Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04
THE NATIONAL S0LONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES.

Our National Law-Maksrs and What They
Are Doing for the Good Of the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed,
and Acted Upon.
In the Senate the proposition offered On
the previous day fixing day for taking the
| vote on the tariff bill was agreed 20 on the
26th The conference report on the sundryi
| civil appropriation bill was agreed TO. Tho
| tariff bill was then taken up, the question
| being on the lead paragraph, 70 which Mr.
| Coke had offered an amendment 70 make
/ the lead extracted from silver ores free OF
duty, and Mr.. Plumb had offered one re-
ducing the duty on lend ore and lead dross
/ from one and one-hah cents to three
| quarters OF a cent Before proceeding
! with that paragraph. Mr.. Plumb gave
notice OF an amendment to the BILL
| which he would offer at the appropriate
time. The amendment was read. 1t Is, with
| some few. notifications, the bill for reci-
| prUcity with Canada, introduced by Mr.
| BntterWorth In the House of Representa-
ttves. Senator Plumb proposes to restrict
/ the operation Of the reciprocal arrange
| ment to manufactured articles and min
/ erals. In the House the entire day was
/ spent in wrangling over parliamentary
| questions. The delay was caused by the
i opponents OF the compound-lard bill, who
/ resorted TO dilatory tactics to keep the bill
from coming TO vote
TEE feature Of the tariff debate in tho
Senate ON the 27th was the speech of Sena-
tor Cush Davis, of Minnesota, in favor of
/ reciprocity with South American countries.
4 He spoke OF the general impression that the
country was entering upon an era of unex-
ampled material prosperity and said that
the renewal Of prosperity was largely the
/ result of.wise legislation enacted (the sill
yer bflD and to be enacted (the tariff bill).
He thought that the tariff bill should be
i amended In the direction of reciprocity so
/ as to secure American farmers trade with
foreign nations, especially with south
| America, Central America, Mexico, and the
West India Islands. But there was one item
in the bill of extraordinary Importance to
the people of Minnesota; that was the item
Of binding twine. In his opinion that ar
| ticle should go on the free list and should be
subject to no duty or tax whatever. The
matter affected the farmers of every State
pie Of Minnesota TO the amount
Of nearly million dollars u
year. The entire business, including the
sources from which that commodity was
supplied, was governed by a combination Of
all, or substantially all, the manufacturers
| of cordage and binding twine, They were
in no need Of protection. They were amply
able to protect themselves and TO spoliate
the world. They were amenable to the law
| against trusts, and certainly the Senate
| should not legfslate in favor of men under
the ban of outlawry. The House spent the
| entire day again In wrangling ov er parlia-
mentary points.
THE long-expected reciprocity amend-
ments to the tariff bill were introduced in
the Senate on the 2sth by Senator AIdrich.
The vital one relates to sugar, molasses-
coffee, tea, and hides. 1t is set forth in the
| declaratory statement that the object is
reciprocity. The President is not given any
wide discretionary powers, for he simply
carries out the direction of Congress In inn
posing certain duties on specified articles at
given time--July 1, 1s91-if countries
having the benefit of the United
| States markets do not reciprocate.
The only thing left to his Judgment is
the time of this suspension, and that is a
necessary discretion. The sugar duties are
set forth In detail in the amendment in or
der to prevent any ambiguity. The time
given the various countries to open up their
markets is shorter than has been heretofore
talked about. Assuming that the tariff bill
will be in effect Oct. 1, it would be nine
months. The relation of sugar to reciproci-
ty is still to be determined. The second
amendment in relation to fish is purely
retaliatory and Is aimed at Canada. In the
House, after four days of flibustering, the
bill regulating the manufacture and sale of
compound lard was passed, 126 to 81. The
House also passed the bill establishing the
eight-hour day on all Government works.
| Mr.. BLAIR presented in the Senate on
the Goth, memorial of the Women's Ma
tional Industrial League for the suppress
sion and punishment of the EARNED assas-
sins known as the Pinkerton detectives"
Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr..
Edmunds offered the following concurrent
resolution, which went over for the presents
Resolved, That when the two houses adjourn
the 10th Of September, 1890, 1t be to meet
the 10th of November, 1890. House
bill authorizing the erection Of pontoon
bridge across the Missouri River, between
| the City Of st. Charles and the County
| of St. Louis, In Missouri, was reported by
Mr.. Vest, and passed without amendment
In the House, the first bill considered was
that which has been pending for the last
| sixteen weeks-the omnibus Southern war
claims bill. Mr.. Thomas (Wis.), who had
objected to its passage on the ground that
some of the claimants were disloyal, offered
a substitute striking out the Objectionable
features, and by unanimous consent 1t was
| agreed to. The bill carries about $3.50, 1000
WHEN the tariff bill was taken up in the
Senate on the 3Oth, the pending question was
| on Mr.. Carlisle's motion to strike out the
wool paragraphs CAST to 369), SO as to place
| wool on the free list. Mr.. Daniel addressed
the Senate in support Of the amendment.
Mr.. Hawley replied to some Of Mr.. Daniels
| illusions to Connecticut agriculture, and
reminded him that the tendency Of popu-
/ lations toward towns and cities was COM
| mon in all states and nations. The
effects of that tendency were modified
by keeping up the manufactures, without
which the population Of Connecticut would
be reduced He was convinced that there
were more landholders In Connecticut now
than there used to be. The land was In
| creasing in value, and the population of
| the State had grown since the census of
1880 by 11s,000. The money in savings
banks Ia fair indication) was growing year
| by year. The vote was then taken
and Mr.. Carlisle's motion to strike
out all the wool paragraphs was re-
jected-yeas, III; nays, Fra strict party
vote, although Mr.. Payne, IL present, would
have voted, Mr.. Sherman said, in the Mega
tive. The bill introduced last June by
Judge Gest, providing for the adjustment OF
accounts OF workingmen, laborers, and
mechanics arising under the eight-hour law,
was passed by the House. The intention OF
the bill Is to secure to employees OF the Gov
ernment pay for time they have been re-
quired to work In excess of eight hours a
day since the passage of the eight-hour
4 law, juno rs, 1868. s3 n.