Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-06

| WAshlNGION, june D.
Senate.
| The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. After several amendments were offer
ed it was discovered that only 26 Senators
less than quorum were in their seats. Al
adjournment was taken till tomorrow.
House.
The House today went into the committee
of the whole on the tariff bill. The debate
On the pending clause, wood manufactured
and not specially provided for" being limit
ed to thirty minutes.
As MIR. Springer took the chair reporter
in the gallery waved large red handker.
chief. 1t was followed by applause on the
democratic side.
Upon the expiration Of the debate the mo.
ton to strike out the paragraph was rejected.
The next paragraph sawed boards. .planks,
ieals and all other articles of sawed timber
vas considered.
Mr.. Mills of Texas called attention to the
fact that Canada imposed a tariff on sawed
lumber and asked why it was if the tariif
mea I high wages that it didn't bring high
wages in Canada as well as here.
Mr.. Hermann of Oregon presented to the
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message from her people, saying that
oregon voted tor protection by 5000 major
ity. (Applause.)
The motion to strike out the paragraph
was rejected, Mr. Sowden of Pennsy lvania
aud MIR. Tarnsey of Michigan voting with
the republicans, and Mr.. Fuller of Iowa
with the democrats against it.
The clerk read the next clause on the free
list: "liubs for wheels, posts, last blocks
wagon blocks, oar blocks, heading blocks,
and all like blocks or sticks, rough, hewn
or sawn."
MIR. Bayne promptly moved to strike it out
and said that he had heari that the st. Loui.
platform would straidle the tariff question
lie predicted that although the democratic
hanber would read cleveland and red ban
Ianna,' tremendous applause ON the demo-
cratic side) the republicans in November,
standing ON protection platform, would be
victorious.
MIR. Cox read the bulletin from the con
vention to the effect that Cleveland's name
received storm of applause, whereupoi.
the democratic M. mbers again broke out in
tumultuus applause.
MIR. Webber of New York read from a
Buffalo paper the statement that SO men had
gone from that city to the convention in
Cltveland's interest, wherein in 1854 over
1000 went TO Chicago on the same errand.
After the debate which was participated in
by Messrs. Grout, Cultivate, Buutelle, Kerr
aud others, the motion to strike out was re-
jected by party vote. The clerk then read
slaves of wood" the sixteenth line Of the
bill, which was next considered.
After long discussion Mr.. Buchanan of
New Jersey, offered an amendment adding
the wor Is, lin the rough, straight and moi,
shaved" which was rejected.
Mr.. Bayne of Penns, lvania, ironically re-
marked that the democrats didn't appear to
gather much satisfaction from perusal OF
the convention bulletins. Therefore he read
II number of kilograms showing the republ. =
can gains in Oregon, to the delectaton of the
republicans.
Mr.. Lawler of Illinois, replied by reading
clipping from an Oregon newspaper de-
nouncing the high tariff as humbuggery.
The amendment to strike out the paragraph
was lost and the committee rose.
The Speaker pro TEN laid before the House
a message from the President returning with
out approval the bills for the erection of II
public building at Bar Harbor, Me-, and for
the purchase of additional ground fora build
ing at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The conferees on the bill relating to postal
crimes, presented their report and the Senate
amendments were agreed to.
The House then adjourned.