The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-09
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

Washington, S.-Frye reported
tho new shipping bill agreed upor
hr the committee of commercs. en-
t;{led a bill to remove certain bur
dens from the American merchant
uarine and encourage the foreign
carrying trade. =.
tho hill. and in concluding be said
La boned it would receive care ul
nnonciferstion. 1t would eDab'e
Inories 20 take a step in ADJ aDce
afonvthing done for its shipping in
u sat o. in The Isst twenty years. He
tei oSd the burdens AMI barnacles
n S9pced On these important interests
O." o,,r own laws would be removed
Oy ~ melting done to enable IL to
an I @ our supremacy on the ocean.
re-, for himself alone, he ga d
- Its-9 wss but one way on earth in
L &c oninion in wbieh to revive
-. .merican shipping, and that was to
rov subsidies and b0unties, and, as
for "a he was concerned, he WEE in
favor of both.
Vest. in alf of the minority of
4bo com mittee from which the bill
was reported, said that although be
ocnnjesced in the bill reported, they
did not believe the bill touched the
main difficulty which struck down
our commerce. Other countries per-
nit citizens to buy ships wherever
thew c0uld buy them the cheapest.
If was res rived for the United
States 20 60 back to barbarism, to
tbe restrictions Of the days OF Oil
Ter Cromwell, aud say to It's people
thew should not buy ships in the
cheapest market. This and the
tariff system Of the United States
were the fundamental causes for the
decline of American shipping. Vest
submitted an amendment providing
for free ships and materials
The bill as reported was placed on
the calendar.
Bills introduced and e'erred:
Hale called up the conference re-
port on the Greeley relief expe dis
ton.
The Chair announced that the
bill from the point OF view OF par
lismentsry law was in the possess
zion o. the House Of Representa-
tive, and no motions or remarks
could be- made relating to it, except
by unanimous consent.
Hale asked unanimous consent,
owing to the emergency, to take up
the bill,
Ingslls remarked that much had
been sal: about 'semergenc7," when
in ,act no expedition could ieave be-
fore Nay. He severely crit 'ci; ed The
conduct Of the Secretary of thu
Navy in 'impertineniIy attempt
ing" as ingalls, said, $50 interfere
with ths legislation OF Clng'ess by
sending a communication TO the
members Of one house on he SUD-
ject of legislation, while that sub
iect was under consideration by the
other house, and was with d view
oipreventing an agreement between
the two houses"
Hale defended the Secretary of
the Navy, claiming that what he
had done was net impertineace, but
entirely proper.
The point Of parliamentary law
was gotten over by the suggestion
of the chair thst the secretary of
the Senate take the communication
to the House showing the condi-
ton Of the bill.
The matter then dropped and the
Senate took up the Mexican land
grant titles bill.
Bowen spoke at length On the
amendment heretofore offered by
him.
Many other amendments were
offered which, for the most part,
were rejected. The debate was par
nelpated in by Bsyard. Conger,
Plumb, Van Wyck, Bowen, Dolpb,
sherman and Coke. Finally the
debate closed and the bill passed.
Hawley moved executive session.
Voted down, and the Senate ac>
yourned till Monday.