Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-11
President has not in any way exceeded
his constitutional powers in the mat
ter OF conducting negotiations.
FIFTsETH CONGRESS.
Tariff Discussion i'm the House
The Senate.

| w may EoO ~~0'-eS>
adopted the conference report on the
joint resolution authorizing the Presi
dent to arrange a conference for the
purpose of promoting arbitration and
Encouraging reciprocal commercial re-
lations between the United States and
the Republic of Mexico and Central
and South America and the Empire ol
Brazil.
| Sayre, of Texas, called up the bill
appropriating $3.50, 900 to supply the
deficiency in the appropriation for the
expense for collecting revenue from
customs for the fiscal year ending
June go, 1888. There is clause in
| the bill repeating the permanent ap-
preparations for the collection OF GUS
toms. An amendment was adopted
appIopriating SO $50 900 to supply the
deficiency in the appfopriation.for the
p .yment of army and navy pensions
to invalid widows, minors, children
and dependent relations and survivors
of the war OF 1912. The amendment
was adopted providing the appropria-
ton Of S190, 900, made by the act of
March 3, 1887, for heating apparatus to
be furnished before June 80, 1888, to
certain public buildings, shall continue
available to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to fulfill the contracts
entered into prior to June 30 1885,
The bill then passed as amended.
| The House then went into Commit
tee Of the Whole on the tariff bill.
Tarner, of Georgia, spoke in favor
of the bill.
Cannon, of Illinois, said it was adj
Much well-founded complaint had
been made that the President, by his
veto of the Dependent Pension bill,
had prevented distribution OF part
OF that revenue among the defenders
of the Union The President had,
however, signed the Mexican War
Pension bill, and each of these SOL
diers, rich or poor, had his name in
scribed on the pension roll when he
reached the age of 81 years. The
widow OF a Mexican war soldier, whose
husband fought to destroy the Union,
got pension, while the widow of a
Union soldier could only receive it by
producing the strictest technical proof,
after q lapse of quarter Of
a century, of the death OF her
husband. The President piled up
a surplus in three hundred National
banks to the amount of 100000 900
without interest. 1t was only by the
efforts of Randall and Morrison that
he had been forced to apply a part OF
the surplus to the redemption of bonds
already due.
Taking up the Tariff bill Cannon
denied that its tariff features would
reduce the revenue one cent. 1t
would destroy our great wool interests
ii we placed them in competition with
the free lands OF Australia and South
America. If, as he believed, the pro-
vision placing sugar on the free list
would reduce the revenues as
far as was prudent, he would
enact such provision with
the addition OF administrative
laws and stop there. He never could
be accused of aspiring to be leader.
but he was willing to hang on the
walls a banner with the inscription
1924 900 900 off internal revenue, $l7,
800, 600 off tobacco, and 81 900 900 off
special licenses" and under that
free sugar and bounty OF two cents
pound" That was all that was
needed to reduce the revenues $780,
900 900.
Wilkinson, OF Louisiana, said while
the bill had not been framed to suit
his views or those OF his constituents,
he would say to the friends of honest
reduction OF taxation, that his people
would not shrink from bearing their
share in the reduction of the taxes
now imposed upon his people. Con-
tinuing, he argued in favor OF q
sugar tax, which he said was
source OF revenue in time
Of peace and war and gave
employment to many persons. Cali
fornia was already producing enough |
beet sugar to justify the prophecy
that from her sugar fields would be
taken greater wealth than had been |
wrung in golden treasure from her
mountains.
Brumm, of Pennsylvania, said Gro
yer Cleveland, the acting President OF
the United States, had solemnly pro-
claimed doctrine which was the
spawn of the cotton combine, of the
Wall street sharks and of the Ken
lucky whisky ring. BY protection
only could fair remunerative wages be
paid for labor. Brumm denounced
the "gall" OF the Southern Demo-
Gratis, who professed great regard
for labor. That same element had
reduced its laborers to more abject
slavery than before the war. To-day
Northern laborers were working out
the problem of their relations to capi
tai, and he hoped the Southern Rep
resentatives would assist them and
show other nations the path to light
and glory.
Clements, of Georgia, asked what
protection was doing for labor, and
proceeded to argue against it, depict
ing the condition OF the laboring men
Of the North. He abjured the gentle
men on the other side to abandon
their discussion OF the Confederate
constitutions ard slavery, and deal
with this vital question, which con-
Germs the people OF the whole country.
The committee rose and the House
took recess until evening.
AT the evening session the tariff bill
was riefy discu sell by seve al men-
hers.
THE SENATE.
The House bill to promote agricul-
ture was reported and placed on the
calendar. The Railroad Land Grant
Forfeiture bill was then taxed up, the
question being on Calls motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
had cen passed. The bill was recon-
sidered and again brought before the
Senate. An amendment to protect
pre-emption and homestead claimants