Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-28
THE NATIONS CAPITOL
Tariff Turbulence Still Prevails
| in the House.
The Public Land Bill Passes
the House.
The Senate Considers the River and Haf-
Dor Bill nth Amendments.
An Increased Appropriation for the Psnob-
scot River is Proposed.
Kelley OF Pennsylvania, Makes Some
Individual" Remarks.
Kelley OF Pennsylvania, Makes Some
"Individual" Remarks.
WASHINGTON, June 27.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, June 27.
After large number of unimportant bill.
were introduced and referred the Senate
proceeded to the consideration of the river
and harbor Appropriation bill. Among the
amendments reported and agreed to were
the following:
Inserting an item of $50, 900 for break
water from Mt Desert to Porcupine Island
Maine; increasing the appropriation for
Portland harbor from S25 900 to $40, 900 and
for Back Cove, Portland harbOr from Sl5,-
1000 TO S25, 900; inserting an item of $4,000
for the channel between the Islands of North
Hero and South Hero, Lake Champiain
increasing the appropriation for Block Island
haI bor X. l., from $4,000 to 1000 with
an additional $1,000 for removing the sand
bar at the entrance of the harbor inserting
an item of So 900 for the harbor at Milford,
Connecticut; increasing the appropriation
for Penobscot river, Maine, from SlO, 900 to
$50, 200; inserting an item of $4,000 for
Mooseabec bar, Maine. and Sl0,O 900 for Bel
lamy river, n. ii. The bill was under con-
sideration when the Senate adjourned.
House.
The House passed the public land bill.
Mr.. Mills then called up the tariff bill.
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania rose and said he
had q proposition to make, which he thought
would be acceptable to the House and the
country al large. Neither Chitty's Pleadings
nor any other book indicating the methods uf
reaching the issue could lead to fairer or
more direct issue than the one which existed
between the two great political parties of
the country Since first the President sent to
| Congress his message. the democratic con-
ventlon has indorsed it and approved of it
without qualifications The republican con-
vention has not found anything in it worthy
of commendation and the issue was perfectly
clear The Mills bill had received tue ap-
proval of the St. Louis convention. and con-
demnallon AS cordial of the republican con-
vention. The action of the majority of the
House in bringing the bill forward had met
with approval at ST. Louis, and the course
which seemed fitting as matter of duty to
the republican minority, of contesting every
modification which its judgment could not
approve of, had been cordially approved at
Chicago.
1t was at this point of Kelley's remarks
that there were some manifestations of sar-
castle laughter from the democrats which led
Kelley to excam that he spoke but for him
self no other person being responsible for
his proposition
Continuing Kelley suggested that the
Mills bill be laid over until the next session,
with the understanding that if at the Novem-
ber election it should be approved by the
people, the republicans would withdraw their
opposition, ,aud If on the other hand, it should
be condemned, the bill would be no further
pressed That would leave the question of
surplus, and upon that subject, also, he had
a suggestion to make, that as a concession to
the "coudltion that confronts u.s." the other
side of the house would allow the entire ill.,
ternal tax upon tobacco to be repealed. in
stead OF making two bites of a cherry, and
repeating about Sic, 5000, 900 of the S3l 900,
QUO revenue derived from tobacco. He
thought this proposition should be accepted
and the members not sweIter out their lives
in Washington till the end of September.
Mills said that it was true that the demo-
cratic convention endorsed measure for the
reduction of taxation ON the necessaries of
| life. 1t was alsc true that the issue was
suuarely and fairly made and must be met
n the coming campaign, and it must be de-
cided in November whether the people pro-
posed to reduce the surplus by reducing tax
alton on the necessaries of life, or by reduc-
ing the tax on whiskey. These things being
true, it was somewhat remarkable that the
PROPOSITION should be submitted from the
| minority side to the maioIity side, when that
majority had been instructed to go forward
and press the bill not only to consideration
but to its finaY passage. The majority which
was responsible to the people for the admin
istra,ion of the government, must 60 forw ard
in the path of duty Applause on the DE- m
ucratc side That path was plain; it was
to press the bill in season and out of season
until the taxation on the necessities of life
was reduced and the surplus in the treasury
relieved. He had = counter proposition to
make If the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA
,Keiley) had faith in his own proposition,
1t seemed to be the part of wisdom for the
minority TO welcome the time wheu vote
would be taken on the bill and the democrats
put on record Oh it. 1ApplAuse on the dem
ocratic side He (Milisl made the propo-
s,tlou tina, there should be a ,top put to un-
necessary talk ia the way Of restricting the
passage uf the bill and that an early Jsy be
iixed on wblch the bill should be put upon
It's passage in the House
Reed said the proposition made by the gentle
man from Penns, lvauia, Kelly, has been
properly declared to be an ind,viiual sug-
gestion. 1Applause on the republican side. |
he republican party had resolved by its
properly constituted assembly that it would
x,ve due and deliberate conside ration to
every item OF the Mills bill. believing it va.
I,,s duty to explain and expose the errors of
the measure. He desired here and nov to
repeat the asseveration made SO many time.
that there has been no discussion here viii
any purpose of delay, nothing but an homes,