Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-11
DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES CONSIDERED AND
ACTED UPON.

section OF tho bill. The agricultural West.
he said, never favored high protective
duties, but did favor sufficient pro-
lection to cover the difference In wages,
while at the Same time the semblance, at
least, of foreign markets was preserved.
The West regarded q 'revision OF the tarlff'
as meaning ga reduction OF the tariff
whenever possible, and not increases
In the tariff lmposts, and he was confident
that the demand for lower range Of duties
would have TO receive an early and favor
able response from Congress. Mr.. sherman
gave notice of an amendment which he pro-
posed 10 offer 10 the tariff bill looking
toward reciprocity with tho Dominion OF
Canada in coal, and toward "cxtcnding trade
relations between Canada and the United
States" In the House. Mr.. Cooper (Ind)
rising TO question of privilege,
stated that one OF the charges made In the
resolution offered by MIN for the inyestiga-
tion OF the Commissioner OF Pensions was
that the Commissioner was selling stock In
a refrigerator company to employees of the
Pension Office. This day he had learned
that one of the members OF the investigating
ec-Representative NJ l.. Smyser of
Ohio--was one of the stockholders. He
therefore offered resolution discharging
Mr.. smyser from the committee and direct
ing tho Speaker to- appoint his successor.
After the matter had been discussed for
some time Mr.. Smyser voluntarily withdrew
from the committed.
Mn. HALE offered the reciprocity amend
ment In the Senate, ON the I'd, OF which
he had given notice on June ~, and adj
dressed the Senate upon IL. The dcsira-
bility OF such an interchange OF products as
the amendment proposed, he said, had been
a subject which had given rise 70 the closest
attention, and had resulted In grave ana
pertinent suggestions from eminent pub
lie men of the United States during the
last thirty years. Whoever had seen the
gradual falling of of American trade with
Central and South America and tho isles OF
the sea must have witnessed those condi-
tions with the greatest impaticnce The
people OF all those countries had a common
interest with the people OF the United
States. Abiding to the late Pan-American
Congress, Mr.. Hale said that IL proved that
the same considerations which had their
influence In the Uunited States were
also moving I'm the minds OF the
eminent men from the sister repub-
lies who took part In the proceedings
OF that congress, and that they pointed TO
the one sure and inevitable end-the In
crease of trade and commerce between the
United States and those peoples. Those con-
siderations which applied 20 an extension
of trade and an increased interchange of
products, aPpftvst OnIy tiIc IIittIons OI
Central and South America, but TO the
islands OF the Spanish Main In the House
the Clayton Breckenridge election case was
WRITTEN communication from the Os-
wcgo Board of Trade contradicting a state
ment of the Secretary OF Agriculture on
the subject OF tho production of barley was
presented TO the Senate on the 3D. inst by
Mr.. Evarts, who asked that II be printed In
the Congressional Record Objection 70 that
was made, but 500 copies were ordered printed
for immediate distribution. Mr.. Rusk's
statement was that barley Is the only cereal
nf NVh fharn lie n GnffiCiQnCV
for home consumption. The denial Is TO
the effect that the annual production of the
United States Is about GU, 000,0 900 bushels,
and that the quantity used last year
for mailing purposes was less than
As, 000, 900. Ten million bushels had been
imported from Canada-the quality being
superior for mailing purposes TO that OF the
United States barley. Mr.. Call offered
resolution, which was referred TO the Com
mittee ON Foreign Rotations, declaring that
the murder OF Gen. Barrundia on the steam
er Acapulco, by the authorities OF Guate-
people OF the United States. and demanded
prompt action by the Government of the
United States for the redress OF that injury.
and for security against the recurrence of
such cases. The tariff bill was taken up,
the sugar schedule being under considera-
tion. In the House the Clayton Breckin-
ridge election case was again taken up, but
its consideration was not finished. During
the debate Mr.. Kennedy of Ohio (Rep.)
took occasion TO denounce Senator Quay,
Mr.. Kennedy drew from the details OF the
Clayton Breckenridge case the conclusion
that Federal election law should be en-
acted. He reflected severely upon the SEN
ators who have been opposed TO the Lodge
bill For himself, confident in the doctrines
of the Republican party, fully committed &C
the principles OF that party, he must forever
dissent from the cowardly surrender which
hauls down the flag and strikes the colors
of the Republican party TO a defeated foe.
IMMEDIATELY after the reading Of the
journal in the Senate on the 4th inst, the
tariff bill was taken up, under the agree
ment limiting the discussion ON each sub
ject to FIVE minutes for each Senator. Mr..
Gibson withdrew the amendment offered by
him last Tuesday to the sugar schedule Ia
fercd another amendment striking out
that schedule and substituting for
1t the sugar provisions OF the
Mills bill. Some amendments making
slight changes in the bill were adopted
When the House assembled, on motion of
Mr. Struble Uowa) the Senate bill was
passed TO establish a port OF delivery al
Sioux City, Iowa. Mr.. Cummings IN. ",
rising TO a question of privilege, protested
against his Establishing" by the famous
Cannon resolution. The gentleman who
offered the resolution had madc imputa-
tions, and In making these imputa-
lions he had falsi6ed the Record an6
blacklisted himself. He then proceeded tC
make an attack upon Mr.. Cannon. He then
began to arraign the Speaker and the ma
jority of the Committee on Rules. This
majority composed triumyirate almost rs
powerful as the one which sprang into life
after the assassination OF Julius Cesar
When the House met I'm the morning, Marx
Antony recognized Lepidus or Octavius an6
nobody else. All the legislative meat was
cut and dried and distributed according &c
prearranged programme.
In the Senate, on the 5th, when the tari1
bill was taken up Senator Davis (Rep.) Of
fcred an amendment putting binding twins
on the free list. Tho amendment was
ayr ed to--yeas, 80; nays is. All the Dem
ocrats except Mr.. Blodgets voted aye, ir
company with tho following named Repub-
leans: Allen, Allison, Cullom, DAVIS
ingalls,, Mcmillan. Henderson, Mitchell
Moody, Pierce, Plumb Power, Sawyer
Spconer and Washburn. The negative
votes were given by Mossrs. Aldrich
Blodgett. Cameron, Chandler Dawes, Ed.
munds. Evarts, Frye, Hawley, Higgins. His
cock. Ioar Plat. Quay, Sherman, Stewart.
Stockbridgc, and Wolcott. Mr.. Quay moved
to strike out OF the free list paragraph
Cos, ''sulphate OF quinia and all alkaloids
or salts OF cinchona bark" The motion &c
strike quininc out of the free list was de-
feated-yeas, Is; nays. 3s. The House. by
vote of IO5 TO CO, declared tho seat of Q.
II. Breckenridge, OF Arkansas, vacant. Mr..
Breckenridge, In speaking I'm his own de-
fense said: Come to your conclusion. and
will take an appeal to the people, regard
less of party, I'm the district l have the
honor 20 represent on the broad ground OF
common honesty, and In November they
will reverse both your conclusion and the
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