Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-04

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officials and by the public records, that eacl
and all of the statembnts made by the gen
tleman from Virginia (Wise) were not true
The Speaker-The gentleman's inquiry il
very comprehensive. The chair can onl,
state in response 10 the gentleman's question
which the rule is as he understands but tn,
gentleman has not informed tie chair whar
the statement is that was made on the fool
of the Honse. or what is the supposed threat
Under these circumstances the chair cannot
see how the question of privilege is present
ed.
Mr.. Brady-Can ask unanimous consent
to make a statement?
Speaker-Certainly.
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama object
Mr.. Read-Oh, gentlemen, you canno,
stifle facts.
Speaker-The chair rules that the colo.
guy now going on is not in order.
Mr.. Morrison of Illiaois. from the commit,
tee on ways and means. reported resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury to re
port to the House the total amount applied Il
the sinking fund between June 80, 1884. and
July l, 1885, and under what dates and in
what several amounts the same was applied
Adopted.
The following committee reports were sub
mitted.
By Mr.. Cobb of Indiana from the commit.
tee on public lsnds-To forfeit the Atlantic
and Pacific land grant; House calendar.
By Mr.. Hatch of Missouri, from the com
mittee on agriculture-To enlarge the powers
and duties of the department of agriculture
committee of the whole.
BY Mr.. McRae OF Arkansas from the com.
mittee on public lands-To protect homestead
settlers within railway limits; House calen-
dar.
In the morning hour the House resumed,
IN committee of the whole, the considera-
ton of the bill to abolish certain fees for Of
fetal services to American vessels.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, who has charg of
the bill, concluded his brief explanation of
its provisions, taking up the sections seriatim
and pointing out wherein they were an i'm
provement on the existing law.
In reply to question by Mr.. Anderson of
Kentucky, Mr.. Dingley stated that the fees
which it was proposed to abolish amounted to
about $3.50, 900 year.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, said that many
of his constituents were large owners OF ves-
sells. They were interested in being relieved
from as many charges as possible and he
ought not if he had in view simply the inter-
est of that portion of his constituents to call
the attention of the House to,what he thought
was stretch of legislation. Some of the
fees mentioned in the first section were for
services purely governmental; were for the
beneht of the government and not of ship
owners, and the charges should not be i'm
posed oa owners. But there were other ser
vices that were purely for the owners, such
as seconding bill of sale, mortgage, hypoth-
ecation or conveyance, furnishing certif-
cate of title, or bill of health, and these were
the proper charges on ships. 1t was true
that the shipping trade was in distress
and relief should be granted. but the House
ought not to proceed without knowing exact
y what it was doing
On motion of Mr.. Hewitt an amendment
was adopted providing that only one consular
certificate be required in any one owner of
canal boats or barges trading between any
part of the United States and any part of
Canada.
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, offered an amend
ment providing that no collector or other of
fcer of customs inspector or shipping COM
missioner shall receive any compensation
greater than So 900, except the collecto for
the port of New York, whose compensation
shall not exceed Sl2 900
Pending action the committee rose, and at
$50 o'clock the House again resolved itself
a committee on the bill relating to the taxa
alton of fractional parts of a gallon of dis
titled spirits.
Mr. Mills. of Texas, offered an amendment
providing that all taxes imposed by this act
shall be paid in standard silver coin, and
using this amendment as a text he addressed
the committee on the entire silver question.
Without action the committee rose and the
House at 8 10 adjourned.