Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-09
THE TOBACCO MEN,
CONG
Special Dispatch to TER BEE,
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE fltgNEEDlNbS
WASHINGTON, January 8 -Van
Wyck has introduced a bill to repeal
SO much of the law in August last as
provided for establishment OF post
routes from Niobrara TO Deadwood,
and from Chamberlain TO Rapid City,
and in connection Herewith he offered
and asked the immediate consilera-
ton of the resolution, directing the
postmaster general to suspend the APP
proval of contracts for the mail ser.
vice on those routes. Until the bill
was disposed of Edmunds preferred
it to lie over, and It was ordered rrint-
ed.
The bill to prohibit the use Of cap
ital for other than the legitimate pur.
poses passed.
Senator Beck said he would not
occdpy any time upon this bill, but
for that Rince he spoke upon the cub.
ject in 1881, his views had somewhat
changed. Then he was inclined to
think the chief cf justice of tho
Supreme court the iittest SUCCESSOR to
the powers of the presidency in the
contingency contemplated, but now
he preferred the schome preferred IN
the pending bill, devolving thoss
powers first on the secretary of state
and SO on down through the cabinet.
Without reaching a vote tho adj
journed.
HOUSE PHOCEEDINGS.
After the adoption Of q resolution ~
investigate the charges that the chief
clerk of the house was endeavoring 10
get legislation In the interest of the
Washington gas company, the house
then resumed the consideration of
the shipping bill.
Mr.. Reagan, (Tex., was the first
speaker. While favoring many pro-
visions of the bill, he expressed oppo-
sition to section eighteen, which pro-
yides for a drawback to be paid own
ers of ships constructed whole or part
OF native material. The tariff laws
built up a Chinese wall around the
country, and it was proposed to rem,
edy the evil not by undoing the wrong
but by committing another wrong
The average rate OF duty on taxable
goods was about forty. three par
cent. That tax Of fOrty-three
per cent, used for promotion
of particular interests, was &c mon.
strous it ought not to DO encouraged
by that section of the bill which, how.
ever, initiated it by putting a Q tax
on the people in order to raise the in.
!, I'dustry destroyed by the policy Of the
!. government. He believed tho real
remedy for the dreary shipping indus
try was a reduction of tariff The
real remedy was to reduce taxation to
a revenue standard. II 10 per cent
could be taken off labor and material
that went into ships the people of the
United States would be enabled to be,
I come ship owners and control the for,
l eign trade. He opposed this system
> of granting bountles. From the
= building Of a steamship to the catch
ing a goldfish, nothing could be done
without bounty,
Mr. Lord (Mich } gave notice Of al
, amendment to the 18th section, pro
viding that the amount Of drawbac.
, shall not exceed Is per cent of tn,
= market value Of any article on which
: such drawbacks is allowed, and tia
the entire amount of such drawbacI
shall not exceed the amount OF ton
mage tax in any one year.
Mr.. Gambler Mass member Of tn
;. joint committee, advocated the PCS
b sage of the bill. He would favor tn
amendment OF the minority providiu.
foe free ships If a proviso were adopt
! ed, and he would offer IL as an amend
ment, applying 1t only to vessels 0
more than 1000 tons register, to b
employed exclusively in foreign CAT