The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-16

Ill luF EEsentln, lnclT NISCk 70 lAe
House.
The House then went into Committee Of
the v hole, Si:h N,r. SAVIOR in the chair, on
the tar..f bill, H.. Mr.. Tucker, 4 member
Cf the W ~ and Means Committee. took
the -oyg and spoke in support OF the bill.
y. EDBblN>, a member of the WAYS
AMI " ans Committee, also addressed the =.
Committee in favCr OF the bill Referring
g abe public debt, he said he was Of the
Cpiu on that paymsnts into the SIM ing
Fund ,hluld be suspended for some y6ars.
e was no. n reputiatiunist The National
Debt mus be paid, though The most Of that
debt had been created by the Government
in putting Gown the cause for which he had
fought. He recognized the fact that the
obligations Of the reunited country were
bin, in upon every one, and he supported
the bal which had been reported from the
Committee On Ways and Means, though it
fell lar short Of what he thought the tariff
law ought to be. He also presented earnest
arguments in behalf of reform in internal
revenue and a reduction Of tax on tobacco.
North Carolina, long ground down by the
protection, now appealed to Congress for
Justice and asked TO be protected from the
protectionists-
The committee then rose without action,
and Mr.. Ellis introduced bill 10 incorpor-
ate an ocean navigation company and TO
restore the shipping interests of the United
States. Referred; also for the relief Of
Norman WIZARD. Referred.
The House then took a recess till $50,
the evening session to be for general debate
only. O
WASHINGTON. d. C., May 9, ISIS
Mr.. Reagan endeavored TO have his
bill TO regulate interstate trasportatioE by
railroads made Il special order for Satur-
dav. 50 as TO take it out of the morning
hour and give chance to the other COM
mittees tn be called.
An objection was made and MIR. Rea-
gan said the bill would occupy the morn
ing hour until the House grew sick OF it.
The SPEAKER suggested that the bill
might be got rid OF by motion to lay il on
the table. which motion was made by Mr..
Becbe, but il was rejected.
Mr.. THOMPSON then spoke in support
of the bill.
The i,int resolution reported from the
Committee on Education and Labor for the
Enforcement Of the eight-hOur law In al!
the departments of the Government, gave
rise TO a lively discussion, in the course Of
which Mr.. Banks denounced the disregard
ui law by the Government as .candalOus
and infamous. and Mr.. Butler, OF Massa-
ch'i>rit-, advocated penalty for It's Cisrc-
gard, and said there IVES more powder and
ball wanted in the administrator of the
laws. III. Joint resolution passed.
Mr. REAGAN renewed his proposition
to have the Hill made special order for
Saturday,. and there waS NJ objection.
The Senate bill auih.gizing the citizens
Of Colorado Ngva'a and the territories to
fr.I sid remove .Imher IN public lands Tor
mining and domestic purposes, was passed
with the amendment offered by Mr.. Fort,
that such land, shall not, re oren To rail-
road corpDracions f.r III Gu: ing OF tiny
Der.
Mr.. SAPP reported bill to restore
c, rlain lands IN Iowa 10 settlement Un.!,r
the homestead law.
The House then wen, into COMMITTEE Of
the Whole, with Mr.. Savior in the char,
on the taIif bill, and Mr.. K,!ley, menu
Der Cf the Committee on Nays and Means,
said that the most uotewurti Y part Of the
spe, ca of the gentl men from New York,
Mr. Wood }. vas whore he dec med To- ~
plain. in detail. the provisions II the bill.
! ! No part eli the people had asked Congress
to revise the tariff; from no cISy, town or U
county had there come such proposition
the loom and spindle we're sta, ding still;
the mine uuwrought the fires were Out
in tie furnaces; the captains OF industry
by thousands were passing ma bankruptcy,
and tailoring people by millions were ia
want. not to paup,ri-nr, ia, y were not per
mittcd t. endure the primal cUrsy and .dTn
their bread Nv the sweat ui theIr truw-
They app called To- Congress To- relieve them,
hut not one Of Them su--y~t'd that ~ could
bc done bv 4 revision IT the tariff N the
Interest Of foreign Producer, who were
-upilautiug Am r.cau IN, rchants i'll N.N
York and ,i-,wEerc. lie spoke of the
absence oi a specific free list III the bill as a
fatal defect, and II the Committee on Ways
and Means had listened to the statement Of
men who understood tariff, airee list would
have ben inserted and The committee would
have been saved the shame of having re-
ported 80 Ridiculous an abortion. The
{ mmittce had No particular malice
agrin>t auybody hat general malice against
all industries. To borrow a smile from 4
fumer SENATOR irOn Oregon, NesmIth, he
could only compare the bill TO a mule with
no pride Of ancestry, n,,hing like II having
gone before and no hope 81 IOsterlty, be-
cause it Wa not possible that any deiIber-
tive body would accept II a model Tor
future Laws. III, denied Mr.. Woods state
NJ, nj that the UIIl had received the assent
If those engaged in the iron and steel
trgde, and SAID that those gentlemen had
been invited 10 Washington had been As
-ured that the hill would inevitably pass,
and had been told by he highest authority
IN the House that their only chsnce was 10
make concession, and state the lowest tet D.
under which they could live; but even
then they refused, a. a bn1y, 10 make any
terms, aud they said 'lct Us 90 down II 1t
l., the Judgment Of the country
that tie iron and steel industry must be
Frustrated The bill, a. a whole, WAS dis
rurhirg industry. II involved revolution.
Irdu-rry stood appalled,. The wool grow
or of the West could get no price Tor his
wool. because the wool manufacturers Of
tho Est did not know what the tariff was
To o., but he did know that if this tariff
was to prevail. his mill must 90 with the
millions al idle men now unemployed.
With forges, furnaces, and factories entire
ly closed. how would the working people
be fed, and what army would keep them
in order? He repeated that this was
revolutionary measure, and it vas the very
Uldtut-9 OF lIt'IF 10 d~~FIi Nl4dl a ldIllI
which stimulated production and which
added 10 the worlds supplies, enhanced
prices. In view Of the faC that the prices
Of goods are lower now than they ever
were. no ore could tell whether the
pending bill would most promote
free trade or protection. II 1t
wer'. free trade bill, it wa against the
tendency and spirit OF the age. Even Eng
land was beginning 20 realize the sad mis-
take she made when she did not confne
The frcel Om Of trade ~ raw materials and
food lie quoted llr. Wood a. saying that
the last quarter oi century had been dis
tingui-h,d by war. bat be Kelley thought
it, GROWING glory was the triumph If
pace, and the testimony which the United
States had given to the world in her Cen
tsnuial exposition Of the value OF a Irotec
tive system in developing the resources Of
nation and the attributes Of people.
Mr.. HARRIS. Of Georgia, another men,
Der Of the Committee on Ways and Means,
made speech in favor ii the bill, a. one
tina; would effect the des.raEle changes in
the existing -y-.sm.
The committee rose and the House adj
journed.
New Near's Letter From senator
Morton To his Children.
Years ago Senator Morton sent to bis