New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-22
xLvIth CoNGREss-GId SESSION.

REy1tJIAR IhOCA4EOA~fO~'
THE GENEVA AWARD BILL DEFEATED * THE sEN-
.re-A ny,p-IocK IN THE HOUSE OVER THE
SPECIAL DEFICIENCY BILL-AN EVENING sES-
SION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON April 81 1880.
Tn the Senate the following bills and
reports have been acted on'
The bill to the pensions of wounded soe'' ol ~
o. b relating to The Compensation pension agens'd
ne 70 the compensation Of night inspectors of
eusIomsp acs the cleIdaT ro,,o, ,,o,0 ,snr
leaf tobacco at reta-adverse report .,oo -. A.. ,,
The biI TO aTtGqIizs an Ropansed y"
The House amendments 10 the bill iorn E1oton IN 1000
6S S appropratug for tho enlargement of the
% @ an S 100000 for public building at
De- % S o. Marine tSr PqR9 aspa az
The bin apPFoPraDg $lOO9 Tor anu "@'oOV
Tss CaH@tso on the judiciary that no legi1lave
by shs Union Pacific railroad in freight tatss
Ths biz to extend tnS Ine d1r nv, ie caIendsr " WIZ
bill Tor tie relief Of Marcus A. fGnO was introduced
to the Arctic Scas-placed on the calendar .. 49,,
The bill granting pension 10 Jesse l. FhateS
The b for the purchase preservation Of works Of art
for the Captol-paeed on the calendar.
Mr. EDdUNDS C&ep.,V VT resumed his remarks yester
day the Geneva Award pill speaking agaiD s.; e
committee bill In the course Of bis remarks ne
said insurance companies hud arenGy GOT hle ne
former act all they had right to- and The waf-prom
men had no claim at all. IT,,
rpOaatel what he aQ SAID YeRIeTl0y llhF OlutE
nation could would crhcIse us for our distribution OIL
the award We Thought Just II mas never oeen nut
In respeci Of this matter between the two Government,
this purely question standing eNacly as WOuu
oveFnment OF France Instead the Temporary Govern
ment Of the so-ealled Confederate sates lhe Govern
ma mad complaint It's behnI. BY CON
fusion OF terms 1t 10 be implied hat some OF the
socalied National WRONGS were not th9ugh' Tdup r "e
thing else must have been Tor priIate WRONGS,
which f. non SeqHnT enthey. WIEN p. ~ ,oC Cao
tr,afr ~ "a
are be reTessed, you find the usual provision OF
CLAIMS treaty, providing for claims that are in'y etaO-
shed part OF private citizens ana corporations
They tented in order, a. appears u me, 10 sep
"a gaims Tor Injury to lh Uud States thrOughIla cit
There was no such tn$ in law as elm OF pre-
Vate citizen against afurezn Nernnen Tor acts o. war
The key the whole sujeci, ~ Thought was this
Every ship DESTROYED by Confederate cruiser was de-
strOyed IN direct pursanee OI law ana u trlt Wneh ue
EtrOYed, private right or equity OF any description on
the aTt Of ole G c owned ad If q m ro5G P law n"W
that no one has any legal right part OF this 'und
never had received dollar OF money from EHglan-a
claim the OF Justice OF Congress 10 protecting
hT e5'1FnS The insurance coma@nrg were
paid for all their actual losses nnder inc hil
orreaIsJ IN only actual loses must be entertained.
The war-premium stand Ia nearly the same posi-
non He thOnght the Geneva TT bunal was right, though
its action could not govern IN throwing out these
claims The people paid the preDlums; the owner
| 10 tho retailer, and the retailer to the Gus
toner lyon cOu.d have had state Ut war WheIH he
Importers risk and tie people suffered all the ca
lamues OF war by rise OF precs then the importer
cJnid have carried OIL his business without taxing tnS
mOuey, and that Is apparently IN REGARD 70 tne
Importers, be real grOund on which tins thing stands
When YOU tO tRe owner Of the ship, more nppnT-
entity plausible argument can be made IN MS favor The
ise u tie price OF freights was probably great
| in proportion "a the riss IN the price OF com
| mOdities, aud the Ierelga shlpOWnef. LOT belnk
| Tais Of frpights at any price that suited hun,
and the American owner cOud not caITy nc the slmc
rate the foreign owner unless he made near lisF
because everybody wouId naturally prefer TO ship N
neutral bottom ana not run any r'E OF DC Obliged 70
CounteTVailng argument. The ship'owncr, aa d!S,m
his freight taxing his inward anu Outward cartOcS TO-
| Petlcr made mp hi expense Tor war prefllhGH nhd
frequently good many times oVer account OF the
gold aud the great disturbance In me rare
of exchange. So that II you strkr an aV"TA- Gu AlS
mace money In any four cars OF hiA hic ~ lac
Nj BLAINE Rep Me.J-Gf that be the condition Of
thmgs. as tRr senator stetes wunld like HIM to eN
plain 1t WAS that during those four years thf cn
America that 1t had % practical drs true ton a.
received blow under which It haz been staggering ever
Mr. EDMUEDs-Iu state of war apd
| pubic calamity timdity playa great part In
! respect of business trapsrtiJns-what L. known
| az tho proverBIal tlmllItY Of capital III business
How far rcan commerce was driven from the seas
s le i,hruse n, the stale aide Wilu
would have resulted from tnc tendency Of things had
| war ex .st4,l I an not able To say.
| Mr.. CoNKLING tEcp, n; " asked the Senator from
Vermont who IN his 0p"ioh WAS entitled 10 tue hh.-
Mr. EDMUNDS-I believe the parry emitted to re
csive IL has received 1.-THE Government Of The Uuttd
The part Oft Government for injuries that ~ private
person had title 10 trGr"s iOr ~ al. ana INJURIES
! already provided for, distributed iLems"lycs,
nearly rs Anything can 10 q s,rlb1g!: IVY re
There Is class, the eXrulpltcd Cruisr meu, that
should incline 10 provide fP nGt 5rcsg ,, G5 lave
peculiar hardship taat We would make some provision
| fcr. whether got this money or not.
| Mr. THURMAN (DeU., OnlUl WIS mo next tnlk'F.
lie mad" argument which was mostly an cuirhiirn
Mr. HLATNE w'sard. ln connection vito u" closing
remarks Of tue Senator from Ohio ana with t,e remarks
the Senator from saonsn Mr. CArpente), to read
| Two tclegTilns from Bvsti II, saving:
on the Gsneya Award was written by dm ~ r frqnrst
VI ''O' ~ " ''''''''' 49, GEORGE NJ. B,nx4RD."
Mr. Birnard IA q wrllknown aud hIgaiy respected
merchant OF Boston. Tue other says:
d" Caleb Cushing letter IN favor ol war premiums was
SELF discussed fully with Nj c'Isin9 myssM
Mr. shaituck might not be known All the senators,
ana he WAS B Sh1 81 read s anohSr Ssa from
Mr.. BsrDnd stating that he had ireqnGnlly con
and received assurances tint 1t represented his opinion
| up to his death. Mr.. Blaine also read letter
quo ed By Senator Carpenter had shown 70 M.
| Gushing by Mr. MetCalf and Mr.. Cuthlng had stated
that there was inconsistency betSeen the Views ex
pressed 1t and in the bre that the letter was written
to uninsured owner Of snip destroyed by excnl-
with opinion OF 1874 tn tho Of
81 these facts, MI Balhe would eaVe Tue Senator from
act IA be thought In regard 10 the extraordinary
AFFIDAVIT Of Mr.. Ward Mr.. Blaine had felt iDsull.d az
| the idea that he would bring . spurious paper
into the Senate aud thought he had proved It's genuine
ness further remarks he produced the charter party
of an American chip engaged in the guan0 trade which
contains prOvisO that the ship Is ~ furnish policy
Of insurance. agreed before beginning ~ load cover
ing cargo at risk at the rate Of ESQ FER ton In
| gold, the premium 10 be paid BY tho ship" BY such
means the American ships compelled moth
ing but frelghs, because the insurance
able goods would amount TO than the freight
the AMI the dement, or Ellis discrimination
TO the very power from which the Geneva Award was
obtained. He wished future readers OF Mr.. Edmuudss
speech who might wonder why there was any talk Of
distress during the war, to consider these fRets.
| Mr.. THURMAN said the two OpiniCus OF Mr. Cushing