Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-08

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BY Hopkins. providing for -. jnden-
ture of apprentices IN the nlst-ic. os
Coinmbis aud the territories
By Young. 20 incorporate Che-okes &
Ark. River Ry.
bv Maainnis, creating the Montana Il
Id sho Ry Co.
Nv Springer. a resolution ealliny on
the President for copies Of all co-y.-
sPoDdence n the State Departmant in
regard To the confiscation or conversion
by the Italian Government of the pr .p
erty OF An American college in Italy and
requesting HIM. IL in bis opinion a
proper occasion has arisen. 10 interp,se
the good Offices of the United States 70
protect the property of American citi-
Zens IN Italy froN confiscation aud con.
version by that government.
Randall, from the Committee on
R1les, reported a resoiu,i IN settIup
aeart April s and Nav IL for the con-
sideration Of bills reported hv the Com
nltt@e on Territories. no. 10 iurlndA the
bills for tha creation Of new territories,
or ADM 'sion of new States. Adopted.
:Stocks!ag-t moved To suspend thu
rules AMI adopt resolution making
bills for the erection of pnblic buildings
2 continuing special order for April.
he said tue Committee on Public Bald
inQs hid reported thirty buildings
which we're On the p1blic caleuda-. aai
thsre ware twentvf ,ur s1ch bills ! the
Speakers table. CuteS- this re ao,ution
sere adopted, il Was extremely doubt
inl whether auv of them could hs
passed. and the House must decide
vh 1t its policy would he on this quss-
tipn. Inc av. ge apor Ioriatipn by
the House bills WAS $4,000.
Holman opposed the resolution and
described the condition of public bust
mes. In the House. Only FIVE of the
thirteen appropriation bills havs been
passed, and there were pending the
tariff bill and bills fDe the forfeiture of
Land grants. With sucn important
measures remaining un,cted upoa. il
WAS now proposal To- croRi them out
for the plrppse OF cDIsi iarIny nilti
IN liking An appropriation of 500. 00J.
n OF recommended by the head of any
de partment.
Cox of New York said this was tla
old game wnich rs IA / peen oncs called
- order for chtr.,terIZ'ng ~ .lpyrnli-
Ing
M,Mili ~ took the same view
b sifDri supported tae ra@pl ltlJl. as
ssrting. that the GDvscnmant s1puii 50
cure for itself 4 Il ,ine III every ci.v. Let
demagoyuery 90 u tbs devil, aud let
members II md up ike ma II SruI,,
jud knent AMI discretion.
Tne motion W ~ agreed to-ve.S l62.
lays17.
Convsrs. sscnrel the floor and IN Dved
to Suspend the rules and pass the blli
restoring ths dlty of lsj7 on wool.
second being c,n'idersi "a orderei
Tue 30 minutes debate allowed by tae
ules wa then begun.
.dckinly Expressed his approval of
the me tsure, aud his earnest desire that
it should be enacted A law. The last
House had No opportunity t. vn.a On
the wool measure as Al ind ,peldent
proposition. NJ sooner b ID tns Act ilt
winter gone into operation tnan the Re
publicans everywhere, and many Dean
ocrats in Ouiu. came to reoolniZ- tle
injnstice of reducing tue day. Hs Ap-
psalcd to the gentlemen OF the other
side to support this measure, and u did
40 more boldly bsc .use tn3ir bretlrel
in Oaio last fall hid promis Il tbs psp-
pl1 that they wouid restore the wool
duty at the beginning of the present
session. Orators on eva y stump had
IN .de that promise. and ne wonid print
extracts from their speeches IN bis rs
marks. He had a pamphlet Issued by
authority of the Democratic State Cea-
trail Committee, whl;h declared thtt II
Hoadley was elected u tvsrnpr. IN tbs
first DAYS Of the session they would
wipe out the iulquity which had been
indicted by tns Republican party. He
asked the Democrats t. keep their
pledge. They had gathered tho fruit OF
~ Di..~o f.tt nay tn
keep their promises.
Henley supported the motion AID
said that ia the locality where 10 lived
the restoration of the duty Of 1867 was
regarded AS a matter of sim DE pare
and unmitigated Justice.
Wilkins said 1t WAS not oftep that
farmers came asking lrgsi ,tion, aud
when they did Congress should give
them respectful hearing. He. there
fore supported the bill.
Morrison called attention to the fact
that when the tariff commission ended
their six months exer :ise, they fixed the
duty on wool "a II WAS IN law TO-DAY.
It's report was approved 10y the gentle
man on the other side and the protect
i've friends, few In nnnbar On hi' side,
bv the Senate ana 10y tue conference.
Professedly that gentleman Womb undo
their work and restore the II, u The
rate AZ wnioA II stood before tn" pass
age of the tariff bill. WHAT estimate
was to be IN ode OF their prufesiou ne
left To the country to say. " tatsv"r
might DO the different views On tue
question Of protective bouutieS p iid on
wool, they could not oe justly and right
~ considered apart from the dnty on
WOODEN goods, III which wool entered ~
a large part III the -panuf .cture. A hill
had been reported to the Hou,e On III"
general subject of tariff, a. wrli aS tue
rates on wool and wooden goods. tie
proposed To ask the House on tuesday
week to take up that bili ana consider
the wool question atu bng others.
Hurd said he was opposed to the mo
ton. There were three classes inter
est. d in the answer to that question:
first. those who consumed articles made
of wool; second, those who m anu
f.ctured WOODEN goods, and third. thos,
who produced raw wo itself. Ine
manifest effect on the first class would
be to increase the price of It's We lien
goods. for the price Of the materi Il OF
which AN article WAS made could not be
increased without increasing the prices
of The article itself. Ought the price of
WOODEN goods to be Increased lothdt
question there oRgnt To be bat ono
answer. At all times aud under all
circumstances, in our north tn climate,
wool was an indispensl Nc article of
daily consumption. 1t VS. shelter TO
tue houseless, covering t. the saw ring.
and fuel when the fire was extlu-
yuish.d. To the working me.i. artisans
and mechanics the climate. without the
protection of WOODEN clothing. wou!d
pe lnsuif,rable aud their condition mis-
erable indeed. Ii these remarks wee
true ordinarily, It haa been ESPECIALLY
40 in this winter of unexampled sevef-
ity with more tan nalf million out
of employment, and strong men every
where seeing their families starving be-
cause thew could not get the work they
were anxious to do. Had the House OF
Rrpres. atatives nothing more to say
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