Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


WASHINGTON, January 4th.-During the
morning hour a resolution offered by Sela-
tor Sherman was adopted, calling on the
President to inform the Senate respecting
the recent occurrences in Hayti, the srate
of the Government there and the facts re-
lating to the seizure and release of the
steamer Haytian Republic
Senator Hale introduced bill for the re-
organization of the Navy. 1t fixes the
number of officers of the line and staff of
each grade, regulates the allowance for
quarters, fuel, lights, etc, and provides for
retirements, etc.
Senator Stewart introduced resolution,
which was agreed 10, directing the Com
mittee on Private Land Claims to ascertain
what suits have been instituted to set aside
Mexican private land grants in California,
at whose instance and for whose benefit
such suits have been instituted, what pri-
yate counsel is employed to assist in tie
prosecutions, and by whom the costs of
such suits are paid, etc.
At the conclusion of the morning hour.
consideration of the cotton schedule in the
tariff bill was resumed.
Vance moved to amend paragraph 323 by
reducing the rate from 40 cents per pound
and Is per cert. ad valorem to 40 per cent.
ad valorem.
In the debate on the amendment Haw-
ley asked Vance whether there was any
nation which had any approximately Just
system of taxation, and if not, which of the
nations were nearest right.
Vance replied that the system of taxation
which was nearest right, so far as he was
acquainted with them, was the English
system.
Hawley-"That is about the answer l
expected to get"
Vance see what you call the true
inwardness of your question. The object
is that you may charge that we are in the
English interest-that we are following the
English system, and that we are foreigners
to our own people. But there never was
any greater piece of hypocrisy than this
pretension of dislike to foreigners. You
only dislike the foreigner when he brings
something to sell; but when the foreigner
comes himself to underbid the American
workman and take the bread out of his
mouth, you welcome him with an open
and hypocritical embrace"
Hawley-"I have no personal reason for
disliking England or Englishmen. dis
believe in the English system of taxation,
and what wanted to get was one Demo-
crat, if / could not get more, to avow
frankly the honest purpose of that party
that the adoption of free trade is the policy
of that party. Not one time in five on the
stump or in the newspapers were we able
in the last campaign to get Democratic
politician or editor to tell the truth in re-
gard to the position of their party An
avowed free trade meeting was held in
Boston the other day, glorifying the cam
paign, glorifying the President, glorifying
every effort in behalf of free trade proph-
esying glorious future for it, and great
progress to be made under it. All we ask
of the other side is that they shall tell the
truth about the inevitable drift of their
party that which the whole world knows,
including themselves, to be the truth
that they mean to bring the country to the
adoption of system of taxation that will
tax only articles of universal consump-
tion-practically poll-tax"
Vance-"The Senator from Connecticut
says / am a free-trader, and that the policy
of my party is absolute free trade, and he
bases that statement on my answer to his
question as to which foreign system / most
admired. told him that the English sys-
tenn was the nearest right, meaning of all
other systems but our own. Laughter on
the Republican side.l / do not mean by
that any approval of the system under
which we live. God forbid. The Demo-
cratic party of the United States has pro-
nounced itself again and again in favor of
q system of taxation of foreign importa-
the Government, and it has never adyo-
Gated any other system. That is the sys-
tenn I prefer to the English or any other
system"
Reagan also defended the Democratic
party from the charge of being tree trade
party.
The debate was continued at great length
and participated in by Senators Dawes,
Mcpherson, Vance, Gray, Coke and Nor
gan. The latter commented upon the free
list contained in the substitute. and argued
that the Republican Senators who reported
and sustained it were, pro tant0, free trad
ers, and were not justified in applying that
term 10 Democrats.
The previous question was finally de-
manded, and Vauces amendment was re-
jected The bill was then laid aside.
On motion of Aldrich the Senate rules
were so amended as to include among the
persons entitled to the privileges of the
floor the President-elect and Vice-Presi-
denI-elect.
After brief executive session the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, January 4th. = In the
House to-day, 0'Neill of Pennsylvania
presented a memorial of the Philadelphis
Board of Trade, asking that an appropria
ton be made for the establishment o
houses of refuge at Barrows and East Cape
Siberia, and for the repair of the steamer.
Bear and Thetis. Referred.
Dunn of Arkansas called up the Mica
ragua canal bill, with the amendments
agreed to in the Committee of the Whole
upon which the previous question was or
dered before the holiday recess.