The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-05-08
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record Of the Week
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.


adoption of an amendment exempting Texas
fever from the diseases included in the act, and
Mr.. Plumb succeeded In having the appropria-
ton cut down TO Sl50,o00. Mr. Cullom
ported an original bill TO establish commits
The House of Representatives passed bill for
the sale OF A portion OF the Fort Hayes Military
Reservation in Kansas, and adopted resolution
TO ar tend the unvciling OF the statue of Chief
Justice Marshall Bills were introduced for the
enlargement OF the Court House at Jackson,
Tenn; 10 authorize the lighting OF navigable
rivers by electricity; 10 prohibit the mporta-
ton OF articles falsly bearing an American
brand, and 10 provide for the Worlds Exposition
at New Orleans. Mr.. Hewitt explained his charge
that the Secretary OF the Navy had failed to
cover into the treasury $500 900 received for
demned vessels, but deposited L. subject 10 his
check.
FAVORABLE reports were made in the Sem
ate, on the 18th ut., on resolutions TO loan flags
to the city of Charlotte, n c., for celebrating the
Meckenburg declaration OF independence, and
TO the tair at Richmond in aid OF disa-
bled Confede ate soldiers, but the conn
mittee Will recommend no more legisla-
tion of this sort. A joint resolution was
favorably reported to appropriate '2j,OOJ
to celebrate the completion OF the Washington
monument resolu, ion was onered directing
the preparation of a bill TO provide that here
after No patent shall be granted except 10 CID
zens of the United States The Ilcuro- rncu-
monia hill was debated at great length ana
passed. The House Of RepresC nta ives passed
q joint resolution directing the President TO en-
force an immediate settlement Of the claim OF
j. T.. Mhe, lock against the Government OF
Venezuela tor fortunes inflicted by officers OF
that republic. The tari1 bill was taken
up in committee of the whole. ana Mr..
Hiscock spoke in opposition thereto. lie inSti-
tuted comparison between the condition OF
the business OF the cOuntry prior 70 the tari1 OF
1861 and it's condition AT the present time, and
from the comparison deduced the CONCLUSION
that the protective system was bett one Tor
the people Agricultural products, he main-
tanned, secured higher price now than twenty
rpsnlt which attributable TO
protection. Mr.. Hurd supported the measure in
a speech which attracted the attention o. 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 the
Nnited States out OF the markets of the world:
he urged that our manufacturers look outward
across the seas for patrons, aud closed by saving
that IL 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 portion of their
reservation required by the Northern Pacific
Road, followed by long debate on the shipping
hill, constituted the business of the Senate
on the 3Oth ult. In the House bill was reported
TO secure postal telesraphy on the contract sys-
TEN. joint resolution was passed authorizing
the Secretary OF War, on proper application, TO
loan t1DUS ana UaES IOr SOluleFS reunions
and to grant condemned cannon for monu-
mental purposes. After which the tariff bill
was taken up in committee OF the whole and dis
cussed at great length Mr.. Dingley Repl, Of
Maine, uenied That protection had caused the
decline in American commerce. Mr.. Hewitt
DEM. OF New York, declared that there was
stagnation everywhere in the protected indus
tries. The wages of American workmen were not
sufficient to give them even decent support, and
during the last twenty years their progress had
been downward. In the iron works last year two
thirds were in blast, while this year nearly two
thirds were closed and the wages Of the army OF
workers were reduced. He was one of the un-
fortunate manufacturers who had reduced wages
rather than turn bis men out altogether. Mr..
Kelley Rep of Pennsylvania, interrupted to
say he thanked Mr.. Hewitt for indorsing
his doctrine Production had so far out
run consumption that r. readjustment OF
labor and capital would have to be
made: Mr.. Hewitt declared that protection
would not prevent over reproduction, but on the
contrary created that lamentable condition Of
affairs. Nothing could be done with the surplus
then stop and let the workmen starve. Trades
unions were all the protection workingmen
needed. Under the present tariff these unions
could not but be feeble and finally die
workmen had steadily improved since
the era of free trade. He believed the tariff
would have TO go, but the progress should be
gradual He would begin by putting raw ma
terials on the free list; then he would limit the
rates of duties If these moves turned out
badly he would pause; II not, he would go on
to the very end. Mr. Warner Democrat, OF
Ohio, held that the Morrison bin was not in
harmony with the Ohio platform. That was
Mr.. Cutcheon rep, of Michigan, opposed the
bill as being wrong in principle, unscienti1c in
construction. hurtful in tendencies, and de-
structive in its effects 1t neither protec-
ton. free t ade, nor revenue only. 1t pro-
lection with a free trade slash twenty inches
wide through it. II was monster. shapeless,
lame, and blind. The country wanted tarif
not for revenue, not for protection, but for rev.
enue and protection, one and inseparable.
WHEN the shipping bill came up in the Sem
ate on the LIST inst, Mr.. Frye asserted that the
admission TO American registry of vessels bought
abroad would take from American ships the
coastwise trade OF the United States, bringing
In all the old hulks OF England. Mr.. Vest re-
torted that the last thing In the range of imag-
ination is the idea that any human being can
cheat Yankee. The Senate agreed 10 indeA-
nitely postpone action on the bill TO release
the members of the original Fitz-John
Porter court-martial from the obligation
ported to aid the construction of ship
canal between Lake Union and Puget Sound,
Washington Territory, and TO amend act relat-
ing 70 the importation Of spurious teas. In the
House Mr.. Dorsheirner spoke against the tariff
bill Mr. Eaton declared the measure directly OPP
posed TO the Constitution, and he would do his
utmost to defeat II. Mr.. Hammond insisted
that the Democrats were earnest in their pur-
pose 10 reduce taxation and diminish the reve-
hue. Mr.. Ftnerty opposed the measure in
speech OF considerable length.
"A RESOLUTION was adoped by the Senate
on the I'd inst, calling on the Secretary of the
Interior for information as to what action had
been taken in regard to the entries of public
lands in Colorado by the Estes Park Company
and other English corporations. Dir. Garland,
from the Committee on Territories, made an
adverse report on the House bill providing that
no person shall be appointed Governor of a Terri
tory unless he has been for two years n resident
thereof, because no such limitation can be
plaeed on the constitutional power OF the Presi-
dent. During the discussing on the shipping
bin Mr. Vest offered an amendment to admit
ship-buflding material free OF duty and TO place
vessels purchased abroad on the American reg
lister. No action taken. Adjourned till
the 5th. The House devoted the entire days
session TO debate ON the tariff bill Mr.. Nutting
Rep) deprecated the agitation of the matter for
purely political reasons. Mr.. Deuster DEM
gave notice of an amendment he proposed TO of
fer provided that after July no duty should be
levied on any kind OF raw material. He depicted
the advantages following such n course, and adj
yoOxed the abolition of the duty ON wool as
a measure OF benefit TO both manufacturers
and farmers. Mr. McMullen RepJ denounced
the present tariff as n monstrous piece of in
Justice. He declared that IL had destroyed
commerce, cut down the sales OF American
manufacturers, and depleted tie revenues Of
American agriculture. In conclusion he pictured
the dangers of an OVERLOOKING Treasury. which
led thieves TO devise every means from larceny
TO Legislative robbery IL get their hands into
the publtc money. Mr. Miller 0ep.). of Penn
syfvania. declared that the protective sys-
TEN had been tried. and had Injured TO the