The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-03

In the Senate Mr.. Hiscock tRer., n. " called
UP his motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Senate refused to rccede from the amend
ments to tho Legislative Appropriation bill in
reference to the pay Of Senators clerks and
seasonal committee clerks. The motion was
agreed to-yeas &c. nays 81. When the pre-
siding officer was about to announce the result
OF the vote, which was at that moment tie
and therefore rejection OF the motion, Mr..
German Dem. Md. who had voted in the
negative changed his vote to tho affirmative.
saying that he was unwilling that the bill
should be lost on account OF such contro-
versy. Some additional votes were cast and
the vote was announced. The question then
required whether the Senate should recede
from its amendments.
Mr.. German said he did not change an lot a
from the position which he had taken yester-
day. that 1t was the right OF the Senate to de-
termine for itself what officers It required and
what should be their compensation iof course
within reasonL But this great bill should
have gone into operation yesterday. and he did
not believe 1t wise at this time to hazard its
further postponement On some other occasion
1t would afford him great pleasure and he
hot ell that the Senate would have the oppor-
tunity to have the matter determined as the
Senate believed It ought to be. .,,. ,,o o,,o,
to recede would not prevail. He regarded 1t
as a monstrous propositi ION that 1t was tho
duty OF the Senate to recede from every amend
mont to which the House did not concur;
MI Edmqnds RsP ", did not S see the he lat,
same right to refuse to acce1e 10 House prop
ositons as tho House had to refuse TO acccIe
to Senate propositions. That made the equal
that at the next session the House should
make too large appropriations for Its EMPLOYEES
1t would be the mission OF the Senate to refuse
ia then
Mr. flumb lRer.. Kan.) defended the action
OF the House in regard to the amendments. and
said that it was not treating the Senate unfair
", nor was i touching the constitutional pre-
The question was thon taken by standing
vote. and the motion TO recrde WAS agreed to-
% to l6. The legislative bill now goes to the
PRESIDENT for his signature.
The Senate then pr oceeded to the considera-
ton Of tho two Senate Hills reported from the
Committee on Commerce-to place the Ameri-
trade upon an equality with that OF other pa
d the pors
and to promote commerce,
Mr., Frye lhep., Me spoke as to both bills
bounty on tonnage. 1t applied to all ships
qnirement. II was the bill agreed upon by the
STATES. and had been very largely and warmly
estimated its cost for the first year as about
$30yOQ00. and Its cost in three or four years at
be much disappointed II In four or five years
the cost would not rise TO $7.OOOWO or s. .OUO.-
900 The other bill was known as the Postal
General should make contracts. after ndver-
tisnment with tho lowest bide: for the carry
c %s " Vessels Il provided Tor four Cases
OF American vessels The first class OF vessels
to- az al @ on
knots an hour. No contract was to be made
for carving the malls between New ork and
-Four ships OF that class would cost $500. eco Il
year. The fourth class vessels would receive
Mou h rsse @ and the bounty You'd
ba better pay TO- the fourth class ship tnan the
bounty would BIO to the first class shin. 1t
much M The, United States Qovernment had
ond class OF vessel was 10, be capable Of SIX
teen knots an hour, and TO be first class
II every Uaricul%r sss. Iao third S GLASS was
and tho fourth class OF the ordinary run Of
steamers either wood or steel OF 1000 tons,
Sea and the Gull onAexico. All these vessels
Were 10 be taken rs cruisers whenever
taT IN connocii"n Win These bs Th ere
(rrlerrnE 10 tho American carrying trade was
the dead body. 10 wanted 10 know whether
life Tito il. II so. now was ii to DO dono2
The American carrying trade was dead for
XmerIsnn industry Of which the same could be
said. The people Of tho United States had paid
d%s Of b SssP Stable the
Six millions a year would revive tho dead body
OF the American, merchant marine and keep II
II American shipowners were TO got their ships
for nothing they, could not carry on, rompe-
or oyhS S' vessel whch lad from their
Governments. ami on which the nay OF officers
and crews and the co% Of maintenance we're