The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-10
FoRrY.EIGnrH CONGRESS - FIRST
SESSION.

tES1iONs
SENATE.
WAsnissros, April9 -[Press.l 1.-The sen
ate resumed the consideration OF the naval
appropriation bill and Mr. Vest CONTINUED
his rsmsfxs. The popul.r impression. he
said, was tnst the l,,e civil war wss the be-
ginning OF tho decline oi the American
merchant marine, put this expression was
not correct. The decline had begun six
years before the war. The loss 10
An shipping from 1870 "a
wsr 10 4 100 per crnt; during the war 80 SIC
ner cent aud since the war ~ lilo per cent.
RiferFing to the shipping bill reported 60
the senate from tho COMMITTEES on c1m.
merce. MIR. Vest eaid 1t was like the EN-
piricism which m'stook u deap-seAted
disease for mere cutaneous eruption and
treated the patient With Ouicnra aud mod.
crate doses of sulphur. ALI this prstext oil
prun'ls. American ships were Obliged to
pay foreign sailors the same wages they
paid sailors In the coast-wiss trade.
Mr. Btyard said he had been informed
that Ia cases where tho same storktoid era
Orued vessels built and regis tered In Fog.
land and alsO built aud registered in the
Gited States In which they were pay log
tho Same wages, yet tney had ielt compelled
10 ces,e running the American vessels. He
had been wondering what was the magic
that inside the difference that compelled
the rts1lt.
Mr.. Vest read tho correspondence from
the president Of the shipping company, 20
sl0w that u ere wes = difference OF 25 M 30
per cent In the 1fsi cost OF ships Against the
American ship 1Hrer. He should DO per.
United 10 buy ships wherever he chooses 10
bay them.
MT. Bsysrd suggested that it would he q
left-handed privilege IL higher wages pro.
hibltod running the vessels.
MIR. Vest continued reading to show TINT
retiring crews in America Increased the ex-
peuses OF American Hhipe. IL wac no W,
DER ouly the American line had deserted
the ilsg OF lie country. Free ships were
not the only things necessary. He would
reform tho whols protective sYste 4" which
had struck down the American merchant
marine
Mr.. Mcphersop, in Che COURSE OF his 70.
marks. said tn1t while the government
persisted IN keeping the present. tecretgry
Of the navy. " could not wonder at tbs
lack o, confidence in the navy department.
MIR. Hale remarked ths, hs did not sup
pnsa the senator from Nav Jer,ey could
tit down without SO titus off his bile a. .insl
the secret.Ty OF toe navy Tbie led 10 q
squebbls over The secretary OF The treasury,
alter which the eenste vent into executive
session and then adjourned.
HOUSE.
WAsnrEoroS, April 9-[Press.l lin the
house, Hopk ms, uf Pennsy lvspis, offered
the following preamble and resolution,
which were referred to the committee on
commerce:
WHEREAS, II is charged that the present
system OF transporting live stock hv rail
road cOmpan 90 engaged ia inisr-sttte com-
merce, /, barbarous end dGetructiye; tlst
10 per cent. of the animals perish Ia c,n-
sequences OF this t1aatment, aud the flesh OF
the remainder Is unit for humsn food, aud
WHERE'S, Itoharged that the flesh OF aui-
mails 20 tretted, including the dead and
wing, are cold to people, and cannot,
when dressed, be distinguished from sound
meats and is source OF may and various
dihrnses, and
WHenEas, II appears by ths report Of tho
conan lt,ee OF agriculture 10 this house jan
uary 2ist, 1875, that this loss by tho shrink.
age alone in tue weight NJ amin all, caused
by this system Of transportation, amounted
to the immense sum OF 900, 900 pounds on
the business OF 1870, sud must now be
nearly or guile 100000 pounds per an
mum, and
WHraEAs. 1t has been charged that said
railroads by syatem Of fAvpritism givs to
a small n an Der OF persons. known AZ the
Association System OF Eveners, O bonus or
gift OF almost SIS on every carload OF beef
cattle shipped from the west to tina east,
said sum being no part OF the sctusl legiti-
mate cost OF transportation, but In on the
contrary collec ed by transportsrs and paid
over TO 30 called evcnsrs a. mere grstuily;
and
WHEREAS, Ibo losses and charges alone
In the aggregate ~ enormous
tex on a necessary srtiole OF food, which
must be borne by the producer and con-
gunner alike, diminishing just prolit1 TO
meat growers west ard placing msat food Ia
many Instances beyond tho reach OF poor
men in the cast; aud
WHEREAS, Il is CHARGED that the act OF
requiring railroad compries t.
unload stock in transit every twenty-sight
hours is haoitually violated, therefore,
Resolved. That the committee on com.
merce b. instructed tn inIuire whether
those evils do in fact exist and TO what ex.
tent they may BIS iemsdisd by law. with
20 wer 10 send for psrsons aud papers aud
with directions to rapport at any time by
bill or othsrwsa.
Then struggle arose 80 to which Of the
many pending special orders should obtain
10 consideration.
Dingley essaved TO bring up tho shipping
bill, but the effort WAS unsuccessful. the
motion bling rejected, yeas 76. nays 1855
Reagan met with like fate 10 his motion
10 consider the interstate commerce bill,
bel voied down, yess1 nays 40.
The 8 eaker ruled that tn unfinished
business was the Oregon Central lard grant
bill.
Etockslager under the order made Mon.
dsv ask d ihs house to consider the public
bnildi 1g bills and moved to go into com
m ttee ofths whole for the consideration OF
such bills.
greed 10 otter debate and much opposi-
lion
After six tedious votes by tellefs, on the
bill for public building At Keokuk, Iowa,
II ives laid aside with favorable recom-
The next bill was one approprs,ipc
aU s for w s"s 'rec Tsa. pTSs 0u wa.
bitterly opposed by Wsrncck on
The grounds thst tho population
ard business Of that city did not justify the
large appropriation called for, aud es
pecially he expressed bis oisapprobation at
linking these bills together like saussges.
There might be some good meat, but there
Isgi.isiion, and until hi. special order was
vacated, he wouli resort 10 every parlia.
msn,ary method TO defeat these bills.
Buckner also eStered his protect against
This species Of legislation. TIE democrats
ssood to-day exactly where the republicans
had stood two year. ego. They were put
ling on the cast off babiliments OF their
The people had repudiated the
republican party and had elected demo.
,rets IS the representatives Of reform. Did
his mode OF legislation iork like reform?
Mills 10 advocating the bill resentsd the
des nf tha gentleman from Missouri In
references 10 tina democratic party IN the
asst congress. When the question ~ bui.c-
ng In his own state WAS up ihe ge>ileman
he'd been stlsc'ed Is the crave.
BucEner-"I was doiug my duty. You
We not doing youra now"
"What did you do sbont st. Louis aud
Ksnsas City7" querisd Nils "Whst has
made you 70 suddenly convert to econo-
nyr - p-... GA. a. :.