The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-22
In the Senate.

Washington, July 21.-On motion of
Hoar the select committee on relations with
Canada was authorized to continue it's in
vestigation during the coming recess and
next session.
The House bill to amend the act of June
%, 1874, for the relief of settlers on rail
road lands was reported and placed on the
calendar.
Dawes moved to proceed 70 the consider
alton of the Indian appropriation bill.
Gray asked him to yield to permit the
bill to transfer the revenue marine to the
naval es adjustment to be taken up in the
morning hour.
Morrill, informed Dawes that if he did
not proceed with the Indian appropriation
bill, he (MorrilD would move to proceed
with the tariff bill.
Gray remarked that the Senator from
Vermont could not expect to exclude all
other matters that did not have the extent
and magnitude of the tariff bill. There was
no legislation that could be considered by
the Senate covering the remainder of the
session that would not take some of the
time for the consideration of the tariff bill !;
and he did not think the Senator should
proclaim at the outset that nothing else
should be considered.
Morrill, said that it was not his purpose
TO antagonize particularly the bill of the
Senator from Delaware; but he did propose
to ask consideration of the tariff bill in
opposition to any other measure except the
appropriation bills.
Gray made motion to proceed to the
consideration of the House bill to transfer
the revenue marine service from the treas
sury to the navy department. Agreed to,
yeas, 30; nays, %. The Republicans who
voted yea were: Cameron, Casey, Cullom,
Farwell, Fryey, Ingalls, Mitchell, Sawyer.
Spooner, Teller and Washburn. The Dem
ocrats who voted nay were: Bate, CoclSrell,
German and Pugh. The Senate proceeded
to the consideration of the House bill to
transfer the revenue marine service. The
bill having been read the date for the APP
polntment of the revenue marine officers TO
be officers OF the navy was fixed so that
practically it would be of no service III the
collection of customs revenue; the only
OBJECT of the bill was to advance the pay Of
officers to the extent of Sl5l 900 year and
to have them entitled to be placed on the
retired list These officers had lot asked
fo- the measure.
voorhees, criticised the tariff bill in detail
He characterized it as a financial monster.
The reduction in sugar and molasses was
no reduction at all in the light of the pro
posed bounty to planters. The increase in
wooden goods amounted to Sl5,000,00 a
year. This was simply protection run
mad. Voorhees, referred to the recent
Stanley wedding in London and the wed
ding presents of fabulous price. Among
these was the gift OF Carnegie, a gift richer
and rarer and far more costly than any
that could be afforded by the Queen OF
| England or the King of Belgium The
gift was an uncut diamond of such size
and quality that neither the richest of the
crown jewels of England nor the Moon
stone of India could surpass it in value
How came this American king of steel and
| iron TO have such a diamond. The farmer.
| of the United States had paid for that dia
mond ten thousand times over in the last
twenty years by paying an acreage duty o.
over 80 per cent. on every article of iroI
and steel they used. and by paying in
creased rates of freight made necessary by
the high duties on steel and iron rails AMI
rolling stock. Ii the pending bill be
came law the farmer would have L
pay on iron and steel an increase of duty
from 3S.24 to $40 per cent Voorhee.
passed OH to the discussion OF the PROPOSED
increase 10 l20 per cent. on tin plate in orde
TO protect an infant industry unborn ant
give employment to "a 900 werkingmen nov
idle. IL would be far cheaper for the coun
try to pay the $1,000 idle men average
wages than to tax every square of tin roof
every dinner pail, tea pot and milk can
simply To build up a dozen millionaires ant
enable them TO give coaching parties to pro
lection traders and to found libraries iron
the savings Of 10 per cent. reduction of tn
wages of working men. Tin plate had tn
first right TO be on the fres list, and h
would at the proper time NOV
TO put it there. There was n
manufacturer of it in the countr,
and there was nothing to protect, even i
protection were right. All internal revenu
taxes on manufacturers, brokers ant
dealers in bank checks and incomes hat
been swept way while the duties or trace,
chains, tin buckets, flannel shirts and the
ike had had manifold growth.
AT the close of his speech Cockrell OF
fered resolution, which was agreed to
expressing the Senate's regret at the an
nouncement of the. death Of Repressptatiy