Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-16
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Routine Business ta the Senate
House Tariff Debate.

WASHINGTON, May l5.--In the Senate,
Hoar called up for action the report of
the Privileges and Elections Committee
on the Turpie case.
After sone discussion, the Committee
was discharged from further considera-
ton of the Turpie case.
On motion Of Stewart, the bill for the
admission of Washington Territory as a
State was made the special order for
Thursday OF next week, and subsequent
ly the bills for the admission of North
Dakota and Montana were also made a
special order for the same day.
Senator Stanford introduced an amend
ment to the proposed River and Harbor
appropriation bill making an appropri-
alton Of 100000 for the improvement Of
the harbor at San Diego.
Stanford also, from the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, reported
favorably The bill to Appropriate $3.50 ,006
for the erection OF a public building at
Oakland, California.
Senator Hearst introduced Joint reso-
luton, authorizing the President, in case
OF the final failure of diplomatic efforts to
effect an amicable settlement, to take
such other measures as in his judgment
may be necessary, to collect indemnity
from the Venezuelan Government for
the losses suffered by the Venezuelan
Steam Transportation Company OF New
York, by reason of the forcible seizure
and employment of three of the com
pany's steamers, Hero, Fan Fernando
and Nutrias, by the Venezuelan bel
ligerents in 1871.
The Pension bill was taken up and the
amendment reprted, increasing the
amount Of the appropriation from SIS, :
600 900 to $s0,477 ,00) was agreed to.
The next amendment was to strike out
of the House bill the words ''that in all
pensions to widows the payments shall
be made from the date of the death of
the husband, !" and to insert in lieu of it
the following: "That all pensions which
have been or may hereafter be granted
under the general laws regulating pen
sions to widows, in consequence of death
occurring from causes which originated
in the service since March A, 1861, shall
commence from the date of the death Of
the husband" Harris made the point
of order that the amendment was general
legislation on appropriation bill, the
same objection applies to the House
clause, but the only remedy in tie Sem
ate was to strike 1t out, as the point of
order did not lie against it. After long
discussion, the Senate decided, yeas %,
nays IS, that the proposed amendment
was in order; the Democrats generally
voted in the negative, and were joined
by Senators Edmunds and Ingalls,. The
proposition OF Cockrell was agreed to
and the bill went over till tomorrow,
leaving the amendment still undecided.
The House bill to establish a Depart
ment of Labor, went over without action.
The House bill to limit the hours of
letter carriers work to eight hours passed
without discussion. Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
In the House the Senate bill was
passed granting right of way through the
Cour d'Alene Indian Reservation to the
Washington and Idaho Railroad Com
pany. The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Tariff bill
and was addressed by Butlerworth of
Ohio.
Butterworth, in his speech, said the
passage OF the bill would 70 a direct
condemnation OF the protective policy,
and indicated to the country that
whether the tariff was perfect or not,
the Democratic party was not fit in
strument to perfect it. The mission of
the protective tariff was to place the
people OF our country on an equality
with the producers OF the old world. The
protective tariff dealt with conditions,
anu not with boundary lines; from these
nations against which it is held coigne
OF vantage, no odds were asked, but when
the Republicans found conditions which
would strike down our industries and
the rate of wages of our workingmen,
then they erected the wall of protective
tariff. In skill and cunning the Ameri-
can workmen ask no odds. The capital,
the plants and the skill were here, but
starvation wages were not here, and
never would be as long as the Republican
party wrote the laws of the country.
Capital had the advantage of labor !;
capital could wait longer for its dividends
than labor could for its breakfast.
He made comparison between Ohio,
where protection prevailed, and the
States where the free trade philosophy
existed, greatly to the advantage of his
own State. He created much laughter by
reading an extract from the London
| Times. declaring that the only time Eng
| land had any use for an Irishman is
| vhan be emigrates to America and votes