Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-19
House,

On motion OF Mr.. Thrcckmorton, of
Texas. the Senate bill was passed authorlZ-
iny the Dennison 4 Wichita Railroad Com
uany to construct a road through the In
dian Territory.
Mr.. Morrison, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported adversely the
resolution by Mr.. Grosvenor, of ONO, de-
cluriug in favor OF the rest Grafton OF the
wool tariff OF 1867, expressing the sense oi
Congee 81 as adverse to any change IN The
present wool tariff, and it was laid upon
the table. The House then went into q
Committee of the Whole on the Legislative
Appropriation bill. .
The clause relating to the Pension Office
gave rise to the us1al discussion ns TO the
partisan methods employed III the conduct
Of that bureau by the present ard previou.
administrations. Then II long and at
times amusing discussion ensued as to the
nulnher uf Democrats and Republicans r. :
spectiveiy who entered the Union army at
the beginning Of the war. Finally the dis
cussion was closed by u speech by Mr. Cur
tin, in which he appealed to the House to
proceed to business and qult hghtihg the
war over again.
The salary OF the Commissioner OF Pat
ents was ike at 81 900 instead OF $6,o ,ooO,
as recommended by the bill. Mr.. Canon,
ui Illinois, offered an Amendments
which, after Il very short debate
Was agreed tn Increasing The approprla'
tions for the Bureau oi Labor in the ag
sregatr S39, ,6lO, 40 as to make the ap-
propriations equal to the estimates ol the
Nommi- sioner Of Labor.
Mr.. Cubei OF Virginia, Offered an amend
ment which WAS agreed to. reducing from
S2,O50, 900 10 81 800, 900 tn" appropris,-
tion for the salaries and expenses OF agents,
surveyors, gaugers and store keepers IN the
Bureau ot Internal Revenue. The COM
mttee then rose and reported the bill to
the House. The amendments agreed 70 IN
the committee increasing the compensa
ton OF the Assistant Treasurers at St
Loui Boston and San Francisco were re-
jected by the House. The other amend
ments were agreed to in gross, and tire hil
was passed.
Representative Mckinley on behalf ol
the minority Of the Committee on ways
and Means submitted report on tht
wool resolution reported adversely D.,
that committee. The minority report
says that the majority report while osten
sibly made upon the resolution il. in TACT &
supplemental report Of u general Tariff bill
and is evidently intended as defense lo1
the action OF the committee in proposin
to place wool upon the free list. I'M
minority 60 into All exhaustive argumen
bristling with figures to demonstrate ina
the growth and development OF agric'iit ur
have not been obstructed by the pro
tective tariff and the report then continues
Our political system differs from al
others. Universal citizenship and equa
suffrage constitute the foundations upo
which our Republic rests, and the real an
wider question, therefore, OF tariff ls wha
will best maintain our industrial pursult
and the labor conditions suitable 10 IN
high political duties oi our people ana IN
tru ts which are contided to them. ina
II the real question in itS coInprenens.'
view. SO lar as an American pf'tecoi\
tarlH operates to foster and cherish Ahe
lean enterprises which are enabled to pr'
vide profitable employment to America
labor, SO long should an American tariff !
upheld and defended when it is a.
sanlt.d from influences at home or II
haelices abroad. Free trade with every oth'
nation means to us either sub-tantl
abandonment III many OF the CHIEF lndu
tines of the country, or il they are !
survive, it means equal cost in the manuia
lure OF competing products. One OF tN
Things must inevitably result from fr
trade Either, IL our judgment, il moi
s'rable and wholly unnecessary. Compal
sou cannot be made with other nation
lhlh is IL nation oi citizens, not subject
Whatever, therefore, will secure to the
boring massrs their fnll share in the ioi
profits OF capital and labor will promo
Tue highest intelligence and the largest inc
pendence should be adopted and becoI
permanently part OF our national policy
EVENING SESSION.
AZ Its evening session the House ina
some some progress in the work OF Gearing
private calendar Of number OF measur
passing twenty-five bills OF a private chi
~''ef' among them being the Senate