Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-29
THE NATIONS CAPITOL
The Senate Looks Over Seven Of
the Vetoed Pension Bills.
Debate on the Army Appropria-
tiOn Bill.
The House Directs lis Attention to Mr.
Mills Bill.
The Famous Document Argued both Pro
and Con.
Amendments Made to It are OF but Lit
tie Consequence.
WAsuINGToN, June %.
Senate.

Senate.
Henderson, from the pension committee,
reported back seven vetoed pension bills,
with the recommendation that they be pass
ed. They were placed on the calendar.
The motion to have the reports printed in
the Record was agreed 10.
| Allison, chairman of the appropriations
committee, gave the present condition of the
general appropriation bills. He said that in
view of delay 1t would be necessary to pass
joint resolution either Friday or Saturday
to extend for IA certain number of days the
appropriations for the current year.
| The consideration OF the river and harbor
| bill was proceeded with.
After 81 of It's 90 pages were disposed of
the bill was land aside and the conference re-
port Oh the diplomatic and consular bill was
agreed to.
| Hale said the only point on which there
was failure to agree was the amendment
reported from the committee on foreign rela-
tious adopted by the Senate for scientific
commission TO the upper Congo basin. To
that the House conterees were strongly op-
posed.
Sherman, Morgan and Elmunds made
stat. ments to show the great importance of
the proposition, Morgan suggesting the grand
! uPPSi Nohso iSSiop
for the African population of the United
States
| EImunds remarked that under the policy
of the House the United States was standing
dumb and idle, while its great commercial
rivals were obtaining control of all the mar
kets of the world
! On motion of Frye the Senate still further
insisted upon the amendment. The JOINT
resolution extending 30 days the approprla-
tons for the current fiscal year where the
regular appropriation bill had not passed be-
fore j une 30te, was presented and referred
10 the committee on appropriations.
The Senate took up the amy appropra-
ton bill The amendments approprlatug
| 5G0O, 700 for cannon and carriages, proJec-
tiles aud Increased facilities tor their nlan-
utacture, experiments in means OF protecting
torpedo lines and all materials to be OF
American Manufacture, were agreed to
Anoiher amendment was the Insertion of a
new section authorizing negotiations for the
purchase of 225 acres OF lani oa the Hudson
river directly south OF the military reserva-
ton at West Point, belonging 10 the estate
OF Edward \. kmsley, the report to be sub
mtted to Congress AT the next SESSION.
! Hawley offered an amendment to insert
an additional section alpropriating S15U,00U
! for an army gun fact ry al the Natervllie
arsenal, West Troy, New York, S5,0O0,UO0
! for the purchase of steel for high power
coast detence guns of 10 and IL inch calibre.
500, 900 for the pu chase sub marine MINES,
cable galleries aud appliances to operate
such mines, and Sl00,U0U for the purchase
of submarine crontrollable topedo and
torpedo boat HaWley addressed the Senate
as to the importance and necessity of the
amendment, which he offered by direction
of the committee military affairs.
He made the bruai statement The said)
that this nation, with more than sixty mil
lions of people, couldn't resist tirst-cass
ship from China, Japan, Chill or any Euro
pean nation. ANY of the great ports of the
couutr, are open to capture by a fraction of
the navy of any OF the nations. Ships of
war could go past any of our ports I'd levy
on our cities. There was not in the posses
SION of tho army on the coast a single mod
ern built up rifle gun, but only guns that
killed more friells thaa Fenemies. Hn
asked for the adoption of the amendment so
that it might be the beginning of the manu-
facture OF proper guns for coast fortlfca-
tons. The American government could not
argue with anY foreign government without
having something behind it, \ foreign gov
ernmeut would laugh at the American gov
ernment with a Tremendous argument in its
INST nut nothing Dtnihd H.
Morgan advocated the amendment. If
the United States had such an establishment
as the krupp gun factory i Germany Its
world of power wunld be immensely added 10
tee naval powee of the American govern
ment. 1t was not equivalent to its Iupula-
ton aud resources The government should
show foreign nations that ii was prepared to
use its resou. ces Imme Iiately whenever occa-
sIou might demand 1t.
| Without action on the bill or amendment
the Senate adjourned till tomorrow.
House.
Blount of Georgia, was elected speaker
pro TEN. during the temporary absence of
Speaker Carlisle. The House went into
committee of the whole on the tariff bill.
Baker of New York moved sn strike from
the tree list vegetables IN their natural state
or in salt or brine, not specially enumerated
ar provided for.
Brewer of Michigan supported the motion,
and T. ii. b. Browne, OF Virginia, opposed
Mills, of Texas, said that the duty on
potatoes was specifically provided for in
another portion of the bill. He queried
where the republicans would be willing to
reduce taxation.
Brumm of Pennsylvania, suggested that
they were ready to reduce internal taqes.
| Yes, replied Mills, you want free whisky.
We go with you 10 comfy on that question.
We demand reduction On lhose things which
enter iuto consumption as necessaries and
demand that the taxes reihain OH whisky.
J. d. Taylor. of OHIO, repudiated the
statement that the republican party was in
favor of free whisky. The republicans
favored the abolition of internal taxes be-
/ cause they believed the sys stem unwise. U,,-
der the circumstances man who would
| " th judgment in his haDd assert that the
republican, party was in favor OF free whis-
ky, might be developed accord! Z 80 the
. Darwiuan theory for the cOuiati' cycles of
, time. without mounting intellectually 10 the
, position of brevet ass. Laugter and ap-
. plause on the republican side
The debate continued some time.
Spiuola of New York, said the gentleman
! from Ohio, (fa, lor) had made sort of a
: temperance lecture. He attempted to refure
: the suggestion that the republicans of the
country. through their convection, hal de-
clared themselves in favor of free wh.skey.
: The party should be judged by its acts, and
: it was stated in the newspapers that 3l.25a
extra barrels had been consumed In Chicago
during the six sessions of the convention
fLaughter.] That was pretty strong piece
of prlma facie eviieace that the republicans
were in favor of free rum
f Reed of Maine. thought the gentleman
d from Texas didn't mean to be believed whei
i. he said the republican party was in favor o
e free whiskey. because the gentleman knev
!. there wouldn't be enough democrats left 4
make up an electoral ticket in half the State