Show CHOLERIC c CONGRESS 0 the resolutions the subject of an animated celata in the houa house wordy war waged over the bondad whisky Exten extension sic n bill 7 by western ad pree to the washington march 19 theara haying been ordered in the house on tho the lasker resolution matter ochil tree roso rose to debate the resolutions he lie yielded yield eil to no gentleman gentleman in his esteem for and con dence in in the distinguished members of the foreign A hairs affairs committee and ordinarily was disposed to reli rely on OU their judgment but this afraid had bad kone gone beyond the domain of red tapo tap and circie circumlocution in locution it had assumed A phase which had called on each and every representative to look to it that his individual honor lionor and rind dimity were preserved and in eo so doing ty to detent the dignity of the beope it was not riot becoming the dignity of this ba anly to enter inter inta explanations of the meaning ing of tho original ori ninal resola lion ochiltree Ochil treo then delivered neology a eulogy on the high abilities and noble character of lasker and said a compliment to lasker waa was a rebuke to the tile german Charice chancellor llor because ti aliey ey ft ere antitheses of each other T the he speaker then proceeded to pic turo ture bismarck Br marck as a flattering and sycophantic coph antic instrument of despotic roy all ilford belford asked ironically therit would bo be in order to offer a resolution the apologies of the house to w german f man chancellor for having tew med him jilin phelps said thia this matter at first of very little consequence had be been ea vege made a of great consequence and the committee lidd unanimously agreed upon poll tho the report it would seem there explanation when on the lie bolh of january the members were do their desks preparatory to the gentleman from texas ochiltree sent to the clerks boelt a beriou ge riou of resolutions and asked unanimous consent for their adoption after laitine until the resolutions wore were road read they were unanimously ani adopted and the house after ten day the house was startled by the information info r rr a that tho german chancellor h had ad refused tw accept them and next morning members hunted up the tho to te sea see what they had done they found they had expressed regret at the death of lasker and nud sympathy with the german peo teo plo at hia loss this was true I 1 they read also that they had bad ex expressed prean ta tho the belief that the free and stud liberal of alie deceased biad advanced tho the material and social ia ili of this country this was true but between the two truths there was wn a vast tast difference difre rence one was a truth which the houe could export the tile oilier other was a aruth ruth which it could bouli not export tho house howse say it regretted tho death of laskor and ALI send tha the menase anywhere it could believe and know his political senti se R tl menta ments were for the good of the G ger er man L ampire but it had hat no right to send that opinion to a friendly power which entertained a different opinion and thought the political sentiments of lasker er had not materially advanced but had materially retarded the pro grem of the tile government hero here was u a dilemma ant and where was the refuge there seemed to bo be none the house could resent the fact that its friendly frien sentiments had been rejected but it could not re resent sent the fa fact t that its political 0 sentiments had been rejected pj because it had no to t put them on he the same are paper the lations Mat ions were adopted without division an unsuccessful attempt was made to have the ilia yeas and nayo naya ordered bland illano committee on coina coinage 0 weights rind measures in introduced el a bill limiting the coinage of double eagles and to discontinue certain united states coins house calendar appropriations rr arteal reported teAl tho indian ap appropriation bill committee on the ceolo then tho the long lung expected struggle over over the whisky bill began blackburn calling Sp sprincer rinzer to the chair covet to 10 into committee of the whole on oil the tho revenue bill doubt was raised as to the question tion of consider atiqi and randall demanded the at as and nays the motion was 0 ir re d to nays trays and the X lic went into committee pora dora hat heimer berin in tha the chatir the arst bill was 0 the ie bonded extension bill istock ii objected to toils its consideration his ills objection was reported to the tho house which by a vote of yeas baya decided to consider con sidar the bill and tho the tco resumed its ses semeion ion eion morrison liking taking the floor in sip peat of tho the bill before lie had hed a Hen men tence however er whito white ky rose saying yi n he had moved the astl i nitice rit lor for the purpose of b ring ing privileged mailer ater before the tile house the chair that it recognized tile gentleman and white al askim itne an tin appe alit refused to notice it on the ground that the appeal yam riot in order upon a question of ra no by th chair thereupon white ro roso so to a poi point n t of I Llor and said a member of tho the wl I 1 I 1 uy I 1 ring was on the floor when hu lie il had L previously given his pledge that twit he lie had no interest in any bill allbe be luio fore tho tile v dilouie willim within a few days from snaking in that pledge he lie had ap earod rod before the committee on ways V ya and I 1 means me till in support 6 u I 1 ori of the bill and aai was now on oil tl tho 1 0 boor bloor as vell ell as tile lio eddler of lie the jarnal from n the tl town where here more whisky was wa in ill bord than that any other town in the united stales states blackburn Bliek burn submitted that tins was wits not a t point paint of order aud said his col leabus knew chad oo 00 right to be livard I 1 I 1 po n I 1 it t tha the chair ruled it was not ft a point lain of enter 0 willie I ray I 1 am ani entitled to be b heard on the question of privilege lege the gentleman from N nw ov Y heir heartier tier has ha decided decide d that I 1 am aill not 11 in order arder and lie must taker tho tile respell edibility eibi lity you midy bulldoze this bill hil through but gike the rt gainder of the 1 ea sentence was drowned in vries of or order d er morrison ari til then made A short statement arr t a as to the th purpose and object of the bill if this ti b business noss of convert in ing g grain into alcohol existed only to be t 1 then the ilia beneficiaries of this bill nere vi ere entitled to no consideration here regarding it M a legitimate branch of industry it was entitled to be put on an e equal basis with all other industries from rom this industry the government derived more than one fifth cfall of all tho the revenue venue in the next faw few months beere t there would be forced out of warehouses waro gallon gallone which must pay the tax and in the next few years gallons for much of which there would be no market the corn cittee on internal revenue estima teethe surplus for which there would be no market would amount in the next two years to gallons in the years when this whisky was made ayery thin waa overdone excessive pro was no not alone in this industry but was common to all the larger kr producing 0 d u cing interest interests of the country producers od acers were not a able ble to compete in the sale of alcohol la in european markets with germany thia this country fought 0 the german peo people ale with pro protective 1 tariffs and had to sell in the fren french ch markets in compe competition titio n with subjects of the ilia ill natured bismarck suppose this surplus was pu purely the result ortho of tho speculative spirit of our people was that a good and satisfactory reason why an industry orthis of this magnitude should be forced to pay taxes when the government had nothing to make by this enforcement it massaid was said ehli was class legislation that it was legislation in tho the interest ofa of a special few it was a fact that thir legislation as us far as it deritt went was special legislation against this indu industry atry and put it as nearly as might inight be on an equality with all other articles that pay internal 1 revenue ev entre taxes lie believed with the committee on internal revenue that if this was anything a n else than whisky there 1 would be no question fuestion about it lie ile believed further ter that whenever it could be dune done as it could be done now that the relief should be granted if it this bill were passed it would not c cost t the government one single cent and it would not add to the burdens of a single person of the 55 people to the extent of a hundred hunared hu hundredth th part ofa of a farthing its friends did not wish to push it through by any railroad scheme was any anything thins wrong in it they wanted it to come out he therefore yielded to blackburn who wit lithe alie expressed hope that consideration of the bill would be concluded tomorrow to morrow moved that tho the committee rise the motion was agreed to and the house adjourned |