Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-01-05
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
House Passes the Senate Bill to
Incorporate the Nicara-
qua Company.
The Edmlnds Resolution.
Vance AdmIes Enslands System OF
Taxation
WAsHisGToS, Jan. 4.
WAsHIsGToS, Jan. 4.
Senate.

eign relations. reported a resolution ~hic
vas agreed to. caliii < on the President 70
correspondence and information touchiu
| recent occurrences in the Island OF Hay Il
| both as relates to the state of the govern
ment there and tp the seizure and deliver
of the American vessel, the Hay ten Repub
| lie.
The same senator from the same commit
tee reported favorably + imunds joint reso
luton as TO the Panama canal.
| The resolution was placed on the calenda
and Mr. Sherman gave notice that he woul'
tomorrow ask for its consideration.
| The resolution is Is follows;
| Resolved. that government of the Unite,
States will look with serious concern an.
isapprovsl on any connection of any Euro
pean government with the construction Of
Control of any ship canal across the isthmu'
Of Darien or across Central America, anf
must regard any such connection or contro
ss il jurioqs TO the just rights and interest,
of the United States and as a menace to theil
welfare.
Resolved that the President be requested
to commun cate this EXPIRE sion of the view,
of Congress to the governments of the coun
tries of Europe.
The Senate at l2 25 resumed the consider.
ton of the tariff bill, the pending question
being on the amendment offered by Mr..
Vance to the paragraph relating to stockings
Upon request of Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Vance
withdrew the amendment as the matter was
being considered by the committee.
Mr.. Vest offered an amendment to para.
graph 1928 referring to Hamburg edgings by
adding he words neck-rufflng and ruchiDg
but as Mr.. A drich explained that it would
increase rather than reduce the duty, he
wiIhdre it.
Mr. Vance moved an amendment to the
same paragraph by reducing the rate from
10 cents per pound and 10 per cent. ad
yslorem to 40 per cent. ad valorum.
Ha~ ley replied to Vance and asked him
wht ther there was any nation which (le
thought) had any approximately just system
Of taxation, and if not, which OF the nations
was the nearest right.
Vance replied that the system nearest right
Gas far as he was acquainted with them) was
the Engl sh system.
Hau ley-That is the answer | expected to
get.
Vance, see the true inwardness of your
que stion Your object ia that you may
charge that we are in the English interest,
III 1t we are following the English System
pie.
Hawley-I gave the senator from North
Carolina no excuse for saying that l dislike
foreigner have no personal reason for
di-hking Englishmen. | didn't believe il
the Erglsh system of taxation and what |
wanted was to get democrat to avow tra.k
ly the honest pw pose of that party.
and that the adoption of free trade
was in the policy of that party
All we ask of the other side is that they
shall t., II the truth about the inevitable drift
of their party. England levies no prote Give
duties whatever. There is great variety of
vegetable productions she cannot produce
I here are many things necessary for the ia
BILE and for manufacture which she cannot
produce; wood. and cotton which she can
not grow. SO England is utterly unable to
adopt our protective tariff if she wished.
Varce replied 1--WE had once in this
country, a philo gopher with good deal of
hard sense expressed IN bad Engli-h-.josh
Billings. One of his apothegms VAS that To
bring up a child in the way he sho.ld go ii
was necessary for the parent to 90 that way
once in while. Now to get Your political
opponents to tell the tru the senator from
Connecticut should do 50 himself once in a
while. Laughter.
Vance sad that the democratic party pro
nounced itself again and again as favoring
taxaIio on foreigi imports which will yield
,uificient revenue to the government. and it
never d,ocated any other system That is
the system | prefer. But ,preter the English
system to a system which will be established
should God Almig ght, for aw, aflict Amer
,cau people with this bill
Dawes argued tha II protection was rob
b, ry it vas just as much so when the plum
der was US, d to support the government as
when 1T went to enrich manufacturers.
Reagan said that under all systems the
government taxes must be raised, but the
protective tax Tor the sake of protection was
robbery.
Dawes said that all of Resgans party in
the House voted for it.
Dawes said he had no dispos sition to put
duties on manufactured articles higher than
10 equalze the conditions of production IN
This country and foreign countries. He
quoted Vanc, as saying the only honest way
. impose duties was the al, alorem way and
any o'her way was fraud and cheat, yet be
kei best the English system of taxation.
Dawes remarked that until the senator from
Delaware could see that the proper protect
i've tariff was not tax on the consumer, it
Ntuiu " tou' h'hf
of the false position he occupied, There
was no TAX on the consumer in properly
lad protective tariff.
The debate continued at a great length
participated in by Mcpherson, Dawes. Coke
and Morgan. The latter commented upon
the free list contanedin the substitute. He ar
gued that the republican senators who were
rel orted to have sustained it, were pro tanto
fyeo ,rabars They were not Iu,tItipI in a n.
plying that term to the democrats.
Yes, read an extract from Gar6eld's speech
in the house To the effect that he was for pro-
lection which led to the ultimate free trad =.
That said republican party in. 1880. elected
that gentle men TO the presic ency.
Morgan said tina, in voting for the tax bill,
don't vote for levying taxes with . view to
advance any man's private interests, ~hetf er
the man be capitalist or labsrer.
The question was taken, and Vance .
amendment, was rejected. The bill was
then laid aside.
On motion of Aldrich the Senate rules
were so amended as 10 include, among the
persons entitled to the privileges of the
floor. the President-elect and Vice President
eject Aft,ra brief executive session the
Senate adjourned.
In Il e HUE the Nj a aqua can,l bill " :
amendments agreed TO IN comnlntee of the
whole, upon which previous question was or
iered before tie holiday recess, was called
up.
The House passed. with numerous amend
monts. the Senate bill to Incorporate the
Maritime Canal Company Of Nicaragua, by
a vote of yeas l57, nays "a.
Bland's amendment to the Nicaragua bill
reserving to Congress the right to alter,
amend or repeal this act and regulate tariff
rates Of tran sportation of persons and prop
erty was agreed to-yeas IS. nays so.
The bill aas then psssed-yeas l57. nays
"a.
The bill is the Senate bill and it will now
go to the Senate for action upon the House
amendments.
Reed called up the resolution reported BY
him yesterday, abolishing during the remain
der of the session the call of states for the
introduction and reference of bills upon the
first and second (susper sion) Mondays of
each month.
This led to long debate, participated in
by many members. Finally. when the yeas
and nays were called Oh ordering the previ
Gus question enough opponents of the bill
refused to vote to break the quorum, the
vote star ting yeas LOG nav, 9l