Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-13
WASHINGTON.
Fridays Work in the Halls
of Congress.
PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES.
Senate Tariff Debate Continued
on the New Los Angeles
Court House.

! Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, October 12.-The Senate,
resumed consideration Of the Tariff bill.
Chace continued the speech which he
began yesterday.
At the close of Chace's remarks on the
tariff, Dolph said some anxiety was felt
on the North Pacific Coast in regard to
the provisions Of the Senate bill as to the
tariff on coal, and asked Allison if the,
Senate bill put coal on the free list in
any form. Allison said he had several
inquiries in the same direction. Coal
stack or culm coal is put on the free list,
but that is one of the mistakes in the bill
and should have been corrected
before the bill was reported. 1t
was the intention of the Finance
Committee Cat least of the majority that
coal slack or culm should pay duty as
now or perhaps an increased duty. The
committee proposes to fix all coal on the
dutiable list at the rate now provided by
law, rs cents per ton. That is one of the
amendments which the committee will
propose at the proper time.
Call reviewed Platt's argument of yes
terday as to sectional conspiracy
against labor.
The Democratic party, he said, had
formulated and placed before the country
proposition to the effect that the
method of reduction should be to reduce
the tax ON the articles of general con-
hn
antagonized that proposition and insisted
that duty on large proportion OF the
articles necessary for human life should
not be reduced. but should be increased,
and that taxation was benefit and not
an injury to the people of the country.
That was the great issue to be considered
by the people.
Hawley said he was glad that the SEN
ate bill had been reported. He thought
that it was very good bill-perhaps the
best first draft of tariff bill ever sub
mitted to Congress. 1t was built on a
definite principle, the maintenance of
the old doctrine of protection, that
which had been the doctrine of the coun-
try and that was the doctrine of all the
leading civilized nations. with one excep-
ton. He was going where the jury was
with the bill, which had been presented
and its purposes set forth.
Reagan next addressed the Senate.
He favored the House bill as against the
Senate bill, though he would not say that
he would vote for every item in one, or
against every item in the other.
In the course of his speech the state
ment by Reagan as to the amount an
nually transferred to the pockets of the
manufacturers through the operation of
the tariff, attracted the attention of Al
drich, who desired an explanation of the
statement, but Aldrich's inquiries and
Regan's explanations seemed to involve
the matter more and more, and after
spending nearly an hour over the SUBJ
ject in an effort to disentangle it, it was
abandoned.
Conference report on the bill for the
Fourth of July claims and on the bill to
retire General Pleasanton as Major, were
presented and agreed to.
Mitchell offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Committee
on Mines and Mining to inquire into the
cause of the arrears of work in the Cen
eral Land Office. After brief execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned till
Monday.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, October 12.-The House
adopted the conference report on the bill
for the payment of the Fourth of July
claims, and then went into committee of
the whole ON the private calendar, the
pending business being the Senate bill
for the incorporation of the Maritime
Canal Company of Nicaragua.
Fuller, of Iowa, while subscribing
heartily to the idea that the Atlantic and
Pacific orean should be connected by a
canal, pointed out the objections to the
pending measure, which he commended
was loosely drawn. If it was 80 amended
as to protect the public, he would with
draw his opposition to its passage. He
offered an amendment providing that the
directors, with the approval of the ma
jority of the stockholders, may adopt
regulations and bylaws, but no change
in the bylaws shall be made except by a
majority vote of the stockholders at
special meeting. After considerable de-
bate vote was taken on the amendment,
which resulted, yeas 20, nays 8.
Turner, of Kansas, raised the point of
no quorum. The Committee thereupon
rose.
Hooker, of Mississippi, presented the
conference report on the bill for the relief
of Gen. Alfred Pleasanton, with the rank
of Major.
Oates, Of Alabama, asked consent to
print on the records some remarks on the
subject of tariff. 1t was due to the
House to state that what he desired to
print was an essay by G. w. Stone, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama,
and was more of legal than political
argument. Mr.. Farquhar, Of New York,
however, objected to Mr.. Oates request.
If the House started to print the essays
of outsiders it might as we'll print the
Democratic campaign book. Adjourned
until Monday.