The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-20

PRESIDENT McKINLEy's message was
received and referred, and amid great
applause on the Republican side, Mr.. |
Dingley, of Maine, introduced the tariff |
bill which bears his name. The bill is
so arranged that it will add seventy mil
lion year to the revenue of the govern
ment.
The President, in his message gives
the receipts and expenditures year by
year since 1891, and points out that since
the close of th g fiscal year 1893 the ex
penditures have exceeded the receipts
There has been no improvement during
recent months. There was deficit Of
five millions in February.
The public debt, the President states,
has increased 262 millions since 1892,
with corresponding increase in the an
nual interest charge. 1t is urged. he
says, that even if the revenues had been
adequate during the last three years, it
would have been necessary to sell bonds
to maintain the gold reserve. But with
out denying or affirming the correctness
of that."the debt would have been de-
creased in at least the amount of the de-
ficiency and business confidence i'm
measurably strengthened throughout
the country"
Therefore, the President appeals to
Congress to correct promptly the exist
ing condition. There must, he declares,
be sufficient revenue provided to pay
the expenses of the government and lib
eral pensions and liquidate it's public
debt, capital and interest.
He recommends that this be done by
levying duties upon foreign products go
as
To preserve the home market as far as
possible to our own producers; to revive
and increase manufactures; to increase
our domestic and foreign commerce. to
aid and develop mining and building;
and to render to labor in every field of
useful occupation the liberal wages and
adequate rewards to which skill and in
dustry are justly entitled.
And in conclusion he urges Congress
to act promptly.
The ways and means committee Sc
cured leave to sit during the sessions of
the House, after which, at o'clock the
House, on Mr.. Dingley's motion. ad-
journed until Thursday.
the crowd of Senators and Representa-
tives at the White House was so large
that the impression might have been
conveyed that the Congress was really
to convene there instead of at the CAPT.
toll, and for the first time it became nee
essary to adhere to the rule limiting the
hours for the reception of callers to the
period from 10 to o'clock.
Among the callers were Senators
Proctor. Mason, Frye, Kyle and Bur
rows, Representatives Harmer and
Groevenor and number of newly elect
ed members.
The President has adopted the policy
of making haste very Slowly in acting
upon recommendations for changes in
office. and has felt it necessary to inform
many of his callers that he would be
obliged to take time in every case before
acting, with no disposition to withhold
proper appointments, but with the in
tention of avoiding as far as possible all
criticism that might be met by careful
consideration of each case in advance of
action.
IT is reported that Senior de LONE. the
Spanish Minister, had quite stormy
interview with Secretary Sherman con-
corning the release of Sylvester Scovel
the Worlds correspondent in Cuba.
AS heretofore related in the World,
Mr.. Sherman had sent for Senior de
LONE to present to him the desire of
President Mckinley that Mr.. Scovel,
having been in confinement for more
than thirty days without being brought
to trial, and being held on charges of
most iimsy description, should be set
free. Mr.. de LONE told Mr.. Sherman
bluntly that he would not advocate the
release of the Worlds correspondent.
When Mr.. Sherman replied that it
was necessary that he should comply
with the official demand Of the United
States, the Spanish Minister said bit
terly:
~ suppose. since the United States
has adopted coercive measures there is
nothing for Spain to do in her present
situation but to be coerced."
He implied that as a powerful and
prosperous people the United States was
taking an unfair advantage of nation
much weaker and now unfortunate. 1t
was with very bad grace that the Span
ish Minister finally yielded to the de-
mand of the new Secretary of State and
cabled the necessary orders that finally
resulted in the liberation of Mr.. Scovel
IT is understood that the Cuban
question was discussed at the Cabinet
meeting on Friday. and that the discus.
sion ended with the understanding that
the policy hitherto pursued. of strict
and enforcement of our neu-
trality laws. would be adhered to so long