The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-07
STRICKEN OUT.
DEFEAT OF TIE MORRISON BILL.
Inc Prolonged Debate Concluded and a Vote
Taken-The Enactina Clause stricken
Out-Yeas. $50; Nays, Is5.

| out-feas, 139; Nays, 155.
WASHINGTON, May @, 1884.
| Inc morning business having been dis
posed OF, Mr.. Frye moved to lay aside the
calendar and take up the shipping bill.
Messrs. Riddleberger and Harris pressed
for the regular-order bin on the calendar,
IT being the bill for u free bridge across the
Potomac river. IL was important, they
said, that the bill should be acted on ut
once.
Mr.. Frye withdrew his motion, and the
free-bridge bill was taken up.
A substitute for the original bill was re-
ported by Mr.. Alirich, having the unani-
nous support OF the Senate Committee on
the District OF Columbia. providing for
the purchase OF the Aqueduct bridge, IL Il
can be bought for q sum not to exceed
s125,000, and II n good title can be given !;
II not, then providing for the erection OF a
bridge at Three Sisters. The substitute
was passed without division.
The Senate-agreed to attend In a body on
Saturday next at | O'Clock the ceremonies
Of the unwilling Of the statue OF Chief
Justice Marshall in the Capitol grounds.
The consideration OF the shipping bill
was then resumed, and Mr.. Beck concluded
his speech begun yesterday.
Mr.. Vance addressed the Senate in sup
port OF the Vest amendment providing for
free ships and free material. 1--WE pre-
sent" he said, "tbe peculiar spectacle OF
a great people Of 50,000,000, with enor-
nous exports and imports, but without
carrying trade OF our own. The reason for
this was that we undertook by legislation
to violate the laws OF political economy.
Any attempt TO regulate by law the price
OF labor or OF any other commodity
in contravention OF the laws OF political
economy had proved and would continue
to prove too much for our legislators.
II was absurd TO attempt to Keep up the
wages OF labor by protective tariff while
the populations OF Europe, Asia, Africa,
and the islands OF the sea we've pouring
into our country; and il the foreign pauper
did not come here voluntarily to compete
with American labor, he was sent for and
brought across the ocean," Reviewing the
history OF the early navigation laws OF Eu-
rope, Mr.. Vance said that there had been
attempts, founded on rapine, plumber,
and murder, to aggrandize the ma
tons ut a time in the worlds his
tory when nations did not understand
the principle OF political economy. With
all the enlightenment OF our age, and not
withstanding the changes which the Euro
pean nations have found it necessary to
make in their shipping policy as they
became more familiar with the principles
underlying commerce and shipping. our
own coastwise trade remains exactly in
the position OF English shipping IN the
reign OF Richard the Second. We had not
got it yet TO a position where il would
correspond TO the time even OF Cromwell.
The party in power had left the country
absolutely helpless with its high tariff.
We had no navy, no merchant marine, no
Notifications. no guns, nor anything
else that would stand for twenty-four
hours against modern war-ships and
modern guns. BY imposition Of a
duty Of 100 per cent. we might
be able to keep out foreign ships
bearing merchandise, but $50 per cent
duty would not be sufficient to keep
out ships bearing Krupp guns. II we had
neither ships, nor commerce, nor sailors,
we could not long continue TO tax the
American people in the interest OF a little
stump-taied monopoly. and neither ora
tors nor newspapers could succeed in their
slanderous and contemplate cry Of British
gold were our people not capable OF self
government. II they want free ships, why
should senators say nay? Did not foreigners
come here and engage in every American
industry? MIR. Vance read from the Lon
don Economist list OF some twenty great
Joint stock companies that own millions oil
acres OF American land. He also read
from statistics to show the reduction OF
our wheat exports within few years, ow-
ing to the development by England oil
wheat-culture in India, induced by our
high protective tariff
Mr.. VOORHEES, favored the bill and OPP
posed the Vest amendment.
Mr.. Call spoke in favor OF the Vest
amendment. lie saw no necessary con-
nection between the carrying trade and
ship-building interest.
Pending further debate the Senate adj
ijourned.
House OF Representatives.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with. the House at lilo O'Clock went into
Committee OF the Whole (Mr. Cox, OF New
York, in the chair,) on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Brown, OF Pennsylvania, spoke In
support OF protective system OF taxation
Mr.. Townshend, OF Illinois, quoted
from various platforms Of Democratic Ma
tional Conventions to show that that party
had ALWAYS been in favor OF tariff reform
and had always declared for revenue
tariff Some gentlemen repudiated the
term protection" and took refuge be
hind the term discrimination" II dis
elimination were boiled down it would bt
found TO be the quintessence OF protection
II it was not the proper time to begin The
work of tariff reduction when the presi
J dental election was coming on and th'
people could record their votes on thu
| ! mn
, come!
Mr.. Gibson, OF West Virginia, said that
he was sorry the bill was not IN such ;
: form as to do Justice to his State; but i
came, like all other legislation, to be acted
upon and amended, and to decline nov
TO consider it would be to stand as an oh
structionist to much-needed legislation
! He was not willing to enter into coalition
with the Republican party to obstruc
wise and patriotic legislation by Demo
cratic majority. He was willing to trus
to wisdom, honesty. good sense, goo(
|, faith. and good friends, to do an act o
Justice TO his State. and do exact justice t
all sections.
Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania, then tool
the floor in opposition to the bill. liz
opened by stating the extreme qucknes
with winch capltal III uTSc InuuslrIil w
; Establishments took alarm at adverse crit
cism, while, in common with all other in
, terests, it was liable to be called on in tax
alton to aid in the support OF the Govern
.. ment. Congress owed 1t to itself tha
; nothing like vindictive policy should b'
adopted. In nice adjustment OF business
affairs there was nothing more conducive
to success than stability. II there was sta
bility it was a sure foundation OF confidence
and as a natural result capital and labor
moved forward in their respective spheres
in content and accord and with mutua