The times., 1897-04-01

with having proposed a measure which
will give a larger amount of revenue than
Is necessary or desira Bile. First. it was
said that we could not obtain the revenue
to meet the deficit, and now the ACCUSE
tion is that we propose TO raise too much
revenue. Now, Mr. Chairman, 1 have
simply to say that l have no doubt, from
all the information 1 have Teen able to
obtain that unless the enactment OF this
bill shall he postponed TO an unreaSona BILE
period. we shall be able to obtain from
it at least sufficient revenue to meet the
deficiency that IS going on, and has been
going on during more than three years,
and thus to present the United States be
fore the world as q nation securing suffi-
cient revenue to meet its expenditures,
and az the same time providing a reason
able surplus with which to reduce the
principal of interest-hearing debt
Mr.. Chairman, engaged as We are here
in presenting this measure as what seems
to us to be the balance of Judgment,
especially upon this side OF the i1>'--'.-' ii
view of he-c0aI~----0S 1iiae ii''Ne "eeii
h. AL 1--eat have we witnessed upon the
other side in the ten days that we have
been considering this measure? There has
been ample opportunity, had the time been
prouei " used TO read this whole bill, under
the five-minute rule, anu - e-SilsloeI eveIS
paragraph i'll it upon it's merits. But in
stead of each paragraph being dealt with
upon its merits, we have seen upon the
other side of the House constant d1spo-
sition to assault in general terms, not
only this measure, but the general polley
that it was proposed to carry out, without
any attempt to discuss the several para
graphs in the bill as they came up, or to
discuss the II eTits Of each particular item.
So the time has been occupied, and as a
result OF that policy, we have covered IN
detail but a small portion of the bill.
But. Mr. Chairman, Notwithstanding the
genera! criticisms Of gentlemen on the other
side upOn this bill, have we had presented
from that side single suggestion to meet
the exigency existing? We needed from
$50 coo. 900 to $75 5,GGe,000 more revenue
We were running behind. Has there been
single suggestion Of any means whereby
that deficiency might be met? On the
contrary, at every point there has been
an attempt on their part to prevent the
obtaining Of the revenue, even when items
were placed in the bill solely for revenue
When we reached that item, a purely reve-
nue. item, what did we have from the other
side? molten TO cut down the duty one
half, and a solid vote OF members on that
side TO reduce that pu .ely revenue duty
I'VE have not had a single suggestion
from that side of the HI use TO aid US or TO
propose substitute for pl Svidingthis coun-
try with the revenue that ; needed for the
purpose of carrying on the Government
without borro wing in time of peace, This
bill has been framed with a view to proper
AL iustmcut of duties in all directions. We
do not claifn-no one claim-that every
paragraph in this bill will meet entirely
the views of any individual That is inn
possible In revenue measure covering
thousands of items there Will of necessity
be some items that do not meet the indi
vidual approval OF some member OF the
House, even on this side If we shoIi1 wait
to satisfy each Individual as TO every one