Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-05-17
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. O., May II.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Mr.. Chandler, from the committee on
immigration, reported joint resolution au-
thorzing the Secretary of War to use the
whole of Bsdloe's Island. in New York
harbor, on which Bartholdi's statue OF Liber-
ty stands, as fres public park.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice that he would ad-
dress the Senate on Wednesday on the silver
bill.
Ga motion of Mr. Daniel the vote passing
the Senate bill for the protection of fish In
the Potomac river was reconsidered and
Mr.. Daniel presented what he regarded as
substantial objection to it.
If the bill was intended to be confined to
those things in which the United States gov
eminent had entire jurisdiction. by reason
of it's Jurisdiction over the District of Colum.
bia, he could not object to 1t. But 1t seemed
to him from consideration of the riparian
rights of the State of Virginia in the Poto-
| mao river that the bill asserted q jurisdlc
ton not possessed by the Government. In
30 fer es the bill trod upon the toes of the
State CT Virginia, the proper thing for the
| Government to do would bs to provide for
an act comprising the whole question but
which should not be passed without the
consent of both the United States and Viz
ginia.
Mr.. Edmuads said that Mr.. Danisl's
speech presented an interesting but not
difficult question. II the United States IN.
dertook to regulate the fishing of the whole
Potomac, it would be beyond it's power
/ but the bill only undertook to regulate the
conduct of people within the District of Co.
lumbla. The u S. government was the
! master OF the Potomac river In q sovereign
sense.
HOUSE.
a conference was ordered on the Senate
| antitrust bill.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. McMilin, of Tenn. declared that the
manner in which this bill was being con-
sidered was fair neither to the House nor to
the taxpayers of the country. It was utter
ly impossible to consider and debate the bill
carefully In the few days allowed by the
rigorous rule reported by the committee on
rules.
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi. excused his en-
trance into the debate by stating that be
had some friends from Mississippi in the
galleries who wanted to hear him talk be-
ore they went home (laughter). He
thought land good many people agreed
with him. that If there was any one man 10
the United States thoroughly posted on the
subject of the tariff he was the man (taugt
teri. He had discussed the subject on Ca
nal boat from Syracuse to Albany with the
result already known (Iaughter). He came |
back from hat trip and had conference
with President Cleveland, and they agreed |
that the people in whose interest they had |
made the fight had not appreciated 1t. The
gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.. Lodge) |
had complained that there was 80 much said
iu the interest OF the farmers The gentleman
must excuse members for talking some to
the farmer, because talk was all the farmer
got. (Laugler.) In conclusion, he recited
some verses descriptive of the woes OF the
farmer ending with the refrain, "But we
Iowa 1.-THE G. O. p. for 1t gives Us tariff
yet"
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, argued that the
protective tariff on raw wool had destroyed
the manufacture of wooden goods end driv-
en- the manufacturer to manufacture shoddy,
thereby destroying the industry of wool
growing.
Mr. D ,cke Grey, of Missouri, oontented land
fortified his contention with statistics) that
high wool tariff had had deleterious ef-
Fec upon the raising Of sheep, on the price
of wool and on the manufacturers of wool.
Mr. Niedringhaus, of Missouri, republican,
asid it was not generally known that
the democratic party held the government
of his State by q minority vote. He a6-
viled his colleagues to 'pull for the shore"
before the great crash came. Laughter and
applause
Mr.. Bland suggested that bis colleague
was the only Representative from Missouri
who was directly interested in high tariff.
He did not see how, If the rules ofthe House
were rigidly enforced, his colleague could
vote for or against the bill.
After further debate the motion to recon.
slider wasI; ION motion OF Mr.. BlackburD)
aid on the table and the bill was returned
to the House.
The Presbyterians.
SARATOGA, N. Y. May 17.-At the morn