Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-14
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
The Tariff Fight Conducted
On Party Lines.
OKLAHOMA BILL IN THE HOUSE
The Soldier Question Gives Ground
for Debate-DemOcratic
Caucus.
! Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

WASHINGTON, December 13.-In the
Senate to day Dawes offered resolution
(agreed to) calling en- the Secretary of
the Treasury for report as to the con-
dition of the inhabitants Of Alaska, and
especially as to the treatment of Indian
women by white people.
The Senate then resumed consider
alton of the Tariff bill, the pending
question being the amendment offered by
Cooke to admit cotton ties, etc., at 35 per
cent. ad valorem.
Vance proceeded to address the Senate
but was interrupted by Riddleberger on
the point OF order that the morning busi-
ness had not been given a hearing in its
proper order. A w1angle grew out of
this as to whether Vance should be
seated while Riddleberger stated his
point OF order, and it became necessary
for the Chairman to threaten Riddle
berger with removal by the Sergeant-at-
Arms before he would subside.
Vance then concluded his argument.
Riddleberger took advantage of break
in the discussion to come forward once
more with his complaint, but was
promptly called to order, and Jones, OF
Arkansas, spoke against the cotton-tie
tax.
He was followed by Vest, who charac-
terized this effort to increase the duty on
cotton ties as in the highest degree op-
pressive and sectional. The people of
the South to- day were confronted with q
most terrible problem-the race problem
and he had never heard any plausible
solution for it; and yet to that peo.
pie this bill came as an additional
burden. A more sectional and unjust
piece of legislation never had been at.
tempted in the American Congress. Nc
additional attention was given to the
coarser cotton fabrics in which the
Southern mills were competing with
England, but on the finer fabrics made
in New England the duties were in.
creased. The State of Missouri is now
the most prosperous agricultural State
in the United States, yet the Missouri
farmer who is making per cent. on his
investment is phenomenally successful
| Hiscock asked Vest to what he at
tributed the vast increase of wealth il
the New England States.
| Vest replied that he ascribed it to the
enormous profits made by those New
England manufacturers, who were II
partnership with the Government
Missouri does not share in the profits o
manufacturing, said he, "simply be
cause the capital is in the New England
States and not with us. We are the Dor
rowers and you are the lenders. The
Western States, with their enormous
agricultural and mining resources, are
mor:gaged to the capital of New Eng
land, which has been accumulated undel
this system of taxation"
Finally vote was taken on Cooke.
amendment, and it was rejected by /.
party vote; yeas 10, nays %, Riddle
berger not voting.
| Several other amendments were Offered
and rejected. The bill was then laic
aside, about four pages having been dis
posed of this week.
Riddleberger offered the following
resolution which under the rule wen
over till tomorrow:
| Resolved, That this Senate will pro
ceed to reorganization by the election o.
its officers on the first day of the session
after the first day of January, 1889.
| An amendment was offered to the res
olution directing the Secretary of the
Senate to send to the Governor of each
State printed copies of the acts of the
Sd of February, 1887, and the 10th o.
October, 1888, respecting the meeting
of the Presidential electors and the trans
mission and counting of the electora,
votes for President.
Mitchell introduced bill (which was
referred to the Committee on Territories
| for the admission of Idaho aa a State
Adjourned till Monday.