Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-07
Forty Eighth Congress-.-First Session.

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Forty Eighth ConSress---First Session.
WASHINGTON, May G.
SENArE-At the clossof the routine bust
ness consideration of the shipping bill was
resumed After concluding some brief re-
Messrs Dawes and Voorhees, for unpleasant
remarks made yesterday.
Debate on the bill was then continued
Mr.. Vance made q strong and humorous
speech in favor of free ships, taking for his
keynote the axiom that it is the wissst policy
country to buy in the cheapest and sell in
the dearest market.
Mr.. voorhees, spoke against free ship legis-
lstion and against the repeal of the navigation
laws.
Mr. Vests amendment was rejected, 20 to
81. During the consideration of one of the
sections the abuses in the shipping commits
sioner's Office at New York were severely
commented upon. Mr. Vest urged that the
laws which permitted such abuses should be
repealed and offered amendments to correct
them.
Mr. Frye, at $50 o'clock, seeing the Sena
tors were impatient, agreed to an adjourn
ment on the understanding that the bill
should be taken up after the morning hour.
The amendment Mr.. vest submitted before
sn adjournment gives the court
power to remove the commission
or for non-performance of duty and compels
him to render annually an itemized account.
The compensation of clerks is also fixed. The
fees are to be-not exceeding 81 for each
member of crew shipped; for each boy
apprenticed 81, on discharge twenty-five
cents for each seaman. A schedule of the
lawful fees is to pc posted in a prominent
place in the commissioners Office.
aoUsK The House went into Committee
of the WHO'S The tariff bill. Mr.. Randall,
of Pennsylvania, following Messrs. Brown.
of Pennsylvania, Townsend, of Illinois, and
Gibson, Of West Virginia, said he had no
hesitation in choosing for himself and his
people between this first step toward free
trade and tariff with incidental protection
to American labor, and he declared himself
in favor of the latter in the presence of open
or concealed enemies. The present system
had been the policy of the nation from its
formation, and has made us prosperous and
happy country, independent of the whole
Werld. He conceded that there was sur
plus revenue, but argued that it could be
properly reduced by abolition of the internal
system. Temperance people had insisted
upon tax on whiskey, and in this had been
aided and encouraged by the free traders.
This tax amounted to not cent glass, and
the fact that over production had forced the
complete argument that cheap whiskey en-
couraged people to drink. If the settled
policy of the government was abandoned and
our ports opened to the products of i'll paid
| labor of other countries, panic, disaster and
ruin would follow.
At one O'Clock Mr.. Morrison took the floor
and yielded ten minutes to MIR. Findlay, OF
| MARYLAND, who expressed his embarrass ment
| at being indebted to him for time to oppose
| his bill, but he did oppose it and could not
vote for it. He opposed the title of the bill
| for it not only proclaimed against war taxes,
but produced eternal hostility and war upon
American labor {applause from the Repab
Iicans His people believed with Andrew
jackson in proper tariff to protect Ameri-
| can industry.
Mr. Blackburn, of KY, did not regret the
| wide range the discussion had taken. The
| bill simply proposed reduction of tariff
dues, yet every action on the tariff from the
formation of the government has passed in
panoramic views. He then proceeded to
consider the bill and said the reduction was
no more than the industries of the country
would warrant He denied Mr.. RandaIls
assertion that this was a step toward free
trade. They were willing to give every dol
| lar for the treasury that was needed
even to repletion; beyond that the
| collectors had become the robbers
hand Protection was a barrier to trade,
commerce could only be carried on by an
exchange of commodities. It was not fair to
carry your products abroad and refuse to
| receive foreign products because the home
manufacturer must be protected. On such
| a basis there could be no commerce. He
| concluded with an earnest appeal to the mem
| bers not tovote to strike out the enacting
clause, asserting that the man who voted to
strike it out admitted to the eoantry that he
was afraid to meet the issue. He appealed
| to his colleagues to keep their promises to
| the people. He felt assured it would never
be said that Democratic Congress refused
| to consider 2 bill that proposed to reduce
| confessedly eEeessi We taxationG loud applause
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, said the opponents
| of the bill did not object to a revision of the
| tariff, but did object to this sweeping reduc-
l ton without regard to the necessities or con-
ditions of he different industries. They
wanted the proposition to lay over until it
| could be carefully considered in the light of
| experience. He took issue with those who
l denied the constitutional right of protection
1 and insisted that there was authority under
| the clause to regulate commerce. He then
| went into an elaborate and forclble argument
| in support of the protective system.
At 500 Mr. Morrison took the floor for the
| closing speech. He said should the motion
| soon to be made prevail it would cut off all
possibility to amend the taria laws and would
| be declaration on the part of the House
| that the tariff taxation was not too high. The
| question would go from this Congress to the
| people. He referred to the Development of
| the great North vest and said that in the dis
| eussion of the tariff commission propagation
\ it was shown that protection was an oOstruc-
/ ton to the building of railroads and that
i everything entering into their construction
and operation were much higher than If
there were no protection, all OF which extra
/ cost came out of the pockets of the people.
| He attributed the prosperity of the country
| to the abundant crops and the Introduction
/ of machinery into every branch of industry
/ in spite of protection. Referring to Mr..
/ Keliey's stories of suffering in England he
| said If the gentleman had studied the history
| of England he would have found other causes
| for the distress which he SO Ylv1dly pictured
than free trade. If ne had gone to find
anythine but distress he would have
/ found the children better fed, less
/ pauperism and less crime. He said statistics
/ showed more poverty in Pennsylvania than
/ in Ireland; more crime, more pauperism.
| more fools in Pennsylvania than in ireland
| cloud laughter) and more idiots and more
insane persons with few children in the
/ schools He'defended the horizontal reduc-
ton and said the real question was, rs the
tariff too high or to lo@?" Addressing him
1 had objected te the horizontal feature and
asked If as he claimed he had the power TO
strike out the enaeting CLAUSE why did he not
use that power and amend tbs bill to meet
his views? crowd gathered around Mr..
Morrison towards the close of his speech and
his voice was inaudible at the reporters desk
during many parts Of his closing remarks. :
The Arst clause of the b3iT was read, when
Mr.. CONVERSE, Of Ohio, moyed ia strike out
the enaeting clause, A vote by tellers was