The Portland daily press., 1886-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Various 90 fns Regarding the
PresIde~6c, Message.
What Maine Congress e u Say Re-
garding His Tariff SugA stlons.
Morrison Determined to Press His
Tariff Bill.
Especial to the Press. ]

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WASHINGTON, Dec 6-The reassembling
of Congress today occurred according to the
programme, no business being done beyond
the receipt and reading of the Presidents
message, and, in the Senate the introduction
of few bills and resolutions. Both bodies
adjourned Immediately after the reading of
the message in respect to the memory of the
deceased members.
The Maine delegation were all in their
seats with the exception of Senator Hale,
who has not yet returned from Europe, but
is expected daily. Senator Frye's desk was
adorned with fine tasket of flowers.
The message is the chief topic of conversa-
tion tonight and all kinds of opinions can be
heard concerning it whether favorable or
otherwise generally depending upon the pol
itics of the one expressing them. OF its tar
if recommendations Representative Reed
said it seemed that the resident was seek
ing impossibilities, trying to make the sun
shine by night as it were-inasmuch as he
desires the highest possible wages for labor
ing men, but at the same time.recommends
such reduction of the tariff
as would render this impossible
Representative Mckinley of Ohio said he
could hardly make out what the President
meant to recommend anyway. He could
hardly understand from the message at what
points the President thought the tariff should
be reduced. Senator Frye considered his
treatment o the tariff as rather remarkable.
He said "The President seems to assume
at the outset that every duty is a tax paid
directly by the consumer, and that
manufacturers and laborers should by
mutual concessions so arrange things
that the manufacturers should not lose
very much of their present profits and
laborers should retain all the advantage of
high wages now enjoyed by them. just how
this is to be done, he does not say. OF his
treatment of the fishery question both SEN
ator Frye and Congressman Dingley think
he might as we'll have said nothing. He
neither gives any information nor makes
any recommendations.
''The whole question at stake" said Sem
ator Frye, 'is whether our vessels shall be
given rights of shelter, and of obtaining
wood and water in their ports which their
vessels enjoy in our ports, and which
are commonly accorded by all nations to the
vessels Of other nations 1t is not q matter
for treaty."
His views on Hawaiian reciprocity. rela-
tions with Mexico, coast defences. and the
suspension of silver coinage meet with gen.
eral approval among Republicans. as does al
SO the slight change of base noticed in regard
to the policy of extending our commercial
relations with the Central and South Ameri-
can republics, through the ocean mail SER
vice. AS whole, however, the message is
not regarded as a very strong document.
Mr.. Morrison is determined to force con-
sideration of the tariff bill at once, and to
prevent the passage or consideration of
Hewitt's administrative part of it as sepa-
rate measure. The latter would pass with
little opposition if it could obtain considerq-
tion, but Mr. Morrison is determined that
the whole bill or nothing shall be considered.
Mr.. Bass of the Bangor Commercial arriv-
ed here tonight