Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-12-10
NRTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
Second Session,
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mInt rec mmending the repeal of the limit of
coinage IF -ub-iiiary silver coin.
lhe House amendmpu; II the Senate bill
lot the reil-i of graduates of the Uated
States Military Acadrmy. and 10 fix their
pay Inc amel dment provides that the
cadets De allowed full pay cond lleuten-
ants from the date of their graduation 70 the
date of their acceptance Of the commission.
The amendment sas conclrred in. and tn e
bill now 'es t. the President
The motion that when the Senste adj urn
ttday 1t be till Monday was agreed to.
Among the bills were the following:
Bv Mr. S~wall-To auth lrize the redemp-
tlon Of trade dollars
The senate then proceed-d To lhe con.id.
Grafton Of the resolotirn introduced bv Mr..
Morrill,, Tuesday, Il claring that the promise
OF making anV revision of the tariff in spirit
OF fairness to ali Interests, not 10 injare do
mestic industries, but to promote their
healthy growth, so that any change OF law
must be at every step regardfuI of the labor
ann capnal involved ana without depriving
American labor OF the ability to compete sue
ce7$tuly with foreign labor. and without i'm
po'lng lower rates Of dutv than will be ample
t" cover any increased cost of production
which may exist in c"nsequ nee OF a higher
rate of wages prevailing IN this country ap
pears so obviously hopeless and impractica-
bic that any further attempts at revision bv
the present Congress in controvention to the
foregoing cardinal declarations are to be re-
garded as inexpedent and detrimental to the
revival of trade and the industry of the
country
Mr.. Morrill, addressed the Senate on the
subject The protective democrats, he said.
were now receiving vitrioiic denuncatons
from the ha brapl oilias nj fraa troJa ba
cause of their honest efforts to prevent their
party from violating the pledges on which
the party obtained lis victory bv majority
of only flag rs breaotn. Before election,
| The devil was sick, the devil monk would
be-" But aftPr election THE devil was
we'll, the devil monk was he" Promises
to associates, lie continued are said to bind
the honor of the class not to be named bv me,
and assuredlv should have bound that branch
of the democratic party which prides itself
on tariff reform" " But forgetting that they
had solemnly declared that lit is not pro-
posed to inJure any domestic industries but
| rather to promote their growth" we find that
their conduct bore no reference to their creed,
and they were ready not OILY to injure but to
injure fatally whenever they touched as was
shown by their latest edition of tariff bills,
which proposed repeal of all duties upon
imported wool and hemp, as well as npcn
salt and fish, fax and fax straw. jute and
Jute butts. and lumber, a measure which at
one blow could blot out all of the these do
nestle INDUSTRIES vital to the prosperity of
all portions of our country and stamped them
directly into alien hands. When business OF
all kinds is moving in normal condition of
general contentment, neither excited nor de-
pre- ssed, change in the tariff laws by which
trade and industrial affairs are to be gov
erned, or effected, is ever unwelcome and
only to be justified when promising great,
immediate and pathabe benefits as anv change
must to some extent dislocate regular and
ascertained results of all industrial establish
ments. But to propose such a change when
| business affairs have been unusually de-
pressed when trade everywhere has offered
only meagre inducements, when wage-earn-
ers find steady employment uncertain and un-
satisfactory, but showing sIgns of improve
ment, it would seem peculiarly inauspicious.
He proceeded to rdicule MorrsOn's scheme
for reduction of the tariff and said their eff
fects could only be to let the food of foreign
productions pour in and overrun American
markets
Mr. Morrill, spoke at length in favor of
protection. He admitted that the extraction
of the public debt had proceeded rapidly
that the temporary surplus of the revenue
nlRHt become an lDeVUAOle question. - w nat
should be done with it?" was a fair question.
Some of the surplus would have to be used
for new navy and for seaboard defences
and then the internal revenue tax on tobacco
may be wholly surrendered. The consumu-
ton of tobacco added much to workmens
cost of living and to them the repeal of the
tax would be substantial loan. The duties
on raw sugar might also be either wholly re-
moved or cut down to the lowest point from
all the countries which do not impose duties
and then generous bounty might be granted
to all domestic sugars. A revision of the tariff
at an early date would be eminently desira-
able, but the work should not be intrusted to
those who are color blind and who can see
nothing hut reduction or abandonment of all
duties.
Mr.. Beck said he did not propose to argue
the tariff question today. The senator from
Vermont had evidently spent his vacation in
getting up his usual essay full of tropes and
figures and poe1is. The boys might have
rung the ''chestnut bell" on him several
times. What he (Beck) desired to know
was whether the senator from Vermont pro-
pos d tn advise his friends in both houses to
resist all efforts that might be made toward
reduction of taxation.
Mr. Morrill, said he only desired to show
h was opposed to such propositions as had
come up last session from democratic sources,
but he was quite unit with any party that
would take hold of the subject in the spirit
which he had suggested in his remarks
Mr.. Sherman spoke at length, laying upon
the democrats the responsibility of the fail
ure to reduce taxation.
Mr.. Dawes obtained the floor and will ad-
dress the Senate when the subject is next
taken up.
The Senate at 80 P. NJ, adjourned until
Monday.
Mr. Fornev of Alabama, from the commit
tee of conference on the fortif cation appro-
pristion bill reported continued disagreement.
By arrangement with the committee on
post offices and post roads, Mr.. Cannon with
drew the amendment offered by bin yester-
day, and Mr.. Doekerey, in behalf of the COM
mittee, offered an ame endment as to make
the bill provide that letter carriers shall be
employed for the tree delivery of mail mat
tiers as frequently as public business may re-
quire in every Incorporated city, village or
borough, containing population of $4,000
within its corporate limits, and may be so
employed at every place containing popu-
lation of not less than 10000 or to any post
office which produces gross revenue for the
preceding fiscal year of not less than Sl0,-
900.
Mr.. Dockery's amendment was adopted and
the bill passed.
The House passed q bill authorizing the
aunlovment of mail messengers in the postal