National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


hfoOLlTlONH OffEhED.
Mr.. MOrey, OF La, offered a resolution, which
was adopted, directing the Committee on Appro-
priatlons to Inquire and report as soon Us prac-
market value Of the telearaph lines IN the Tinted
states, and also the cost Of constructing new
lines Of equal capacity.
rccting the Committee on Military Affairs TO In
qulro whether any action II necessary TO equal
Ice and adjust tile rank and pay OF ofiicers on
the retired list. Adopted.
Mr.. Parker Of Mo-, offered a resolution re-
qucsting the Secretary OF the Treasury TO inform
the House as 10 the necessity and cost Of pub
lie building at s. Joseph, MO. Adopted;
tablsh new consulate and amend the consular
laws. Referred 10 the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Mr.. Slater OF Oregon, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported a bill providing for the
sale Of timbered land to actual settleTR, with an
amendment, which was adopted, and the bill
Mr.. Wakeman, Of New York, introduced bill
donating six condemned cannon to the Wyoming
county, N. Y, soldiers monument association.
Mr.. McCrary, OF Iowa, from the Committee on
Elections, submitted report declaring Josiah
u Walls, the sitting member from Florida, not
contestant, entitled TO 1t.
TIm ADMISSION OF COLORADO.
The regular order was demanded, anu the
House In the morning hour took up for cOnslde-
ration the bill for the admission Of Colorado as
state.
MI. Tame, OF Neb., addressed the House IN
support Of the bill, arguing that II was unjust IL
declare thata Territory should wait for admls-
sion until the population was equal to that OF the
older States.
AtI:SO-lhSt hour having been liked for re.
rOrts from the Committee on COmmerce-thC
Colorado bill was laid aside.
Pending reports from the Committee on Com
merce, the Speaker laid before the House a let.
ter from Reeves a Bailey, publishers OF thu
Globe, In relation 10 the publication OF two letter,
from A. q. Brown and q. y. Lamar, ordered
Yesterday TO he published In the proceedings OIL
January u. The publishers state that the pager
Of the Globe have been stereOtyped and the type
distributed, and that to now insert In the plac,
designated would require the resettng OF ~
columns OF the Giobc, involve the waste Of TIT
sheets struck on, and Interfere seriously with
the prompt publication Of the subsequent pro
On motion OF MIR. Wood, Of n. Y, the resolu
ton ordering the publication was reconsideTed
MI. shellabargef, Of ohio, from the Committee
on Commerce, reported bill
TO ENCOURAGE THE FORRIgS COMMERCE oP TIL
UNITED STATES,
and proceeded to address the House In suppOr
OF the bill. lie held that that nation which he'll
the mastery OF the commerce OF the world hell
the mastery OF Its markets, and through tina
mastery held empire over the world. He mad
extensive reference to history TO show that tn
rise and progress Of nations had been eXactl
parallel TO their commerce. TO-DAY German
WAS sending out steamships that controlled NOR
OF the foreign commerce OF his own country tina
was controlled by his country. lie next refeTre
TO the amounts contributed by our own cOuntT
70 the commerce OF foreign countries, and Aske
how long we must 20 on ut this rate TO be mad
poor indeed, He urged that the vessels propose
TO be butt would be Of incaculable value IN cas-
of war as u reinforcement to the navy.
The value OF the merchant marine TO the nav
was never more fully illustrated, he said, than
the last ten years history Of our country.
pointed out the decline Of our commerce from
per cent. TO the close Of the war, when II was
PER cent, and said that now this country did bI
rs per cent. Of Its own carrying.
Mt. ShellabaTger showed that England Oh
other nations paid large sums for subsdzin
steamship lines, and commended that this count
must do the same II we were ever TO compel
with those nations for the commerce Of the Sc
The building OF these ships was demanded by u
necessity OF training men fora time OF war,
when, lying, az we do, In the pathway OF con
nlerce, war came upon us we shall Ind our Co
dltiOn hopeless one.
Mr. Cox, Of n, Y, desired to offer an amen
ment amending the registry laws 80 as TO inUlul
hlrtree ships; but Mr.. shellabarger objected
It's Introduction.
Mr.. Cox cOntendcd that this was the true way
encourage commerce, and said that our Z
striclOnA upon the Introduction OF Rhlpa we
different ITOHl any other nation. The mon
earned by foreign ships al New lOIk, az repOrtl
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, was earn
under the had policy Of the country. The las