The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-31

The Senate had, up to the 2Sth of July,
passed 946 bills, and 499 bills had been acted
on by committees and been indefinitely post
pOned, making the whole number of Senate
bills actually disposed of l445. That was
considerably more than one-third of all the
bills introduced in the Senate. No such
record had ever been made before. The
House, out of over 10000 bills introduced
there, passed S65, a mere fraction of the
whole. Out of all the Senate bills passed,
the House had only passed 231, while of the
House bills the Senate had passed 6lS.
How" he asked, "had so much work been
done in the Senate? Had the minority
been wasting its time by interposing objec-
tons, or by unnecessary discussions? Had
the minority consumed. the time las the
majority had done under the last Admins
tratlon1 IN crlticlZlng the Executive or abus-
ing the civil.service law TO prevent the re-
moyal of Democratic officials before the
end OF their terms of office? Nothing of
the kind. Had not the bills for the adj
mission of Idaho and Wyoming as States
been allowed by the minority to pass,
although every one knew neither of them
had sufficient population to entitle it to a
Representative in the House? Those bills
passed only through the inconceivable for
bearance and conservatism of the Demo-
cratic minority and yet the Democrats were
criticized the moment they wanted little
explanation and little light on the Tariff
Bill. Ii there was a Democratic majority
in the Senate and had it made an attempt
to pass bills for the admission of New Mex
leo and Arizona as States, the Senator from
Maine (Frye) would have pranced up and
from Vermont Edmunds) would have
raised his voice. They would have roared
like Gagged lions, screamed like chained
hyenas laughterl against the action
of the Democratic majority. Why"
he asked, "had mot the House dis
s H. lx,.1
disposed Of? There was no reason. 1t
ignored in its organization and in its
changed rules the fundamental princip les
OF parliamentary discussion" He quoted
from letter written by Thomas Is. Reed
in June, 1888, and published in the Chau-
tauquan. ut would be remembered" he
said. Reed. was once a member of the
House Of Representatives.. One of the
sentences in that remarkable production
was in these words: Full, free, frank dis
cussion is the very life of inte ligent
action Another sentence was: Needless
whether done by king or the majority
he challenged any Republican Senator TO
show an instance where the Democratic
minority attempted any unnecessary delay.
The resolution was then agreed to.
The Tariff Bill was taken up, and Morrill,
addressed the Senate. He said the ill-na-
tured denunclatlons OF American manu-
faeturers by oratOrical free-traders indi-
Gated that they preferred the prosperity of
foreign manufacturers to those of their
own country, and that they would compel
the latter to manufacture as cheaply as any
Foreigner, pay no higher wages or abandon
their business Their real purpose was
finally to break down and degrade the
present scale OF wages OF American work.
men. Coming to the question of agricul-
tural depression, Morrill, said there was
glut of misinformation disseminated ON
that subject, and concealment of the fact
that the prices Of farm products are
depressed throughout the world. The
only possible remedy within the reach
oil the American farmer was positive pro-
lection against foreign competition, aud
such encouragement 10 other avocations as
would increase the consumers of their
product. He asserted that in 1883 had it
not been for the duty of twenty cents a
bushel on wheat. the wheat of India would
have snatched the market of New York
from the State of Wisconsin, as we'll as from
all other Western States. The farm mort
gage Indebtedness had been grossly .eXag-
gerated. and he understood the census re-
ports would show that the farm mortgages
III Kansas and Maine were less than one
quarter OF the amount which lad been rep
resented. The charge that American farm
ers were hugely In debt, or more SO than
the farmers of any other country, was a
gross calumny. Markets which could not
be found abroad had to be made at home,
ana they could only be made by protection.
referring to the countries of Central and
South America, Morrill, said of their agri-
cultural products, cattle, sheep and. horses
that they had an abundant and cheap sup
ply, not only for home consumption, but
for expectation. To carry any of these
products there would be in vain. The hope
of finding market would be like carrying
Goals to NEWCASTLE
On the question of sugar Morrill, said the
IN hA hrA Il foe falNl la
presented stronger case than tea and cof-
fee presented in 1872 for like treatment. If
by bounty the United States could (aS had
been done by several European cOuntres)
supply all its own sugar, S9O,000,000 would
be kept at heme that was now sent to Cuba
and elsewhere, never TO return. In cOnclu-
sion, Morrill, said that any amendment of
fered in good faith that would improve the
bill would be cordially received, but all at
temptS to engraft thorns upon it would, he
hoped, be rejected.
At the close of MOrrill's speech the con-
sideration Of the bill by paragraphs was
continued.
The amendment offered yesterday by
Mcpherson was rejected
Mcpherson continued to offer amend
ments for the reduction OF rates on articles
in the chemical schedule, but they were
all mercilessly rejected by party vote.
The only change made in the schedule
was the reduction ION motion of Aldreh) of
the duty on .chlor0form from 40 to %. cents
per pound.
Vest moved to reduce the duty on iodo-
form from ST 80 to 81 per pound. Rejected.
The Tariff Bill was then laid aside and
the conference report on the District of
Columbia Appropriation Bill was pre-
Sented.
No action was taken, and after an eXecu-
tive session the Senate adjourned.
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