Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-15
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.
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Fiftieth C0ngress--First Session. WASHINGTON, Sept. IA.
 SENATE.-Mr. Platt's resolution of yester-
 day in reference to the copper syndicate hav-
 ing been taken up, Mr. Veet replied to re- | marks made yesterday by MT. Hoar and said | there was no truth in them.
 Mr. Hoar remarked that his point was that 1 while Democrats from the President down were talking about trusts it was proper that the people should know that the great mono polies and trusts of the country were on the Democratic side, were contributing to the Democratic campaign fund and were jealous for the election of the present occupant of the White House.
 SENATE TARIFF BILL. The discussion then drifted to the subject of the Senate tariff bill and MT. Vest alluded with sarcasm to the slowness of the Republi- cans in presenting that measure. MT. Sherman said in reply that it had taken the Democratic House from the first Monday in December till the 2Sd of July to frame tfmeagre tariff bill," not careful revision of the tariff, but bill moulded and twisted out of all proportion from time to time by the opposing arguments and demands of individ- ual Democrats in the House. The Mills bill had been sent to the Senate il-shaveD, full of impossibilities and only embracing DOT ton of the tariff list. Not only that, but
 
 silence the House committee of ways and means had refused to take any open testi- mony and denied hearing to laboring men, manufacturers and the representatives of all the interests attacked.
 On the other hand the Republican Sena- tors felt that it was their duty to meet the Mills bill with counter proposition, which, while reducing the revenue, would carefully guard and protect the industries of the American people against foreign competition; bill, which, while it would reduce the rev. enue to the full extent demanded, would l protect American industries, American 1a- Dor, diversity employments and secure good wages and fair pay for honest work. Every word and item of the bill would be carefully weighed, passed upon and considered. It's provisions would be harmonious and it would contain an entire revision of the whole tariff laws regulating the mode and manner of collecting duties. It would repeal those taxes that were keenly felt by the people. It would reduce the burden of internal revenue taxa~ tion. It's reductions would be 10 the full ex- tent of those proposed by the Democratic party. There was no difference between the law of parties as to the necessity of bringing about a reduction of revenue. But the com mittee on finance proposed to do it by care ful revision of the internal revenue laws 80 as to give the men engaged in business and arts the use of alcohol untaxed, and to sweep away the tobacco tax and give that great ag- ricultural product free and fair play in this country. The bill would remove whatever taxes could be removed under the internal revenue system. A bill to that effect would be submitted in due time at the good will and pleasure of the committee on finance. Until then the people would not reproach the committee for delay
 CAREFUL PREPARATION OF THE BILL. The people expected the committee to be careful. They knew what the Democratic party proposed and expected the finance
 committee of the Senate to give them meas ure in the opposite direction. The commit tee intended to do it, but it would take it's time And if the House of Representatives whished to prolong this session until the tariff bill was reported 1t would have to wait until the finance committee was ready to report That would be done as soon as it could be properly done after the hearing of every man that would be affected by the bill. The bill which the finance committee would propose for the Mills bill would be satisfactory to the people of the country and would be approved by them, and there would be st the White House an executive who would give his approval to it if Mir. Cleveland should decline to do so during the period of his term still remaining. Mr.Allison, chairman of the subcommittee on finance, said in reference to the prepara- tion of the tariff bill that if there has been any delay on the part of the Republican ma iority in the Senate it was 8 delay of sixty days as against delay of three years on the part of the present administration and against delay of fourteen years on the part of the Democratic party that controlled the House of Representatives. He promised that as soon as the work of the Senate committee WAS complete the result would be brought before the Senate.
 MT. Butler-Do you think that the report will be made before the next presidential electiona
 MT. Allison-I do; and if the senator from South Carolina thinks that the Republican party, or those who represent that party on ! this floor, shrink from the responsibility, in any sense, of discussing the tariff question in all it's details, he makes 8 mistake. But we do not intend that the bill shall come in an imperfect form.
 Mr. Allison went on to say that in view of the fact that there would not be more than $20, 900, 000.surplus, the exegency for haste in the passage of tariff bill was not so great now as it had appeared to be in December last. The bill, when reported, would come in with reduction of from $60, ,000, 900 to $70, ,000,- 900 of revenue. He believed that the reve- nue could be reduced to that extent without detriment. When that bill would come in it was impossible for him to say. At the close of Mir. Allison's remarks, the Chinese exclusion bill was taken up and the vote taken on MT. Blair's motion to reconider the vote passing it. The vote resulted 1o to IT, As no quorum voted or was likely to vote to-day the question was further post poned until one o'clock on Monday next. The House amendments to the interstate commerce bill were non-concurred in, and committee of conference appointed. The discussion of Mir. Platt's resolution was resumed, and after short debate the | resolution was adopted.
 HoUsE.-Mr. Forney, of Alabama, sub mitted the conference report on the sundry \ civil appropriation bill Mir. Payson, of Illi- | nois, earnestly opposed it's adoption, basing his antagonism upon the clause making an ! appropriation for the new library building. Finding it impossible to secure action on the report to. day Mir. Forney withdrew it. At the evening session the House passed | 32 private pension bills.
 New York Winning Again. CHICAGO, Sept 14.-New York won one of l the games of the series to-day. Krock and Keefe were batted equally hard, but the sup port of Chicago's pitcher was poor while that | of Keefs was excellent. The game was un- interesting, the only features being the bat- | ting of Richardson and Burns. Attendance ! eight thousand.
 New York ............ E7 \ Chicago ................0 O.