Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-05

kept for sale, to advance the purposes there of, shall be forfeited to the United States
 and liable to seizure.
 | Section four makes it the duty of customs officers to seize and secure shares of stock and I real and persoal property made liable to seiz- ! ure by the bill and provides that the same proceedings shall be had for the seizure, con- demnation and sale thereof as in eases of ! seizure of property under the revenue laws. Section five provides that out of the pro- I ceeds of such sales there shall be paid, frst all costs of seizure, condemnation and sale; second claims of the United States for duties ! or taxes; third, liens for State taxes and as
 sessmeats; fourth, unpaid judgments against parties convicted as parties to such unlawful combinations; fifth, claims proved in favor I of persons injured by means of such unlaw- ! full combinations. Of the balance one-half is to be paid into the United States and the | other half distributed to the parties interest ! ed.
 Section six authorizes any person injured by such unlawful combination to sue for and fered. Any one of the parties so such com bination may be made defendant in such ! suit.
 Section seven provides that the purchase ! of merchandise or commodities in any for | eign country for sale in this country or in ! any State or territory by any such unlaw- ! full combination or it's agent, shall constitute { 8 violation of the act and subject the offender \ to the penalties prescribed. \ Section eight provides that when any action E at law or suit in equity shall be commenced ' in any United States court it shall be lawful l in defense thereof to plead in bar or in abste- ment that the plaintiff, complainant or any ! other person interested in the prosecution of ! the case is 8 member or agent of such 8 con- ! bination as the bill declares unlawful or that ! the cause of action grows out of such com bination or out of some business or transac- tion thereof
 The bill was referred to the committee on E finance.
 A SPICY DEBATE. The resolution offered yesterday by Mir. } Vest as to the book published by the assists ant librarian of the Senate was taken up and Mir. Plumb proceeded to discuss it (and con- nection with it) the civil service reform poll. cy of the administration. He alluded sar castieally to MT. Cleveland, on fbeing in- \ formed of his nomination at St. Louis, wherein he said that the feeling of awe with which he had heard of his first nomination { has now been intensified. Mir. Plumb said [ he could understand that remark, in view of B the 'spulling and hauling of the dirty sock Democracy, which had been hungry for twenty years"
 As to MT. McKees book MT. Plumb pro- \ duced @ smaller publication on the subject \ of the tariff just published under the name and title of the clerk of the House committee of ways and means and recommended MT. s Vest to attend to Democratic employees be- E fore he undertook to criticise Republican. He also brought up the circumstances con- s nected with the removal of District Attorney Benton of Missouri and District Attorney Stone of Pennsylvania for negleoting their ! official duties in order to make partisan E speeches, the former having been reinstated \ through the efforts of MT. Vest, although Benton had maligned the administration, while the latter, who had not maligned the administration, had not been reinstated. He merely wanted to show that the comparison brought forward yesterday by MT. Vest to show the impartiality of Mir. Cleveland did not compare.
 In MT. Vests reply to Mr. Plumb he treat ed the Benton and Stone matter as 8 "thresh- ing out of old straw" and alluded ssrcastical- E ly to the fiat circular"
 MT. Reagan resented the phrase of Dirty sock democracy" as used by Mir. Plumb, but the latter said he had merely quoted the phrase from the speech of District Attorney Benton a gaod Democratic authority. After a heated discussion, in which Senators Stewart, Reagan and Blair partici- pated, the resolution went over without ae- \ tion and the Senate resumed consideration of the House bill to prohibit Chinese im- migration, and was addressed by Mr. Teller Al in support of the bill.
 Mr. Teller spoke ut length and the Chinese | bill went over.
 The Senate at 5:O5 adjourned. HoUsE.-Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, off, | fered resolution directing the special com mittee Investigating the construction of the ! new library building to inquire whether any member of the House has by himself, or in combination with others, sought to influence J. L. Smith Meyer, the architect, in the &c., lection of material to be used in the construc- ! ton of the building.
 After some discussion, on motion of MT. Blount. the resolution was amended so as to I provide for the creation of new committee of five, and as amended the resolution was adopted.
 THE RETALIATION BILL. The House then proceeded as the special order to the consideration of the retaliation bill.
 MT. Belmont, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, heartily endorsed the bill and urged it's prompt passage.
 | for it's firm and courageous attitude on the | fisheries controversy. The pending bill pro vided the necessary legislation. He contro- \ yerted the assertion that the President al- ready had sufficient authority under which \ to act He believed that article go died when the fisheries article of the treaty of 1871sdied. \ Conpress should not be uumindful of the ob- | iigations which the government owed to the | 100 O0O men who managed the 5000 vessels Eeneaped in the sea and lake fisheries. The Il annual product of the business was valued at
 $45, ,O00,000 The time had come when the government ought to be in earnest and leg | islation should be such as to prove to Canada, Great Britain and the world that it was in ! earnest. It is time Canadian wrongs should be resented by the United States and sup pressed by Great Britain. It was by no means certain that the President would be required | to issue the proclamation authorized by the
 bill.
 | FREE TRADE IN FISH.
 Mr. Hit, of Illinois, said that the gentle- man from Kentucky (McCreary) connected Il the message on the fisheries with what was \ known ss the free trade message. It was an apt combination. The treatment of our fishermen and the tendency toward free trade had gone hand in hand since the day of the inauguration (applause). By joint resolu- ton both houses of Congress had resolved if the administration could not suspend the
 tariff laws and give them free trade in fish;
 they were promised that the President would
 recommend the appointment of 8 commission
 to take up the subject and enlarge the treaty.
 The President had sent message to Con,-
 eress asking that recommendation. The
 house would do nothing of the kind and
 the senate sent him back word that it dis
 ! approved of any such course. The Cana-
 dians, greatly encouraged by what had been
 done by our government now began course
 of vexatious tactics to secure this free trade
 l in fish. The commission of outrages on our
 fishermen followed. These were checked by
 the passage of the retaliation act which, how
 ever, had stood on the statute book for eigh-
 1 teen months without it's powers being exer-
 1 cised Then had blossomed out the Bayard- Chamberlain treaty, which was carried
 through by bargain with Canada to admit
 free to the United States articles on which
 last year $1 800, 900 was paid in duties A
 bill to this effect had been rushed through
 the House by Mir. Mills. The President, MT
 Hit said, possessed powers enough for re taliation and it might be dangerous to ex
 tend these as he had desired. Mir Chipman spoke in favor of the bill 3 The House then adjourned. AForger ofthe Times Letter.