Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-01
Fiftieth COngress--First Session

EAtAoCH COHSr6SS--F1fSt Session
WAsHINeToN, May 81.
| SENATE-After some unimportant business
| the conference report on the bill to establisl
department of labor wss presented ant
| agreed to.
| The Senate then proceeded to the consid.
Grafton of the Senate bill to quiet the title O.
settlers land on the Des Moines river land
| IN Iowa. After a long debate in which
| Messrs. Wilson, of Iowa, and Berry favored
and Mr.. Evarts opposed the bill the measure
was passed; yeas %, nays II.
After the passage of various other bills tbs
senate held brief executive session and a
$50 adjourned.
HoUsE.-Mr. O'Nei1l of Missouri, presented
the conference report on his bill to create 6
department of labor, which was accepted, land
the bill passed in substantially the same
shape as 1t came from the Senate.
Inc Legislative appropriation bill was re-
committed to the appropriation committee
Mr.. Mills moved to dispense with the
morning hour, presumably to take up the
tariff bill, but could not secure the necessary
fwo-thlrds vote. The committees were called
Ior reports and then, on motion of Mr.. Mills
and without negative voice, the House went
into committee of the whole for the consider
alton of the tariff bill The chairman, Mr..
Springer, announced that the bill would be
considered for amendments under the five
minute rule.
Mr.. Mckinley asked unanimous consent to
have the entire bill read.
Mr.. Mills objected.
MIR. Mckinley asked for the reading of the
report of the majority and minority, but Mr..
Oates of Alabama objected and the clerk read
the enscting clause of the bill.
Mr.. Adams, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment to make the bill take effect January list
next instead of July LIST. Mr.. Adams said
that the House should have regard for the
immense vested interests of the country and
afford them an opportunity to prepare for
the changes proposed by the bill. Especially
was it necessary for the lumber interest to
have time to protect itself. When Mr.
Adams time expired he modified his amend
nent SO as to make it read January I'd, 1889,
instead of January LIST, 1889, and explained
that he meant it to apply only to the first
section on the free list.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, main
tanned that ample notice had been served on
all persons interested and that the greatest
consideration had been shown the interests
affected by the bill.
Mr.. Adams attacked the committee for
placing brick on the free list and pointed
out the probable effect of Canadian compe-
tition on Chicago brick makers. Without
the change of date proposed by him the in
dustry would be seriously interfered with in
the middle of the summer.
Mr.. Adams time having again expired Mr..
Kelly was recognized to offer formal
amendment and sought to yield his time to
Mr.. Adams, but objection was made on the
Democratic side, although Mr.. Mills endeav-
ored to have it withdrawn. So Mr.. Kelly
proceeded to SPEAK for the southern lumber
interest, as he said no one on the Democrat
ic side cared to do it, He pleaded with the
House not to impoyerish the poor people of
Tennessee and South Carolina and decrease
the value of their splendid timber lands by
making lumber free.
Mr.. Parker of New York offered an amend
ment proposing to substitute November 30,
1889, for the date given in the section, and
addressing himself to the lumber clauses said
that their first effect would be to reduce the
price of lumber until our producers were
ruined and the industry destroyed, when the
prices would go up again.
No further amendments to the paragraph
being in order vote was taken on Mr..
Parker's amendment, resulting in its rejection
by a vote of yeas SO, nays 1874. The Demo
Gratis applauded the announcement of the
vote.
The disposition of Mr.. Parker's motion af-
fording opportunity for further amendments
Mr.. Boutelle proposed to make the date in
Mr.. Adams amendment 1890 instead of 1889.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, had read
an extract from speech delivered by Mr..
had been the policy of the American govern
ment to tax bread stuffs or numbers and rep
the need of the workingmen for
lumber. This was received with applause on
the Democratic side.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, asked if Mr. B1aine's
had not been directed to internal
taxation and not to imports.
Mr.. Breckenridge said he did not know
which, but the speech was directed against
tax on lumber.
Mr.. Mckinley replied that it was directed
against a tax on foreign lumber Republican
applause.)
Mr. Milliken, of Maine, said that sugar and
rice paid double revenue duty, yet no one
to cut the first two down.
Mr.. Dingley asked how the other side JUS
tilted themselves for maintaining a duty of
% per cent. on coal, crude material, and on
raw sugar while trying to remove the lowest
duty in the list-that on manufactured 1um-
Der. Nothing protected the forests as much
as the duty on lumber, for it encouraged the
farmer to care for his woodlands.
Mr.. Mckinley REQUIRED to the subject of
Mr.. Blaines speech which had been cited
earlier in the day. He said he had looked
up the debates and could state positively
that Mr.. Blaine's remarks had reference to
the internal tax.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, argued
that the same principle held good in case of
any tax upon production.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, said that the gentle-
man from Kentucky had afforded the Dem
ocratic party an opportunity to do what they
had always grudgingly done-given Mr..
Blaine generous need of applause Clear
y 1t was by inadvertence accident that
The gentleman had used a point of Mr..
Blaine-thRt Of a revenue tax to stop anoth-
er hole, a customs tax. No doubt the gen.
.leman would sincerely regret his inadver-
.ence.
Mr.. Mills asked that debate on the section
be considered as closed, but objection was
made and he moved that the committee rise
This prevailed by a vote by tellers of 122
20 SO, the Republicans solidly opposing the
notion, and the committee rose, but having
passed over the first few lines of the BILL
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, reported the
legislative appropriation bill as amended by
,he appropriation committee (the blank sala-
res being filled in) and asked to have it i'm
nedistely considered.
Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, made the point of
order against the bill that it must be again |
considered in committee of the whole, but |
was overruled.
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio and Mr.. Spinela |
If New York, who held a report from the |
military committee, sought to secure consid- |
sration for the bill to revive the rank of gen.
,ral of the army to be filed by Lieutenant
General Sheridan, but objection was made
oy Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas, and other Demo-
rats, and the House at o'clock adjourned
pending division on o motion to table Mr.. |
Peters, appeal from the ruling of the chair on
lis point of order.
HARD TO GET BAIT