Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
,,ss R,sh. OF Congress 10 Investigate
the Elections OF Members Oh
State legislatures.
I'm the Tariff Bill Continued in
Afsun a.,,,-rhe advantages and Dis.
advantages Made Plain.
Fiftieth Congress.
THE SENATE.


d,v, Mr.. Ho,r called up for action the
ssnort of the privileges and election COM
.ni,tee on the Turpie case.
Mr.. Chandler dissented from the state
nent In the report thst he Senate hiss no
-igbt to 90 into the question Of the legal
~ NJ the elections of members Of state
legislatures. he says while this propo-
.;sion WAS generally sound he could i'm
Zine q case SO exceptional that the
osn.te would be bound to take action,
I'D this rule would be an embarrassing
precedent.
Wessrs, Hoar and Teller maintained
chat the committee report WAS IN exact
comn!i.uce with constitutional limita-
ton.
Mr.. Teller also defended the position of
che committee on privileges and elections
and after further discussion participated
IN nv Senators Blair, Hosr and Chandler
tbe committee was discharged from fur
fher consideration of the subject.
o. motion Of Mr.. Stewart the bill for
tbe admission of Washington territory SIS
state was msde special order for Thurs
dsy Of x week, and subsequently, Oh
motion OF Mr.. Plstt, the bill for the ad
mission OF North Dakota and Montana
Was also msde special order for the same
dsy, Mr.. Platt clsiRed that all three
hills might be disposed Of on that day.
Mr.. BAR introduceds joint resolution to
amend the constitution so as to allow the
District Of Columbia representation IN
hoth hsuses OF Congress. After debate
the matter went ovsr until d. KIT session
hull = = init a
carriers passed without discussion. II
provides that hereaf er eight hours shall
constitute days work for letter carriers
IN cities or postal districts connected
Herewith.
The animal industry bill WAS displaced
from It's position as unfinished business
and Was RENTED to the calendar.
The pension appropriation bill was then
taken up.
The amendment reported Increasing
the amount Of the appropriation from
$40 600. 600 to $50 473, 600 vas agreed to.
The next Amendment TO strike out OF
the House bill the words that in ell pen
sons to widows payments shall be made
from the date of the desth OF the husband
and to insert in lien Off the following:
THAT all pensions which have been or
WHICH may ucIGhlLSE U0 Sthubtu
the general laws regulating pensions to
widows in consequence OF death occur
ring from a cause which originated in
sarVlce since March 4, 1861, shall COM
menCe from the dste Of the death Of the
husband"
Mr.. Harris made point OF order that
the amendment was general legislation in
the appropriation bill. The same ohiec-
ton spplie d to the House clause. but the
only remedy in the Senate was to strike
Nout, as point Of order did not lie against
II.
After long discussion, the Senate de-
clded, yeas, %; nays Is, that the pro
posed amendment WAS in order. The
Democrats generally voted in the rega.
tive and were joined in their vote
by Senator'S EdRunds snd Ingslls.
Mr.. Cockrell proposed that the bill
should lie over till tomorrow and that
the committees report should be pub
llshed in the record.
The proposition wss agreed to and the
bill went over till to morrow, leaving the
smendne still undecided.
House bill to establish q department OF
labor was then taken up, but went out
without action, and after executive ses-
blOn the SENATE ac10urneQ.
THE HOUSE,.
WASHINGTON, Msy 10 After some un-
important business the House went into
committee OF the whole on the tariff bill,
and was addressed by Mr.. Butterworth of
Ohio.
e said the passage Of the law would
be direct condemnation OF the protec-
tive policy. 1t indicsted to the country
that whether the tariff was perfect or not
the Democratic party WAS NOT the instru-
ment 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
and not with boundary lines. From these
nations against which the United STATES
held the coign 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 there they erected
the wall Of protective tariff.
In skill and cunning the American work
man asked no ODDS. The capital, the
plants and the skill we're here, but starry
alton wages were not here, and never
would be so long as the Republican
party wrote the laws q tne country.
Applause. Capital he'd tue advantage
Of labor. Capital could wait longer for
Its dividends than labor could for its
breakfast. Laughter
In Europe there Was no redress for
Workmen but revolution. Here, thank
God, every workman wss part and parcel
o. the government, and helped to shape
the laws which controlled the conditions
under which he worked. He made COM
parison between Ohio, where protection
preva led, and Estates where q free trade
policy existed, greatly to the ad-
sautsge of his own state. He as
serted that the north and west
Invented and manufactured everything
Inc south used, from 8 toothpick to
cotton gin, and argued that 1t would be
unwise to intrust the industries of the
country to the hands Of men who had
sheWn neither ability nor disposition to
nave industries OF their own. He summed
up the difference between the two parties
On the wool question by the. declaration
mat the free trade philosophy created
an active concern for sheep, while the
Republican philosophy created sn sctive
concern for the shepherd. He said the
issue had been fairly made bstween the
tW0 parties Lat tn ara ne no i1oglipg,