Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-30
Material Progress Made in the
 Tariff Discussion.
MIR. PARKER QUOTES POETRY.
Senators Talk Long and Loudly Over the
 Proposed Appropriation for Gun Fac tory at yyatervleit, N. Y.-Denouncins

J0CC6u. T HI OA UT WdUoI COAOAo cAu | statuary were stxcken from the free list.
 A motion to slE ike from the free list stones ] manufactured or unlressed, freestone, gram ite, sandstone, and nll building or monu. mental stone, excited lively discussion be- tween Messrs. Lehlbach, of New Jersey ,Breck. enridge, of Arkansas, and Milliken, of Maine, Arnold, of Rhode Island, and Parker, of New York. The latter declared that marble had been taken from the free list at the die tation of section of the Democratic caucus. The section ruled the caucus, and the caucus ruled the Democratic party. It reminded him of the epitaph:
 Father Adam first was fooled;
 His case is still too common.
 Here lies by woman ruled;
 The devil ruled the woman.
 The motion to strike out was rejected.
 MT. Kerr of Iowa, criticized Mir. Weaver's straddling ability. He had the longest political leg of any man in the country; ht could bridge the widest chasm in the world he had been the candidate of the Labor party yet declared on the floor: "We welcome tho issue"
 An amendment offered by MT. Buchanan, of New Jersey. that if any of the articles on the free list of the bill were imported in other than American bottoms the duties of the act of 1883 should be paid thereon was lost.
 On motion of MT. Russell, of Massachusetts, primuline was placed on the free list. This completed the free list section of the bill The clause providing that the rate of charge in the dutiable part of the bill should go intH effect July l, 1888, was passed over infor mally.
 l Mr. Dingley, of Maine, moved to place duty of fifteen cents cask on lime, which had been struck from the free list Lost.
 Mir. Adams moved to strike out the clausl fixing the rate of duty on refined glycerina at three cents pound. This led to long discussion, in which Mir. Reed, of Maine, criticized the majority of the ways and meant committee for attempting to mislead tho country by statements as to the effect tht bill would have on government revenues enridge, of Arkansas, defended the commit tee. Mir. Adams amendment was lost. MT. Randall moved concurrence in the 1 joint resolution extending appropriations fo1 l thirty. days. Agreed to.
 At 5 D. m. the house took a recess till 8 D, m., the evening session being devoted to con. | sideration of private pension bills.
 l The senate resumed consideration of thu army appropriation bill, the pending amend ment being that of MT. Hawley, appropria ting SC, 300, 900 for the establishment of 8 gun factory and for steel manufacture at Water | vliet arsenal
 l MT. German thought this was not the proper time or place for such proposition. l He did not think the terms of the amendment were sufficiently guarded to protect the in l terests of the country in beginning so great $ l work. It proposed to place the whole amount l in the hands of the ordnance officers, 6 l system which was vicious, bad and sure td 1 result in disaster. The experience in other
 countries showed that the governments could
 not make guns with efficiency and econ, I TzL 4
 genius who was destroyed by the
 rivalry, enmity and criticism of the
 scientific men of the army and navy. Hl
 commended the legislation of the last con
 gress in the direction of new cruisers and
 said that out of that legislation private es
 establishments were growing up in this country
 which in few years would excel anything
 on the Clyde. He denounced the ordanc(
 bureau as the graveyard of American geniu
 and enterprise It had destroyed every mar
 who had invented a new gun, and if he wer, secretary of war he would send all tn, present officials of that bureau to the interior
 and would bring Ill some new blood tha
 would not obstruct and interfere with grea
 improvements In reply to question iron
 MT. Hawley, MT. German said he was not il
 favor of delays in this matter, but would
 wait for five years rather than allow Ameri
 can enterprise to be excluded from the wa
 department
 Mir. Hawley said he did not know wha
 Mr. Germans particular plan was, but would venture to say that tho senator pro
 posed the most monstrously expensive plal
 ever heard of in connection with the subject It was thirteen years since one dollar ha been spent in the construction of coast de , lenses. It had been two or three years sine there had been money enough to paint al
 old gun carriage or to cut the grass on tn l glacis of a fort. The United States Ian, forces had but one single modern siege gur and that was still the proving ground There were twenty-five thirty excellen l steel rife guns for light artillery, and her !. came the old story over again: s'To wait UT ? til somebody put up a new plant, and tha something was to be done in the future. $ The government had to do the bes r it could with what it had today k The modern gun was the product of a genel
 ation of study in this country and in Europ, q Mir. Hawley asserted that private capits f would not undertake to build plant { make experimental guns that might be r, !. jected and their money lost He thought th ], dynamite gun had come to stay. He d.
 tended the officers of the ordnance bureau
 the army and navy as corps of young me
 who were not surpassed or excelled by tf F staff corps of any nation.
 d MT. Dutlor IaVOTeu UQ6 8LuaQQme0C. }, did not sympathize with the criticisms c ; the ordnance officers simply because the e did not choose to adopt the schemes of ever d crank that came along. Not three da, q since man came to the committee on nav d r affairs with device which he admitted hs ,. not been tested, and who threatened if b a device was not recommended, he would { I at once to Europe and offer it there. k Mir. Beck said this discussion illustrates u q folly of attaching such amendments to tl t. appropriation bills. The army had to e provided for for the fiscal year beginning i Sunday, and yet this proposition was d ijected, which should be discussed for month q No senator was more willing than he to vo id money for guns, but he objected to spendil il millions for guns and getting no gunA T.. MT. Reagan, Mir. Stewart and Mr. Chan
 Ter advocated the amendmsnt, but witho