Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02
XXXTXth Congress.
WASHINGTON, June 80.
HOUSE.

ASHlN6FON, June 'V'
HOUSE.
Mr.. KASSON, on leave introduced Join
resolution extending for one year the tim
Of completing the Agricultural College j.
Iowa, under the Agricultural College bill
The resolution was read three times an,
passed.
Mr.. DONNELLY from the Committee oi
Public Lands reported back the Senate bill
authorizing the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, to sell az public auctlOl
the unsold lots on the Fort Howard militar
reservation in Brown county, Wisconsin
Read three times and passed.
Mr.. DONNELLY also reported the Hous
joint resolution 10 per nit soldiers fer whom
hOmesteads had been selected without thei
personal examination, to change such, j
dissatisfied with them, in the same lant
districts, the fees paid in the first instanc
to apply to the second selection. The reso
luton was read a third time and passed.
Mr.. DONEELLI also reported adversely
on the House bill to amend section Of tn
Agricultural College bill. Which was lai,
on the table.
Mr.. GLOSBRENNER from the same Com
mittee, reported z bill for the organization
Of land districts in Arizona, Utah, Idah,
and Montana. Read three times an,
passed.
Mr.. GLOSBRENNER also reported a bill
erecting the territory of Montana into
separate surveying district After debate
Mr.. PRICE opposing and Mr.. ASHLEY
sustaining the bill, it was passed.
Mr.. ECKLEG from the same Committee
reported back adversely the House bill al
lowing five years further time for the lOca.
tiou OF land warrants issued by Virginia t.
her officers and soldiers. Laid on the table
and report ordered printed.
Mr.. ECKLEY reported with amend.
ments the Senate bill for granting
lands to the State of Oregon Il
aid in the construction OF a military road
from Albany, Oregon, to the eastern bOun,
Diary of the State. The amendments were
agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr.. ECKLEY also reported, with amend
ments, the Senate bill granting lands to the
State of Oregon, to aid in the construction
of a military road from CORVALLIS to the
Aquenna Bay. The amendments were
agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr.. HOLMES, from the same Committee
made adverse reports in the following:
The House bill to amend an act for the
relief of purchasers and l0caters Of swamp
and Over1Owed lands petition of the Ma
tiOnal Normal School Association prayipu
for grants of land to establish State Normal
Schools; an act to improve navigation Of the
Mississippi riYer; Of Buffalo, New York
for the appropriation OF lands, and for the
improvement of Eagle harb0r, Lake Su-
perior.
Mr.. HOLMES explained that the adverse
reports in the two latter cases were not made
from hostility 10 the proposition, but be-
cause provision was made in the River
and HabOr bill for surveys IN these cases
Adverse reports were laid on the table
Mr.. HOLMES, from the same Committee
reported back the House bill to authorize O
departure from the established modes oi
surveying in New Mexico and Arizona
The bill passed.
Mr., JULIAN, from the same Committee
reported back, with amendments, the Sen
ate bill to grant land titles in California
Before the reading of the bill was com
pleted the morning hour expired, and
the bill went over till Tuesday next
Mr.. ASHLEY, from the Committee on
Territories, reported the House bill to pro
vide temporary government for the ter
ritory of Lincoln. Ordered te be printed
and reeOmmitted.
On motion of Mr.. ASHLEY the Senate
bill to aid in the construction Of telegraph
lines. and to secure to the government the
use of the same for postal. military and
other purposes, was taken from the Speak
er's table, read twice, and referred TO the
Postofice Committee
Mr.. RICE, OF Maine, introduced bill for
the establishment aud maintainance of q
public park in the District of Columbia.
Referred to the Committee on Public Build
ings.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr..
ScOfield in the Chair, and resumed the con-
sideration of the tariff bill.
A motion was made by Mr. AA1ES to in
crease the duty on steel and irol squares
for measuring, from 8 to 10 per cent per
pound.
Mr.. HARDING. Of Illinois spoke in op-
position. He said it would be better 10 pay
$4,000, 900 out of the treasury to those for
whose benefit this bill was designed.
Mr.. AMES amendment was Withdrawn.
Mr.. MORRILL, moved that the duty be Q
per cent
Mr.. HARDING objected to taxing the
people of the West for the benefit Of East
ern manufacturers.
Mr.. KELLY. of Pa, said that the pro-
lection proposed was more for wheat grow
ers than manufacturers.
Mr.. M00REuEAD, of Pa, said that i'm
port duties did not have the effect to in
crease the cost of articles.
Mr.. HARDIN ridiculed the assertion He
insisted on q reduction of the duties on be-
half of the West. Cut nails could be made
cheaper if the duty was taken off
Mr.. DAWES, of Massachusetts, said that
under the influence Of the protection prin-
ciple cut nails had fallen in price The
people of the country had profted by the
protection law. Competition had sprung
up and We were no longer dependent on
England. The tariff bill could only be
formed on one of two principles. Laying
the duty on raw material or on the manu-
featured articles, the effect must besae bring
in the manufactured article or the laborer
himself The article must DC manufactured
on this side or the other. If on this side ol
the water the laborer VIII enrich tho coun
try. and Illinois more than any other State
If Illinois wants wealth, she must have
laborers, and she can only have them by
giving them employment
Mr.. MORRILL, moved an amendment
taxing manufactured railroad iron ole cenl
per pound.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, moved an amend
ment so as to make the duty seventy cents
per hundred pounds. He said be was almost
disposed 70 recommend Kelly of Pennsyl-
vania, as the head of the Agricultural De-
partment, owing TO the ideas he put forth
He referred to the reduction Of the internal
revenue tax on railroad and pig iron, and
thought that ought to satisfy the iron roll
ers.
Mr.. GRISW0LD said thst the manufac-
turers of railroad iron had been losing
money for three or four years, and this was
a blow at the manufacturing interests of the
country. Speaking Of the free trade league
he said that not one of its members was
identified with the industrial interests OF
the country, and most OF them was engaged
in English trade.
Mr.. RAYMOND gave some statistics
showing the effect of the proposed amend
ment He wanted to sec the time come
when manufacturing establishments could
protect themselves. He did not desire to
see the railroads saddied with enormous pro-
lection. for the benefit Of the iron rollers.
Mr.. .GRISWOLD declared that competition
was the surest way to open the production:
of America. The productions of American
rolling mills had been greatly reduced be
cause the low grades of English iron could
be sold cheaper than American iron, He
appealed to his colleague, Mr. Raymond
not to allow his Judgment 10 be Ear5ed By
the arguments Of railrnas.33 men or foreigr
! manufacturers. .s.I
Mr.. GARFIELD said ihe iron interest 0
Il i ! I ! wkl