Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-23
Forty-Eighth COngress---First Session.

will meet in the city of Washington, D. G.,
Monday, May 5, 1884.
FOrty-Eighth COngress---First Session.
WASHINGTON, April %.
SENArE.-Mr. Miller, of California pre-
sented petition FROM citizens of California
praying for an increase in the duty on i'm
ported raisins from two to three cents q
pound. 1t was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor, reported favorably the bill
to create a commission to inquire into and
report upon the material, industrial and in
tellectual progress made by the colored peo-
pie of the United States since 1866. The
bill was placed on the calendar.
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion.
When the doors we're reopened at 1875 the
Senate proceeded to the consideration Of I'M
objected bills on the calendar. The bill to
give the assent of Congress to the construc-
ton of a free bridge by the Mayor and city
council of Nashville, Tenn, over the Cum
berland river was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Voorhees, the pension
bills on the calendar were taken up and
passed. Among them was one granting a
pension of $50 per month to the widow of
Rear Admiral McDougall.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that after the pleuro-
pneumonia and shipping bills are disposed of
he will move to take up the Mormon bill.
The bill to accept and ratify certain agree
ments made with the Sioux Indians to grant
the right of way through their reservation
in Dakota to the Dakota Central and Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad company
was passed, and the Senate at 5:35 adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House met at IL O'Clock and
imn ediately resolved to hold evening sessions
g. l1E,a a., - I. L. -
once taken up and the discussion was opened
by Mr.. Welborne, of Texas, who spoke for
upwards of an hour in favor of the Morrison
bill Mr.. Mckinley. of Ohio, followed with
speech that he read from printed slips. He
spoke mainly of the incongruities of the
horizontal plan of reducing the tariff, and
showed that the passage of the bill would
bring about serious complications. Nearly
all the Republican members we're in their
seats during Mr. McKinley's speech, but a
majority OF the other side retired when he
began. It was, he said, proposed to reduce
the duty on wool in the face of the promise
of the Democracy of at least one State that
the duty on wool should be restored. Heap
pealed to the House to pause before upturning
a great economic policy that had been estab-
lished by the founders of the government,
substained by line of eminent men and
that had proved benefcent in its results.
The results of such an overturn no one could
Tell fAChl4l6y Was AheSAOO 70 Win
marked attention and warmly congratulated
at the conclusion of his remarks.
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, said the speech
of the gentleman from Ohio was an eloquent
plea in behalf of protection, but like all
speeches on that side put the advocates of the
bill in false position and appealed to all
kinds of prejudice to confuse the people to
the true issues Suppose an English
manufacturer had put Carlisls's face
on style of goods, was that any reason why
the people should be taxed for she cheap
crockery they used? Mr.. Herbert proceeded
by figures to refute the statement that the
home market was the reliance of the Ameri-
can agriculturist and said all the protected
classes and those dependent upon them con-
sumed but Y per cent. of the product and
that the foreign demand was more than
double that. He argued that under the rev.
enue tariff between 1850 and 1860 the country
prospered most and that the increase of
manufactures and manufactured goods
was greater during that DECADE than
any other decade succeeding. The same
as true to farm products
and labor was better paid during that period.
Yet gentlemen insist that these war taxes
must be maintained. There had been two
war tariffs in 1912 and the late war. In the
former there was the same struggle for the
removal of taxes that was going on now.
The efforts to amend that tariff were like
this to change ad vslorem for specific duties
which as the manufactures improved and the
article became cheaper made the duties pro-
hibitory. The tariff question he said injured
the Democracy in the campaign of 1880
because the position of the party was not
clearly defined and because it was Just as the
great boom of prosperity was sweeping over
the country. Now, when labor was depress-
ed and the farmer was not getting good
prices for his crops, they would listen to an
exposure of the sophistries of the prospec-
tive tariff system. The increase of manufac-
lures the increase of agricultural products.
and the miles of railroad in India.
in free trade India-quoted by Mr. Kel-
ley was an answer to the argument of
the gentleman from Ohio. Referring to the
political aspect of the question he said the
Republicans on coming into power in the
Forty seventh Congress- dared mot risk
another presidential contest without q revis-
ion of the war taxes and there being con-
test between the taxpayers and the tax eat
ers they mPde pretense OF reduction.
The people not believing they intended to
give any real reduction with great unanimity
sent the present Democratic House here. He
took up the bill of last year and cited a mum
Der of articles on which the duty was
increased or not reduced enough to show a
reduction had been made. This he said 1t
was attempted to cover up by reclassifica-
ton in a way that nobody could understand.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Herherts speech
the pension appropriation Dill was taken up
with the understanding that II not concluded
to day its consideration would be finished to-
morrow before the election of o 'FlaDigan vs.
Peters, member at large from Kansas, is
taken up. After considerable debate the
pending amendment proposed by Mr.. Rose
Grams to have the duties of pension agents
performed by army paymasters was rejected.
Mr.. Qihrell offered an amendment propos-
ing single agent for the payment of pen
sions to be located at Washington and his
salary fixed at $4,000 per year; disagreed
to-
Mr.. Hiscock moved to strike out the pro-
yiso reducing the number of pension agents
from eighteen to twelve; disagreed to.
MIR. Rogers, of Arkansas, offered @ sub
stitute for the second section which extends
the $40 limitation to pension agents or at
torneys to claims for arrears of pensions,
bounty land and lost horses.
The principal feature of the amendment is
that it allows all contracts for q larger
amount not exceeding $2s to be made if ap-
proved by the Commissioner of pensions.
The amendment was adopted.
The committee rose and reported the bill
to the House and the ameqdmsnts were
agreed to and the bill passed.
The House then, in accordance with q
previous vote, took recess until o'clock.
At the night session twenty members were
present and the galleries vacant Speeches
in favor of the Morrison tariff bill were
made By Messrs Warner of Tennessee, Riggs
of Illinois, Dockery of Missouri and Lanhan
of Texas, and against the bill BY ksssfs
Cannon of Illinois, Price Of Iowa, Eldridge of
Michigan and Evans of Pennsylvania
At 10:25 the House adjourned.