The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

creasing taxation and limiting still further
the volume of money.
Mr.. Catchings (Dem-), of Mississippi.
formerly chairman OF river and harbor
committee, entered into an elaborate de-
tense OF the policy Of the river and nf. hapbor
the appropriation for the Yazoo and Mis-
siSsippi rivers.
Mr.. Catchings was followed by Mr.. Hep
burn. who denounced the last river ana
harbor bill. not because of the appropria-
tons for great national projects. but be-
cause he said. the bill was made the we
hicle of ruthless and reckless expenditures
in insignificant improvements" He said Mr..
Catchings's defense OF the YaZoo appropria-
ton only proved the truth of the old bibli-
cal proverb. THE wicked feeth though no
man pursueth" Mr.. Hepburn also assailed
what he termed the extravagant appropria-
lions for public buildings He took as an
example 100000 for building at Newark,
n. ]. He thought a good building could be
erected for one-eighth of that amount.
The merits. of the Mckinley law as rev.
enue-producing measure were also brought
into the debate Mr. Hopkins (Rep., lid
commended that IL produced ample revenue,
while Mr.. McMillin Dem.. Tenn main
tanned that for the four years of its opera
Tended the Wilson law which. he declared.
would have produced sufficient revenue mad
not the income tax been declared unconsti-
tutional He was severe in his structures on
the Supreme Court
MR.. GROsvENOR'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep.. ohio replied to Mr..
McAIillin. He would leave the task of
coriating the Supreme Court to the gentle
man from Tennessee, he said. but he want
ed him to remember that the majority Of
the members of that court who held the
law 10 be unconstitutional were of the po-
IiticaI utilization of the gentleman himself.
He proceeded TO ridicule the present tariff
law. and said party would have the
hardihood to return again TO the ad valorem
system and the faulty schedules of the Will
law He described the Democrats in
the last campaign seeking to avoid re-
sponsibility for that law by getting behind
were hoist on their own petard, and are
now fighting each other on every question
on Gods green earth"
the adequacy of the Wilson law, also criti-
cised the Supreme Courts decisions. which
just jus &c Criticism. He said NO one imagined
when the law was passed that the income
tax would be declared unconstitutional.
leader" interrupted Mr. Hopkins, warned
you that it was unconstitutional"
r Hin i fa Ms ne replied great Mr
Democratic leader. He is not now DEM
oeratie leader at all. great or small" Zap
ing, Mr.. Dearmond referred cOntemptu-
ously to the man who had changed his
mind in such a way that the hand of the
and had fallen again on poverty and trial."
Then he drifted into some comment of the
growing power OF the judiciary and the eX-
ecutive. which led TO some remarks on the
attitude of the government towards Cuba
that produced several wild outbursts of APP
plause from the members. He spoke of the
fact that the newspapers and every sort of
Information from Cuba told OF the heroic
struggle of that body of devoted patriots
for freedom! and the story of barbarities
and cruelties drawn from the depth of the
middle ages. Yet" said he. diplomacy
bird when the snake is ready to strike au-
tonomy for the lamb in the fangs of the
wolf; autonomy when the maiden is at the
stake and the faggotS are burning. If II is
right that We should interfere, We should
do SO on the high ground that freemen
freedom. We lured those people on in this
struggle. Every breath that blew from
these shores taught them TO win their own
being shot down and American property is
being destroyed, diplomacy talks Of auton-
would respond TO the swelling patriotism
in this country. and l still hope the in
coming administration will do what this
has failed to do, and there will be some
thing after March besides talk of au-
What has become of the resolution we
passed expressing the sentiment of Con-
Gress? asked Mr.. Grosvenor
Il do not know. responded Mr.. Dear
mond. but. do know that there is enough
to pass any measure that may be submitted
to IL which will advance Cuba's cause"
Continuing, he spoke of the libel of the
Three Friends pirate a strange act
in the closing days of the nineteenth CEN
fury. Tyrants he said. banded themselves
together to drive back those who attempted
TO escape the yoke. but for this country 10
become a party to such a doctrine was
shameful. He referred TO the report that
two ladies had been stripped and searched
on board an American vessel by Spanish
officials as an outrage that had no parallei
in the most Infamous pages of history. 1t
might. he said, be only newspaper report.
but he placed more reliance in the reports
of newspaper men who risked their lives
TO get at the truth than in the poor, miser-
able palaver called diplomacy" Why de-
fend Il government. he asked what you
reject people. If there was u treaty he
said, in conclusion. which permitted sucn
an indignity to ladies il should be instant
ly abrogated by the smooth methods of the
law or the keen edge of the sword, il mat
tered little which. At 5:25 the House al
journed.
Ship for Carrying Grain to India.
WASHINGTON. Feb 13.--The session of
the Senate. with the exception of twenty
minutes, was devoted to executive business.
Before the doors Were closed Senator Per-
kins secured the passage of resolution
authorizing the secretary of the navy to
send q naval vessel or engage another craft
TO carry supplies to the famine sufferers
of India. The resolution recites that fam
Inc and plague are causing great distress
and the loss of thousands of lives i'm India: