Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-13
House..

OF OnlO, IrOln the racine ra1lrOduS COLL
mittee, reported the bill authorizing the
Pacific and other railroad companies to
unite so as to perform a continuous line of
road between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. Also the bill to compel the pay
ment by the Kansas Pacific of the cost of
surveying, selecting and conveying certain
lands granted to it, and to create sinking
fund for the Kansas Pacific, Sioux City &
Pacific, and Central branch of the Union
| Pacific.
| The bill to increase the fees of star
route witnesses coming from west of the
Mississippi passed.
| The bill to prevent unlawful occupation
of public lands was referred to committe
of the whole.
Mr.. Bingham, from the committee on
postoffices and postroads reported, favor
ably on the resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for information as
to whether the land grant railroads have
complied with the laws of congress re-
speeding the construction and main
tenance of their own telegraph lines for
the use of the government and public.
| Adopted.
! The house then resumed consideration
of the shipping bill, the pending question
being on the committee substitute as
amended for the eighteenth section.
Mr.. Knott, of Kentucky, moved to strike
out of the substitute all provision for
drawback, stating his intention to strike
out the subsidy clause. Mr.. Knott's
motion was lost. Ayes 90, nays 131.
After the rejection of the amendment
the vote REQUIRED on the committees sub
stitute as published this morning, and it
was agreed to. Yeas, 134 nays, SO. The
substitute in brief limits the amount Of
drawback to the tonnage tax collected in
any one year, and provides for free ships
and free material.
Mr.. Bucl1ner, of Missouri, offered an
amendment to section 20 of the bill pro-
hibiting the alienation or voluntary sale
and delivery of vessels engaged in the for
eign trade to citizen of any other country
or for the purpose of obtaining foreign
register within ten years of the date of the
certificate of registry.
A lively debate ensued, during which Mr..
Robinson, of New York, pictured the anxi-
ETY. with which the patriot imprisoned on
board British man-of-war laughter
at Fort Henry looked to
see if the star-spangled banner
foated in the morning air. 1t was
with equal anxiety that the people, to-day,
looked to see if the star-spangled banner
still existed on the ocean. He did not be-
lieve in this despair of American ingenu-
ity and talent. He believed we could
build ships and man them, and could
in both building and manning, beat the
world.
Mr.. Robinson, continuing, said: One
old man on the banks of the Delaware had
turned out of his yard within one year
twelve vessels to fly the American flag.
| That man was John Roach, born in Ire
land, that country where the great Creator
had established his principal factory for
the manufacture of great and glorious
patriots to supply with limitless supply
the unlimited demands of America for
genius and bravery, Applause and COM
ing lonely boy to this country
John Roach had built up great Ameri-
can ship yard, and if he had had fair play
he would have dominated the Atlantic
against all British influence and genius.
| I Applause. When some future American
historian came to write of the great men
of America, one of the most glorious
pages would be that upon which this glo-
rious Irish boy would blaze most brill
iantly. Thunders of applause. Robin
son concluded with an apostrophe to the
American flag, which the house applauded,
and Buckner's amendment was then re-
| jected.
The section exempting vessels engaged
in tho foreign carrying trade from state
taxation having been reached, Mr.. Page of
California, moved to strike it from the
bill, in order to save fifteen or twenty con-
stitutional speeches. Agreed to.
Mr.. Grape, of Massachusetts,, offered
substitute for the fourteenth section,w which
was agreed to, and which is to amend
section 2154 of the revised statutes, SO as
to read as follows: "That all materials of
foreign production to be manufactured
in this country into articles neces-
sary for and used In
the construction, equipment, repairs, or
supplies for American vessels employed or
to be employed exclusively in the foreign
trade, including trade between the Atlantic
ports and Pacific ports of the United
States, may be withdrawn from bonded
warehouses free of duty, under such regu-
lations 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 refunded and repaid to the owner
OK owners Of such vessel so using them or
to their legal representatives.
The following provisions were then. on