The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1898-01-20

De Almond as common SCOlu, one OIL
the sort who would have been ducked
in the old days.
House Proceedings.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house to-
day passed an urgent deficiency BILL car
rying 81 La 500. One of the items au-
thorizing further expenditure of 500
GOO for the soldiers home at Danville
ILL.,, for which $150,O00 was Appropriated
in the last sundry civil BILL was used by
Mr. De Almond (dem.) of Missouri as q
basis for bitter personal attack upon
Chairman Cannon, whose home is at
Danville.
There was also lively debate over the
provision in the bill requiring the owners
of bullion hereafter to pay the cost of
transporting bullion from assay offices to
the mints.
Mr.. Bell (pop.) of Colorado argued that
if the government of the United States
decided not to pay the cost Of transporta-
ton the gold would go to foreign mints.
1T was" he said, another blow aimed
ut the western mines. There was no
reason why the government had not the
same interest in securing the gold pro-
duction of the country now that it had
in the past"
Mr.. Shaforth (silver rep) of Colorado
argued against the proviso. Not content
with the gold standard, he said, there
was an attempt to discourage the pro-
duction of gold and still further apprc-
ciate its power and value.
Mr.. Cannon pointed out that if the law
was continued until an assay office was
established on the Yukon the govern
ment would have to pay the mint price
for gold in the Klondike and to pay the
cost of and assume all risks incident to
the transportation to San Francisco or
bounty on gold mining Why should it
exist? He protested against trying to
complicatc it with the financial qucs-
ton.
Mr.. McRae (dem) of Arkansas argued
that the gold discoveries in the Yukon
furnished the best reason why the exist
ing law should not be discontinued. The
government should offer every. induce
mcnt to miners to bring their gold to, its
mints.
Mr.. Sayers (dlm) of Texas supported
the proposed change in the government
policy. There was no more reason, he
said. why the government should give
bounty to the gold miners than to the
cotton or wheat growers. No other coun-
try, he said, paid the freight on bullion.
Mr.. Livingston (dem) of Georgia de-
MED that this proposition in any way
affected the financial issue. He favored
it.
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iot3 III was illen1un TO e"eoG d 1911, InG
iacilitate 'solu prIuue,lolI, urt Gov eo"i ti,n
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cheaper anu pel.er wa? ~ ;',tn, $50 w.
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prating Sloo'uoo LOT lne conslruc,ipi,i u
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pm WIS paS S at tle iaS' sfssioa, ~
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was an the money which W9ulu oe ushvi
Tor; he Almond was eNCeeullsiy SauSiic
IN ms crlticlsm OF MI. cannon. VINO, NJ
said, AFTER using ms power Oh the applo,
prmtions committee 10 get the soldlers
nome locateu NJ ms no .m loMh, IL nov
ttrylhH To take nan ui'l''oii more out "t