The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-28
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xLvIs / CONGRESS.
SENATE.


and 80 900 others, besides churches and
societies. representing $4,000 people. pray
| Ing Congress to observe the Indian treaties
| and deal justly with them Referred
to the Committee on Indian affairs. 1t
was very bulky package and attracted
much attention.
Mr.. Vest. from the Bulldog Com mittee
reported fayorsbly the bill for a public
building at Quincy, III,
By Mr.. Garland, for a uniform bank
ruptcy system
Mr.. Beck advocated free ships and for
therepeal of the laws prohibiting citizens
engaging in the foreign carrying trade or
preventing their registration as American
ships. He argued that we were handi-
capped by the whole world through these
Oppressive laws.
Mr.. Beck speech was listened to with
marked and thoughtful interest by almost
full Senate and crowded galleries. the
com plimept of unanimous vote being
rendered him upon the expiration Of the
morning hour to onabie linn to proceed.
Mr.. Blaine followed in reply TO Mr..
Beck. He construed the Senator g speech
as an admission that bis policy looked
forward to and proclaimsdt the permanent
dependence Of this country upon England
for her ships, 1t was remarkable fact
tuat twenty yCdIsi lIOul %AoAO "a
the war to this hour, the Congress OF the
| United States had not done one solitary
thing to uphold the navigation interest.
The great march forward OF our old com
mercial rival had been witnessed and
everywhere recognised. and the repre-
sentatives of the people OF the United
States had sat in their two halls of Legis~
lation as dumb as thought. He could not
repeat and had nos offered single remedy
until the Senator from kentucky (Bsck1
| had risen Ia his scat and proposed to make
proclamation of this perpetual depen-
dence of this country upon England for
such commerce as she may enjoy holding
up to US. During these twenty years this
Congress has passed ninety scts in aid Of
| internal transmission by rail. 1t has given
| 200, 100000 acres OF public land. worth
to day $1,000 O00, 900 in money, to which
| il had added 100000 in cash to the
same end, and yet 1t had not extended
the aid Of single dollar to the vast ex-
ternal transaction whose Importance had
not been exaggerated by the Sena-
tor from Kentucky. The United States
could not win IN this great international
struggle without adopting exactly the
same means that had achieved victory for
others. 1t was notsto help John Roach
or anybody else, but to make a great and
comprehensive policy that shall give every
man and every company the specific aid of
so much per mile for such q term OF
years Let the American marine feel
that the government Of the United States |
is behind them Let the United State |
only take from her TTeasur yper |
anuum 81 600 900, the same sum that
Great Britain ia paying only as q post |
script to $500 900. 900 OF investment and |
| lot that be used in fund to stimulate |
any company from any point of the United |
States to any foreign port. Mr.. Blaine |
said he was not prophet. Or q son of ore |
| but if this was done he ventured to pre- |
dict that the long deferred and much de-
| sired event-tho revival OF the American
steam marine-would soon arrive. lie |
would have the country do one thing more
to which England had pointed the way
for US. We have nine navy yards and are |
without q navy. If we would put the ex
pense of those navy yards into the building |
up of great private ship yard this would |
form subsidy enough or ai0 enough. ifl
Senator Beck liked that wordE better. |
1t would help enough from the saving |
in the construction of natal vessels to h0at |
this whole scheme for the revival OF |
A me erioau navigation and foreign carrying |
trade Not that it had dGindled since the |
war, nor that we give $I20,000 900 per |
year to build up tie trade of our rival and |
weaken ourselves. and that while we give |
the right to Germany, Eng land and Fran &c |
to carry our good from our port In cheap |
free ships, are handicapping ourselves. |
nor that instead of having 5000 or 900 |
American sailors, as we had during the |
war, we now have none. The election |
had sho rn that the pubic opinion of tho |
country was in favor of keeping up Amer |
loan against foreign manufactures, n and he
would say to the upholders of protection
that this could not be done by the de-
struction of the commercial marine OF the
commercial marine OF the country
Mr.. Beck briefly rephed. He said he
was glad that bis presentation OF what be
thought was the bcs, policy had called
forth the Premier of the next admiuistra
ton, The Senator from Maine had not
Gepisd, because ho knew il was true. that
we mad NJ defenders of our coasts. The
Senator Genisd D )ne of the facts asserted
by him, but his (Daiue's) remedy Is
always further taxation OF the people
For subsidies mean taxation aud nothing
else, aud the policy OF substituting
line under john Roach or any
other ipdiviGueI would be to destroy
the com petition of its rivals, then doucle
its charges aud create monopoly. After
reference to the alleged monopoly OF the
cOaSLWtSS tT4QS. Af. DUN ISPiIt0 ~ tpl |
Blaiue's refertn nee 10 the Democratic tariff
for revenue plank. stating that stronger
plank was contained in the platform OF
that party In 1876. when that party carried
the country though cheated out of its
victory aud that as the popular vote in
1880 also showed T. msjority for the Dem
oeratic candidate. the alleged conde una
ton of that policy coad net have been
very emphatic after all The resolution
was then laid on the table without action
On motion Of Mr. Window the senate
took up the naval appropriation bill. Mr.
Nindota stated the amendments OF the
committee and that the amount added to
tie bill as passed by the house was
20 597 Os0 making a total ~ reported 20
the senate Of $I4 TO. 7S7, sh;ch waa
s3Dl sos less than the estimate aud
1914 $50 in excess OF the bill OF last
session. Iu the committee of the whole
the amend ments OF the senate COMMITTEE
were agreed to. The bill was then report
ed TO the senate and passed finally.
The IDdian land ID severalty bill wes
an. Y,y, bueinArS and the