The National tribune., 1888-07-19

TO Do Tor the consideration OF private DIS
MONDAY, July 10.
In the Senate, the fisheries treaty occupied
the major portion of the session. The House
joint resolution was passed, electing Col. Har-
ris (Ohio), Gen. Martin Kan and Gen. Hart
ranft PA, Managers Of the National Military
Homes, to fill vacancies.
The Senate adjourned at o'clock.
In the House, the call of States for the in
PRODUCTION of bills having been dispensed with,
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Taylor (Ohio) in opposing the schedule.
argued that the passage Of the bill would not
benefit the consumer of wool 1t would not
reduce the price of wool in this country after
it had been in operation sufficiently long to de-
strOy the home industry. The placing of wool
the free list would reduce the revenue about
$5,0O0000, but that could be accomplished just
as well without injuring any industry by tax
ing that amount of gold and silver from the
Treasury and sinking it in the Potomac River.
The passage of this bill would absolutely de-
stroy the main wool-raising industry in this
country. 1t may not destroy that of California
nor that of Texas, but it would that of Penn
sylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and the North
western States Wool has been placed on the
free list simply because the President recon-
mended it, aud the President knew no more
why he recommended it than Dckens's fat
boy knew why he went to sleep so much.
At the suggestion of Mr. Mills it was agreed
that vote should be taken on the free wool
clause at l o'clock to-day.
Mr. Allen (NIass.) had the clerk read letter
from Mr. Whitman, President of the National
Association of Wool Manufacturers, stating
that the wool manufacturers are opposed to the
| removal of the duty on foreign wool. The per-
| manent success of the wool manufacturing in
dustry III this country, according to Dir. Whit
man. is dependent on the growth in this coun-
try of the raw material.
Mr.. Jackson (Pa.) gave testimony that the
wool manufacturers of Pennsylvania were I'M
c0mpromsingly opposed to free wool.
Mr.. Kerr Iowa called attention to the fact
that the reduction of the duty on wool in 1883
had resulted in the increase of revenue by
| $lI,000,000, and he therefore favored a return
| to the tariff of 1867.
Mr.. Williams (Ohio) protested against the
ruthless disregard of the interests of the farm
ers of Ohio and the great Northwest, of
| Texas and the prairies of the Southwest, in
| placing wool on the free list
Mr.. Kelley pa remarked that he had seen
| from the Record of Saturday last that Mr.
Scott Pa had INDUCED IN an unusually reck-
| less fanfaronade, in the course of which, re-
| ferring to Mr.. Kelley, the gentleman had said
Neither age nor association can cultivate in
| one what nature had not given him-those
| traits of character which gentlemen recognize
both in public and private life as the best types
| of true manhood" Mr.. Kelley said: I" If that
members public and private life were governed
| by the traits TO which he alluded it was q mat
ter of great happiness TO him that nature did
not best0w them upon him, and if the Member
alluded to those traits which permitted him,
in pursuit of his own advantage, to perVert aud
| faislfy statements made by gentlemen, or which,
according to his code, required man who was
forced 20 hear a conversation, all the essential
| points of which were falsifed and perverted by
j ~fxy to-
| exposing such Justification and perversion, he
humbly thanked his Creator for having pro-
tected him from the domination of such traits.
| 1t was not his purpose to pursue the gentleman
through his labyrinth Of imaginary facts but
| to say that in his letter to Mr.. Swauk Dir. Car
| negie had confirmed his statement. The state
ments of the witnesses, u. II. Painter and Mr.
Weirick would also show with increased en-
pbasis why he was so glad to escape the domi-
nant traits of his (Scott's) character"
Mr.. Breckenridge (Ky.) argued in favor of
| the free wool clause, after which Mr.. Wilkins
| Ohio, moved to strike out the wool clause
| from the free list. On division the vote stood
SO to I22, upon the announcement of which
there was uproarious applause on the Demo
cratic side.
Messrs Sowden Pa and Wilkins and Foran
| (Ohiol were the only Democrats who voted in
| the affirmative, while Anderson iowa voted
| in the negative.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Mills, the date on which
the free wool clause is to go into effect was fix
| ed as Oct. /, 1888, and the date for the taking
| effect of the woolen schedule as Jan. /, 1889.
| The House got through about 40 pages of the
| tariff bill to-day. There will be final vote on
the BILL it is thought, on Thursday but the
| vote on the free wool clause was generally &C
| cepted as the test vote, the motion to strike
| out wool from the free list being defeated go
| Republicans and three Democrats voting in its
| favor, and 119 Democrats aad one Independent
/ Republican against it. This vote shows how
| the Independent of January become some
| thing else in July.
Mr.. Wilkins, who comes from the strongest
| Democratic District in Ohio made the motion
| to strike out the clause putting wool on the
| free list Everybody recognized the fitness of
| the selection when Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Mills,
the leaders of their respective parties in the
| House, were chosen to act as tellers.
| 1t is now generally conceded that the tariff
! bill will be completed in the House by next
| Monday or Tuesday, possibly by Saturday of
| this week. An effort will be made shortly to
reach an understanding whereby the bill may
be completed by Saturday. There will be no
formal vote taken. however for two or three
| days after the bill is practically passed, as
| Members of both sides Of the House will want
| a little time within which to summon Mem
| bers who may be- out of tho city, but there is
| little doubt in the minds of the most txperi-
! enceu bndb Oy ne4b week the Dali VIII reach the
| Senate.
The Senate Committee will have its sub
| stitute for the Mills bill ready when the origi-
nal is received, and the Senators are expect
ing to begin their tariff talk by Monday, the
Goth. 1t is thought that the debate In the
! the Senate will not occupy more than
10 days, many of the Senators having made
tariff speeches when the Presidents message
was under consideration. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Mills is very well pleased with the unex-
pected progress made with the tariff bill He
now believes that its consideration can be
finished within day or two. Many of the
Members absent who wish to go on record,
and the final vote will be deferred in order to
| afford them an opportunity to return to the
| city in time.
The President vetoed the Senate bill grant
ing pension to Tobias Baney who enlisted in
| February, 1865, and was discharged Jan 81,
| 1866. The President finds that the bene-
ficiary's disability was in no way connected
| with his service.
| The President also vetoed the Senate bill
| granting pension to Amanda f. Deck Her
! husband, though a soldier in the Indian war of
1864, was killed in a fight with Luther Cutter
| in 1883.
PENSION BIL14s PASSED.
Bills granting pensions or increase of pen
| sions to the following persons have been passed
by both Houses of Congress: Mrs. Mary Me-
/ LII,