The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-10

Some Stirring Scenes.
EXPLANATION BY DINGLEY
BAILEY SAYS COINAGE FEATURE
AMOUNTS TO NOTHING.
Swanson of Virginia and Grosvenor of
Ohio Have a Sensational Discussion
Swanson Declares Grosvenor's Attack
Brutal and Says 1t Never Would Have
Been Made If the Latter Were Sober
Text of the Revenue Bill.
Washington, June 9.-After five hours
to enable volunteer soldiers to vote in
congressional elections the conference
report upon the war revenue measure
was presented to the house to-day.
Consideration was interrupted by re-
cess until o'clock this evening, at
which hour the report was taken up
again and after three hours debate,
involving some sensational features, it
was adopted, 154 to 107. The election
measure will be disposed of tomorrow
Immediately after the meeting of the
house.
When the house met after the recess
Mr.. Dingley, addressing himself to the
republicans, spoke of the urgent neces-
sity for the passage of a war revenue
bill and the resulting necessity for
speedy action in conference and that
of compromise. He said the great ends
which the house had set out to accom-
plish were the raising Of approximately
$175, 900 from taxation and from
s400, ,000, 600 to $500, 100000 from other
sources. These ends would be secured
through the bill as reported from con-
ference, and while the concessions
made by the house conferees were in
some instances personally distasteful to
him, he felt that they had been made
without the violation of any great prin-
ciple advocated by the house and with
out initiating against the accomplish
ment of the great ends originally con-
tempIated by the inauguration Of war
revenue legislation.
Relative to the coinage of silver bull
lion, Mr.. Dingley explained that the
provision would result ultimately in an
increase of circulation outstanding by
nf fha fo-ninrn cyp
or about s42Ooo,000 the provision de-
claring explicitly that the coinage
should proceed at the rate of not less
than 81, 900 per month and the dol
lars should be used for the redemption
of silver certificates, which, when re-
deemed should be cancelled. The pro-
vision was materially different from the
law of 1890.
Mr.. Bailey expressed hearty concur
renee in what he called the candid
admission of the gentleman from
Maine that the coinage feature amounts
to nothing and practically is a reitera-
ton of what is already law" He then
criticised in general the bill as being
chiefly burdensome to those who were
least able to bear additional burdens
He attacked especially the provision
relating to mixed flour as unconstitu-
tional and was intended not to raise
revenue, but to destroy an industry.
DEPRESSION from the bill was indulged
In by Mr.. Swanson, DEM, of Virginia,
who vigorously dissented from any in
clination to turn the war into one of
aggression to end with this country
holding great colonial possessions. He
attacked the bond and other features
of the bill, notably the tobacco taxes.
Mr., Swanson criticised the adminstra-
ton in its conduct of the war and an
taeonized the bill as conducive to the
interests of monopolists and the very
rich.
Mr.. Grosvenor made an impassioned
response. He said: Had Sagasta, had
Blanco, had Cervera been given the op-
portunity to make speech on this oc-
casion they would not have made so in
cendiary an appeal against the prosecu-
tion of this war as the gentleman has
uttered. I denounce his unpatriotic
purposes; I denounce his unpatriotic
and untruthfuI utterances." Continu-
ing, he was bitterly personal in his
declarations, charging the Virginia
member with political motives. He de-
ClaTSd
speech containing more hostility to the
government and more artagonism to
the people than the speech of the gen.
tleman from Virginia. He referred to
the Virginian as representing a CON
testable district A laugh was created
when he referred to the battleship Ore
gon as having recently sunk a Con-
federate torpedo boat" he explained
the mistake by the 'unpatriotism of the
gentleman from Virginia"
Mr.. Swanson in reply said: "The only
reason I can give for the unfair, unjust,
,1npatriotic and untrue personal attack
upon me is that the speaker is in such
condition that he even does not know
whether he is fighting the confederate
on Spanish forces" He then made an
eloquent defense of his district. Later