Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-05
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House.
Under the call of States, bills and resolu
tions were referred in the House today as
follows.
By Mr. Bourne of Pennsylvania, a resolu-
ton directing the committee on foreign af.
fairs to inquire into the alleged action of the
Brazilian government in imposing an export
duty on coffee nearly equal to the duty for.
mel ly imposed by the United States on thai
commodity and in aiding British capitalists
to establish flour mills in Brazil while main
tanning an excessive duty on American flour.
BY Mr.. Blanchard of Louisiana, to amend
the interstate commerce law.
BY Mr.. Oates of Alabama, to restrict the
immigration of foreigners into the United
States.
BY Mr.. Dingley of Maine, q resolution
calling on the Secretary of State for infor-
nation as to whether the Canadian govern
ment has violated the spirit of the treaty of
Washington by discrimination against Amer
ican vessels passing through Welland and
other canals.
MIR. Mills moved that the debate on the
pending pasagraph in the tariff bill be limited
to ten minutes.
Messrs. Mckinley and Reed both demand
ed to be informed whether it was not in or
der to suspend the rules and set apart days
for general pension legislation.
The speaker pro tem, Mr.. Mcmillan of
Tennessee replied that the regular order was
MIR. Mills motion.
The House was at once in an uproar, the
democrats demanding the regular order.
Mr. Reed persisted in his inquiry, and the
Speaker, refusing to countenance further in
f.rr dprlarpH tba Hpusp 1I.
vidlng, put Mr. Mills motion ami began the
count Mr.. Reed exclaimed that the House
was dividing simply because the Speaker mad
ridden over parliamentary law.
The vote showed no quorum and yeas and
nays resulted III the same way. SO a call of
the House was ordered. Members to the
lumber 222 having responded, Mr. Mills
Withdrew his motion 10 Limit the debate and
simply asked that the House go into .he com
cl!ttee of the whole on tie tariff bin -
General Congressional Ners.
The democratic senators are b, no means
forgetful of the fact that they will soon
be confronted with the fishries treaty again
and that it must be debated in open session.
Democratic senators realize that they are at
a decided disadvantage in this debate.
They say that the republican senators from
New England have been familiar with this
fisheries subject in all all its bearings all
their lives, while Senators from other sec
tions have felt called upon to study it only
in general way.
The democrats appreciating that the repub
licans are better equipped for the contest
did their best to prevent open sessions.
They say that Senators Frye and Hale, Ed
munds and Morrill,, IIoar and Dawes. and
others have been compelled from their en-
trance into public life, to keep pace with the
fisheries question, because their constituents
have been and are still directly interested in
it.
The controversy on the democratic side,
will be conducted chiefly by
perhaps, by Senators Morgan, Gray, Beck,
Voorhees, and Mcpherson. Senator Harris,
the recognized leader Of the democratic mi
nority. will watch the opposite side with
untiring vigilence.
1t is pretty well understood that the debate
will involve more of politics than treaty, how
ever, and democrats say that when it comes
TO an open appeal for the support of the
Irish American vote, they will put their par
ty record against the promises of the repub-
lcans.
As Mr. Watterson is working for an un-
qualified endorsement of free trade, it seems
probable that such an endorsement is forth
coming.