Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-17
It'll. CoNGKsss-sEooND SESSION.
WASHINGTON. u. G., January Is, 1889.
senate.

Senate.
The Presidents two messages IN regard 10
eTajrsin samoa and Ilaytl were laid before
the senaie and referred with the acc0mpa'
nyiug documcDt) TO the COMMITTEE on
Foreign Relations.
Mr. Cullum presented a memorial OF the
WomAn's National Christian Temperance
Union " Illinois, and other bodies, In favor
uflscislatiou fOI sabbath Observance; against
the running OF interstate sunday trains, aud
sratust military drills on sunday. These ana
many similar memorials from other states,
wb,ch were presented 10y yanous senators,
were referred to The Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor. The memorials were IN
large bundles. covered with red CLOTH ana
their presentation was Witnessed Dy uepu-
tation u ladies In the gallery
Mr.. Riddieberper In presenting a memo
rial which had been depoNitCd ON hls desk,
said that he considered It proper Tor him 10
state hs unqualified opposition 10 any such
legislation. lie would Ike the ladi,s IN The
gallery 10 understand that The iirst thing they
had 20 do IN The way Of legislation would he
30 change msrket-day. His constituents
for instance) ia order 70 have their cattle in
Washington ready for Tuesdays marhet had
o. transport them on SUNDAY.
MFR. Chandler presented additional ptti-
tions from the cilzens ot Orangeburg, :.
g.. asking that their rights Of suffrage be
protected. Referred.
TIE senate at ] o'clock resumed conSide-
ration Of the tsrlG bill, the pending question
heing on Mr.. Vests amendment. offered last
Monday, TO strike otiar Of roses OF OF tue
free Hsl and TO substitute salt. Without iur-
ther discussion. q vote was taken ana the
amendment rejected 10y the usual party
yote-yeaS, -; nays. 70.
Mr. Allison moved 10 amend paragraph
10 as co peukHiVes and raE,rs, increasing
All tho rates named in the substitute.
At the suggestion Of Mr Vest the amend
ucut went over tili tomorrow.
The amendment heretofore offered by Mr..
Allison. making the duty on cross cut SAWS
&. 10, and 10 cents per linear foot instead u
q, S. aud ID cents, was agreed 70.
The amendment heretofore offered by Nc.
Allison a. 10 taggor's iron was somewhat
modified by HIM. and Mr.. Jones, OF Arkau-
sas, moved 70 put that article on the free
hst
Ar. Morgan advocated Mr.. Jones's motion
10 put tin.plate on the free list, ana made
she point against Mr.. AiiSOn's amendment
that Il raised the tax on tln-plate 100 per
cent, NOT for tbs purpose Of increasing the
revenues Of the Government but for The
purpose Of decreasing them.
In the course Of the discussion between
Mexrs. Morgan and Hawley as to the
relative value OF lands IN the manufacturing
and nOn.mauuiacsufing states. Mr.. Morgan
characterized the young negroes OF Ala
h4ma a. the most God.fOrsaken people I'm re-
spect Of Industry that were 70 be found any
where outside OF Aigiers, or Morocco, or the
Great Desert OF sahara II cos, fully $1,000
70 raise a negro boy from birth 70 msnhood,
not 10 include his steaiings s0d other depse-
dstlons. II be could, by decree OF law or oil
Providence, expel from Alabama every
negro Ia Il aud have barriers erected so thst
be could never return. the lands Ia Alaoama
would run up TO prices greater than those In
Wisconsin. The people would rush there with
more eegsrness than they were now showing
10 trying - get into OkIabomi.
Mr. Blair Do you consider that Il would
be Cor the interests OF the white southern
people that the negroes should cmgrate
isom the southern States IN bouys
hr. Morgan; Not IN q body aud NOT I'M
medisteiy. But have bsen always IN hvof
II The psopodiion introduced by Senator