostile stti-
| 'ude OF the President a't-
| Mr. Hawley, Conn snoLo a., ~
me pointing cut that the 1c5 -, ..aIile
were were an Insignificant percentage og N ,.
| hiiiion pension cases e Nv"
The NH Passed.
pension appropriation Dill was Tho,
passed without division. 1t is idsptio,I -
.he Dli as it passed the House ana ear,,,s
si+i'5.s'"so The bill will now 90 70 ,h~
| President u 'he
Inc Senate bill was passed TO o,,ist ,ho
Io',;s;. Ia certain private land claims in
| IisiaHa' Mr.. blanchard La exnlaining
that 1t applied to about SI,s.n iai''iiis aP'i' i
| tracts OF 2s0 acres eies III
The Dineley Bill.
| MI vest, Mo-, then called up the pjp,,
icy OIL Tor the purpose of making soma
remarks He said he appreciated ne uas
hhis OF dead issue, and he would not
aAude tc 1t If many weIl-meantng neonla
| o' vi sihs on Congress TO act upon
inns measure. He regarded the Dfn@la,,
| of one Oh the most remarkable pieces
| VI ies-Sidton ever presented. Ii was fha
| result or the Presidents warning -o g.
| sfess year ago that the condition of tba
lnances was SO dangerous that th.. usual
1f.vAr
| Inc recess was given up and the DinpIav
! pill resulted, notwithstanding the emnhsIic
| declarations of the executive that no mors
| fevenue was wanted
| TINS bill had not come from tho rr.,
| growers or from the iron interests
A Passage With AIaricb.
| The production of tin plate had Increased
notwithstanding the decrease of on. con,
| per pound on tin secured by the present
| law. And yet. that reduction had been Sc
cured only at the point of tie legislative
| bayonet. This brought on a spirited mas
| sage between Mr.. Aldrich and Mr. Vest
| The former declared that Il was well
| known that the iron schedule of he MIL
son Dill was protective in character and
lhat III IRON and tin had been treated as
other articles had been they. too would
| have been struck down This produ, zion
was due first to the original protective
duties on tin, and to that partial remnant
| or duty maintained in the present law
| Inc lnOue island lOas not
| seem to agree with the Presid aat-elect
| Mr.. Mckinley, on this tin question" re-
| sponded Mr.. Vest The Senator said he
mad read recent interview with Mr.. Nc
| l>inley at Canton, in which he said that
| the increased production of tin was due 10
the use of the natural oils of Indiana in
| the manufacture of the tin pla: as. But
| e1r. Mckinley must be mistaken, said Mr.
Vest for he found that Indiana had only
five tin works out OF seventy-seven in op-
| Grafton.
No said Mr. Vest this can be an
| swered only by absolute surren Ter of
the Senator from Rhode Island of the con-
| tention that the enormous duties Of the
Mckinley law are necessary 10 the do
| mestic industries of the United StaIes.'
Wool Schedule Analysed.
The Senator asserted that the opium
| habit had no more deadly hold on its vic
| Tins than this advocacy Of protection. He
| ar alEzed the results of the wool schedule
Of the. present law. showing that many
i(6ct9riAA bad been established during the
NJ Eoolen factories had secured the
arket during the last year. and the
ktion OF wool went to the upbuilding
Sc Apsrican industries; A return
f2o the <p5u system as proposed by the Ding
1ey hi meant disaster TO these manufac-
Mr.. Vest asserted, also, that the price
of raw woods had gone up since the free
wool schedule of the Wilson bill had gone
into erect he quoted from the Boston
trade list, sho wing that certain grades of
wool We're bringing more than they did
prior to the Wilson bill Why is il, asked
the Senator, that with the balance of trade
in our favor and with the gold standard
ir force the country is in a state Of dis
tress?
1--WE were told" said he, that with the
election of Mckinley prosperity would
flood the land like sunshine. Mckinley
was elected, but has the prosperity come?
VIII the Increased prosperity come with
your tariff BILL adding more taxes to the
burden of the people and heaping up more
money in the treasury? Will il give the
people the resources to buy either foreign
or domestic goods?"
Mr.. Vest denounced that .;moss-grown
lie'' which told of the large per capita cir
culation now enjoyed by the people. What
was wanted was greater circulation. rather
than greater taxes, to bring the promised
prosperity.
More Money the Only Relief.
while may be subjected to the charge
Of being a lunatic. an anarchist and re-
pudiator." declared Mr.. Vest. Il assert that
the only relief for the people is to give