The sun., 1890-07-29
THE FLFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SENlTOBS TO HEREAFTER WORK
sEVEE HOURS EACH DAY.

ward Taken Up In Regular Order, and
Sc Aators Vest and TurPie spoke In OP-
Pr'sitiOa to N-SenAtor Ingalls, An.
Houneed that After the Tariff Hill, che
Appropriation BuIs aad the Eisetions Bin
Have Been Passed Congress would he
Ready TO AdIourn-SenAtor Frye spoke
or tho Need of RuIs to stop Debate.
WASHINGTON, July 2s.-In the Senate. a bill
no pension all the surviving officers and men
'oi Powelrs battalion OF Missouri mounted
volunteers, raised during the war with Mexico,
was reported and passed.
Mr.. Aldrich rep, r. H. offered resolution
fixing the daily hour OF meeting at IL A. NJ.
Mr. Cockrell Dem. No suggested that thore
should be an understanding as to the hour Of
adjournment
Mr.. Aldrich-Thero Is no objection on this
side to an understanding that we shall adjourn
daily ate.
Mr.. Ingalls, tRsp.. Kan.J suggested q further
understanding that the business OF the morn
ing hour shall be considered closed at o o'clock.
Mr.. Allison did not wish It to be- implied that
tho Senate would devote two hours n day 10
morning business.
Mr.. ingalls, said that he did wish just such an
Implication. As soon as the Tariff bill, the
Appropriation bills. and the Elections bill were
passed Congress would undo obtedly adjourn
promptly. Therefore, whate yer was to be done
between now and the timc. OF the adjournment
In the consideration OF bills on tho calendar
would havo to be done In the morning hour.
Mr.. Cockrell asked what was tho use OF the
Senate passing bills when the distinguished
gentleman In cha f8e OF tho House did not give
any attention TO them. There we're now on the
calendar OF tho House hundreds and hundreds
OF oills passed by the Senate. and no attention
was paid to Them,
Tho resolution 6s to meeting at II A. II was
eereeo e.. with the understanding that the
senate shall adjourn at 6.
Mr. Aldrich then moved to proceed to the
Consideration Of the Tariff bill That motion
was antaRonized by motion by Mr.. Gray
Dem. Dell to proceed to the consideration OF
Rho House bill for the transfer Of the revenue
marine to the Navy Department The latter
MOTION was agreed to.yeas. 26; nays, 25-and
MT Siiio Soekrsil e9nti1ued his argument IN oppo-
sepStcf fFom New vivian HSmpshlrs 9s ire
And said that 1t was now being pressed upon
tne sehNe oy personal opportunities and soiic-
70 BE- ple bene eaciaries Of the egislation. 'O
at hea not & G01sdded hs speeGa sa
n4;shed business"
,,o1 MIR G5ay n0ved to continue the so1sdera
ssFs sss to an,aS.nI5s M k sr Pill but to have
OF the Revenue bill The friends OF that meas.
ure. he said. had occupied an hour and half
"a the rest OF the tine. It was as s' evident 10
nonnced 1S Ssddate az II the purpose had been an
the purpose Of preventing a vote, on the meas
nre That only indicated what he believed In.
Senate Of some way 10 ee prevent Gs Senator from ON
Getting up every morning, for three or four
report OF q clerk in Treasury DaDarfmant
The Senator from Ohio Mr.. Sherman had
s3 me IoaT speeches upon the bi and md had read
1nom I,, missouri had occupied the last three
ment in reference to himself as without one |
particle q foundation. When that Senator
consumed time filioustering. he intimated that
which be knew nothing about.
a nays aud ths Tarilr bi HD was 'S taken up Sa'
10 tRs h Hi bs the senas N n
tariff taxation. he said, were confronted By q
great peril. For years the farmers had been
almost worthless. Now a great change had |
and the denns a thu os
9omothing besides lying statistics and irothy |
deeI9mation had caused President Harrison |
1nu xnu 2lr. Elaine to urge upon Congress leRlsla- |
Proci,y treaties with the South American States |
can PRODUCTS Vefy littis was heard f I'd now Of
tho homo market. but u great deal OF tho South |
O.. R5s wAieh Ing and, had robbed the United !
state of that valuable trade. Mr.. Blaine now |
ire list or Of Increasing the HS dSties st on WOOL 5
S,ld AID suRgested that the duties on sugar and
With the South American States. So that at |
ttSSsf tSsf the proteetionists had been driven from
market and were forced to adopt the principle |
OF Tree commercial tntercouIse Sc which they had |
OF protection hur n IN
aitars OF free trade. and were yelling for reci |
procity treaties subsidies 70 steam and Eail-
thln9 10 bring about free trade with the
SCUM American States. so as to enlarge the
~ Vest went on to crlticsIe the provisions
q the pending bill that are supposed to be for
the farmers wanted was the opening and en-
lHrgement OF foreign markets for their sur
crease OF tariff duty on cl thing hardware. tin,
and other necessary articles Of daily and inces-
time for soothing syrups % and 9 emoIIient tr appIi
cations was past, and the iul- grown men who
teI ad oeeh Of 0my or years under the pre-
lslled With garb.ei dtisics. or with the pur-
tbaag ba ItaSsd GSa US that the farmer would
fhe proposed increase OF duties on wheat. oats,
Sstsd SatEisyi rye, rye aud other farm products and
aga :argSalnet q competition which did not exist.
1I,syIG phs wt9le 70 thing he said was nothing but
noLr he referred to II as an evidence Of not
chly the uni ust and wicked. but sectional char
Aeter OF b2th the House and senate 81 Ia. The
proposed Increase OF the duty on cattle. while
no cattle were Imported except for breeding
purDoses, Dir Vest characterzed aS the bhdest
and most disgusting piece OF humbug ever ex-
hioited; even in politics, The same, pretence,
pc said, was seen In the increased duties on
hogs: sheen, horses, and mules.
=, heierring 10 the proposed increase OF duty ON
tin plate of which twenty zone mil llions worth
vas im9oTted from England last year, Mr..
vest said that II WAS for the purpose OF forcing
fhe people OF the United States to use Pitts
3urgh galvanized iron. And We then ask
Great Britain to remove her quarantine re-
strctons on American cattle. wo stanI with
4Wnrd in hand t. prevent the importation OF
british goods. while we expect her people TO
FAKE our PRODUCTS without u word Of objection.
The farmer who could not see that he was
the victim under the high larir was hopeless
partisan. The farmer furnished nearly four
niths OF the exports Of the country. and il the
Foreign mar ket WAS uniriendly or WAS abso-
!uteiy closed against him he would have n
keep his surplus products at home and help
., Mr.. Vest asserted that the consumers Of the
United states were being systema ically plum
4ered under the prstonce of protection TO home
Industries No further conceaIment was pos