The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-03
IN SENATE AND HOUSE
The River and HarbOr Bill
Again Discussed.
TURPIE TALKS ON THE TARIFF.
A Deadlock in the House on the q
p. Funding Bill-Senate Ad-
journs Till Thursday.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The conference
report Oh the legislative appropriations
bill was presented and concurred in.
The Senate then took up theRiVer and
hsrbor bill, some amendments to which
had been reserved on Saturday for sep
arate votes. The demand for aseparate
vote on the Hennepin canal amend
ment was withdrawn by Vest on the
suggestion that the question might be
left to the conference committee (but
subseq uently a motioni to reconsider
was made by Sherman). As to the
amendment abolishing the Missouri
River commission, Vest offered to with
draw it at the request OF Paddock, but
Plumb insisted upon a vote being taken,
and made an argument against the fur
Their continuance of the commission.
In the course of the discussion, eHoar
made a vehement denunciation of the
criticism and abuse so generally indulgd
in by some Senators and by newspapers
in relation to the River and Harbor bill.
He had got sick, he said, of hearing the
Senators trying to blaCken the charac-
tiers of their associates in public life,
by charging that the River and Harbor
bills were made of miserable bargains,
log-rollings and cheatings.
Vest took the responsibility of saying
that the legislation on the River and
Harbor bills was not free from criticism
Hoar-But they are honest items, or
not?
Vest-That is another question. I
undertake to say for the committee on
commerce, We have honestly tried to do
tons in this bill against our own
Judgment, certainly against my judg-
ment, because we have been over
whelmed by personal solicitation and
as an effect of personal solicitation.
At the close of a long discussion, an
amendment abolishing the Missouri
River commission was disagreed to.
Palmer offered an amendment ap-
propriating $3.50 600 for the purchase of
the Portage Lake and Lake Superior
Ship Canals, Agreed to.
Sherman said he would not object on
his motion to reconsider the vote,
agreeing to the Hennepin Canal amend
ment. although he was opposed to it.
The bill was then passed as originally
reported from the Senate committee on
AS it finally passed the Senate it appro-
creased by the Senate $9l2 900.
On motion of Hoar, the fishery treaty
and MCrgan's resolution thereupon
were postponed until Tuesday Of next
week.
Turpie then proceeded to address the
Senate on the Presidents tariff mes
sage. In the course of his speech he
said production was good
servant, but poor master. 1t
could not be shown that any
person or corporation engaged
in good faith in the business
of manufacturing would be injured by
a reasonable reduction of the duties
proposed in the Mills bill or that any
emancipat ton of labor from the opera
ton of agriculture, commerce and
manufactures from inequitable and
impoverished restrictions, was res
toration to the people Of their ancient |
commercial rights and franchises. 1t |
was this that was proposed by the |
message of the President. The coDsum- |
nation of this would not be retarded |
or prevented by the action of the Chicago |
convention. The candidate of the |
Chicago convention was well beloved |
and the chosen Representative OF rank |
and lawless growth of incorporated |
power. He would faithfully be-friend,
protect aud encourage American in
dustries by the highest and most pro-
hibitory and unnecessary restrictions
and by permitted the Immigration of
Chinese. Although he was man
of no small capacity, and of
great mental force, he had that
which was not often found with such
qualities, harsh intolerance which
treated dissent as idiocy. Deeply
touched and tinged with prejudices OF
exclusive class aristocrscy he belonged
to that group of reactionary statesmen
Irrational paternists) whom the people
so often rejected and would reject
again. At the close of Turpie's speech
the Senate proceeded to executive ses-
sion and then adjourned till Thursday.