The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-08

apparent majority IN the SENATE dSdA-ASe
the bill, but never in the history Of free
people had there been better Demon
stration Of the power OF the majority OF
the people than had been shown In the
massage of the Dingley bill through the
senate. This was a clear yielding to the
popular demand. So, continued MT eros
venor, the change in the tariff had been
made. though none had been made IN the
currency laws. There had been almost TWO
wears of Republican administration, ana
no two years had ever seen more radical
change than had occurred in the general
conditions. He instanced the prosperity
of the railroads, declaring that no line OF
road was able to carry its business. Also
the foreign trade was without parallel In
view of these facts, he had no doubt that
Mr.. Bryan had often had occasion to re-
gret his utterances in the campaign.
1.-THE most unfortunate utterance pub
lie man ever made" he said, was Mr..
Bryan's frequent inquiry upon coming into
towns, whether General Prosperity had ar
rived. That inquiry was" he commented,
beneath the dignity of great; man
made great by a great issue, If not by
his own personal magnitude"
The Chinese wall of foreign trade had
been broken down, and for the first time
in our history Europe was looking to the
United States to fix the rate of exchange
He maintained that while there had been
an unprecedented increase in the revenues
derived from abroad on our agricultural
products, the expectation of our manu-
facturers had kept even pace with them.
He proceeded in some detail to show that
American trade was penetrating all cor
ners of the earth, and concluded with an
appeal to the country to sustain the policy
which was doing so much for it.
party in power, but through the course OF
the secretary of the treasury.
STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Mr.. Dockery made a point OF order
against the appropriation of $4,000 for
the construction from goernment surveys
of a series of engraved nautical charts of
the coasts and harbors of the Philippine
islands"
until the ratification Of the peace
treaty." said he, ''the Philippines will not
be a part Of the United States, and there
will be no warrant of law for the appro-
priation." % g. .r
The chairman. Mr.. Payne. sustained the
point o forder and ruled out the Philippine
item, saying
! 'HThe chair is not able to see how charts
| Of foreign countries-as the Philippines are
| for the present-can be provided for in
| appropriation bills"
! An amendment was made to the applica-
| ton of the civil service law to emergency
employees Those already in service under
the emergency appropriations are left out
! side the civil service regulations, while
those hereafter appointed are brought
within the operation of the law.
After further amendments OF a minor
! character, the bill was reported back tc
| the house and agreed to throughout, with
the exception of the items relating to the
| civil service commission, which went over
| until Monday.
Mr.. McC9eaty Rep. OF Minnesota sough
to withdraw from the calendar the bank
ing and currency bill.
Mr.. Cox declared this bill had been ir
regularly reported and that the Demo
Gratis OF the committee had been excluded
from the committee roam when&he mea
| sure was under consideration.
Without granting the request for tn
withdrawal of the bill, the house. at
! o'clock. adjourned