Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-06
he existence of the olayton-Bulwer

the existence of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty.
Mr. McLane said the United States
would make itself ridiculous before the
world if it sought to guarantee the neu-
trality of any transit.
Mr. Blount opposed the motion and Mr..
Kasson supported it, saying it was
for American interests that this Mica
raguan route ought to be opened
up; that the prayers of the legislatures of
the West and that the boards of trades of
the East should be heard. There ought to
be day fixed for the consideration of the
measure. She could not overestimate the
Importance of this work and its being un-
der American control.
The motion to suspend the rules and
adopt was then lost.
Mr.. Kelly moved TO suspend the rules
and adopt the following: That on the 18th
of February, or on any day thereafter, the
committee of the whole on the state of the
Union, having consideration of the house
tariff bill, is hereby empower
ed to order the bill and
amendments thereto TO the house for
action, with such recommendations as may
be determined upon by majority of the
votes of said committee on Feb. II.
A motion was made in committee of the
whole that a motion to rise and report the
bill to the house shall take precedence of a
motion to amend The motion was sec
onded, 120 to 80.
Mr.. Kelly said the country expected this
congress to revise the revenue system and
reduce the excessive surplus income. The
tactics which delayed the internal revenue
bill TILL near the close of the last session
and forced down its proportions were
now being used in the pending tariff
bill. If the house would pass to the tariff
bill it must have power to escape from the
distinguished leadership on the other side.
No legitimate leaderships, not the lead
ership of the distinguished gentleman who
represented that side on the ways and
means committee, but that leadership which
proposed amendments to that to which no
man on the floor wanted an amendment
which called for division and
titles and which unhappily
found support enough to obtain
them. That leadership referring to
Wheeler, of Alabama which would have
rallied the cotton states in favor of put
ting cotton seed oil on the free list, that
leadership (referring to Springer,) which
in a joke mistook specimen of Ameri
can ceramic art for cuspidore and treat
ed the house to afdissertaion on the extra
yagance of American workmen in provid-
ing themselves with such costly spittoons.
Laughter and applause on the Republi-
can side. The house must escape fro m
that leadership and bring the bill under
the control of its friends.
Mr.. Morrison said one paramount duty
of congress was to revise the tariff and so
revise it as to reduce taxation. This the
bill prevented. The bill was to deprive the
government oflrevenue by increasing tax
alton and thus proposed to forestal any re-
duction of tariff. 1t was sham, and
once passed would be claimed by the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania, (Kelley), and
his friends that it was revision of the
tariff and therefore settlement of
the question, and that question must not
be again agitated less the business of the
country be disturbed. The tariff commiss
ion had been revising the tariff for six
months; the committee on ways and means
for six weeks; the finance committee of
the senate, senate itself, for several weeks;
and none of these four revisions were alike.
Now the gentleman from Pennsylvania
proposed to ask 292 men to take
| the work of the committee Oh
ways and means when it did noG
agree with the work of the other revisers.
The gentlemen knew it was impossible to
consider half the bill in five days.
Mr. Carlisle said the house had only
been considering the tariff bill one week,
and now, at the first opportunity, it was
proposed to limit its consideration to one
week more. The house had not, as yet,
completed two schedules, and they were by
no means the most important. By the
end of the week the metal schedule would
have been passed,bu the committee of the
whole would not have reached those
schedules where large increases
of taxation were made. In the cotton and
wooden schedule there was an increase of
taxation amounting to millions. He stood
here az anxious to see the passage of a
proper measure as any gentleman could
be, but he stood here also to demand for
the representatives of the people that
right which had always been enjoyed by
them-ths right of free speech for the in
terest of the tax payers of the country
Applause on the Democratic side He
should protest against any measure
calculated to stifls the rights of the pso-
Piles representatives on a bill which pro
posed to lax them to the extent of
s2oO,O0o,OO0. Applause on the Demo
cratic side. If congress passed the meas
urs making any insignificant reduction Of
revenue and at the same time increasing
taxation, il would be claimed here
after that the question was settled, AID
if the Democrats undsrtSek to
reform it they would be subject to the
accusation of being simply agitators and
disturbsrs Of business interests.
Mr.. Hatch thought it came with bad
grace from the gentleman from PsAnsyl-
vania TO ask the house in five days TO pass
the tariff bill when during the session of
eight months the same gentleman had de-
clersd by Q bill which he brought in and
ehanpionsd, that after thirty years of
dslviaG in this tariff question, he was IN
able to manage it and wanted
to rslsgats his high trust to tariff COM
mission. Yet, having raised that COM
mission he svept the report aside and
brsught before the country bill. increas-
ing the rates recommended by it.
| Mr.. Haskell commented on tn sfact that
the country had watched for six years, and