Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-05
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, d. o., Aug. 5
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 q. N. and immed.-
ately proceeded to the consideration of the
tariff bill, the pending item being paragraph
1O7 on page 10. Cylinder and crown glass
polished"
Mr.. Berry, democrat. of Arkansas, ad-
dressed The Senate on the general subject Of
tariff legislation. Hs denied the correctness
of Mr.. Hlscock's assertion that the question
had been finally settled at the last presdeL-
tial election. The maj ority of Tho Ameri-
can people (Mr. Bsrfy as5eried) had not
then declared In favor OF the protective the
DRY, but rather In favor of the party that
advocated tariff for revenue only. Both
the Senator from New York Mr.. Hiacock,)
and the Senator from Rhode Island MIR
Aldrioh. had treated every objection to the
bill with Impotence, had assumed an air Of
superior knowledge CT the subject, and had
answered, in many cases with a aneer, any
Senator who presumed to question the COZ
rectness of their decision. He could not but
sympathzs with the Senator from
Kansas (Mr. Plumb) and with the
people whom he represented in the
present contest. He trusted that the
people of that State would sac how dis
| regardfu OF their interests the eastern States
were and that that would teach them to
have more kindly feeling for their brethren
of the South who were (like them) to be
sufferers under the pending bill, and who
were to receive no benefit whatever from It,
And If prices were increased under the adj
minlstratlon of Grover Cleveland the sur
plus In the Treasury had accumulated so
that the question was how 1t should be dis
posed Of But now at the close of one seE
sion OF Congress, under the republican ad
minlstraton, the question YVES how to guard
against deficiency. And yet, instead Of
meeting that deficiency In way somewhat
just, instead ofimpospg an income tax on
the weather. classes,it was proposed to add
to the burdens that were borne by the poor.
Mr.. Wilson republican, Of Iowa said the re-
ported depressed condition OF the farmers of
Iowa was greatly exaggerated and was not
the result of actual facts, but Of the lies told
about it. And that was the same in regard
10 other States.
HOUSE.
After the reading of the journal, Mr..
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, moved to lay on
the table the motion which has been pend
ing for some time) to reconsider the vote
by which the House passed the bill to grant
leaves of absence to clerks in the first and
second class postc ffioes, and his motion WAS
adopted.
Mr.. Snder, Of Minnesota, rising to a quel :
ton OF privilege denounced as q falseh God,
an article appearing in Detroit paper STAT
Ing that at conference between the Mime
sofa delegation and Speaker Reed relative
to certain improvements of the Sault Sic
Marie Canal, the speaker had declared ITO
hell with your inland seas"
Mr.. Mckinley, of OHIO, from the commit
tee on rules reported las substitute for the
Cummings resolu.ion) resolution asking
the Secretary of the Navy for the reasons
for the increase ofthe ioros at the Kitery
navy yard, in Mr.. Speaker Reeds district.
In speaking of the resolution Mr.. Cum
miDgs, of New York, said that he rose in
defence Of public morality and public law,
which had been mepaced by high public
official. The order Increasing the force of
the Kttery navy yard looked as though The
desire was to use executive power for parti-
sau purposes. He charged that the Kttery
navy yard was used for political purposes,
and quoted figures to show that previous 10
elections the list of employees was much
| larger than it was month or two after
wards. The me- i>rity of the men employed
came from Maine, the Slate of Thomas
Bracket Red This policy was worse han
| the shot gun policy. He commented on The
fact that certain shops of the Kittery navy
yard had been burned in January, and that
the chairman of the committee on naval az
fairs Mr. Boutelle) had provided money for
their repair in the naval appropriation bill.
He commended land in support of this con-
ten,ion he quoted from remarks made by
Senators AiIlSOn anu IllsCOCR lnht III W5e
not 10 the interest Of good government, OF
economy or Of the navy to reconstruct these
shops Despite the remarks of these two
eminent republican Senator'S, the Secretary
OF the Navy had ordered an increase OF the
force at the Kttery yard to reconstruct the
shops end to repair the Lancaster and the
Monongahela. Fifteen years ago republic
can Secretary Of the Navy had stated that
the Lancaa' or was not worthy OF repair
and that the Monougahela WI In tole
able condition with q speed Of 10! knots
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These we're the vessels The present Secre-
tary of the Navy certified that the needs of
the public service required to be repaired.