The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-18
US. sENATE,.ExTRA SESSION
WAsnINoToN, March II.

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Immediately after the reading Of tn
Journal the Senate on motion Of Mr.
Hamilton went into an executive session
After the Senate went into executive
session, the following resolution was sub
miIted by Boutwell, and laid over until to
morrow;
Resolued, That the special committet
appointed to examine the seveEalbranch
es Of civil service, with a-yiew to tht
organization Of the several department.
thereof, be authorized to ait during thu
recess, TO employ stenOgrapher, to ad
minister tho oath, and to send for per
sons and papers,
The resolution was submitted as public
business,
The doors being constructiyely open
the Senate took up the Hawaiian reel
procity treaty, Morrill,, ,pf Vermont, being
entitled to tho floor in opposition to the
ratification.
Mr., Morrill,, Of Vermont, argued thai
II was unconstitutional, First, because
1t affects the revenue, and all such mat
ters should originate in the House ol
Representatives and secondly, because II
fixSs certain custom duties for seven
years, aud depriyes Congress Of the power
10 regulate them during that time. lie
further opposed its ratification upon the
commercial grounds heretofore stated,
and because the Legislature OF Vermont
passed resolution condemning all reci-
procity treaties aS contrary to the public
policy,
Mr., HamIin replied briefly, and was
followed by Senators, Mitchell and Kelly,
both iavoring ratification. These gentle-
men argued that rs this treaty does not
impose any rates Of duty, but merely pro-
poses to remove certain duties altogether,
itisnot liable to objection based on the
Congressional requirement that all bills
for raising revenue, lowing taxes or ap-
prOpriating money must originate In the
House and be subject to Congressional
action. However this might bc, they
called attention to the fact that in order
to avoid such possible objections theft
" itself provided that fnal ratification
shOll not be exchanged until Congress
shall have passed oil laws necessary to
carry II into full effect. They also con.
tended that under Morrill's rule Of strict
construction the government could not
make q loan pledging payment Of interest
or lease q building for term Of years or
otherwise the pledge Of revenue In ad.
vance, As prccedents showing tue con.
HtimtiOnal power Of the President and
Senate 10 make such treaties contingent
upon appropriate legislation by Congress,
they referred TO the tonnage treaty With
France, negotiated In the,yea 1922, and
also to tho Canadian reciprocity treaty
which went into effect In 1854, and con.
tinued In force twelve years.
AIessrs. Mitchell and Kelly In the course
OF their remarks stated TINT the English
colonies on tho Pacific Ocean have al.
ready made a proposition TO the Gov.
ernnent Of Hawaii for q similar
reciprocity arrangement, which II
consu minated would enable British Co.
lumbia to entirely deprive the State Of
Oregon OF ita present profitable trade In
supplying the Sandwich Islands with
sucI articles as lumber, lime, preserved
salmon, etc, all Of which are produced
equally we'll In tic British Colony. Mr..
Mitchell spoke for an hour and a quarter,
showing the great advantage to the Pa.
cifc coast In the exchanged Of commodities,
He also alluded to the political adyhnt'
ages 10 the United States by acquiring
control Of tho Itawailn Islands to the ex-
clusion Of the British
The debate was deferredNntil tO-mor.
row. Adjourned.