Connecticut western news., 1890-05-21
FlFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of Proceedings in the
 Senate and House.

Condensed Report of Proceedings in the
 Senate and House.
 WASHINGTON, May 18.-In the senate MT Jones, (Nev.) continued his speech in favo of the silver bill. MT. Jones (Ark.) spoke against it, claiming that it should bt amended so as to provide for the limited coinage of silver
 WASHINGTON, May 13-The feature o, the house was the speech of Representative Butterworth, of Ohio It was known that he was much chagrined at the treatmen, his favorite hobby, reciprocity with Can ada" has received at the hands of the Re publican members of the ways and means committee, but no one looked for the caus tic criticism that the Mckinley bill re ceived at his hands.
 He cited the heavy duty on copper, which he claimed was needless, as the United States could produce copper cheaper than any other country. Under the existing system the owner of one set of mines, with an invested capital of $1 ,250, 900, had drawn out $40 O0O, 900 in dividends.
 He also denounced the policy of attempt ing to establish domestic industries which had no natural resources in their favor There was such thing as paying too much for an industry, and he predicted that the effect of the increased duties on tin plata would take $50, ,O0O, 900 out of the peoples pocket before that artifcially nursed in. dustry would yield any results.
 WASHINGTON, May 14.-The house insist ed on the amendment to the senate depend. ent pension bill and conference was or dered. The consideration of the tariff bill having been resumed, MT. Bynum Qnd.) moved to reduce the duty on common earth. enware from 25 to IS per cent. ad valorem. Mr. Burrows (Mich.) contended that tho effect of the tariff was to reduce the price of articles to the consumers. This conten. tion was denied by MT. Mills (Tex.), ), who ridiculed the idea that if the tariff reduced the prices the manufacturers would come to congress asking that the tariff be ad. vanced for their benefit. MT. Walker CMass.) said that no manufacturer had ever come before the ways and means committee and asked that duties be put up or down on his own account. The workingmen got every dollar of the increase of price on account of the tariff. As manufacturer he hurled back the insult which denominated manu. facturers as robber barons.
 MT. Mills said the members of the house were told that the gentleman, as manu- facturer, did not desire to promote the in- terest of his class. He rose above party and interest. He became philanthropist and represented not himself but the inter est of labor. His heart was swollen with devotion to the workingmen. He said that the tariff was intended to enable manufact- urers to pay wages to the laborer. The manufacturers paid $1. .25 to labor for pro- ducing ton of pig iron. The government gave the manufacturer $672 in order to enable him to pay that $1.25. The manu- facturer paid labor s for producing a ton of steel rails. The government gave him | $17 to enable him to pay it. Why did not | the manufacturer give the $17 to the work | ingmen instead of turning them out o1 | work and going on tally-ho rides through | the mountains of Scotland? MT. Bynum's motion was defeated-66 to S6
 WASHINGTON, May 14.-In the senate Senate bill authorizing the registry of cen sus mail matter; house bill appropriatlne $8O 900 for public building at York, Pa and senate bill appropriating $1OO, 900 for g public building at Rock Island Ills; sen ate bill in relation to the pay of Rear Ad miral Jouett, retired following him the highest pay and compensation of his grade | as rear admiraD; senate bill to pay s POE | to the heir or heirs of John Howard Payne due on his salary as consul to Tunis, were passed.
 | The silver bill was then taken up and MT. Teller addressed the senate. The peo | pie of Colorado had comparatively little interest in the advancement of the price o1 silver, because, although they produced one-sixth of all the silver in the world, they did not depend upon the silver product And very shortly tho other interests of thl