Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-19
Last Of The Session.
Congress Has Agreed to "Blow
Out" Saturday.
THE STATESMEN ARE GOING HOME

THE STATESMEN ARE GOING HOME
To Help Swell the Political Cyclone Now
Raging-Getting in Their Last Ofacial
Licks Before the Dispersion-Soms
Lively Passages In Both Your Houses"
Tho Sioux Reject the Presidents Prop
osition-Capital Notes
WASHINGTON CITY Oct l9-The ques-
ton of adjournment was settled in congress
yesterday, and the members during the de-
bate before and after the settlement took oc-
casion to exchange compliments in a sort Of
general, though, in some instances pointed,
manner, the latter occurring in the house
The talk was, of course largely devoted to
the tariff and the influence Of adjournment
on the bills now up When Allison's resolu-
ton for recess came up Paddock moved to
make the dates Oct q to Nov 12 and spoke
in favor thereof.
Brown offered an amendment to the reso-
luton, making the adjournment on Saturday
final He said that if the Democrats were
successful at the coming election then bill
so ething like the Mills bill would undoubt
eddy pass the senate; if the Republican party |
was successful, the senate bill would be |
passed by congress He did not think pro-
longation OF the session would facilitate work |
on the bill.
Cockrell said that Paddock's talk about |
passing the bill or doing any business was
perfectly farcical If they wanted to pass
the bill before Nov. &, Democratic senators
would stay with them, but they did not.
| Paddock said that the primary trouble
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been a quorum in the house for six weeks.
Cockrell-Tbat does not make particle of
difference The house has nothing to do
with the bill now. When the senate passes
this bill there will be quorum in the house
to act on it. 1t is the Republican senate that
has to act upon it.
The presiding officer intimated that Cock
reil was not in order, and expressed the hope
that senator's would cooperate with him in
| maintaining order.
| Cockrell-We will do it. We will help
you. [Laughterl Do not Ito Paddock
trouble yourself about the house. The house
will take care of itself Take care of the
senate Here is your responsibility.
After some further discussion between
Cockrell, Paddock and Aldrich, Allison said
be would accept the amendment offered by
|
in the affirm alive, majority of the Repub-
licans voting nay. There was no demand
for division, and the chair, after longer
pause than usual, declared the concurrent
resolution adopted.
Teller offered resolution instructing the
Indians affairs committee to inquire as to
the truth of the report that the secretary OF
the interior has purchased wagons for the
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prison labor in Tennessee. He said that he
had heard that the secretary of war had
bought English blankets at a saving OF 80
cents apiece. He thought that was below
the dignity Of great government Making
use of alien labor was as bad as using convict
labor
Bate said that the contract in question was
made with the state of Tennessee by adver-
tisement and competition, and that the firm
was perfectly responsible and paid to the
state of Tennessee 800, 900 year The sys-
tenn of convict labor in Tennessee had, he
said, been borrowed from report of James
G. Blaine
Teller said that the Democratic party
seemed to follow Mr. Blaine whenever he
made mistake, but they never followed him
in any of his good works.
Cockrell said that the resolution was purely
political If the department bought these
wagons 1t was compelled to buy them where
it did by law. Referring to the charge that
the secretary Of war had bought English
blankets, Cockrell said he had a letter from
the secretary saying that the blankets had
been bought from the lowest bidder
Aldrich spoke on the tariff and criticised
recent Democratic analyses of the senate
and house bills, declaring them full of mac
curacies OF most glaring character. Frye
criticised the statements which had been
made in the house and senate about the
profits Of cotton mills By calculation
which omitted expenditures for fuel, gas,
salaries, etc, they had been fixed at IS per
cent A mill in his town had made only 8
per cent in 1882. By the Democratic process
of calculation that profit would have been
placed at 10 per cent The eotton-mils in
his state had not averaged per cent for ten
years past. The woolen-mills of New Eng.
land had not made on an average per cent
per annu.n in that time.
Teller drew glowing picture Of the pros
perity of the American people and asked il
they wanted to change that condition of at
: fairs
Eustis said that be had never seen &C
strange thing as the representative of ar
, agricultural state telling bis people to thanh
, God for the opportunity to be taxed on every
thing they wore and and consumed
, Teller said the people of Colorado were
r broad enough in their sympathies to look be
r yond state lines They would give in the
? coming election larger comparative vot
for protection than the people Of any othel
, state in the Union
| han ba oh ,lain IF no hod n1o
, his prayer, Farquhar called attention to tn
\ fact that no quoi UNI was present, and to tn
!, rule which directs the speaker to cause tb
= journal to be read on the appearance of
:. quorum He entered into a long criticism
n of the members who absented themselves
! while others remained He was declared GU
a Of order
= The senate adjournment reso luton wa
II then laid before the house, and McMilliD too
n took the floor and reviewed the work of th
session He then took up the discussion {
the tariff measures OF the house and senat.
He said that the senate bill increased eleve
of the fourteen tariff schedules
E. B. Taylor said that it was possible |
u reduce the revenue by advancing duties
B. Mcmillan analysed the senate BILL and sal
that in its metal schedule taxation was il
u for the benefit of the sugar trust The SOL
d ate bill would not reduce the revenue mo-
), than $50, 900 00G, while the finance commit,
u in its report had said that the people wei
N entitled to reduction of $65, 000, 600 to sc
Is 600, 900.
+ Bayne questioned the correctness of NJ
es Millin's figures The senate, he said, had n
III removed the duty from cotton-ties, becau:
'h it did not wi SD to favor one section OF Il
y country. As TO the sugar schedule, the hou;
oi bill was framed in accordance with Il
wishes of the president Of the sugar trust,
10 Democrat, who had appeared before q
% ways and means committee
% Turner of Georgia said that this stateme
is had been denied.
y Bayne said that Mr. Havemeyer and
?" attorney had at least conversed with {
~ members of the committee about the duty
s1gar.
Breckinridge of Kentucky-Ihe stateme
the gentleman has made Is absolutely fall
Whether consciously or unconscious
,or Bayne said, the committee had changed t
In. sugar schedule after the visit Of Mr.. Hay
a meyer, SO as to protect the sugar trust
a Turner said that the change had be
M made before the visit of MIR. Havemeys
or When Mr.. Hsvemeyer was in Washingt
IL he had merely exhibited in the ways q
sr, means committee room some sugar sampl
ill and made an explanation of colors a
an grades to one Republican and several Dem
.ho cratic members of the committee The b
nj had not been mentioned by him