Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-16
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
The ThGbe-CarliSle Election
Case Settled.
The Wool Growers, in Conference, Demand
aHieher Tariff.
The Bureau of Fisheries-The New Yes
sells for the Navy-The Nomina
tions of Lamar, Villas and
Dickinson to be Con-
sidered.

Dickinson, and to continue the secret ses-
sions until these are disposed of.
Geo. Walker, late L. 5. consul general in
Paris, died of pneumonia this afternoon,
aged 90. He was born in Peterboro. n. H.,
and graduated from Dartmouth in 1872. He
practiced law in Springfield, Mass, from
ls47 TO 1879, and served various terms in
the State legislature. At one time he was
engaged in banking in New York, and was
for several years State bank commissioner.
In 1880 he was appointed by Hayes consul
general in Paris and served till last June.
The contest of Th9be against Speaker
Carlisle was short lived. 1t ended Saturday.
Col. Hallam, counsel for Carlisle, pre-
scented afiidavitts that put an entirely differ
ent phase on the case presented by Th9be
last Saturday. He also produced the clerk
and poll books of Carroll county. which
were seen to be written by several hands.
He presented Speaker Carlisle's statement
He also read some letters written by j. Hale
Sypher, Thobe's counsel, exposing his
scheme to drag the case through this whole
session, sustained. meanwhile, by the con-
tributons of the protectionists Incidentally
Sypher described the diplomatic, political
and social qualifications necessary 10 success,
all of viii ch he attributed to himself The
committee and the spectators roared with
laughter at these letters. Afterward, Sy-
pher was given chance to reply. His
speech was an impassloned attack on Mr..
Carlisle, rather than defence of himself.
Mr.. Sypher read an unsigned memorial ia
voring Mr.. Thabe's interests. He said that
the signatures of 900 of the voters of the
contested election district were expected i'm
mediately. Mr.. Halam hoped that the COM
mittee would take no notice of an unsigned
memorial.
The first motion put was to postpone the
further consideration of the case, which was
lost by a party vote of to .. A motion
was made to reopen the case. The motion
was lost. motion to declare Thpbe en-
titled TO the seat lost, four republicans
being excused from voting, while the other
republicans voted with the democrats.
The final motion affirming Mr.. Carlisle's
right to his seat was then put. All of the
democrats and three of the republicans voted
in favor of its adoption. The other three
republicans, Messrs. Lyman Houck and
Lodge. were excused from voting, so that
the tally showed a vote of u to o. The re-
publcans who refrained from voting say
that while they do not claim that Mr.. Car
isle is not entitled to his seat they thought
it would have been well if the committee
had reopened the case, so that any new evil
dence might have been heard.
The secretary of the navy has selected
names for the new naval vessels now in
course of construction, and his choice was
approved by the President today. The 10
knot cruiser being constructed at Philadel-
phia will be known as the Philadelphia, and
the sister ship building at San Francisco has
been named after that city. The three ZOO
ton gupboats will be called the Yorktown,
Bennington and Concord and the o70-ton
gun boat will be known as the Petrel.
Both houses have passed the bill, reported
from the committee on Merchants Marine
and Fisheries, proyilug Cor Il commissioner
of fisheries, to be distinct from all other of
fees. with a salary of $1,000. As long as
Professor Baird lived he was commissioner,
beginning in 1871, and merely overlooked
the bureau, the more active work being done
by an assistant. At first the commissioner
was charged simply with the Investigation of
the diminution of food fishes but the bureau
has been gradually widened out until it has
over hundred employees all over the cOun-
try, expends over a hundred thousand dol
lars annually, has three vessels under its
charge and has established sixteen fsh-hatch-
ing stations two in Maine, at Grand Lake
Lake Stream and Bucksport; two in Massa-
chusetts, at Gloucester and Woods Holl
two in Michigan. one at Duluth, on the
Columbia River, two in California, one on
the Susquehanna in Mary land, one at the
mouth of the Potomac and two at Washing
ton Millions of fish spawn--cod halibut,
Holsters salmon, shad, carp, trout. handbook
ed salmon. etc, have been distributed in
various rivers and waters. and already large
results have been secured.
As soon as this bill becomes law, the
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missioner of Fisheries, to fill the place held
by Professor Baird. The bill requires that
he shall be scientifically and practically ac-
quainted with the fisheries.
There are several candidates among the
most prominent being Marshall Mcdonald OF
Va. and Thomas Ferguson of Mary land.
The fishery men are generally recommending
Mr.. Mcdonald, who is at present connected
with the bureau. and is the acknowledged
authority OF. n.pisciculture in the United States
to-day. Nearly all the apparatus in use for
artificial Matching of fish is either his in
yenton or an Improvement made by him or
old methods.
The wool conference adjourne Saturday
afternoon after unanimously adopting WOO
tariff schedule substantially the same as that
of 1867, with certain notifications, or cor
rections of alleged Inconsistencies and abuse,
which, it is said, have lately crept in through
custom decisions. The general effect of the
new schedule will be a slight increase in the
tariff. both on wool and woolen goods.
The wool growers in their resolu
tions declare that the advance in
the consumption of wool in the
United States from 65.749 $50 pound:
in 1859 to 424 0O4 I09 pounds in 1855, undel
a protective tariff, is to be attributed to tht
impetus given to manufacturers by the rails
ing of sheep in this country. which. in 1854
furnished sl.3 per cent. of all the wool con
sumed here. As means TO the develop
ment of manufactures at home, the sheer
industry, which has so largely aided in the
development and civilization of our vast
western country, deserves consistent and
adequate encouragement in the adjustment
of the national revenue. Under the pro
teciive policy. the United States has become
the foremost manufacturing nation in ths
world while its agriculture has been extend
ed and diversified by the incentive of th'
most profitable markets known to men. Pru
dence forbids the overthrow of a system O.
revenue under which such results have beei
obtained, while the wages of labor and th'
share of production paid TO the American ar
tesan are far greater than in any other coun
try.
Inc Htft dsseuDIcI drh 1Dl
the continuance of Protection to their indus
tries only as they ask for like consideration
to every other branch of American produe
tions. They plead for no fsvoritism to par
/, tcular interests, but for broad nationa
policy, ential to the well being of all ou
people, and contributing to the prosperity
progress and power of the republic. The.
know that the abolition of the duties on wool
almost fatal to our sheep husbsndry, woul
be very damaging to the manufacturers o
!. wool. These committees urge that no rea
j son can be shown why subsidies should b
$ offered for foreign competition BY the repea
3 or reduction of the tariff, and they sugges
that wisdom as well as patriotism require
that all American productions shall have tn
fostering care of the government as the safe
guard of American nationality
d We urgently request Congress to immed
ately pass a joint resolution correcting tn