The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-21

| system from SPECIFIC to adValOrem du-
ties, made Oy the repeal of the Nc
Kinley law and the enactment of the
Wilson BILL might be responsible for
! the great increase in cost of collecting
| the customs
Would you prefer the Mckinley
law. with its s10.000000 sugar bounty?"
asked Mr.. Sayers.
AS against the present law, yes, one
thousand to one replied Hopkins,
amid Republican applause.
Dockery Dem) of Missouri asked
| the Republican side what effort they
had made with $50 majority to repeal
! the so-called Wilson-Gorman bill
| against which they denounced. He
! tainted them with having done moth
ing. He recalled the campaign book
OF blank pages circulated by the Re-
publicans in 1894. entitled
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE, .
comparing that record with the do
nothing" record of this congress. He
suggested that the Democrats could
effectively circulate similar book in
the coming campaign.
What has this congress done2' he
asked, What has been done to bridge
the chasm between inadequate reve-
nues and increasing expenditures.
Where is the Dingley bill? Pigeon
holed by the votes of five Republicans
How many Democrats voted to put
it there?' asked Brumm (Rep0 OF
Pennsylvania.
"All of them, of course" replied
Dockery. Democrats are opposed to
increasing taxation
Proceeding, Dockery ridiculed the
majority for making no effort at cur
rency legislation, which the business
interests of the country demanded. The
policy of this congress, he said, was
one of delay. That policy had been de-
clared by the speaker at the opening
of the session when he announced him
self against crude and hasty' legisla-
ton.
Dingley, chairman of the ways and
means committee, was
STUNG BY DOCKERY
into a reply The charge that nothing
had been done, he said must be looked
at in the light of the sun. The house
and senate and president together
made legislation. Unless they concurred
no legislation was possible. The house
alone of those three factors in legisla-
ton was under Republican control In
the house the Republicans were re-
sponsible. They were not responsible
for a Democratic and Populistic SEN
ate and the influence of Democratic
executive.
I'VE did everything we could do I'M
der the circumstances" said Dingley,
and here and at the other end of the
capitol met the united opposition OF
the Democrats and Populists. The
only thing to do is to
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
have president and a senate who
W will
operate with us in giving the treasury
sufficient revenue and restore prosper
fty to the country Republican ap-
plsuse).
THE gentleman says the Democrats
and PopuliStS killed the So-called Ding
ley bill in the senate. Was it not
pigeon-holed by Republican votes?"
asked Sayers.
The Republicans were not in con-
troll" replied Mr.. Dingley.
But were not some of them partly
responsfble?'
Eyes, partly admitted Mr.. Dingley.
will the Republicans ask the states
represented by these senators to repu-
date them?"
Those states can take care of them
selves replied Dingley.
Ibid not the Republicans and Popu-
lists make a dicker by which they OBJ
~
Millin.
'"The Democrats and Populists control
the senate" replied Ding!ey.
is not Tom Carter chairman of the
Republican national committee?" asked
McAIillin.
A QUERY.
do you claim that Wolcott, Dubois
and Teller are Populists? If you do, you
cut off a good deal of the responsibility
OF your party
''Have not the Democrats and Popu-
lists a majority in the senator" asked
DiIgley, who now became in turn inQuis-
itor. McMillin adroitly parted this query
which Dingley thrust at him repeatedly
by dwelling on the -four recalcitrant Re
publican senator's and the swap of the
biggest committee in the senate for the
loaves and fishes that float about the SEN
ate waters
MLcMillin concluded by referring to the
necessity for a bankruptcy bill, Pacific
roads refun6ing bill, a currency bill, etc.,
and charged the Republican side
WITH COWARDICE
in not meeting these questions instead
of preparing to adjourn and run away.
Wis.), Grout (Rep., Vt), Terry Oem.,
Arll) and Cannon Rep., HID also par
in the debate.
Lewis (ReD.. Ky) offered an amend
$4,000 and Meade county $1,000 for the
use of the county court house during the
war as barracks. Lewis declared that
to pay this money to those coun-
ties would be an act of dishonesty and
shameful reputation" The amendment |
was voted down.
Evans Rep Ky) offered an amend
ment to pay the state of Kentucky $22, 900 |
for the cost of raising troops during the
rebellion. The amendment went over on |
a point of order
The bill was passed amid some applause. |
Picker (Rep S. d. moved to suspend |
the rules and pass a resolution setting !
aside tomorrow, Wednesday and Thurs
day for the consideration of the general |
pension committee, with provision for a |
pension bill reported from the invalid |
vote on Friday.
The vote on the adoption of the resolu-
ton stood 62 to 8.
Allen (2ep. Miss) made the point of no
quorum and at 6:05 the house adjourned. |