Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON July 26th.-To-day in the Sem
ate Mitchell offered a concurrent resolution
which was referred TO the Committee on FL
nance, stating that the United States would
hail with appreciation any reciprocal arrange
ment, by treaty of otherwise, between the Gov
eminent of the United States and the Gov
ernments of all or any of the South or Central
American States, whereby there shall be admit
ted to the ports of such nations free from all ma
t1onal, provincial. municipal and other tariffs
or taxes the products of the United States, in
preserved meats, fruits, hides, vegetables cot
ton seed oil, rice and other provisions, and all
articles of food, lumber, furniture and all other
articles of wood, agricultural implements and
machinery, structural steel, and iron and steel
rails, locomotives, railway cars and supplies of
street cars, refined petroleum and such other
products OF the United states as may be agreed
upon, but declaring that it is not the sense of
the United States that in any such treaty of
reciprocal arrangement the articles of foreign
wool or hides in any form should be admitted
free into the ports of this country, and it de-
clsres that in any treaty or reciprocal arrange
ment that may be entered into looking to the
opening of such foreign ports to the products
named, 1t is not the sense of the United States
that the articles of wool or hides produced in
any of those countries shall be admitted free of
duty into the ports of the United States, and it
requests the President of the United States to
omit any such nation from the list of prod
ucts of such countries to be admitted into the
ports OF the United States the article of wool in
any of its FORMS and also hides.
The Senate resumed consideration of the tariff
bill and was addressed by Morgan. he said the
pend ng bill bore more heavily on the laboring
classes than on the capitalist class or any other
class. he went on to speak of the colored peo-
pie who, not being capitalists, manufacturers
or skilled workmen, could not possibly derive
any advantages from protection and who yet
had to bear the burdens which it imposed upon
the people. He yielded to Interruptions by
Hawley, who said that in Alabama and other
States the colored man was being employed as
a skilled workman in factories and foundries,
and 10 Hoar, who mentioned the case of
colored man who was selected recently by his
fellow students at Harvard University to deliver
the valedictory. His response to Hoar was that
the case which he mentioned was an excep-
tional one, somewhat akin 10 Blind Tom and
his response to Hawley was that what he
(Morgan) had been trying to find ont was
whether any negro operatives were employed
in the Northern factories. He also yielded to
vest, VINO presented an advertisement from the
Springfield. Mass, Fire and Insurance Com
pany, showing prohibition to its agents against
insuring houses occupied By negroes or negro
churches or school houses
In reply to the remark by Hoar that that pro-
hibitlon applied only to the Southern States,
Vest asserted that it applied TO the whole coun.
try;
and show how hard it would be on the negroes
OF the south. Vest then obtained the floor and
the tariff bill went over till Monday.
on motion OF Wilson, of Iowa. the House
were non-concurred in. and a conference was
ordered.
The bill passed granting pension of s., 900
year to the widow of the late General Crook
Bills were also passed giving like pension TO
Mrs Fremont and Mrs. Mcclellan.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 26th.-In the House to-day
Mckinley of Ohio, from the Committee on
Rules reported a resolution directing the
Speaker 10 appoint committee of five mem
bers to investigate the charges brought against
Pension Commissioner Raum by Representative
Cooper of Indiana. Adopted.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole, Burrows of Michigan in the chair on
the Senate amendments to the sundry civil
service bill.
Wilson of Washington favored the Senate
amendment in regard to the irrigation of ard
lands.
Hermann of Oregon also supported the Senate
amendment.
Dockery of Missouri favored such modifica-
tion of the existing laws as will permit arid
lands TO be opened to homestead entry only.
After the Speaker had appointed conferees on
the original package bill. the committee having
risen for that purpose. the Senate amendments
TO the sundry civil bill were read seristim
The committee then rose with the bill pend
ing, and the House adjourned.