Thomas County cat., 1890-05-22
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
MORE TARIFF TALK.


Americans: the former proposed to invite all
other countries to take this market from our
people whenever it was IN their power to
do 80.
Mr.. Springer. of Illinois. denounced the
granting of bouuties on sugar and raw silk
After ridiculins the imposition of duty on
eggs as a measure of protection to ex-Presi-
dent Hayes. who had gone into the chicken
business. he reviewed the free list, and de-
clared that the American hog was discrimi-
mated against, in that bristleS were placed on
the free list, while a high duty was placed
upon wool.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, supported the bill.
and Mr.. Barnes, OF Georgia, Mr.. Andrews.
of Massachusetts, MIR. Cummings, of New
York. and Mr.. Brickner, of Wisconsin, op-
posed it.
ARMY CANTEESs.
The senate amended the army appropria-
ton bill so as to provide that no alcoholic
liquors, beer or wines shall be sold and sup
piled to the enlisted men in any canteen, or
building in a garrison, or military post.
RIGHT OF WAY AT FORT RILEY.
The senate passed the senate bill granting
right of way to the Junction City Il Fort
Riley Street Railway company into and upon
the Fort Riley military reservation in the
state of Kansas.
1S5 IN 80 MINUTES.
The senate then took up the individual pen.
sion bills on the calendar and passed all OF
them. 1S5, in an hour and half.
SENATE WORKS on SILVER.
Senator Jones opened the debate on silver.
ISee dispatches.
READING THE BILL.
Generaldebate in the house on the tariff
bill shavingcloSed, consideration of 1t by sec
tions commenced.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas. offered an amend
ment providing that the president may sus-
pend the rate of duty on any imported arti-
cles when in his Judgment the production,
manufacture or sale of such article is monop-
olized, or attempted to be monopoliZed, or
attempted to be controlled by any trust or
combintion.
This was rejected, as were amendments
offered to every section and clause reached.
The debate on the various amendments
became desultory in its character, sometimes
sometimes political ana at times
bordering on the personal.
CONFERENCE ON PENSION BILE.
The senate voted to non-concur in the house
substitute (the Morrill, bill) to tine senate
pension bill, and asked for q committee OF
conference.
THIRTEEN PAGES A'DAY.
The house considered thirteen Of the 156
pages of the tariff bill at its second sessions
work upon it. Every clause, nearly, was
sought to be amended by the minority, but
were voted down.
LIQUORS.
The senate bill, reported by Senator Will
son, of Iowa, from the Judiciary committee,
subjecting imported liquors to the provisions
of the laws of the several states, was placed
on the senate calendar. and will be called up
for action as soon as favorable opportunity
presents itself.
TELLER ON SILVER.
Senator Teller spoke on the silver bill. He
the Window bill As a scheme that
met the approval of the gold monO-metallists
and that was reason enough to
suspicion. OF the bill reported from
the finance committee. he said it was founded
on some system of financial policy, and there
was some philosophy in it, but it did not pro-
pose to use silver as money. Its funda-
mental idea was, as in the other bill, the
silver was metal and nothing else.
SIXTEEN PAGES MORE.
The house worked through sixteen more
pages of the tariff bill; the process of offer
ing, debating and voting down amendments
continuing through the session. No very
important points came up III the third days
reading of the BILL"
INDIAN CLAIMS.
and placed ON the senate calendar is the senate
dill to provide for the adjudication and pay
men of claims arising from Indian depre-
1ations.
SENATOR TELLER CONCLUDES.
The BILL he said, was half way scheme.
Il afforded no relief whatever except Ill max
NO a special market for silver in excess OF
he present government demand OF S2,OOO,-
100 month. If it was proposed to restore
silver, it would have to be given its full
money function. There were not more than
25 GOO, coo of people that preferred In their
rade gold to silver; while there were over
thousand millions of people among whom by
preference and by law silver was the chief
money. When silver was demOnetized
'lver dollar was worth intrinsically dollar
md three cents and fraction. There was
nothing at that time to indicate that silver
vas going to fall.
There is in this body a majority of men
yho believe there is righteous and Just de
nand for the free coinage of silver. Some
If them may be retarded by fear from other
quarters. They may be retarded by fear
hat we will not be able to enact free coin
lge bill into law.
READING THE BILL FISIsHED.
The house concluded the reading OF the
arif bill. after having fixed upon noon of
day y As the time to report II from COM
nittee of the whole to the house.
139 PRIVATE PENSION BILLS.
The house held an evening session, at which
/ passed 139 private pension bills.
STILL TISKERIEG THE SILVER BILL.
Senator Plumb offered an amendment fix
ng the limits of funds held in the treasury,
Ivailable for the payment of the public debt,
t $1,000 600. This included such As are
.ept for the redemption of treasury notes.
Senator Sherman said that it is utterly i'm
,ossible for the hands of the secretary of the
to be so tied up.
Senator Plumb argued that the treasury
department. should have nothing whatever to
% with the current supply of the country.
he secretary seemed to think himself the
eystone, the lynchpin of the financial insti-
utions of the country, and that he had to
axe into account the barometrical conditions
f things in New York. He wished the sec
etary would take into account the barOmet-
ical condition of other places than New New
'ork. The holding of money in the treasury
except for the needs of the government it
elf which had been before that time In cir
lation, was an economic crime. He (1lr.
'lumb) wanted, as far as he could by his
ote and influence, to disassociate the treas
ry department from the business of the
hould be taken out of the currents and
racks of business; out of connections with
fairs of men; out of suspicious or other re-
atoms with speculation.
Senator Cockreli asserted that there was
ot q particle of law on the statute books re-
uiring reserve of a hundred millions for