The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-26
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Plumb Assists Democrats in Attack nm
the Tariff Bill.

Plumb Assists Democrats In Attack nm
the Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 25.-In the Senate
Blair presented memorial from Grand ARMY
posts expressing their abhorrence at the action of
congress In allowing pension agents fee of $40
In each case. under the recent dependent PEN
sion act, and denouncing the circular of n
washington claim agent Offering to active men
in localities halt of the fee in all cases sent to
him. Blair said he concurred with the memor.
Ial In It's ex xpreesion of their abhorreace.
Cockreu presented memorial from St Louis
protesting against the passage by tie Senate of
the federal election BILL stating that The masses
OF the people are so cazed with the enormity of
the proposed outrage or the sanctity of the bal.
lot tnat they had not found words to express
their condemna ion. Other memorials against
the bill were presented from Adrian, Mich.
sherman offered resolution iustructing the
committee on printing TO report whether auv
abuses exist i'll the printing OF the matter of the
Congressional Record that ought not to be
printed therein, and such bill or regulation as
VIII limit such printing to the actual proceed.
ing in both houses; also whether it is expedient
to edit the deoates OF congress by the omission
ot SUCH papers as are already printed As public
documents. The resolution gave rise to some
discussion, but was finally referred to the COM
mittee on printing.
Call Introduced a resolution instructing the
q
bill 10 compel elevator proprietors to sccept
grain for storage at reasonable rates. This is
AIMED against corporation of elevator pro-
prietors on the Northern Pacific VINO threa IN
10 refuse grain, aud compel farmers to sell n
once. The resolution was laid over.
Morrill, moved to proceed 10 the consideration
of the tariff dill, and Gray antagonized motion
with one TO resume consideration of the House
bill 10 transfer the revenue marine service To
the navy department. The latter motion was
agreed TO. yeas 81, nays 2, and the revenue ma
rine bill was taken up. On motion OF Frye an
amendment was adopted extending the appli.
Cation OF this bill to the life-sayiag service.
CocKreA had not concluded his remarks on
the marine pill at / clock, when the tariff bill
came up as unfinished business. On motion OF
Aidrich 1t was agreed that formal reading of the
till be dispensed with, aud Vance proceeded to
address the Senate. He said the result of the
bill. might be 10 reduce the revenue 20 a certain
extent. but not TO reduce taxes. What the peo-
pie desired was common sense reduction of
the revenue, and q corresponding relief from the
payment OF taxes. The Mckinley bill was an
outrage on human patience and an
insult to the inielIig .nce OF man
kiGd. 1t neither reduced the revenue
in sense of reducing taxation, nor eQualized
duties ON imports. On the contrary. it Increased
taxation and made dlties more unequal By i'm
posing heavier burdens on the poor than On the
rich, aud by so settnng TAX on the neceSss-les
of life as TO shock the moral sense of every just
man. Vance went on arrsignirg the Eepubli-
can party for evils which, ne claimed. protsc-
tion had brought upon the country. He quoted
from Blaine's letter 10 Frye, and said the un-
mis,akable wisdom of what that distinguished
man had said illustrated the wisdom of what he
had Lett unsaid. II II were important TO extend
American trade 20 Central and South America,
il could not be unimporsant to extend il TO the
European continent, which IN wealth and popu-
istl0n wss ten tiraes greater. II free trade with
tie people of the Latin race was desirable and
profitable, no reasoning could show that a little
free trade with the people OF Teutoaie blood was
not also desirable and profitable.
Plumb said that before proceeding to eonsld-
Grafton of the bill by paragraphs, he would Like
10 know what the finance committee thought
would be the efftct of the bill on the revenue.
Mcpherson said the almost unanswerabIe
speechss of the senator's from Indiana snd
North Carolina Voorhees and vance) seemed