Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-14
49th Congress---second Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 1886.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 1886. l SENATE.-Mr. Merrill presented the ere dentials of Senator Edmunds for the ful
 term commencing March 4, 1887; placed or l file.
 Among the bills introduced and referred | were the following; By MT. Cullom, te amend the revised statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of bonded goods also to revise the rates of pay of certain em- ployes in the government printing office. By MT. Bowen, providing a new basis for the circulation of national banks.
 By MT. McPherson to authorize the reduc-
 tion of United States bonds aud the circula-
 tion of national banks.
 Mr. Merrill offered resolution instructing
 the Committee on Finance to examine as to
 the expediency of some practical measure for
 banks with ample security and without ad- ditional cost to the government; referred to the Committee on Finance.
 On motion of Mr. Hoar the electoral count bill received from the House was laid on the table and ordered printed.
 The Senate at 12:50 resumed consideration of Mir. Morrill's resolution declaring the promise of making proper revision of the tariff at the present session obviously hope less and impracticable, and Mr. Dawes pro ceeded to address the Senate on that subject. It had always been the policy, he said of both political parties whenever the revenue exceeded the expenditures of the government to make efforts by the reduction of customs duties and internal taxes to bring them to- gether. Much was heard, he said, about taxing raw materials, and the cry was raised in certain quarters, if it was something new, that the great panacea for all tariff trouble was to make raw materials free He reminded Senators that the tariff law of 1872 (which received the vote of MT. Beck in the House) contained more than 1S0 different articles put on the free list, almost all of them raw materials. He invoked an inspec- tion of that statute by those who cried out that the present need was the removal of war the man who would not favor placing on the free list such raw materials as were not produced in this country MT. Dawes criticised the Secretary of the Treasury for coming into the field and talk ing an advanced position on the tariff, thus causing increased apprehension and alarm in all the great industries of the country The Secretarys views he charactized as wild, wanton and brutal. The proposition for re- moving the duty on raw material, Mr. Dawes said, did not even meet the approval of for whose benefit it was sug- gested.
 Mir. McPherson followed, favoring re- duction of taxation. He was opposed to the removal of the duty on sugar and predicted that with that duty retained nine-tenths of the sugar consumed in this country would be produced here. He favored a fair revision of the tariff and an immediate one.
 MT. Morrill, moved the reference of his res- olution to the Finance committee.
 This MT. Beck opposed and hoped the House would pass some tariff measure so as to bring the question before the Senate and thus open the doors fairly to debate. He wanted chance to argue the question and show that protectionists were merely robbing the laborers whom they were pretending to befriend.
 MT. Morrill, had no desire not to give MT. Beck an opportunity to make 8 speech on the tariff and so did not press his motion and so the resolution went over.
 Mir. Hoar moved to take up the bill repeal ing the tenure of office act.
 MT. Platt protested that the special order as to open executive sessions of the Senate should take precedence of any other natter.
 Pending consideration of MT. Hoar's bill message from the House was presented on the subject of the death of Representative Dowdney, of New York, and as a mark of respect the Senate at 3:35 p. m. adjourned.
 HoUsE.-Under the call of States bills were introduced by Mir. Oates, of Alabama, prohibiting the appointment of congressional funeral committees and drapery of public buildings except by order of the President.
 By MT. Lawler, of Illinois, resolution re- citing that the surplus in the treasury is an excess, that the coast defenses are inadequate and that there are nesrly one million men and declaring that the surplus should be employed in repairing and proper ly equipping coast defenses and constructing war ships.
 By MT. Hewitt authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate payment of inter- est on the bonded debt of the United States.
 A large number of other bills of more less importance, none of which will be heard of again during the present session probably, were introduced and referred.
 At the conclusion of the call of States the House proceeded to the consideration of District business