St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-21
Cox. of New York, Interjects a
Tariff Speech Unto the
Bonded Whisky
Debate.
The Passage of the Morrison Bill
Confidently Predicted, If Mod
iicatiOns are Made.
Appropriations for Rivers and Harbors to be
Cut Down to One-fourth of the
Engineers Estimates.
Further Consideration of the Bill for
Government Aid to Educa-
ton.
Especial Telegram to the elobe.l


WASHINGTON, March 2O-A set speech in favor
OF revision of the tariff duties was unexpectedly
interjecsed by Mr.. Cox of New York, in the de-
bate on the bonded whisky BILL This prema-
ture opening of the tariff debate was very dis
pleasing to Mr.. Morrison and other tariff reform
ers and it is understood that Mr. Cox privately
apologized for it. But Mr.. Hiscock of New YORK
significantly inquired of the speaker whether this
speech was to be understood as authorizing other
members to debate the tariff question while the
whisky bill was before the house. No answer
was made to this inquiry, but Mr.. Hiscocks
question was taken a notice that the Repubi-
cans would feel at liberty to continue the tariff
discussion, for under the rules each member is
practically the sole judge of the pertinency of his
own remarks to the pending question.
Tariff talk runs high tonight, the discussion
being over the probable effect the passage OF the
Morrison bill, which is confidently predicted, if
few notifications are made, will have upon Mr..
Randall and the Democratic protectionists. 1t is
admitted that crisis is at hand and cannot be
averted as matters now stand. The assertion is
made by Mr.. Randalrs friends that the coming
conference will be failure so far as binding
members by caucus action to support of the
Morrison bill is concerned
NAIloNAL AID To EDUCATION.
Many Of the senator's, one of them says ma
jorty, are abstractly in favor of national aid to
common school education but no one scheme
can be devised that will get the votes of one
third of them. The Blair bill is having very
uphill time of it. Mr.. Call of Florida, being the
only senator who has come to the rescue of its
author in regular speech, though Vance, Pugh
and two or three other southern senators have
made some Incidental remarks that seemed
to favor it. Mr.. ingalls, made
savage attack on the scheme of the bill and the
language in which it is expressed and Senator
Plumb supported his coleage for the most part
Senator Blair is not regarded as one of the great
est men in the senate, but is a tolerable ready
man in debate, especially when he gets little
angry, and he was stirred up to-day until he was
in good talking condition. Senator ingalls, made
several sneering illusions to a dispatch from
some educated gentlemen in Boston, which
Senator Blair had read urging the
passage of the bill as it was reported from the
committee and this gave Mr.. Blair an opportuni
ty of which he availed himself to the fullest ex-
tent to retort on Mr.. Ingalls, colleague, Mr..
Plumb, who had several dispatches read the
other day urging the senator to Immediately pass
the resolution appropriating money TO eradicate
the foot and mouth disease i'll Kansas, Mr..
Plumb urged that the state be required to raise
by taxation an amount at least equal
to what they would receive under
the bill from the government for
purposes of education and this was supported by
Senator Allison, but strongly objected to by
Messrs. Blair and Call The objection to this
proposition is that it would compel several of
the southern states to raise by taxation a great
deal more money than they now raise for school
purposes before they could get any of the federal
money, and Mr. Blair produced statistics to show
that the southern states were levying as high
school taxes any other portions
of the country and collecting from their own
resources more money in proportion to their
ability to pay taxes than the New England states
Mr.. Allison made very practical suggestion to
the effect that the bill promised to throw into
many of the states great deal more money than
it would be possible at once to expend judicious-
ly. He objected also to beginning with large ap-
preparations and reducing them annually. His
experience taught him that appropriations and
the demand for public money always grew the
other way.
RIVER AND HARBoR APPROPRIATIONS.
The policy of the committees on rivers and
of which they have charged was outlined this
morning by chairman Willis in an address to
delegation of citizens of Tennessee, Georgia and
Alabama, who called on him. They were ap-
pointed by convention held at Chattanooga to
memorable congress for the improvement of the
Tennessee river. Mr.. Willis in
formed them that the engineers estimate for
the improvement of rivers and harbors
called for an appropriation of $4,000 OOO but his
committee had determined to limit the amount to
be appropriated for the next fiscal year to total
of 100000 900 for all improvements. To do this
it would be necessary to give less than fourth
of the amount estimated by the engineers, but
the rule would not be made to apply to the Mis-
sissippi river, the work at He'll Gate and few
other works Of great importance
1.-The opposition to the river
and harbor BILL said Mr.. Willis.
s::has been fostered by the New York newspapers
in the interest of the railroads The railroad
companies are striving in every way to prevent
the development of a system of water ways
which would be perpetual check upon their
freight charges, and the most effective way of
doing this they think is to excite prejudice
against the river and harbor bill In reply to a
suggestion from one of the delegation that the
importance of the Tennessee river improvement
demanded the full amount of the engineers esti
mate be given Mr. Willis said: ''That may be true
but bill making an appropriation for that pur-
pose alone would only get the votes of Tennessee,
Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama. The commit
tee in forming bill to help the improvement of
the Tennessee the Mississippi and He'll Gate,
must bear in mind that in order to secure these
improvements it must report bill that would
pass the house" The significance of this re-
mark needed no explanation to men who had
heard how the annual log rolling bill is usually
gotten mp.
Western Assoclated Press
WASHINGTON, March 20.-The house commit
tee on foreign affairs to-day agreed to report ia
vorably the bill authorizing the return to China
the residue of the indemnity fund
EXTRA PAY.
The house committee on accounts unanimous
" agreed to report to the house a resolution to
give all the employees of that body, except those
who were appointed subsequently to February
A. 1883, an extra months pay. The effect of this
resolution will be, to pay all employees, except
Gaines the stenographer, and few others, ap-
pointed during the closing days of session, and
who performed, comparatively little for an extra
months compensation. report will be sub
mitted giving the conclusions reached by the
sub committee during their investigation of the
subject.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
George D. Roberts, of the Postal Telegraph
company, appeared before the house committee
on postoffices and post roads to-day, and made an
argument in support of the proposition of that