National Republican., 1888-03-15

Increase OF duty on wool, aud for the pro.
lection OF the wool and wooden industries.
From Maine for the equalization OF col
diers' pay In the late war (tbat Is, to make
up to them the difference between gold
and currency.)
From Bath, Me-, board OF trade In favor
Of returning the tonnage tax to shipowners.
Mr.. Rddleberger, from the committee on
naval affairs, reported a bill for the relief
Of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Company.
Mr. Brown, OF Georgia, called up the
resolution offered by him on the 4th OF Jan.
uary declaring IL the imperative duty OF
Congress to repeal the internal revenue
laws at the earliest day practicable, and
proceeded to address the Senate In advo.
cacy of it-occupying his seat while he
read his speech from manuscript.
Mr.. Wilson, OF Maryland, gave notice
that he would to day submit some REM irks
on Mr.. Plumbs resolution as to inefficient
mail service.
The Senate then, on motion OF Mr.. Ali.
son, proceeded to the consideration OF the
undervaluation bill, which, Mr.. Allison
eaid, was the unanimous report OF the CON.
mittee on finance.
1.-THE bill-twenty.seven printed pages
was read at length
~
section was inserted (between sections 10
and 10y authorizing general appraisers to
call before them and examine on oath any
owI er, importer, agent, consignee, or other
person touching importatlous, and to re-.
quiIe the production OF letters, papers, sc.
Mr.. Evarts discussed some points In
volved IN the second section OF the bill, and
criticised the proposed changes which re.
quire certificates Of value to be made at the
nj NJ nbaoa ha
mode OF certiiiCations by the consu's at the
port Of expectation was prefuraDls mode
Mr.. Allison defended the provisions OF
the sectiCp, and argued that goods pur.
chased at Manchester should be certified
there rather than at Liverpool, London, or
any other port where the importer might
find friendly consul.
MIR. Evarts replied to that by suggesting
that consul or consular agent at small
Interior town OF Germany or England was
much more likely to be under the iufuence
OF rich manufacturers and importers than
were the consuls at the great shipping
ports.
Mr.. Aldrich thought II absurd to argue
as Mr.. Evarts had argued-that the United
States consul at Antwerp, for instance,
should have as good a knowledge of the val ue
OF goods manufactured at Birmen or at Gre.
field Bs the consuls at those poiuts had. He
.
whose brief (as he said) Mr.. Ev9rts held,
would object to these provisions Of the bill.
Of course they would object to them, and
they objected TO every provision Of the bill.
WhyP Because they were the men benefited
by the existing state Of affairs. They were
the men who were shipping goods from
Antwerp, Liverpool, or Paris which should
be. exported from Barmen, Crefeld, and
points on the Rhine.
Mr. Mortill ornua1 that an on,e,,l, ID
Chemritz, Cologne, Crefeld, Dresden, and
other manufacturing points in Germany
must know all about the manufactures con-
Quoted there, while they might know
nothing of manufactures p, oducei else.
where. 1t seemed, therefore, quite obvious
that the bill was, In that particular, exactly
correct.
Mr. Hoar also argued that under every
consideration the government should i'm.
pose the duty OF certifying as to the values
on the consul at the place OF purchase
rather than allow the importer (who might
desire fraudulent undervaluations! to select
consul at any port Of export that he
might see fit.
Mr.. Evarts took exceptions to the ''rathel
opprObriOus suggestion" made by the sena
tor from Rhode Island In relation to the
importing merchants Of New York, aud
also to the opprobrious epithet toward him
brief.
Mr.. Aldrich protested that he had no,
used the word "briei" IN technical sense.
He had merely meant the paper which the
senator had held in bis hand.
MIR. Evarts explained that the paper which
he had held In his hand was one indicating
the differences between the existing law and
the pending bill. The imputat!on might
reasonably be inferred from the remarks o
hn hat ha Mr. Etar rfc\l q
brief, especially when, at the same time,
stigma was cast upon his clients. The inter,
est which he took in the bill arose from thu
fact that he represented great state inter
ested IN domestic manufactures and grea
city which was concerned I'm foreign CON
merce. He moved to amend the second sec
tion by striking out the words requiring th
certilcation Of value to be made In The con
sular district from which the merchandise +
exported.
The amendment was not agreed to. Mr.
Evarts argued against another clause o
the second section, requiring Invoices to b.
made at places where the merchandise wa
originally procured, and he put the case .
Liverpool merchant, who had gathere,
merchandise from France, Germany, ant
the United Kingdom, and who shippld It tt
the United States. To require the Invoices
to be made up where The goods were orgi
Of commerce which could not be tolerated
The bill had good object In vlew--.tt
trample out fraud--lut commerce shoulC
rot be trampled OUT at the same time.
The bill was further discussed by MCssrs
George, Allison, Evarts, Hiscock, and thel
went over until to-day.
Mr.. Platt gave notice that as soon as tA
undervaluation bill was disposed OF h
would ask the Senate to take up the bill
frr In Al taefn nf IN ,I-.Nta
state.
The presiding officer announced the selec
committee on civil service as follows: Sena
tors Hale, Henderson, Chace, Spooner
Blackburn, Daniel, and Blodgett
Mr.. Cullom moved that the Senate bill
reported from the postofllce committee, u
regulate commerce carried on by telegraph
be referred TO the committee on interstat,
commerce.
Mr.. Reagan, who had reported the bill
said he would not make any formal resist
ance TO the motion; but he wished to say
few words in vindication of the action o
the committee; aud this be proceeded to dc
The bill was then referred to the CON
mittee on interstate commerce.
Mr. Dawes said that before the bill 10
The admission Of south Dakota as a stat
! was taken up for action he would ask th
Senate to pess the House bill for th
Dakota. II 1t were to become law a
all 1t was desirable that 1t should do so a
an early day.
On motion of Mr. Dolph, II was agree
by unanimous consent that, after the dis
posa OF the undervaluation bill, two ful
legislative days should be DEVOTED to tn
bills on the calendar.
The Senate proceeded to executive busl
ress, and at $3.50 adjourned.