The Worthington advance., 1888-07-19
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.

FlFTlETH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
The Senate considered the fisheries treaty
and was addh,ssed, in open session, by Mr.
Hoar, in opposition to it.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the tariff bill, and an amendment
to restore the existing rate of duty on starch
was lost
The duty on rice -four and rice meal was
fixed at Is per cent advalo1em.
Mr.. Boutelle offered an amendment fixing
the rate OF duty on dextrinc, burnt starch
gum substitute or British gum at cents u
pound. Rejected, Sc to n.
Mr.. Vandever, of California, moved to in.
cents pound (the present duty.) Tha re-
duction of duty proposed struck blow at
that rising industry in California and was in
favor of the foreign product.
1t was rejected, 81 to II.
Mr.. Guenther of Wisconsin endeavored to
secure duty Of cents dozen on eggs, but
was unsuccessful.
A motion to restore existing rates on cot
ton thread. yarns and warps, except in the
case of the higher grades, where slight in
crease OF duty is made, was rejected, so to u.
An amendment was adopted fixing the rate
of duty on fax, hacked, known as dressed
line, at SO per ton.
A motion to restore the existing rates of
duty on fax, hemp and jute yarns wos lost
A motion to fix the rate at percent ad va
loren was also lost.
The conference report on the postof1ce ap.
preparation bill was presented to the senate.
The item for postottice clerks for unusual
600. The item as to rent, light and fuel in
third-class Postoftices is retained, with q
provision that contract for rent for
such postof1iccs shall be for more than
year. The item as to postage on seeds
is fixed SO as to make the postage one cent
for every two ounces. On the subsidy clause,
tho conference committee was unable to
agree: The report was agreed 20, and Mr.
Plumb moved that the senate insist in the
subsidy amendment and ask for further
conference. After a long debate the motion
was carred-28 to 16.-ft was strict party
VOTE except that Mcssrs Call, German, Nc
Pherson and Pugh voted with tho Re publ
cans in the affirmative
The house is yielding to tho temptation to
indulge in political debate. The rapid prog
ress OF the last few days with the tariff bill
was not maintained and the house was given
over to stump speaking. Weaver of Iowa,
in all the action Of the house is counted as g
he made n very hitter fight against
the Democracy, and left a long heries Of quota
BILE sentences. Which Henderson of Iowa
effectively made use of. Mr.. Weaver will
hardly be able TO recover from the effect of
the blows which were delivered by Henderson.
The debate seemed to amuse all members of
the house except Weaver.
A resolution offered to print extra copies
of the committee report on seven vetoed pen.
sion bills created quite breeze
Mr.. Butler spoke Of reckless pension legisa.
tlOn in tho senate.
Senators Stewart, Blair and Haw]ey severe
" CRITICIZED the presidents course.
Mr.. George ended the discussion by moving
to proceed to executive business, and immc.
diately began his speech on the fisheries
treaty.
Sessions were ordered for next Wednesday
and Thursday nights for bills on labor mill
tary affairs,
MIR. Force, ofMichigan, from the committee
on military affairs, reported back the resolu-
tion for the appointment Of q special commit
tee to Investigate alleged evasions of the
contract labor law.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, called the attention
of the house to the necessity of this resolu-
ton to correct the abuses, as there was an
abnormal immigration to this country by
men persuaded to come here by false and
fraudulent pretensioEs.
Mr.. Morrow, of California, was glad that
the house at last comprehended the evil be.
| Getting the country from unrestricted inlmi-
grafton. The resolution w0e ofoDfoI
The house then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Springer, Of Illinois, in the chair)
on the tariff bill, the agreement peing that
no vote should be taken on the hending wool
schedule.
Mr.. Dawes presented a remonstrance of a
large number Of wool and " ool
dealers against the legislation proposed in
the Mills BILL Referred to the committee on
finance.
Among the bills reported and placed on
the calendar wac 4 house bill appropriating
800, 600 for Il public building at Wubasha,
Mimi
The following bills were passed:
House bill, to authorize the building Of a
bridge across the Mississippi river at Wa
basha, MINI.
House bill appropriating 5000, 900 for the
! location of a branch of the National Soldiers
Home in Grant county, Ind.
Mr.. Dolph spoke in the senate in opposition
to the fisheries treaty. Speaking of danger
of war with Great Britain he said: With the
| exposed coasts of the United States, and with
its unprotected coastwise commerce, this
country did not want war with Great
Britain; and he was equally sure that Great
Britain could not afford war with
the United States. Her fortifca'ion sta
| tions at Halifax, Bermuda and Egnuimalt
we're menace to American commerce: but no
forts could protect the Canadian frontier,
and the great ironclads Of England could not
protect her commerce in hundred soas At
| the call Of even the present pro- English ad-
ministration, in case of war; armed men
would spring into the field from every state
and territory to make the conquest OF the
| Canadian provinces: and q few months OF
hosti'itics would find an American privatee1
on every seq where British merchant vessel
was to be found
On motion of Mr.. Biggs, of California, & bill
passed for the mining debris question in Cali
/ fornia. -. -
Mr Blount, ofGeorgia, submitted the confer
encc report on tho pOstotflce appropriation
bill. An agreement has been arrived at on
all amendments, The rate Of postage on seeds
| plants, roots, bulbs and scons has been fixed
at one cent for eoch two ounces or fraction
thereof.
| Inc report was agreed to, and then Mr.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, moved to concu,
in the senate subsidy" amendment, with an
amendment reducing the appropriation from
100000 to $45O 900, authorizing the post
master general to increase the mail faciitiet
not only between the United States and Cen
trail and South America, and the West Indies
but between the unitod States and China and
Japan, the Sandwich Islands and Australia
and providing that American ships carrying
the mails shall be allowed four times the rate
Of compensation they now receive. A long
! debate ensued.
It is generally thought by Republican sen
ators that their party in the senate will for
muluate a substitute for the Mills bill, report
it, place it in the calendar and there let Il
remain until the next session. 1t is ARGUED
that such a plan would show the country tLt
Republican position on the tariff and al
early adjou rnmont could be reached; that tt
undertake TO pass the tariff bill in the selatt
would prolong the session into September
aud that every political purpose would b,
served by formally reporting the bill.
HOUSE: