Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-13

genius and bravery spplause and
coming lonely boy to this country
john Roach had built up the great
American shlpyard and II he ht d
had fair play he would have dominat.
ed the Atlantic against all British In
huence and genius. Applause
When some future American historian
comes to write of the great men of
America, one of the mt a. glorious
pages would be that upon which this
glorious Irishmsns name would blfz,
most brilliant. r!iunders of ap,
plsuse.
Robinson concluded with an apos.
trophe to tho American h,g, which
the house applauded, and Bulkner's
amendment was rejected. The sec.
tion for the exemption Of vessels en-.
gagged in the foreign carrying trade
from state taxation having been
reached, Mr.. Page (Cals mo, ed to
strike 1t from the bill in order to save
hfteen or twenty constitutional
speeches. Agreed to.
Mr.. Grape Mass offered substi.
tute for the l4,h section, which was
agreed to, aud which is to amoud
section 25l4 of tho Revised Sta.
tutes, 80 as to read as to read as fol.
lows: "Thst all material of foreign
production to be manutacted In this
country into articles nee, sssry for
and to be used in the construction,
equipment and repairs or supplies of
American vessels employed, or to be
employed exclusively in the foreign
trade, including trade between the
Atlantic and Pacific ports of the Uni.
ted States may be withdrawn
from the bonded warehouses
free Of duty under su h
regulations as the secretary of the
treasury may prescribe, and if the
duty shall have been paid ON such
materials so used the same shall be re
funded, and paid to the owner or own.
er. of such vessel 40 usiag them or
their legal representative.
The following provisions were then,
on motion of Mr.. Dinglty, (Me
agreed to az additional sections to the
bill.
SECrioN 23. Whenever any fi1e,
penalty, forfeiture, exaction or charge
arising under the laws relating to ves-
sels on seamen have been paid under
protest to auy collector of customs, or
consular officer, and applcs, ion
has been made within one year from
such payment for refunoing or remis.
sion of the same, the secretary Of the
treasury If, on investigation, he finds
such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exsc-
tion or charge was Illegally or I'm.
properly or excessively imposed, shall
have power, either before or after the
same has been covered into the tresn-
ury, to refund 80 much of such psnsl.
ty, fine, forfeiture, exaction, or charge
as he may think proper, from
any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. "a That section 1906 of the
Revised Statutes be amended by
striking out the words "propellec
In whole or in parts by steam," 81
that the section AS amended shall reaC
as follows: ''Section 1886 Wher
merchandise shall be imported int
aIy part Of the United Statos from
any TO, eign country In vessels and i
shall appear by the bills Of lading tina
the merchandise no imported ia to b
delivered imfnedistely cf after tn
entry of the vessel, the collecto
o. such port may take possession
OF such merchandise and deposit it II
bonded warehouse, and where
does not appear by the bills of ladel
that the merchandise so imported Is t
be Immediately delivered the collecto
of custom, may take possession of tn
same and deposit it In some bonde,
warehouse at the request Of the owner
master or consignee Of tho vessel OF
three days notice to rnch colltoto
after the entry of the vessel.
SIC 25 That section 2, 2,S72, Revise
Statutes, b, amended by adding there
to the following: "When license t.
unload between the setting and riain
of the sun 10 granted sailing vessel
under this section, I'll Sed uniform an
reasonable compensation may be a
lowed inspectors fer service betwee
the netting and rising of the sur
VI der such regulations as tho secretar
of the treasury may prescribe, to /
received by the collector from III
master, owner or consignee of vesse
and to be paid by him to the inspectC
or inspectors" "
Mr.. Humphrey wis In speakir
to the last amendment said the orl
iusl objocs of the bill to promo
! American shipping has boen dtfsatt
by tho amendments which have bee
adopted, The free ship clause wou
, permit L l,027 vessels owned by Amer
: cans who had deserted the HIg,
come back and receive An Americi
register BY the free ahip clause co
i gress would be aiding in Fi'z Joi
Porterizing the country. This col
gress, when it should have closed, ,wou
= haze done more genersllegislation tn;
y = any congresS for the psst ten year
anG yet II would 70 down as a co
u gress atr'"d oy the republican pre-
: thro"ghout the country, aud sor
= repuuiiosns, feeling lost, were seekil
II to nndo what they had stood by {,
. merly. He believed, despite t
: abuse by the press, the republica
o and democrats alike had tried to I
vive the industries Of the country.
a On motion of Mr.. Dingley tho l5
!. Section relating to tonnage tax
4 vessels engaged In commerce WI
:. Canada or Mexico or West Indiss "
!. amended so as to provide that I
, tonnage tax on other vessels shall I
II exceed 20 cents per ton.
Mr.. Reed (Me } moved to strike