The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-04
WORK OF CONGRESS
Shameful Boast of Confed-
crate Pngh.
THE FUNDING BILLS ENEMIES.


WAsn4se-os. Ian. ain the Senate
the resolutions herstofeEe offered BY
yoorhses, calling ca the secretary q
the Interior f0E Hst u houssstead,
tirut.er culture and presumption en-
tries 70 pablo lands eaneeiiesi since
the issuance Of final reeeipi azd Ger
tifcate therefor, during the present. ac-
rnfrlstration for eassss other than
voluntary reIiHquishment, vas agreed
to
a resolution vas agreed to calling
on the secretaries Of war and the n
terror, for reports, records and papers
relative Z, the scTvlea Of volunteers IN
Washington and Idaho territories N
the Sez Perez war 81 1871.
The senate resumed consideration 81
The tariff bill. the pending question he-
fay on amendment 70 paragraph BIB.
10 change the duty on cotton thread,
yarn, warp. etc, valued AZ not exceed
Ing Is eents PER pound, from 10 cents
per pound, 30 . FER cent. al yaloren.
After speech u some length from
Vance the amendment was rejected
by the usual party yote-ye4s, ~,
NAYS, ~
Vest called attention TO other items
In paragraph si3, bat said be would
net offer any amendment or AK any
vote upon them. but be would simply
remark that the duty on these items
was increased in order to e1einde All
foreign competition IS Tar a. possible
so a. 70 enable American manuiae-
terers 10 hold the market az what
ever price they saw 1T to Impose lie
moved however, - amend paragraph
si4, relating 20 spool thread OF cotton,
BY striking out y cents per dozen
spoolsr and inserting 80 PER cent al
valorefn He quoted irom state
meut- made by spool cotton manu-
faciaFers before the tariff commission
OF iss2 and before the ways and meas
cons ittee 10 1854 10 snoS that they
asked s less rate q protection ~ ls5l
than in Iss2. After a lengthy discus
sion the amendment was rejected
yeas Is. nays 81
Nofarther amendment was offered 70
paragraph 3I4. nor was any offered to
BIS, Sic or 5lT. all relating 10 cotton
cloth. Vance moved two amendments
10 paragraph 5ls and one 10 80. ali o.
which were rejected.
Pugh proceeded 20 address the Sen
ate in set speech on the tarln- In
concluding his remarks he adveTted 10
the question of race supremacy ~ The
South and said that as - that there
could be no roncess ion and no COM
rsrosni4e among the whlle people.
Whoever vas . friend q the white
race ~ regard 10 supremacy IN the
govern nasnt was his friend. irrespective
of politics. and whoever vas the enemy
Of the wlgtta race On question involv
ing race supremacy was his enemy.
The fidelity u the white men - each
other on the race question had been
uufAltering ard wAs bound to
prove itself ia action on the
side Of maintaining the actual
supremacy Of the white race IN the pos
session and exercise Of ali govern
mental power Such fidelity 81 the
white men To each other in the South
err States for such purposes had been
established under the dire necessity Of
self-p.eservatioa and white men every
where might rest assured that no al
iuremsnts Of Office and no difference
as ~ the tariff laws coald ever degrade
them To the recognition Of negro equal
ify-
Vance maved 90 amend paragraph
80, relating u stockings, BY reducing
thc rate IRON 50 70 30 per cent. ad va
loren. and asked for the yeas and nays.
Aidrieh appealed to Vance not 20 de
mand the yeas and nays, IS there was
probably no quorum present, and he
wished 10 get through the cotton
schedule to-day; bat Vance would not
consent. as he did not want the sched
ule finished to-day The Senate then.
having disposed Of three and hall
faas~s az the hill to-day adjourned