New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-16

again IL would not do to pass the bill in that way.
"The next feature of this section, as 1t now
stands is clause that was transferred from the
iron and steel schedule as it left by the Tarn
Commission. 1t reads: : If two OF more rates OF
duty should be applicable to any imported article.
st shall be classified for duty under the highest OF
such rates; and in all cases of doubt as to the
classification for duty of an imported
the highest rate of duty. In this clause also the
word lowest was substituted for the word nIenest:
This was the clause which Senator morrill, tnougns
might have been stricken out without dainaglng
f SS 0' Some Of s our DsSps sG if that
ought to be applied 70 other articles as we'll The
last clause is prOviso which extends the Snin ude
feature to the free list II has heretofore only been
applied to dutiabie articles II is proper should
extend to articles resembling those en- the free Inst
as well" os. % ds,a.t
the bill rather than to see pass this Sec
ton as amended ~
Il think it would be so uncertain In lite applica,,
tiOn and might possibly extend so far that II would
not be safe to adopt Tariff bull with thissecton as
amended in it,
The Senator said in conclusion thai the amend;
ments which had been concurred In had
not been opposed by the friends OF the bill -
A New-England Congressman, who ~ well IN
formed IN regard to ne Sl 'ns AK h Gs
opinion this evening. - .
az am beginning to be discouraged" he said;
shall be passed unless they can have the
duties on the articles they are interested in made
substantially as they were reported oy TIE IariH
Commission; and If such q bill Is agreed upon by
the Ways and Means COMMITTEES or by q conference
committee, 1t could never be passed 10y either
House. think the duty on tn Besse,ner blooms
steel rods and cotton ties mnst all be reduced"
PENSIONS FOR MEXICAN WAR VETERANS.
AN EXCELLENT SPEECH IN OPPOSITION BY Mr.
BROWNE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuSB.I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-One of the best short
speeches ever delivered in the House was that OF
Representative Browne to-day, against the bill 10
place on the pension rolls the names of the surviv-
ing soldiers sailors aud marines of the Mexican
War and of various Indian wars. who were IN SER
vice thirty days more. and Also the names Of the
widows of those who have died.
General Browne said that six years ago.
sixtyour years after the close of the war of 1872
the survivors of that war and their widows were
granted pensions, nobody supposiug the number
would exceed a few hundreds; and yet in two years
the number of pensioners on the rslls under that
act exceeded "a, 900. There wero about 100000
volunteer soldiers, sailors and marines In the
Mexican war. Should this bill pass,
it would result in adding the names
of at least $4,000 pensioners to the rolls
These, with the thousands of other names that
would be added ON account of the Indian wars,
would cost from 1900. 900 to SIC. 100000 year
at the outset and the total cost would exceed
500, 100000.
He was willing to treat the Mexican veterans as
we'll as the veterans Of the Revolutionary
war or ths war OF 1879 were treated
that is. to place their names on the
pension roll after than fifty years had elapsed
from the end of the war; he was willing to place
Oh tha he Inn
served during the Rebellion that Il, penalon all who
are disabled on account of service in she Army or
Navy; bat he was not willing 10 put the veterans
of the Mexican before those who fought to
establish American Independence or the soldiers
of the Union who fought to preserve free institu-
tons.
General Browne also warned the House against
setting precedent under which twenty years
hence the SUI vivors of the Union Army, who would
then number at least half million men. and
the widows of those who might bave
died could come to Congress and demand that their
names also should he placed 90 the pension rolls:
lie remarked that he had carefully avoided saying
anything about that ssesIon Oh the niis whiSn pro
ment men who had fought TO destroy IL; altaongn
that Of itself would compel hun 10 Oppose the bill
several Southern Republicans advocated tnerrso-
luton before the House. which was tO suspend the
rules and make the bull special order Tor February
g. There was much talk about The valOr OF tue vet
Grams "who had wrested empire from
Mexico" General Wheeler, of Alabama Who
was again admitted to seat IN the House
only this morning dwelt upon the shocking neg
1ectn with which those heroes have been treated 0y
Congress, and declared hat it was an ahrout " TO
them in view OF the " hundreds of millions when
are being voted away to the soldiers OF the Civil
Warn-in which General Wheeler did gallant ser
vice against the Union. .
MT Willis of Kentucky. thought every Mexican
veteran deserved pension of 81 600 a month de
and Mr. tkins regretted the motion wa not one To
pass the bill instead of TO fix date for It's con-
sideratIon; and in view of the vote by which the
resolution was adOptsd-157 20 Gl-tbeIr regrets
appeared reasonable.
A REBEL CLAIM NOT CONSIDERED.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIyUNE.I