Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL.


| WARRINGTON, July 12th.--The Senate resumed
| consideration OF the two shipping bills and
was addressed by Vest. He said he would like
the senator from Maine (Frye) toexplain how
| 1t was that at a time when the United States
| Was without dollar of subsidy, and when the
| country was undeveloped and had Just emerged
rom colonial condition, she had grappled
with Great Britain, and came near wrestling
| from her the control of the ocear- Carrying
| trade. he quoted from a speech of Daniel
| Webster, to the effect that the success of the
American merchant marine had come not from
protection or bounty, but from skill perseyer-
| ance and economy. He showed how former
| subsidies had ended in failure and scandal, and
! summed up the whole question by reading an
| extract from speech of Representative Can
non, showing an expenditure of over s2l GOO 600
| in subsidies between lS4S and 1873 and as
seTting thai $4,000 would buy all the
American steamships then ahoat. The idea
| that commerce follows the flag Vest said was
| q monster fallacy. He alluded to the intern,,l-
| lation in the British Parliament yesterday as
| TO the Mckinley bill, and said as soon as Eng
land found that she could dispense with Amc:.
lean produce she would do SO, and We he said
that all American state msnship aimed at was
| to put up the duties against Great Britsin He
predicted that the subsidies would never
bring a dollar of foreign commerce to the
country. They would enrich men who get
| the same old scandals that had attended the ex.
penditure of twenty-one millions in subsidies,
an expenditure which had left the country 10,
day with Shipping abso utely dead
Stewart gave it as his opinion that the plans
| proposed in the pending bills were only made
| for reviying the ocean-csrrying trade OF the
United States, and that free ships would simply
| destroy the American ship building wards with
| ont affording any relief
George opposed the bills.
| Harris otfei ed an amendment providing that
the total sum paid to any vessel sailing between
| American and foreign ports shall in no case ex.
| coed The sum paid for the vessels and the ton
mage of such vessels 10 foreign ports and nearest
American ports thereto. Rejected ayes d noes
| q party Vote.
Teller offered an amendment providing that
no vessel be entitled to payment under the Act
| that makes any discrimination tetween or gives
unequal facilities to competitive transportation
lines in receiving or forwarding freight or bag
gage at any American port or at any foreign
port. Agreed TO.
A vote was taken on the amendment offered
yesterday by Vest, providing tree ships for tor
eign trade, but not for lake or coast trade. Re-
jected ayes Is, noes q Ia strict party vote).
The tonnage subsidy bill was then passed
ayes %, noes 1S The only exceptions to party
vote were that Payne voted with the Repuoli-
cans for the bill and Edmunds and Plumb with
the Democrats against it.
A vote was then taken on the postal subsidy
bill, and it psssed-ayes IS, noes l6-Payne vot-
ing ay., Edmunds no, and Plumb not voting.
On motion of Morrill,, the tariff bill was taken
up and made the unfinished business.
After an executive session the Senate ad.
journed.
IN The HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 12th-In the House to-day
The state Conference OF Congreg atioual Churches
at Maine for the passage of an original package
bill. Referred.
Conger of Iowa called up the conference re-
port on the silver bill. Conger said the bill pre-
sented in the report was, as ali conference bills
must be. in the nature OF II compromise. II was
not just such a bill as he thought Congress
ought 10 pass Ii was not such bill, perhaps
as any member of the House would like to pass
| If he were preparing measure to state his con-
viction but ii was bill that would answer the
demands OF the silver miner that would answer
| The demands of the agricultuIis,s, laborers
and business men OF the country.
| Cutcheon of Michigan regarded the confer
ence bill as vast improvement over the mon
s.rosity sent here by the Senate, which proposes
1 To make the United states MINIS the dumping
ground for all the silver of the world for the
! benefit of speculation. 1t was also an improve
ment over the bill as originally passed by the
| House 1t would give the country an addi-
tional currency OF metal and paper Tor the uses
OF business.
Hermann of Oregon said he favored the bill,
although it did not contain the fullest recogni-
tion of the equality of gold and silver as money
metals II was eonce, sion on both sides of
TIE question, and was victory Tor a polu ar
demand. 1t was a long step toward free lin
age. He had no doubt after the fail election
there would be strong representation here on
the iiue of Tree coinage of silver. He congratu-
lated the people he represented that such an adj
vance has been made in estab. ishing an equality
between the two great money metals OF the
world.