Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-27
CONGRESSIONAL


WASHINGTON ID. G.. April % be
Speaker announced tie appointment OF
the following conference committees
On the naval appropriation 5ill-Hutch-
Ins, Randall and Calkins on the po, I
office appropriation bill - townsend,
Holman and Horr.
Cox, from the Committee on Naval
Al airs. asked leave TO report for pres
ent consideration the senate joint reso-
luton granting I-rOlssloa Ia Ensign
REYNOLDS. of the United States Navy.
nov on dat, with the Gre ly relief ex-
pedltIol. to accept tee decoration of
the lmp-rial order of FranrIs Joseph
from rh- Government Of Austria.
/ Robinson objected. saving. ho ever.
that be was willing To extend the thanks
( of Congress TO this young man-an
honor compared with vhics these rib
oons We're n Nilsens-.
The House proceeded 10 the consid-
Grafton of the bill TO rrmove certain
burdens on the American merchant
marine and To encourage the Am rIcAn
foreign carrying trade.
/ After reading the report Slccum spoke
IN support of the bill.
Cox. of New York. thought it would
be only partial relief. Ii could not re-
-
Democratic House, elected At least on
some principle of libersllty. might do As
the last Democratic House did on one
occasion and rePcnt-d of Is the next
iay-adspt two propositions. one for
free materials 20 help ship builders. the
other for free ships TO help the ship
owner. They would go hand IN hand
for enhancing maritime interests and
f,,y h.a ~ hA ~ :
then read by sections for amend nent.
Hewitt. of New York. moved to amend
the section which abolishes consular
fees and authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury TO allow such consular Offices
az are paid in whole or in part by fees,
such coinpens .tlan for elr services As
they would have received prior to the
passage of this act by adding the words.
Not TO exceed the aggregate IN any ifs
cal Year of the amount collected at the
consulate for any such service for the
fisca' year ended June 30, 1888"
Agreed to.
Dunn offered substitute for the SEQ
ton which reduces the tom re tax. but
the substitute Was rejected.
Adams. of New York. moved to amend
section IL, which abolished the marine
hospital tax. by appl,iug its provisions
to vessels engaged oosstwise, as well 8
TO those engaged N the forsign trade.
Adopted.
On motion of George An amendment
WAS adopted providing that vessels ar
irving a. ports of entry of the United
States laden with GOAL. salt, railroad
iron and other like materials In bulk.
may proceed to place within that col
lection district to be specially designated
by the Secretary of the Treasury. At the
expense of the person interested, for the
purpose Of unloading the cargo.
Cox of New York offered An amend
ment providing that from and after the
passage of the act it shall be- lawful for
any citizen of the I -ited States to I'M
port iron or steel built steamships of not
less than 1000 tins measurement free
of duty, and such ships shall be ad
mitted to American registry, providing
said ships shall be the exclusive prop
erty of a citizen or citiZsus of the United
States, and provided further that such
ships shall be excluded from Co .stwiss
trade.
Dingey said the adoption of this
amendment would sound the death note
Of tue building of American vessels by
American workmen i'll American yards.
Reed said the adoption of the amend
ment would be we'll calcul ted IL ruin
the bill.
Halsel thought tina. to pass the bill
without the amendment would he like
feeding an elephant on goat milk. In
the name of common sense, II the
House intended to encourage ship build
lug, let them do something like encOur-
aging II.
The amendment was agreed to By Ill
to e.. Guenther. Hatch of Michigan,
Ochiltree, Strait and York, Republic MS,
voted in the affirmative, and Collins,
Converse. Ellis. Flnnerty, Hull. Robin
son of New York, Ro,ecrhns. SlOcum,
TillmaA and Warner of Ohio, Demo-
Gratis, in the negative. IN amendment
WIS adopted providing that the expense
of maintain'ug the marine hospital ser
vice shall be betrayed ont of the re-
ceipts from the Tonnage tax.
On motion of SiOcnm the fourteenth
section WAS amended So As to read as
follows:
Section H. That i'll Ii n of the tax on
tonnage of 30 cents per ton per annum
heretofore imposed 10y law, ; cents per
ton, not to exceed IN TIE aggregate II
cents per ton in any year. Is Hereby ln-
posed at each entry on all vesS, i which
shall To entered at any port Of the
United States from any foreign port or
place in North or Central America,
West Indies, Bahama, Bermuda or the
Sandwich Islands or Newfoundland
and duty of 6 cents, not to exceed 30
cents per ton per aunum, Is hereby I'M
posed at the port of entry on all vessels
which shall be entered in the United
States FROM any foreign ports. provided
that the President o. the United States
shall suspend the collection of so much
duty here imposed on vessels entered
FROM any port i'll Canada, Newfound
land. Bahama and the Bermud. islands,
West India islands, Mexico and Cen
trail America. down t. and including
Aeplnwall aud Panam', as may be III
excess at Tonnage and lighthouse dues,
or other .qlI.t,eut tax Imposed on
other American vsS>els by tue govern
rnent of the foreign country in which
thu port - site tted. aud shall, on the
rass age of this act. aud from time tn
time there after, AZ II may become neces-
sary by reason of changes IN She laws
of the foreign countries above nen-
toned. Indicate by proclamation the
ports tn which such suspension shall ap-
piv, and the rate or rates of tonnage
duty. il any. to be collected under suoh
suspe .sion ard. provided farth r. that
all vessels that shall have paid the tom
mage tax imposed bv sec.ipu 42i Of the
revised Statutes for tle current year
shall not be liable to the tax herein
levied until the expiration of the Ger
tificate of the last payment of the tax.
The bill then passed.
Thompson then presented the report
of the Psclic kaiirp II Committee on
the bill amending the Sinking Fund Act.
Burns, from she Committee on Appro
priatiors. reported the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill. he
ferred to committee of the whole.