The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-14
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-.
Proceedings in the Senate
and House Thursday.
CONSIDERATION OF THE TARIFF
The Oklahoma Bill Discussed at
Length in the House The Union
Soldiers Homestead Claims.
CONSIDERATION OF THE TARIFF
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, December 13.-Dawes
offered resolution (agreed toy calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for 6
report as to the condition of the in
habitants i'll the eastern part of Alaska
and especially as to the treatment o.
Indian women by white people.
The Senate then resumed considera
ton of the tariff bill, the pending ques
ton being the amendment offered by
Coke to admit cotton. ties, etc., at 81
per cent. ad VaIOrena.
Vance proceeded to address the
Senate, but was interrupted by Riddle
berger with the point of order that the
morning business had not been given a
hearing in its proper order.
A wRANGLE GRkw 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 RiddIeberger
with removal by the sergeant-at-arms
before he would subside.
The amendment was rejected by a
strict party vote-yeas 10, nays %,
Riddle berger not voting.
Vance then concluded his argument.
Rlddleberger took advantage of a
break IN the discussion to come for
ward 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 characte rized this effort to
increase the duty on cotton ties as in
the highest degree oppressive and sec
tional. The people of the south, to- day,
were confronted with most terrible
problem,
THE RACE PROBLEM,
and he had never heard any plausible
solution for it, and yet to that people
this bill came as an additional burden.
A more unsectional and unjust piece of
had never been attempted in
progress. No additional leg
islation was given to coarser cotton
fabrics in which southern manufac-
turers were competing with New Eng
land, but on the finer fabrics made in
New England duties were increased.
The State of Missouri is the most pros
porous agricultural State in the union,
yet the Missouri farmer that is making
2 per cent, on his inYestme1t is phenom.
lnaliY successful.
Hiscock asked of Vest to what he at
tributed the vast increase in wealth in
New England States.
Vest replied he ascribed it to the
enormous profits to those New England
manufactures who were
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT.
Missouri does not share in the profits of
manufacturing simply because the CAPT
tai is in New England and not with us.
We are borrowers and you are the
lenders. The Western States with their
enormous agricultural and mining re-
sources are mortgaged to the capital of
New England, which has been accumu
lated under this system of taxation.
Finally a vote was taken on Coke's
and it was rejected by
party vote.
Several other amendments were Of
fered and rejected.
The bill was then laid aside, about
four pages having been disposed of this
week.
Riddleberger offered the following re-
solution, which, under the rule,
WENT OVER TILL TOMORROW.
RESOLVED, That this Senate will proceed to
q reorganization by election, of its officers
on the first day of its session after the first
day of January, 1889.
Edmunds offered resolution, which
was agreed to, directing the secretary
of the Senate to send to the Governor
of each State printed copies OF the acts
of February Sd, 1887, and October, 18th,
1888, respecting the meetings of Presi-
Dental electors, and the Transmission
and counting of the electoral votes for
President.
Mitchell introduced bill, which was
to the committee on Terri
tories, for the admission of Idaho as a
State.
Adjourned till Monday.