, 1890-07-31

OIL rice and other provisions,
all articles Of food, lumber, furni.
.ture and all other articles OF
wood, agricultural implements and
machinery, structural steel and iron anu
steel rails, locomotives, railway cars,
street cau, refined petroleum and such
other products of the United States as
may be agreed upon. but declaring that
II is not the. sense OF the United States
that In such q treaty of reciprocal ar
rangemont articles of foreign wool OF
hides in any form should bo admitted
frec into the ports of this country, and II
requests the president of the United
states to omit from all lists OF products
OF such countries to be admitted free In
to the ports OF the United states, the
articles of wool in any of its forms, and
also hides.
The senate then resumed considera-
ton of the tariff bill, and was addressed
by Mr.. Morgan. He said that the pend
ing oill bore more heavily on the labor
ing classes than on the capitalist class OF
ANY other class,
lie yielded to an interruption by Mr..
Hawlcy. who said that in Alabama and
other states colored men we're being EN-
ployed as skilled workmen in the iacto-
ries and foundries, and by MI Hoar,
who mentioned the case of q colored
man who was selected recently by his
fellow students at Harvard university
to deliver the valedictory.
His response to Mr. Hoar was tina,
the case which he mentioned was an ex-
ceptional one, somewhat akin to Blind
Tom, and the response to Mr.. Hawiey
was that he (Morgan) had been trying
to find out whether any negro operatives
were employed in Northern factories.
He also yielded to Vest, who present
ed an advertisement from Springfield
Mass, fire insurance company, showing
tho prohibition of its agents from insur-
ing houses occupied by negroes, or ne
gro churches or school houses. In re-
ply to the remarks by Mr.. Hoar that tho
prohibition applied only to the Southern
states, Mr.. Vest replied that 1t applied
to the whole country.
Mr. Morgan then went on to criticis'
the bill in detail and to show how hare
1t would bear on the negroes OF thu
South.
Mr. Morgan remarked in closing tina
he had tried to segregate the negroes
from the whites for the purpose Of show
ing that the party which professeC
to be their best friend bad no use fo
them In the world except to do its vot-
ing.
Mr. Colquitt then addressed the sen
ate. He was as much opposed to th'
house bill as he was to the senate bill.
MIR. Colquitt went on to discuss thu
provisions of both bills in reference Il
agricultural productions in order .,
show the futility OF the proposed dutie
on farm produce. So far as any benefi
TO the farmers was concerned, the Amer
lean farmers were becoming conscious 0
their wrongs. They were joining hand
in organizations and corporations en-
dowed with good practical sense. Wig
orous in character, moral in habits, low
ers Of home and its traditions. the farm
ers of America would never allow them
selves to be degraded TO the condition
of the tillers of the soil in India ant
Egypt. From his heart he wished then
success, and bade them God speed.
Mr.. spooner gave notice of an amend
ment that he would offer to the tariff
bill. providing that on and after Octobel
is, 1894, tin plates thinner than No. 2
wire gauge shall be admitted free o
duty. unless the quality of tin plates o
such gauges produced in the unitet
States during the preceding hscal yea
shall equal tho amount OF such tir
plates imported during such fiscal year
Mr.. Vest took the floor, and the tarif
bill then went over until Monday.
On motion o. Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa
the house amendRents to the "origina
package bill were not concurred in ant
a conference ordered.
The bill was passed granting a pension
of 81, 200 u year to the widow of the lat
General Crook.
Bills were also passed giving like pen
sions to Mrs. Fremont and Mrs. Nc
Clellan, and the senate adjourned.