The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-08
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record OF the Week
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.


WHEN the plcuro-ppcumona bin came up
In the Senate, April ~. Mr.. Coke secured the
adoption Of an amendment cxempting Texas
fever from the diseases included. in the act and
Mr.. Plumb succeeded In having the appropria-
ton cut down 10 $l5o.oua. Mr.. Cmlom re-
ported m original bll to establish n commits
sion TO regulate interstate commerce.
The House of Representatives passed hiIl for
the sale OF portion of tho Fort Hayes Military
Reservation In Kansas. aud adopted resolution
&c attend the nnyeilinc OF the statue OF Chief
Justice Marshall. Bills were introduced for the
enlargement of the Court House Mt 10 .kson,
Tenn; to authorize the lighting Of na,ixable
rivers by electricity: 10 prohibit the importa-
ton Of articles falsly hearing an American
brand. and 10 provide for the Worlds Exposition
81 New Orleans. Mr.. Hewitt Explained his charge
that the Secretary OF the Navy had failed to
cover into the treasury s2oe 900 received for con-
dcmned vessels, but deposited Il subject TO his
check.
ate. on the 9th ult., resolutions 10 loan flags
to the city Of Charlotte n e.. for celebrating the
Mecklcnburg declaration oil independence. AMI
to the fair at Richmond i'll aid OF disa-
bled Confederate soldiers, but the COM
mittee will recommend no mora lcgsla-
ton Of this sort. joint resolution was
fayorably reported to appropriate $4,000
to celebrate the completion Of the Washington
monument. A resolution was offered directing
the preparation OF a bill to provide that here
xens OF the United states. The Ilcuro-rneu-
monia bill was debated ut great length and
passed. The House of Representatives passed
q joint resolution directing the President to en-
force an immediate settlement Of the claim OF
J. +. Nheelock against the Government Of
Venezuela Tor fortunes Inflicted by ofncers Of
that republic. The tariff hill was taken
MP In committee OF the whole, ami MIR.
Hiscock spoke In opposition thereto. lie instt-
tuted comparison bctweea the condition of
the business Of the country prior to the tariff OF
NStVaa
from the comparison deduced the conclusion
that the protective system was a better one for
the people. Agricultural products. he min
tanned. secured a higher price now than twenty
years ago-a result which Was attributable to
protection MIR. Hufd supported the measure IN
. speech which attracted the attention OF every
member. He held that subject to the needs OF
the Government, every man had the right to
buy where goods were cheapest and sell where
he could realize the highest price. He claimed
that the protective system had locked thu
United States out Of the MARKETS. OF the world !.
he urged that our manufacturers look outward
across the seas for patrons, and closed by sasins
that III the Ohio Democratic platform would
not allow the abolition OF war xes. he would
appeal to the people OF his native State TO re.
pudiate the heresy.
THE passage of bills TO authorize the oregon
Central Road to bridge the willamette River,
and to ratify the agreement with three Indian
tribes OF Montana for a portion OF their
reservation required by the Northern Pacific
Road. followed by long debate on the shipping
BILL constituted thu business OF the Senate
on the 3oth ult. In the House bill was reported
to secure postal tclegraphy On the contract sys-
TEN. A joint resolution was Iassed authorizing
loan tents and flags for soldiers reunions
and to grant condemned cannon for monu-
mental purposes. After which the tariff hill
was taken up in committee Of the whole and dis
cussed at great length. Mr.. Dingley Rep, of
Maine. uenied that protc tion had caused tho
decline in American commerce. Mr. Hewitt
DEM. OF New York. declared that there was
etagnaton everywhere in the protected indus
tries The wages of Am arican workmcn were not
sufficient to give them even decent support, and
during the lasttwenty years their pro-ress had
been downward In the iron works las year two
thirds were In blast, while this year nearly two
thirds were closed an the wages Of the army of
workers We're reduced. He va one OF the un-
fortuna manufacturers who had reduced WAGES
rather than turn his men ont altogether MIR.
Kelley Rep of Pennsylvania, interrupted 10
say he thanked Mr.. Hewitt for indo,sin
his doctrine Production had - lar out.
run consumption that rsadjustmens of
labor and capital would have TO bc
made Mr.. Hewitt declared that Profession
would not prevent oyer-pradnctlon, but on the
contrary created that lanentalde condition of
affairs. Nothing could be done with the surplus
but pile 1t up as long "a money lasted and
then stop and lie. the workmen starve. Trade
unions were all the protection workingmer
needed Under the present t ,riif these unions
could not but be feeble and finally die
He hell that the condition Of Englisl
workmen had steadily improved sine,
would have to CO. but the progress should IN
gradual He would begin by putting raw ma.
terials on the tree list: then he would limit thu
rates Of duties. Ii these moves turned on
badly he would pause: II not, he would 20 OF
to the very end Mr.. Warner Democrat. o
Ohio. held that the Morton bill was not IL
harmony with the Ohio PLATFORM That wa
bomb proof. and would win all the time
Mr.. cntcheon Rep. of Mich gan, opposed til
bill as being wrong in principle, unscientlnc II
construction, hurtful in tendencies, and lie
,etructiye in its effects. 1t was neither profec
,tion, free ade. nor revenue only, 1t was pro
lection with free trade slash twenty inche
wide through II. II was monster. shareess
lame. and blind. The country wanted a tart,
not for revenue, not for protection, but for rev
,ennc and protection, one and insaparahie
WHEN the shipping bin came up in the Sen
ate on the LIST inst, Mr.. Frye asserted that TIN
admission TO American registry OF vessels bongh
abroad would take from American ships til
,Coastwise trade OF the United States hringin
In all the old hulk> 81 England, Mr.. Vest re
torted that the la I thing III the range oil mag
ination Il the idea taa' any human being "a
che at a Yankee. The senate agreed TO inden
nitely postpone action on the bill To reieas
the members of the original Fiiz-Joll
of secrecy. lills We're tavorably re
ported TO aid the construction of a shil
canal between Lake Union and Puget Sound
Washington Territory. and To amend act relat
Ing IT, the importation of spurious teas. In tn
House Mr. Dorsheimer spoke against the tari'
bill Mr. Eaton declared the measure directly oI
utmost to defeat il. Mr.. Hammond insiste
tina. the Democrats were earnes' in their pur
pose TO reduce taxation aud diminish the reye
hue. Mr.. Finerty opposed the measure IN
speech Of consi lerabe length
A RESOLUTION was adopcd 10y the Senate
on the I'd inst, calling on the Secretary Ut III
Interior for information as to what acton la
been taken In regard 10 TIE entries of publ
lands in Colorado by the Estes Park Compan
and ther English corporations. Mr.. Garlans
from the Committee on Territories. made a
adverse report on the House bill providing thu
no person shall he appointed Governor of a Ierr
tory unless he has been for two wears n resideI
thereof. because no such limitation can l
placed on the constitutional POWER Of the Pres
dent. During the discussing on the shipnin
bin Mr.. Vest offered an amendment to adm
ship-building material free of duty and to fla,
vessels purchased abroad on the American rel
tster No action was taken Adjourned Ii
the 5th. The House devoted the entire day
session to debate on the tariff bill. Mr.. Muffin
tRepl deprecated he agitation OF the matter Il
purely POLITICAL reasons Mr.. Deuster Dem
gave notice OF an amendment he proposed to d
fer provided that after July no duty SHOULD l
levied on any kind OF raw material. He depicte
the advantages following such a course, and al
voca ed the abolition of the duty on wool
measure OF benefit to both manufacture
and farmers. Mr.. MeMuilen Eep1 dcnounct
the present taritf as a monstr"us piece oil IL
commerce, cut down the sales If America
manufacturers, and depleted tie revenues
American agriculture In conclusion he pictnr.
the dangers of an overlooking Treasury, wlit
led thieves to devise every mt ans from la"osr
TO legislative robbery u get their hands int
the public money Mr.. Miller Rep. OF PEN
sylyania, declared that the pro ectiye sy
TEN had ben tried. aud had Injured TO Il
beneflt OF every class Of industry. Mr.. &,
Dem. ut New York, argued in favor of throw
ing open the markets II the word to Amaf.ca
industries H. believed III commerce and pro-
Tess. not In exclusion, stagnati u and staryatio
In conclusion he expressed surprise that NJ
Finerts should oppose the free ship amendm.i
to the shipping bill. aud thus give Englal
and othar foreign countries Sl4n,uNt,H@
fares AMI freightage which should 90 to Anne
lea Mr. Springer Dem lave the hi tory
the Tariff Comm sson. aud quoted from + +
port 10 sAow that TIL interests al the country Il
mandet a reduction OF - per cent. The tar
bill had only reduced duties 563 pr cent.
reduction Of revenue II the extent oil al iea
Ss9Voa, eD was inperatiseiy demanded lie d
MED that American walkingm.n were rrotea',
against foreign labor by the present high tari
Protection was III advantage only to I
manufacturers II lett the lahurers 10 tight nj
Ftarye. The Democrats intended to 10 hefa
the country on this issaa. and Ii" telt sur I
people would favor tia reform now advocate
by the Democratic party,