Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-27
IN CONGRESS.
A Resolution Favoring Com
mercial Reciprocity.
The Tariff Bill Under Discussion
in the Senate.
The Pension Office to Be Thoroughly
Investigated.
The New Lottery Bill Presented in the
House With a Lengthy Report-The
Union Pacific Exculpated.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

Mitchell OHereu concurrent resolution,
which was referred to the committee on
finance, stating that the United States
would hail with appreciation any re-
ciprocal arrangement by treaty or other
wise between the government of the
United States and the governments of
all or any of the South American or
Central American states, whereby there
shall be admitted to the ports of such
nations free from all national, provincial
municipal and other tariffs or taxes, the
products OF the United States, including
flour, corn meal and other breadstuffs,
preserved meats, fruits, hides, vege-
tables, cotton-seed oil, rice and other
provisions, lumber, furniture and all
other articles OF wood; agricultural i'm
plements and machinery; structural
steel and iron and steel rails; locomo-
tives, railway cars and supplies; street
cars; refined petroleum, and such other
products of the United States as
may be agreed upon, but declaring that
it is not the sense of the United States
that in any such treaty of reciprocal ar
rangement the articles of foreign wool
or hides in any form should be admitted
free in the ports of this country, and it
declares that in any treaty or reciprocal
arrangement that may be entered into
looking to the opening of such foreign
ports to the products named, it is not
the sense of the United States that the
articles of wool or hides produced in
any of those countries shall be admitted
free OF duty into the ports of the United
States, and it requests the president of
the United States to omit in any such
agreement, from the list of products of
such countries to be admitted into the
ports of the United States, the article OF
wool in any OF its forms, and also of
hides.
The senate resumed consideration of
the tariff bill, and was addressed by
bore more heavily on the laboring
classes than the capitalist class, or any
other class.
Morgan went on to speak of the col
ored people, who not being capitalists,
manufacturers orskiled workmen, could
not possibly derive any advantage from
protection, and who yet had to bear the
burdens which it imposed upon the
people. He yielded to Interruptions by
Hawley, who said that in Alabama and
other states the colored man was being
employed as skilled workman in fac
tories and foundries, and Hoar, who
mentioned the case of a colored man
who was selected recently by his fellow
students at Harvard university to de-
liver the valedictorv. His response to
Hoar was that the case which he men,
toned was an exceptional one, some
what akin to "Blind Tom," and his
response to Hawley was that he Nor
gam had been trying to find out whether
any negro operatives were employed in
northern factories. He also yielded to
Vest, who presented an advertise
ment from Springfield, Massa-
chusetts fire insurance company,
showing prohibition to it's agents
against insuring houses occupied
by negroes, or negro churches or school
houses. In reply to a remark by Hoar
that that prohibition applied only to
the southern states, Vest asserted that
it applied to the whole country.
Morgan went on to criticise the bill
in detail, and show how hard it would
bear on the negroes of the south.
Morgan remarked in closing: That he
had tried to segregate the negroes
from the whites for the purpose
of showing that the party which pro-
fessed to be their best friend had no use
for them in the world except to do its
voting.
Colquitt addressed the senate. He
was as much opposed to the house bill
as he was to the senate bill. Colquitt
went on to discuss the provisions OF both
bills in reference to agricultural pro-
ducts, in order to show the futility OF
the proposed duties on farm products as
far as any benefit to the farmers was
concerned. The American farmers were
becoming conscious of their wrongs.
They were joining hands in organiza-
ton and cooperation. Endowed with
good practical sense, vigorous in char
acter, moral in habits, lovers of home
and it's traditions, the farmers OF America
would never allow themselves to be de.
graded to the condition OF the tillers Of
the soil in India and Egypt. From his
heart he wished them success and bade
them God-speed
Spooner gave notice of an amendment
he would offer to the tariff bill, provid-
ing that on and after October l, 1894,
tin plates thinner than No. 2S wire
gauge. shall be admitted free of duty.
Vest obtained the floor and the tariff
bill went over till Monday.
On motion of Wilson, OF Iowa, the
house amendments to the "original
package" bill were non-concurred in,
and conference ordered.
A bill was passed granting pension
of $4,000 year to the widow of the late
General Crook. Bills were also passed
giving like pension to Mrs. Fremont
and Mrs. Mcclellan. Adjourned.
In the House.