Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-12
The Senate Adjourns Without
Completing Coast Porti-
fcation Talk.
Tariff Topics 80 Oh While Every Repub-
lican Amendment Is Rejected.
The Democratic Party Sharply ChaTac.
teTixed a. the Party OF Reac.
ton and Retrosyeasion.
WAsHISGTos, July IL.
Seuate.

| WASHINGTON, July IL.
| Senate.
The conference report on the post Office
Appropriation bill WAS presented. The item
as to postage on seeds was fixed so as to
make the postage one cent for every two
ounces.
On the amendment known as the subsidy
clause the conference committee were una
! BILE to agree. The report was agreed TO.
Plumb moved that the Senate insist on
the subsidy amendment and ask further
conference.
| Vest and Beck opposed the motion. Vest
said there were no complaints of poor postal
service to Central and South America. Beck
sad since the time when subsidizibg was begun
in this country with CARROTS and Koachs
Pacific mail subsidy, no trade had been built
| up and 10 trade WAS intended to be built up.
1t was intended to embarrass and injure the
existing postal regulations by giving u sub
sidy to few meu at the public expense. to
the detrimeBt Of public service and TO the
injury OF very tax payer in the Country.
! Chace replied to Beck and said that demo-
cratic opposition TO this measure is in line
Wit whole policy of democratic party The
/
rtrogresslon. 1t is opposed to all enterprises
aud to building up industries. 1t has iuher-
tied it from the old slave holding confedtra-
cy, the i,lea that there should BE- nothing done
by the government to benefit the business OF
the country.
Reagan replied to Chace that the reason
the United States did not o. TO the South
American countries rs ch ts It bough
from them WAS because Tia enue legi,la-
ton of the United States hau 50 increased
the cost of production that goods mamufac
tured in the country could not be sold IN com
petition with goods ma ,ctured in other
countries. He understood the democratic
party tu he party of liberal views, while
the republican party would build u chihese
wall around the country and thought the
only way TO exiend trade was to subsidize
siili farther.
The tariff argument was carried on at con-
siderable length by Reagan, rlatt. McPher.
son, salisbury, Hawley, Stewart and Gall.
motion TO insist OH the amendment was
agreed to, yeas Is, nays i6. ,
The Senate then proceeded to the consd-
Grafton of he Senate bill to provide for for
tincailons and other sea coast defehcrs.
On motion of Plumb to pUs,l one the coD-
sideratIon of the bill TIL the 25ih of July [on
the ground that the regular fortitcatron bill
would by that time be received from the
House) Il long discussion took place going
over the whole range of modern naval wa
fare, the best class of war ships, the most
improved types of guns and the necessity
for coast Notifications.
Without action the Senate adjourned.
House.
Mr. Hatch # Missouri, submitted a report
of disagreement un the agricultural appro-
priation bill. The point of disagreemei
WAS the Senate amendment. making an ap
preparation of $4,000 for sorghum sugar
experiments.
Hatch of Arizona submitted the report of
the disag cement un the agricultural appro-
priation bill, stating that the point of disa-
greement was the Senate amendment max
ing an appropriation OF 500 900 for rghum
sugar experiments. After considerable dis
cussioh, ny ALI of Kansas moved concur
I.hee in the Senate amendment. Agreed to
| his completes the cutisi ieration of the bill
aud il stands as finally passed.
| | he House then went INTO the committee OF
the Whole on the tariff bill, the pending
amendment being that of fheips of New Jer-
sey, liking at 40 per cent ad yalorem, the
duty oil iiax or linen thread and all manufac-
tured fax.
| Phelps spoke on the amendment charging
that the democrats imposed the oath on every
democratic member of the majority that none
should vote in favor of amending the Mills
bill, no matter how giarng we're the mistakes
or foilies which might be discovered in it.
He mo,lihed the charge by saying that a res
oluton WAS introduced and he believed pass
ed in the democratic caucus that no amend
ment offered in the House should receive the
! support of democratic votes unless flrst ap-
proved by the democratic caucus.
wilson of Minnesota said: THAT is
simply untrue. | stand on my personal hon.
or TO say it is not true
Phelps called attention to the fact that not
a single amendment offered by the republi-
can side was adopted by the democrats. In
view OF this condition of affairs the only
incentive for any practical legislator to ut
ter single suggestionson the bill was for
the sake of appeal TO the Sen
ate or the people. In regarig to the
pending paragraph he could prove
the proposed decrease wouldn't diminish. but
ipcr, ase the revenue. and would throw thou
sands of skill d workmen out of employment.
The machinery which gave them employment
would be reshi.ped to the country from
which it came. HIS next witness was Mr..
Barbour, of Barbour 4 Bros of Paterson,
n. j., who sad that during the past five years
under the present rate of duty. finer lines OF
thread could be manufactured in Barbour's
Irish establishment more protitably than in
his New Jersey establishment.
The Paterson firm paid in duty on impor-
tation of such thread, $50, 100 q year. Ii the
duly WAS reduced tu 25 per cent. as proposed,
the tirm would import four times the guam
ut, it uow did. and would pay in duties of
sl5U.VO0 Inc increased amount this one
nrm would pay WAS equal to the whole
amount which the trainers of the bill expec-
ted to get from this line Of linen thread I'M
ported. Ii this bdl passed the firm would
De Obliged 10 discharge Its employees, and send
their machinery to ireland.
Breckenridg. of Arkansas, opposed Phelps
amendment, which WAS finally rejected.
On motion OF Breckenridge of Arkansas an
amendment was adopted changing the rate
of duty on bags ard bayging from Is per
cent AL ,slotem to 3-S OF u cent per POUND
Buchsi an of New Jersey offered an
amendment making the duty on seines 40
per cent last, sa of %. Rejected, as was
ihe amendment of jackson OF penns, lvanIs,
nxug similar Tate on manufactures of
hemp or MANILA not enumerated.
1he third section of the bill relating to
wool aud WOODEN manufactures being reached
Mills proposed that the entire 6I lines be
read and considered as one paragraph.
amendments ia order at any place.
Mills proposed two days for debate of
the section. Reed objected Section read
without objection.
Buchanan of New Jersey offered an
amendment trebling the duties on imported
consict made goods. Defeated.
Caswell of Wisconsin offered an amend
msnt 70 the wool sections substituting the