Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-29


On motion of Frye the Senate still
further insisted upon the amendment.
A joint resolution extending for thirty
days the appropriations for the current fis-
cal year, where the regular appropriation
bills may not have passed before the Both
of June, was presented and referred TO the
Committee on Appropriations.
The Senate then took up the army ap-
preparation bill. One important amend
ment reported by the committee was the
insertion of an item appropriating $3.50, ,0OO
for cannon and carriages, projectiles and
experiments in means of protecting torpedo
lines, ETC., all materials 10 be of American
manufacture.
The amendment was agreed to, with an
amendment adding after the word pro
ectiles" the words land increased facili-
II es for their manufacture"
Hawley offered an amendment to insert
an additional section appropriating $780,
I 900 for an army gun factory at Watervleit
Ara email, West Troy, \. Y, $5000,000 for
the 'urchase of steel for high-power guns
of s, 10 and II inch calibre; $50OO00 for
the p urchase of submarine mine, cable
gallerit s and appliances to operate sub
marine mines, and 100000 for the pu1-
| chase oil submarine controllable torpedoes
and toFp edo boats.
! A point of order was made against the
amendne ct by Gorham that it was not
germane or relevant, but the point was
| overrule6-
Without action on the bill or amend
ments the Senate adjourned.
| The House.
| WAsHgNGroN, June 2Sth.-D During the
| debate on the tariff bill to. dav Mills said:
The platform of the Republican party
says it is in favor of the repeal of the in
| ternal taxes. 1t says it is in favor of TAX
| ing the tax off alcohol used in the-arts. and
that is not enough. 1t is in favor Of taking
off all internal taxes. That is wEst is un-
derstood by the country as being IN favor
| of free whisky"
Mills further said it was well known that
| the majority of the Republican party was
| opposed to the extreme position Whi3h the
| Republicans had taken at Chicago. Had
the Republican party taken the poaition
| before the American people in favor of
| Keeping up the taxes on the necessities of
life and demanding that the Treasury
| should be emptied by taking the tax off
whisky, no amount of dsclaiming would
convince the people that that party, if in
| power, would not take the tax off whisky
and leave it on every article of necessity.
Kelley of Pennsylvania said he advocated
the repeal of the war taxes, which Jeffer-
son had denounced as an internal system.
he had demanded that the Democracy
| should walk in the steps of the forefather
| OF that party, and should maintain its
! hottest precedence by removing the super
vision of the National Government from
| The fields, the factories and orchards of the
| South. He had demanded that the Demo-
Gratis carry out their platform of 1884,
which promised an abolition of internal
| taxes. The gentleman from Texas could
not deny that it was the Democratic prom
ise in 1884 to the tobacco growers, fruit
growers and distillers of the South, that
they should be relieved from national sur
| veillance and supervision. He had asked
that this great source of revenue be re-
mitted to the people of the States, and un-
der the State law to the municipalities of
the State, and those of the Government,
which bear the burden of crime, vice and
| insanity, should have whatever revenue
might be justly derived therefrom.
Reed OF Maine thought the gentleman
from Texas did not mean to be believed
when he said the Republican party was for
free whisky, because the gentleman knew
there would rot be enough Democrats left
to make up the Electoral ticket in half the
States of the Union if they had confidence
in his statement. [Laughter.l The gen.
tleman, if he had taken the trouble to read
the Chicago platform, knew his sentiment
was one of those reservations which might
be worthy of the dignity of the stump, but
not of the position of Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means of the
House OF Representatives. The position
OF the Republican party on this subject
was too simple to be turned in this way ::
but if the Democratic party shonld ever
commence campaign without false state
ments, its own friends would not know it,
II the gentleman from Texas meant to say
he would hang on to the whisky monopoly
| and piUn Drptnptinn LOT
let him say so openly and manfully, and
not get behind miscellaneous sentences
which meant nothing.
Weaver of Iowa criticised the internal
revenue plank of the Chicago platform, and
declared the issue could not be shirked, and
there could be no shuffiing
-" am Democrat" interrupted Wise of
Virginia, and am in favor of the repeal
Of the tobacco tax" Applause on the Re
publican side.
Weaver" This bill provides for reduc-
ton of that tax, but l say to the gentleman
from Virginia that his situation in favor of
the repeal of internal revenue taxes is not
the position of this bill"
Wise" My position is the position of
the National Democratic party in 1884, and
the platform of 1888 indOrses the platform
of 1854"
After further discussion the committee
lOSCi anu Ou lllOllOu Vi IetIudll Oh 1pnD-
sylvania joint resolution was passed. ex-
tending for three days from June Both the
provisions of the existing appropriation
laws, in case the appropriation bills are not
passed before the end of the fiscal year.
Recurring again TO the text of the tariff
bill, Mills presented the committee amend
ments placing on the free list German look
ing glasses, blown or silvered, and striking
out plums and prunes, which were
adopted.
Buchanan of New Jersey moved to strike
out chicory root, acorns and dandelon root.
The motion was adopted, as was the one
made by Vandever OF California to strike
out cocoa, and another presented by Nc
kenna of California to strike out figs.
Bynum of Indiana from the Committee
on Ways and Means, moved to strike out
pulp, for paper makers use. Adopted.
Farquhar of New York offered an amend
, ment striking out books and pamphlets
printed in other languages than English
Lost.
Buchanan moved to add the words g not
edible" to the clause placing bulbs and
bulbous roots, not medicinal on the free
F list. Lost
Committee amendments were agreed to
striking from the free list hatters' furs
not on the skin, and linseed or fiaxseed
and marble of all kinds in block. rough OF
squared, was stricken from the free list.
On motion of Mills, an amendment was
agreed to striking from the free list plaster
2 OF paris, when ground or calcined.
: The committee then rose.
Belmont of New York called up the con
ference report on the consulate and diplo
matte bill, and it was agreed to. 1t report.
, concurrence on all amendments except tha
t appropriating S25,e0o for a Commissioner tC
r explore the Congo basin.
5 The House then adjourned.