Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-21
THE TARIFF BILL.
It is Taken Up at 2 O'clock in the
Senate.
MR.. VOORHEES, AGAINST 1T.
Representative Walkers Death
Announced in the House
WHICH WAS THEREUPoN ADJOURNED.
SENATE.

On motion Of Mr.. Hoar the select committee
on relations with Canada was authorized to
continue its Investigations during the coming
recess and the next session.
The Senate bill authorizing the construction
OF pontoon bridge across the Mississippi river
at Quincy. ILL.,, was reported and passed
The House bill to amend the act of June 20,
1874 for the relief OF settlers on railroad lands
was reported and placed on the calendar.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Mr.. Dawes moved to proceed to the consid-
Grafton of the Indian appropriation bill
Mr.. Gray asked him to yield and permit the
bill to transfer the revenue marine to the
naval establishment to be taken up in the
morning hour.
MIR. Morrill, informed Mr.. Dawes that if he
did not proceed with the Indian appropriation
bill he (AIr. MorrilD would move to proceed
with the tariff
Mr.. Gray remarked that the Senator from
vermont could hardly expect to exclude all
matters that might not have the extent and
magnitude of the tariff bill. There WAS no leg
lssNtion that could be considered by the Senate
during the remainder of the session that would
not take some time from the consideration Of
the tariff bill, and he did not think that the
Senator should proclaim at the outset that
nothing else should be considered
Mr.. Morrill, said it was not his pur pose to
antagonize particularly the bill of the Senator
from delaware but he did propose to ask the
consideration OF the tariff bill in opposition
to any other measure except appropriation
bills
BILL TO TRANSFER THE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
Mr.. Gray made a motion to proceed to the
consideration of the bill blouse bilD to trans
fer the revenue cutter service from the Treas
ury Department. Agreed to-yeas, 3O navs
~. The republicans who voted yea we're
Messrs. Cameron, Casey. Culom. Farwell
FRYE. ingalls,. Mitchell Sawyer. Spooner, Teller
and Washburn. The democrats who voted nay
were Messrs Bate, Cockrell, German and Pugh.
Senate bill appropriatng $4,000 for public
building at Fergus Falls, Mimi, was reported
and placed on the calendar.
The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
tion of the House bill to transfer the revenue
cutter service.
PROPOSED CHANGE OF DATE.
The bill having been read Mr.. Gray moved
to change the date for the appointment of rev.
enue officers to be officers Of the navy from
July l, 1880 to October /, 1890
MIR. Allison suggested that the date should
be postponed till January, 1891. when the
Senate would be in session to confirm the ap-
polntmenta 1t might perhaps bs in session
in October, but he hoped not.
Mr.. Gray accepted the suggestion and the
date was fixed for January 1, 1891.
Ah bhERMAN OPPOSED THE BILL
as one Of the worst measures that had been be-
fore the Senate in many years. 1t would de-
stroy service that had been organized for a
hundred years; would reverse the decisions of
at least halt q dozen Congresses, and would
dsarrange the revenue marine SO that
practically it would be of no service in the
collection OF customs revenue The only OBJ
ject Of the bill was to advance the paw OF the
officers to the extent Of sl21, 200 a year and to
hau la1 90 10
list. These officers had not asked ab initiO for
the measure
They had only asked as a measure of Justice
that their pay should be the same as that of
naval officers of corresponding rank and that
they should have the right to retiring
pay. The young officers of the navy were
also in favor of the bill, as it would
give them better chances for promotion They
thought that it would give them pleasant en-
ployment around the cities where they could
dance with the girls and could have fun and n
good time. As one OF them had recently ex-
pressed 1t, 'What a delightful thing il would
be to be captain of u revenue cutter"
But was that, Mr.. Sherman asked, the duty for
which they were educated by the government?
Not at ALL he said, their duty as officers of the
navy was not TO run the revenue marine. not
to catch smugglers. but to fight the enemies of
the country, to be skilled in warfare in gun
merry and In seamanship. With full knowledge
OF the nature and character OF the work
performed by the officers OF the revenue ma
rine he declared that the bill ought not to
pass, but that Congress ought to grant the
petition OF these officers and give them the
same pay as naval officers of corresponding
rank. He believed that the result of the meas
ure would be to destroy the efficiency
OF the revenue service and to bring discord and
and confusion into both branches.
MR.. sPooNER REPLIED
to Mr.. Sherman's argument and advocated the
bill. Every one had to admit, he said, that
when the Senator from Ohio opposed a
proposition that had any relation whatever
to the administration of the Treasury
Department that proposition ought to be very
carefully examined before it's adoption. And
the Senator was not only opposed to the
pending bill, but was very bitterly opposed to
1t. Ii the bill was palpably vicious. If
there was no principle of public policy
on which it could be defended, if it was purely
and simply, an effort on the part of few Of
fcers TO obtain higher pay, then he begged to
cay 10 the Senator from Ohio that great many
very respectable people had gone very wrong
on the subject.
In the first place the bill had been recon-
mended by the Secretary of the Navy-not SIM
ply acquiesced i'll. but recomm. nded. 1t had
also met tho approval OF the Secretary of the
Treasury.
MIR. Allison opposed the bill.
The bill was still being discussed, when, at q
o'clock, it was laid aside without action and
tlt ''unLnlhneu business the tarln blll-WaS
taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Voorhees, addressed the Senate in oppo-
sition to the dill which he characterized as O
financial monster, every claw and tooth of
which had been carefully inspected in the lob
bies and found to be sound aud reliable.
HOUSE.
In his prayer this morning the chaplain feel
ipgly alluded to the death of Representative
Walker Of Missouri.
U. p. LAND PATENTS.
MIR. Payson Qll.) }, from the committee on
public lands, reported resolution calling ON
the Secretary of the Interior to inform the
House by what authority and why he has
authorized and directed the issue OF patents to
the Union Pacific Railroad Company prior to
the payment Of the debt due the United States
from said company, and that he also report TO
the House the amount Of land that has been
patented or certified to each Of the land grant
corporations OF the Union Pacific railway sys-
tenn up to this date. Adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Dockery (Mo.) by unani-
nous consent 1t was ordered that the vote on
the original package bill shall be taken tomor-
row and the vote on the bankruptcy bill Thurs
day morning.
DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE WALKER ANNOUNCED.
Mr.. Dockery then said: Mr.. Speaker: II has
been but little more than twelve months since,
standing at this very desk, I announced the
death OF that eminent Missourian, the Hon
James N. Burns. Today the melancholy duty
devolves upon me of announcing to the House