The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-10
House of REPRESENTATIVES..


the bill granting pension OF $1,000 a year to
Della T. 8. Parnell. daughter OF Admiral
Charles Stewart. with an amendment reduce
ing the pension to $50 month.
Mr.. Cummings Dem. n. ", In opposing the
amendment. said that the proposed pension
was to be granted TO Mrs Parnell not because
she was the mother Of Charles Stewart Parnell.
but because she was tho daughter Of Ad-
miral Stewart. whose brilliant services
to his country he portrayed at length.
Admiral Stewart was In active service for
eeventy-one years, and was senior Of
fcer In the navy for seventeen years. He tMr.
Cummings appealed to the members OF the
House, as Americans. to allow the pension to
remain at $1,000 per year. The retired list Of
the navy. he said. cost the Government $780,
00c yearly: but the records Of all the officers on
this list-and he said 1t without disparage-
ment-would not compare with the record Of
this one American Admiral Many OF tho off,
GERS on the list had received prize money; Adj
miral Stewart had not received q cent. His
asd Il SGsas h ~ aHf
que bis dapshsE ID would not be suffering
Pensions had carefully considered all the facts
In the case and had concluded that $50 month
ment was agreed to-35 to 26-and the bill as
amended was passed.
Inc senate was passed increasing 70 $40
month the pension to the widow OF Brig Gen.
The House then went into Committee OF the
Whole NJ; psyson OF Illinois in the chair on
Mt. Fitch Dem, n. " said that the burden
tSs the Of a bS .s s
OF 1883. and that the Republican party had In
strustions from ne people to bring n The The
the statesman from Ohio mt Mckinley de-
olared thai the tax on tobacco should be re-
man. The gentleman did. not agree with him
self; In his speech on the Mills bill he said
tlement presented to the people in that speech
was not the settlement the gentleman was max
ing today. Having failed to DO what he, prom
had not promised about sugar the gentleman
went step further and repudated all the ar
TSs I wns IN ks of two
cal situation. When the Republican party, pro-
posed TO say that the tariff question had been
people Of the metropolis 1t must take notice
1hSf TO o SHfh settlement the people Of New
on the Battery and the Hudson flowed to the
MIR. Gear ltep Iowa.. member Of the Com
prOYerb. g Scratch RUSSIAN and you will find
y Tartar" might be applied TO the Democrats.
q Democrat free,trqder would be found. In
l lSss TIE PEOPLE h had rendered their verdict
true 4 . eieSe!Had ma poRHiar majority but
Southern States system which 10 trusted
eSsa,on before this session sa q oongrseSse aa
Iourned; The pending bill was framed in har,
drafted In fe broad sSnS Of bubd
Opinion. He then reviewed the tariff egisla-
lion Of the Government for years past and
Garo his assent TO the sugar schedule OF the
present bill which, he said, would 10 blow ut
Mr.. McNlillin Dem. Tenn inquired how 1t
was II that were SO, that he sugar Trust So
curiiles had had such phenomenal rise re-
Mr. Gear suggested that tho pending bill
cent while the Mills BIZ gave them cent
from tho rise in the Sugar Trust securities that
Mr. Gear remarked that those Interested in
the combine might have sold certificates and
I'll ss Epd Se .b.y R SDyaE SsG
buying hack If the bill took the bottom out OF
Mr. Gear tcontlnuingl expressed his opposi-
ton to any trust or combine formed 10 enhance
the price Of the necessaries Of life. he believed
in following the advice Of the lrlshman to his
head hit it." Wheneyer Congress saw tho head
Of a trust smite 1t down. Tho time had come
combine by passing the pending bill. This I'LL
gave the people cheap raw sugar and cheap
refined sugar and DESTROYED root and branch
the greatest combine known 10 the country.
Nj. Crisp Dem, Ca said that tho protec-
tionsts seemed to have worked themselves up
TO the belief that It WAS possible 10 devise u
way OF Obtaining money for the support OF
their own Government by collecting something
from tho people of foreign Governments. IL
Was absurd TO make q proposition OF this sort.
No man OF sincerity would question the prop
osition that the people OF tho nited States
alone paid every dollar that went into the
Treasury. tariff was a tax, paid primarily
by tho importer but recollected by him from
tho individual to whom he sold his yard OF
cotton or suit Of clothes. The article which
came Tor sale was charged with every item Of
expense that entered into IL up to the time
%heh u came to tho consumer. lie did not be-
neSe mat 10 the manufacturer protection had
been beneficial system. As to tho labOrers In
man nlhclurlng Establishments, rs to tho farm
ers throughout me Land, he felt sure that the
out competition. 1t diminished the humber OF
producers OF given article and increased tho
ease ana facility With which they could CON.
pine 10 elevate mo prico. The majority OF The
W avs ana Means Committee was pledged Ia
inc principle OF protection and offered as0I, 10
tbe farmer u raid TO the farmer ihni n
had put n duty on his urUJucts wLnn
the truth was that that would do him no ro'i
The way 10 benefit tho farmer was to give him
FREQ salt 10 give him FREQ cotton ties and Ia
reduce the price OF the necsssarles Of iife
Gentlemen on the other side claimed that tLsv
We're recording the verdict OF tho people The
peOp.e did not agree that tho tafin question
had been H. ally sotted NJ the pOlls II was
gene ally leilcved that the protected indus
tries had nut together a great campaign fund
by which they bought the BLOCKS OF five 10
vote TO carry out their IDEAS. After the l.epub-
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