Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-10
NATIONAL NEWS.
House Proceedings-Wordy
TRADE ON Trusts.
MILLS SYMPATHY FOR IRELAND.
The New Pension Law-United
States Court Expenses Civil
Service Investigation.
IAs.ociated Press Dispatches to the HrnAID.l

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, June 9.-In the House
to-day the Democratic leader, Mills, took
= hand when that part Of the tariff bill
placing flax-straw on the free list was
taken up. While incidentally referring
to the Irish fax trade, he was adding
that his sympathies were with down
trodden Ireland, when Funston, of Kan
sas, called out: "Under free-trade Eng
land"
Mills retorted that it was under the
merciless carpet-baggers Of that great
centralizer Of power, England. He
would be unwilling to help even Ireland
at the expense Of his fellow-countrymen,
but in this case he could help Ireland at
the same time he helped his own people.
When we take the product of Ireland's
labor, we help her Just in proportion as
we helpsourselves.
The motion to strike out the clause, as
was advocated by Mills, was defeated,
"A to 62.
Rayner, Of Maryland, ridiculed the
reference in Reed g tariff speech to trusts,
and that gentleman's declaration that
outside ofthe Patent Office there were no
no trusts in this country, and never
would be. He d6fed the Republican
party to place in its National platform, as
the Democratic Convention had done, a
plank avowing its open antagonism to
were draining the life-blood Of the coun-
try. [Applause.]
Reed, Of Maine, said this was not the
first time he had seen the gentleman on
the other side in state of "conniption.
[Laughter.] That kind of oratory on the
other side was cheap anywhere else. He
had heard the gentlemen on the other
side, in the most agonized condition of
mind, about the running of the Conven-
ton by Federal Office holders, yet he
had seen them supinely register the edicts
Of their own oMce-holders. He had heard
the gentlemen talk about National
banks and the vampires OF Wall street
sucking the bloodtof the Nation, and
he had lived to see Democratic Admin
istrstion put sixty million dollars of the
peoples money into the Golfers Of the
National banks-(applause on Repub-
ican side)-of these gentlemen. The
gentleman from Iowa (Weaver) was
solitary survivor, the sole survivor OF all
that wild screaming that used to possess
the Democratic side. He would live to
see the day when the gentleman from
Maryland (Rayner) would have got over
his condition Of fear of trusts. The Demo-
cratic side were takingthe same position
in morality that fits were in medicine.
The gentleman from Maryland, and his
compeers would tear everything to pieces
because dozen persons were going to
crush out the citizens Of the United
States. The gentleman on the other side
proposed to destroy the trusts by destroy-,
ing Industries, and they appealed to tie
people, and rent the atmosphere with
sheir outcries. 1t was about time that
Congress talked sense.
Hemphill, Of South Carolins, referring
TO his recent speech during the general
debate, said his remarks as to free trade
In labor had been misconstrued. If he
desired to hire men to perform work for
him he would hire them as cheaply as
he could, if he wanted to make money;
but when it came to the intro
duction OF Coolies and Italian
and Hung irian labor, there were
other things to be considered beside
the question of cheap labor. 1t would
be very unwise to advocate the intro
duction Of any set of people who had not,
and would not, have proper apprecia-
tlon of the institutions under which we
lived, or would not be likely to assimilate
with our people.
Hopkins, OF illinois, asked if the gem
tleman (Hemphill had been forced into
repudiation Of his former statements by
the result Of the election in Oregon.
There was no Disgusting the fact that the
Mills bill leaned towards free trade, and
the gentleman's whole argument had
led up to that.
Hemphill replied that he had had no
proper opportunity, to reply to Perkins
criticisms. To Mr.. Herman he said
that he did not favor Chinese immigra-
ton. =
Wilson, OF Minnesota, said his State
produced one quarter of all the flax in
the country. When fax seed or linseed
was reached he believed that he would
have the support of the, House Demo
cratic side). l7, s.,ts,
Cannon, Of Illinois, declared that every
one OF the existing trusts had grown up
under the administration of Grover Cleye-
land. He had not heard any proposition
from the Democrats to restrict the Cotton
Seed Oil Trust, the Whisky Trust, Sugar
Trust, Anthracite Coal Trust, or, greater
than all, and without which no other
trust could exist, the Transportation
Trust. The gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania, representing the Administration
(6cott), had hurried to St. Louis to get in
the Platform declaration against trusts.
His biography in the Congressional
directory showed he was the greatest
railroad king in the land. laa
DOckery, Of Missouri, quoted Butter
worths speech to show his variance
from Mr.. Reed upon the subject OF
trusts. He said no man claimed that all
Of the trusts we're directly attributable to
the tariff. Still the tariff, as Mr.. Butter
worth had said, led to vast accumtila-
tions Of wealth, that made these trusts
possible. He taunted the Republicans
with failure to carry out their platform
to revise the tariff:
Butterworth said there was little differ
ence between himself and Mr.. Reed upon
ihe necessity for the preventing of unlaw-
ul exercise OF corporate or syndicate
power. What steps had the Committee
of Ways and Means, or the majority of
thr House taken to place in the hands OF
members Information contained in
book he held in his hands, showing how
the bill affected tho articles imported?
Several members of the Ways and
Means Committee maintained that 1t was
not their duty to supply compilation,
and after an extended cclloquy upon the
subject the House rose and adjourned.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.
Tho Acting Attorney General to-day
eont 70 the House revised estimates, az
eyegating IL 100 900, for certain expenses
d the United States Courts for the fiscal
year Of 1885. In explanation, tho Act
jng Attorney.G General says the Depart
m6nt, IN estimating the expenses for
1o30, followed the custom formerly In
preotloe without being xwxre that the
64tlnate which had been mada Tor che