Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-16
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House-Ssnator Teller on the Tariff.
WAsHrSGTos, March l6-Mr. Thomas OF
Wisconsin, rising to q question Of privilege,
| sent TO the Clerks desk and had read an
article in New York paper relative to the
pending railroad legislation. The article
states-while doubling the truth of the
claim-that Major Reddington, the pro-
prietor OF q bucket shop in Washington.
claimed that he controlled such anti-mo-
, nopolistic members as Messrs. Weaver of
Iowa, Allen of Mississippi, Anderson Of
Iowa, Shively Of Indiana, and Thomas Of
Wisconsin.
MIR. Thomas declared that he did not
know Reddington, had never seen him and
had never had any communication with
him directly or indirectly. He was not in
terested in stocks, aud the whole matter, SO
far as he was concerned, was an absolute
falsehOod and lie. --..s-.. .s... .-
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi. remarked that
! he was not mad about tine matter. The
only time he had heard of Reddington, was
some two years ago when he learned that
some Pacific railroad people were interested
in getting some man out of the office OF the
Commissioner of Railroads,
He had afterwards met a man who
taxed tiippantly about the Pacific Rail-
roads, and whom he presumed 70 be Red
dington. That was the on. y q ne he had
ever seen hirl.
Mr.. White introducedsa resolution call
ing upon the Postmaster General for in
formation as to whether the Postoffice
Department has issued an order designed TO
prevent American dealers in seeds from
using the Canadian mails on the same
terms as their rival Canadian dealers -
The House then in Committee Of the
Whole. took up the urgent deficiency ap
preparation bill, as it came back from the
Senate. Considerable time was spent dis
cuSsing the Senate amendment to strike
out the clause requiring the public printer
to rigidly enforce the eight hour law in his
bureau. 1t was rejected and the Rouse, at
$50 adjourned.
The senate.
WASHINGTON, March 16-The Senate, to-
day, on motion of Mr.. Plumb, ordered an
investigation by the Pension Committee as
To the justification for tho claim made in
circulars sent out by various pension agents
that they can promote and secure pension
legislation by Congress-
Mr.. Frye introducedS : resolution calling
on the President for journal of the pro-
ceedings of the fishery conference.
After routine morning business Mr.. Tel
Ter took the floor for speech criticising the
Presidents tariff message. He insisted that
il was not the intention of the President
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the tariff. No such intent on the part of
the President could be gathered from
his message. II had been received every
where, at home and abroad, as an
attack, not ON a detective tariff. not to
remedy inconsistencies, but 20 destroy the
protective system. The President himself
had spoken of that system as inequitable
and illogical. His former Secretary of the
Treasury had spoken of it as a brutal
method. Defenders of the message in the
Senate, and elsewhere, had spoken in
terms of opprobrium, contempt not OF
the tariff, or of its Inconsistencies, or in
congruiIies, but of the protective system.
1t was therefore understood (outside of
the Senate Chamber) 10 be an attack on q
system which protected American labor
and American manufacturers against COM
petition with foreign labor and foreign cap
ital. Mr.. Teller went on to contrast the
prosperity OF the United States under the
protective system with its condition under
low tariff regimes. and said that If the pro-
tective system were wicked, vicious and il
logical, it was somewhat singular that the
country should have SO prospered under il.
In concluding, Mr.. Teller referred with
pride to the great results of q years of e1-
pertinent under the protective system, to
show that IL is neither vicious, illogical nor
inequitable, but that it had brought TO the
people OF this country a richness. content
edness and glory which no other system
had brought upon any other people in the
world. The motion TO refer the message
went over without action.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the Under Valuation bill. Several
amendments to details of the l4th section
were proposed and explained by Mr. Ed
munds, and sn argument as to the object
and scope and constitutionality of that sec
ton was made by MIR. Eysrts. The bill
went over without action, and the resolu.
tions of thesHouse on the subject of tho
death of Representative Seth C. Moffatt, OF
Michigan on the 22ld OF December were
presented to the Senate.
Mr.. Palmer has Offered resolutions ex-
pressive of the deep sensibility felt by the
Senate in the snnouncement of the death
Of Mr.. Mofatt, and rendering to the family
and relatives of the deceased assurances Of
its sympathy. Eulogies on the life and
character of Mr.. Moffstt were delivered by
Senators Palmer, Paddock and Stock kbridge
and then the resolutions were adopted
unanimously and the Sehate, as . further
mark of respect at 4:3o. adjourned until
tomorrow.