Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-05-03
CRAWLING, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, NAY
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work of the Senate and the House
OF Representatives.

Vi 4AORAg0ChbabAN03s
Nm. VOORHEES, occupied the floor Of the Sem
ate ON April IS, and spoke at length In reply
10 the recent spseci Of MI. Ingalls,. Mr.. Voor-
hees began By declaring that the Republican
ana harI-ksri. we're going before ths American
beopIo opposing every reduction Of taxes ex-
tspt thoss paid by tobacco and alcoholic spir.
and Sg n would Os
that there had been honest, capaple govern.
ment and that It must continue. Tne Rouse
adopted resolution E from ar 1nS dnbsts On the
tar n bill 10 beysf1tsen days, with two evening
sessions weekly, the time TO be equally di-
vided between the Two pafnss' - TndS.rs VINO
said he believed that customs duties should
be levied to meet ths CURRENT, ordinary ex-
penses Of the government ana IN .sA mat ns bx
with the country was She ..Wfpt OF
market ToaS down low the. the wa1 Eve vs' Amer ssn
labor a chance to compete with foreign lsDoI,
and it could take care OF itself 1t needed no
other protection. Mr., Browne of Indiana ex.
pres led himself as not in ths least frightened
at the plethofc condition Of the National
Treasury. The acenmulatlng rsyssus migns
debt might be gradually paid OF, the merchants
marine might be built up, hsrbot and coast
defenses might be constructed, navy might
q.
der to the old soldiers who saved the country
4 parting benediution. That q surplus existed
was an evidence OF national prosperity. inae
it had been gathered into the treasury witnous :
oppreAsioti or complaint wek an evidence thai
the protective system was just one. MT
Dockery, of Missouri. said he would waive DIS
pubIicans could show that it benefited the la.
boring men of the country. But they could nov
do So On the contrary, many unprotected IN
dustries paid their employees higher wages thar
VaaId N 1ahOrora in protected e6JaDllbQ-
ments He had statistics to show the Immense
bonus which the protective tariff put into the
pockets OF tho manufacturers, but which did
not 20 into the pockets OF the worhtngmen. The
eenate passed the House bill giving 70 the CITY
OF Grand Forks, ID. T., the right to build Two
free bridges across the Red River OF the Nortn.
The conference report on the joint resolution for
a conference of American nations was rejected
by the Senate and new conference ordered.
WHEN the Senate festtned consideration Of
the railroad land forfeiture bill April 26, Mr.
Palmer took the floor and argued against ali
! the amendments as to the lands granted to ths
State OF Michigan for railroad purposes and by
! the Governor OF that State decided to the Lake
! Superior Ship Canal Company. He declared
that every process under tho original grant had
been known to the canal company as irreg
ular and that the company only hoped thai
time would cure its title and that continuance
! in possession would give to it rights which II
! could not claim under the law. Mr.. Palmer
scored the Lake Superior Ship Canal Company
! and showed up the schemes TO dispossess set
| tlers of their claims. The Senate passed bill
| granting q right OF way 10U fest IN width 70 tho
! Kansas City and Pacific Railroad through thu
Indian Territory tthe company to pay SIS {
mile per annum for use OF the nation or trio'
| OF Indians whose land Is taken), and appro
priating 500, 600 additional for the completion
| OF public building ut Wichita kas. The tariff
debate was continued IN the House, Mr.
speaker. He opposed the bill as being direc
| blow at all the industries in his district, anC
predicted that 1t would increase the surplus BY
| NTa HNNAA nf n
consin, said that the Democratic party hat
placed its shoulders against the car OF tarif
reform and would propel IL TO the end OF TIT
| OF protection had indeed protected American
labor There had been strikes innumerable
resulting in the last two years in loss OF $50,
made by Mr.. Hemphil, OF South Carolina, anc
in opposition by Mr. Osborne, OF Pennsyl
vania. "
BEYOND the passing OF seventeen pension
bills, the House did nothing but talk on th
tariff, at its session on April 27. Mr.. Brewer o
| Michigan opened the debate. He advocated
the protective system as one which tended Z
increase the wages of labor, and in support o
his proposition he cited various statistics pre-
pared by Commissioner Wright TO show tina
The rates OF wages In this country largely OK
ceeded those Of the workingneii OF England
He was especially earnest in his opposition 7
the freo-wool clause. which he said would ru
an industry which was national In It's import
ance 1t was true that there was danger in
large surplus, but not so great danger as tn
Pres ident seemed to suppose. The Repuolica
party had disposed OF its surplus by payin
OF Government bonds, while the Democrats
party boarded It's surplus In the treasury. MI
Ford, OF Michigan, said that the question pre-
selted now was one OF tariff reduction, nc
abolition. He ridiculed the position taken b
the protectionists that a high tariff increase
the wages of American workmeh. No indus
tries he said, showed m ore poverty. more DEF
titution and more strikes among their worh
ingmen than those so-caled protected onsi
Referring to the claim that the home merke
was the best m arket, Mr.. Ford said the resul
OF this home m arket swindle 10 that the farme
is most beautifully deluded. The hieh-tari
party gets his vote the high trusts and monopt
lists get his money, and the farmer gets tho he
end OF the poker Mr.. Gof. of West Virginia, sal
that he did not believe in free raw materia
There was such thing as raw material in th
sense in which it was used in this discussion
| Coal unmined was raw material, bJ
when it was mined it was the miners nj
ished product, and entitled to protection.
was as much entitled to protection as the ric
fields Of the South. Wool clipped from th
sheep was not raw material. It was the farm
era finished labor. In conclusion he said pr
teL ton had made @the flag Of the country tyl
ify all that was great in human action, all tn!
was grand in human thought, and God onl
knew what it would do for our land II n
Democratic party would let 1t alone. M
Landos of Illinois submitted an argument
support of the bill. While heartily advocatir
tho bill, be re lretted that 1t touched the whisk
and tobacco taxes, which. instead OF being r
duced should be increased. He hoped TIT
the bill would pass, and that every memb'
who voted against il for the purpose OF contini
ing the granting of enormous bounties to maj
ufacturers would meet with political death an
would be buried under the ballot in Novemb'
next below the resurrection line.