Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-15
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May il, 1898.
senate.


Mr. Stewart. OF Nevada, introduced bin
proposiDg an amendment 10 the Constitution
OF the United states so as to reduce from
tvs thirds 10 \ majority the vote in each
house overriding presidential yetoes.
Mr.. Brown gave notice Of an amendment
10 the river aud harbor bill in reference 10
the channel at Savannah, Ga, TO increase
the appropriation from $50, 900 to S250,0J0,
and submitted statement on The subject.
Mr.. Hoar. from the Committee on Priv
leges and Elections, reported, asking that the
committee be discharged from further con
sj0cration Of the case OF Turpie, senator
from Indiana, thereby confirming Turpie's
title TO bis seat. The report is unanimous.
The greater part Of the time uotil O'Clock
was occupied with business local to the Dis
trlct Of Columbia. At O'Clock the animal
industry bill was laid before the Senate a.
unfinished business" aud then the pre-
siding officer presumably under an order
agreed upon 10 executive session last Thurs.
dayl or0ered the galleries 10 be cleared and
the doors to be closed, aud the Senate pro-
ceeded TO the consideration OF executive
business. The doors were re0pened at
O'Clock, when without resumlng legislative
business the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, from the Committee
on Rules, reported, aud the House adopted
without discussion or division, resolution
providing that general debate on the tariff
bill shall close on Saturday next.
Under the call OF States n number OF bills
were introduced and referred. The House
then went into Committee OF the Whole (Mr.
Springer in the chair on the tariff bill. and
was addressed by Mr.. Hatch, Of Missouri.
Mr.. Hatch said he was opposed to the
present system Of protection, and he regret
ted that the pending bin preserved every
single feature OF that system. The measure
was simply proposition Of modification and
reduction. 1t did not touch the principle
involved in the MOrriltan act. He wished
that there was bill before the House based
on a principle Of equality and fairness broader
and deeper than was involved in the pend
ING proposition. But the principles Of pro-
lection were fastened on the coEntry, and all
that could be hoped for TO. day, and all that the
Hill sought 10 accomplish, was the reduction
OF the amount OF taxation collected by the
Government and put into the Treasury. III
the Mills bill was not passed by this Con-
gTess. the voice VI people sweeping through.
out the length and breadth Of the land would
place the membership IN the Fifty-hrst Con-
gress that would take the protective system,
and instead OF reducing II, as was cow pro-
II would do exact Justice 20 all interests OF
the country. lie believed that there was
fair chance OF the House passing the mode
rate aud conservative measure now pending.
He believed that when final vote was reached
every Democrat would be found in favor OF
the bill. For eighteen hundred wears
the Christian religion bad received its
strongest hope from the grand declaration Of
Paul when be SAID, Every knee shall bow
and every tongue shall confess the divinity
OF the Saviour, the fundamental truth Of the
Christian religion" As a Democrat, be.
lleving IN the power OF Democratic princi-
pies TO relieve the people from oppression,
he rejOIced with exceeding great JOY that
the time was csming, and coming quickly
coming with the bright days Of June-wben
every Democratic knee would bow 10 the
overwhelming majority Of the Democratic
party, and every Democratic tongue would
confess TO revenue reform as fundamental
principle OF the Democratic party. ZAP
plause.)
Mr. Symes, Of Colorado, said 1t was only
The BOurbOnism OF the Free Trader or the An
glomauia OF the college professor or mug.
wump that would eountenancc the adoption
by this country Of policy which governed
an island which might he laid down In one
OF our States. Free trade In Great Britain
had injured England aud ireland and bene-
hted their continental neigbbors. He ar.
gued that II was the capitalist mOnopOlist,
importing merchant, aud those who derived
their income from bonds and other invest.
ments who were clamoung for free trade;
that il was the employer, the workiRgman,
and those who built UP the industries Of the
country who demanded protective tariff.
Mr.. Funston, Of Kansas. declared himself
tcT American interests a. against the balsRce
OF the world. He was therefore q PTotec-
ttouist IA the fullest sense VI the word.
Mr.. DWELL, Of Indiana, as Protectionist,
and be claimed 10 be one, was willing TO
make the tariff high enough 10 enable manu-.
facturers OF an article which could be pro-
dueed 10 the United States 70 compete with
foreign manufacturers; as q Free Trader,
and he claimed 10 be one, be was opposed to
having the tafin placed any higher than
that. He arg ned In favor OF putting lumber,
coal, and iron ore on the free list, because
he believed that In those products the United
States could compete With the world without
there being any tariff upos them.
Mr.. sherman. OF New York, said that the
merits Of the bin (if merits ii had) and It's
deDerits (and its dement's were many were
50 well ksown that ii WAS not necessary for
him 10 point them out. He only wished 10
present petition from hundreds OF people
IN bis districi protesting against the passage
OF this most unwise ana uncalled.for msa-
sure.
MIR. Cowles, OF North Carolina, said that
the revision Of the tariff BY reducing the duty
on imported goods 10 q revenue bass would
increase finpertations and produce all the
revenue which the Government required,
and that the odIous acknowledgements Law