Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-09-30
WASHINGTON
SEVERAL iNpoRTANT MEASyREs 90
ROUGH CONGRESS-,

WASHINGTON, ID. G, Sept. 30
IN tive s"untc the house hl to pro
h'o'e thc administration ut justice IN
the ARMY, PASSED with verbal
huion'iili,nt. y resolution con,inu
lhS HE select committee on irriga.
tion and reclamation of arid lands
during the present Congress, was
agreed to. The deficiency bill
(Sl0,3l6), for compensation of mem.
hers, was passed. A motion.t to re.
consider, by Morgan, was entered.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR EXPERT.
MENT.
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Sept. 30
In the house joint resolution was
passed appropriating $40, 900 to en-
able the postmaster general to test
ut small towns aud villages the sys-
tenn of free delivery.
HISTORY OF THE TARIFF BILL IN
CONGRESS AND THE MODE OF
VOTING THEREON.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 20.--On Satur.
day Mcmillan Of Tennessee with
drew his demand for reading the
tariff conference report, and in view
OF the fact the report was printed
in the record. Mckinley said he
understood republican members de-
sired more than one hour for debate.
He asked, therefore, that the debate
continue five hours, to he given to
friends, and three to the opponents
of the report.
Mcmillan protested against a
limitation being put upon the dis
cnssion. but suggested if limita.
ton was mnde the hour he fixed ut
4 o'clock.
Mckinley acquesced in this sug.
gestion and asked for consent that
the previous question be ordered at
that hour. Mcmillan objected,
whereupon Mckinley gave notice
that he would demand the previous
question AT half-past FIVE.
Mckinley explained the provis-
ions of the conference report. In
regard to binding twine, he ex-
pressed the opinion that the duty
was too low, but INDUCED in the
hope that some future congress
would apply a remedy. Comment
ing upon the reciprocity provisions,
he said We consented to the re-
clprocity provision being put into
our bill by the senate, provision
perfectly well understood by both |
sides of the house. We have accept
ed the amendment, known as the
Aldrich amendment, aud indulge
the hope that, in accordance with |
the expectation and belief of so
many distinguished men all oyer
the country, this will enable us TO
open up great fields for the products
of our farms; we accepted this
in the hope that such
result will be fully realized.
The republican purity has given its
promise that II would impose a tariff
on products that come into competi-
ton with our labor, our soil or our
crops. The future alone would VIM
dicate or condemn this bill. The
words of the gentleman from Tenn
essee, or the other gentleman, was
only the words of the pi css # Eng
land, or the press of other countries.
On this question, in opposition to
this bill, Great Britain aud he dem
ocralic party were in an unholy alli-
unce. [Applause on republican
side. a gentleman on the other
side had said the dill would not in
crease the demand for Il single grain
of wheat, bushel of corn, or II
pound of meat; they forgot when
the bill became law aud the new
industry of manufacturing our tin
is established, employment would
be furnished large number of men,
which would mean the support Of
80, 900 people, and these $4,000 people
would lie new consumers and .
sl l.,..,I,,, tA IntnnnI IA
the products of the farmers
of the West. Already they
had begun making tin plate in st.
Louis in anticipation of the bill, in
the belief it was to pass. Men were
ready to invest money III this enter
prise, aud instead Of paying fifteen
or twenty millions to tie other side
for our tin, we propose to make 1t at
home. This bill, If ii became law,
would put upon the free list one-half
of all the products which the Uni
ted States imported, the like of
viii III was never known in any tar
III bill passed by II congress of the
United States. Gentlemen on the
otheI side would tax the people OF
this couhtry to make an income for
the government. The republican
party would tax the product OF
other people seeking markets in the
United States. The previous ques-
ton was ordered yeas l5l, nays 70.
The conference report was then
agreed to--yeas l52 (tlgc speaker vot-
ing In the aflirmativeD nays 81.
The only deviation from n strict
marty vote was Coleman, Feather
stone and Kelly, who voted with the