Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-09
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.
WASHINGTON, May 8.


 WASHINGTON, May 8. SENATE.-After the transaction of morning business land while MT. Harris was in the chair and MT. Ingalls, on the hoor) MT. Voor- hees rose and said:
 Referring to discussion in which participated last week. desire to say the Senate that however severe the provecation which was given yet made of this body, parliamentary rules and usage and the decorum of the Senate. regret having used Senate of the tinted States for dong so Ny high respect for the dignity of this body Of which nave so long been member, well as my self-respect, induce me to make this statement"
 When Mr. Voorhees had finished MT. In gals resumed his seat presiding officer without making any comments.
 Mir. Hoar presented memorial of the New England conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church protesting against the ratifea- ton of the Chinese treaty or any treaty that precludes Chinese ministers of the gospel or Chinese delegates to religious conventions coming into the ceuntry-eharacterizin 1t as utterly un-Ameriean and un-Ghristian. Mir. Hoar said that until there could be an appeal from the American people drunk to the American people sober the matter might be considered settled. He therefore asked that the memorial be laid on the table; so or- dered
 The Senate resumed consideration of the railroad land grant forfeiture bill.
 The bill finally went over with an under standing that it will be taken up tomorrow at the conclusion of tho morning business
 House bill appropriating $25, ,000 for pnb lie building at Bar Harbor, Me-, was passed.
 The message from the President on the sub- ject of the impressment into the French army of John Prussia, an American citizen, was laid before the Senate and referred to the committee of foreign relations. Mir. Ste wart, calling for the correspondence, remark ed that the man had been discharged from the French army since the resolution was offered.
 The Senate at 5:50 adjourned.
 HoUsE.-Mr. Bryce of New York, rising to question of privilege, read the language used by MT. Weodburn of Nevada in refer ence to ex-Congressman Hewitt having apol- ogized to the British minister for offering a resolution of inquiry as to the case of O'DonneL, under sentence of death in Great Britain. MT. Bryce stated that he had denied the correctness of the statement and in vindication of his de- nial he read telegram from Mayor Hewitt energetically denying that he ever had apolo- gized to the British minister, and also read letter from Mir. Hewitt in which that gentle man details the circumstances of the case. Mr. Bryce also sent to the clerks desk and had read 8 statement made by Minister West in 1884, denying that MT. Hewitt had apolo- gized to him for his part in the transaction. These documents, MT. Bryce thought. were sufficient to disprove the charges which had been brought against relative of his by mar riage and an honorable gentleman.
 MT. Woodburn, of Nevada, and Mr. Brumm, of Pennsylvania, were of opinion that MT. Hewitt did make the apology to the British minister, notwithstanding his (Mr.- Hewitt's) denial.
 The House then went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill. MT. Stockdale,
 q of his speech in favor of the bill, which was interrupted by the adjournment last Satur- day. He said that the cotton planter had re- ceived little consideration in the legislation of the past. The cotton industry was the favorite of the colored man. In the name of justice and humanity he appealed for relief for the colored people. They should no longer be held in servitude to the gigantic protected industries from which they deriv- ed no benefit and to which they were under no obligation.
 MT. Hopkins, of Illinois, opposed the bill. He quoted Henry Clay as saying that the most disastrous period he had ever witnessed was the seven years following the tariff of 1924. This, said MT. Hopkins, was the period when the Mills and Carlisles and Breckenridges of that day had obtained con trol of our national affairs and engrafted up- on our laws their free trade heresies. The fact could not be kept from the people in 
 party stood committed unequivoeally and irrsvocably to the doctrine of free trade.
 MT. Mansur, of Missouri, delivered an ex- hsustive speech in favor of the Mills bill and he contended that the internal revenue sys- tenn should be maintained for the payment of pensions and the remainder of the war debt. He quoted numerous statistics in standardization of his assertion that the peo- pie were more prosperous under low than high tariff.
 Mir. Richardson, of Tennessee, supported the bill
 MT. McAdoo, of New Jersey, pictured the evils which would result from the accumula- tion of vast sums, and contended that the best way in which the surplus could be re- duced was by the abolition of the internal revenue system. A reduction of tariff might increase importation and create greater rev enue The revenue ought to be limited to the needs of the government economically ad- ministered and the tariff ought to be adjust ed on foreign articles so as to give the Amer ican laborer higher recompense than the European laborer. Such an adjustment was wise, and the principle involved was upheld by long line of Democratic precedent. He protested against the apparent fal- upon our country by foreign in- Auences. He argued that free trade was not one of the principles of the Democratic party. While it was true that party had never advocated protection tor the sake Of protection, he might spend hours reading Democratic authorities in favor of the incl dental protection features of tariff.
 MT. Morrill,, of California, thought the government was not going far wrong when it was paying the debt with the surplus. No better course, he argued, could be pursued with reference to the surplus than to apply it to the purchase of United States bonds. He was in favor of an economical adminis- tration of the government. He believed in revising the laws because the Democratic party was pledged to such & course, and because he thought the protective system could only be saved by denouncing the scheme of those who prostitute the laws for inordinate gain. No extravagaRt expenditures should be in dulged in, but Congress should comply with the provisions of the constitution granting it the power to provide for the common defense and general welfare. It should provide for the proper defense of cities on the seaboard and should provide suitable accommodations for the transaction of public business in the cities of the country. The biL instead of building up the country would retard it's growth and the exclusion of Chinese from this country would be of little value if the products of China were to be admitted free of duty to compete with ours.
 The committee rose and the House at 5:30 took a recess until S:30 o'clock.
 In the evening the tariff debate was on un- til g o'clock when the House adjourned.
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