Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-28
TARIFF SET ASIDE.
And the Senate Takes Up the Bill to
Transfer the Revenue Marine,
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL AGAIN.
The House Lays Aside the Atkin-
son Bill to Take It Up.
OTHER CONGRESSIONAL DoNcs.
SENATE.

Senate bill to pension all the surviving off,
GERS and men of Powells battalion of Missouri
mounted volunteers, raised during the war
with Mexico, was reported, explained by Mr..
Cockrell and passed.
DISTRICT BILL.
Senate bill for the appointment Of reporter
for the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia was reported and placed on the cal
endar.
FOR II O'CLOCK MEETINGS..
Mr. Aldrich offered a resolution fixing the
daily hour OF meeting at ii am.
Mr. Cockrell suggested that there should be
an understanding as to the hour Of adjourn
ment.
Mr. Aldrich-we ought not to adjourn earlier
than 6.
Mr.. Allison--Or7
Mr.. Cockrell Gronioally)-Or
MIR. Aidrich--There is no objection on this
side to an understanding that we shall adjourn
daily ate
Mr.. Ingalls, suggested further understand
Ing that the business of the morning hour shall
be considered closed at / O'Clock.
MIR. Allison did not wish it to be implied that
the Senate would devote two hours a day to
morning business.
MR.. INGALLS, REMARK.
Mr.. ingalls, said that he did wish just such an
implication. He remarked that as soon as the
tariff bill, the appropriation bills and the cleo
ton bill were passed Congress would undoubt-
edly adjourn promptly. There would be no
waiting on the "order Of their going" but they
should '.go at once" Therefore whatever was
TO be done between now and the time of the
adjournment in the consideration of measures
on the calendar would have TO be done
IN the morning hour. He respectfully sub
mitted that there were several hundred bills
on the calendar that were entitled to consider
alton that had been reported from committees.
and that ought to receive the attention of the
Senate at some time. So FAR as he was con-
cerned he should, by his vote, whenever oppor-
tunity offered, proceed to the con-
sideration of bills on the calen-
dar for two hours after the
Senate met, believing that that WAS the only
way IN which matters of general business would
have any consideration at all.
WHAT Is THE UsE2
Mr.. Cockrell asked what was the use of the
Senate passing bills when the disting guished
gentleman in charge Of the House did not give
any attention to them. There were now on the
calendar of the House hundreds and hundreds
OF bills passed by the Senate and no attention
WAS paid to them.
Among them was the bill refunding the
direct tax. Among them we're also two bills
recently passed and regarded on the other
side of the chamber as very important meas
ures (the shipping bils) and they were being
left to sleep the sleep that knows no waking"
Mr.. Hawley did no. quite agree with Mr..
Cockrell. He wanted his own ammunition to
be in order, so that he could go home with a
clean record. As TO what was done elsewhere,
that was not his direct business.
TO MEET AT IL AND ADJOURN Ar6
The resolution as to meeting at IL am. was
agreed to, with the understanding that the
Senate shall adjourn ate.
TARIFF BILL PASSED OVER.
Mr.. Aldrich moved to proceed to the consid-
GRAFTON of the tariff bill That motion was an
tagonizcd by motion (by Mr.. Gray to pro-
ceed to the consideration Of the House bill for
the transfer OF The revenue into the Navy De-
partment, and the latter motion was agreed
to-yeas, 20; nays, rs.
The republican Senators voting in the alfrma-
tive were Cameron, Ingalls,. Henderson and
Spooner.
Mr. Cockrell was the only democratic Sem
ator who voted in the negative. so the Senate
resumed consideration of the bill for the
TRANSFER OF TIE REVENUE MARIyr
from the Treasury: partment to the naval es-
tablishment, and Mr.. Cockrell continued his
argument in opposition to it. He imputed the
originating of the bill to the aggressive am
bitlon of the distinguished Senator from New
Hampshire (AlT. Cndndier) when Secretary of
the Navy, and said that il now being
pressed upon the Senate by personal
opportunities and solicitation of the revenue
marine officers who were to be the bene ficiarics
of the legislation. He quoted from Admiral
Porter report against the proposition, the ad-
mirat stating that there nothing that rem
dered it necessary or desirable that the navy
should lave anything to do with the reve-
nue. marine; that the latter was strictly
n service for the protection of the revenue:
that the Treasury Department could not give
up control of 1t without injury to the gov
ernment service; that the British government
had attempted to connect its revenue marine
with its navy and failed; and that therefore.
the revenue marine had better remain under
j Is present direction.
TARIFF TUssEI.
Mr.. Cockrell had not concluded his speech
when, at O'Clock. the presiding officer laid be-
fore the Senate the tariff bill as the unfinished
business"
Mr.. Gray moved to continue the considera-
ton OF the revenue marine bili-not desiring
the said) 20 antaSoniZe the tariff bill. but de-
string to have the revenue marine bill brought
to a conclusion.
The same view of the matter was sustained
in some remarks b. MIR. Cuiiom and Mr. Batter.
Mr. Dawes opposed the motion and criti-
cised the perslstency Of the friends of the bull
IN pressing 1t upon the Senate In the face of
the tariff bill
MI Frye uecldreu mmSelt friend
OF the revenue marine bill, aud
friend after thorough investigation. The
friends OF that measure had occupied but an
hour and hall upon It, Ats enemies IA small
minority aii the rest of the time.
1t was an evident to the Senate as il tho prr-
pose had been announced that the time
had been occupied Tor the purpose of
preventing vote on the measure.
That only indicated (what he believed
ln) the necessity of previous question In the
Senate-oi some way to stop debate. of some
way to prevent Senator getting up every
morning for three or four morn
ings III succession aud reading from
the report of clerk in the Treasury
Department Why should not vote be taken
on the bill? If there was a majority of the
Senate in favor of it why should il not be per-
mitted to SAY so2
The Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) had
made four speeches upon the bill and in the
course OF them had read the same identical ar
hcies which the Senator from Missouri had oc-
cupied the last three mornings in reading. He
did not think that the friends of the
measure should be censured- He thought it
reasonable that a vote should be had upon IL.
1 he time had not been taken up by the friends
OF the measure, but bad been taken up deliber-
ately and purposely in filibustering against it
MIR. Cockren pronounced MIR. Fryes state
ment in reference to himself as without one
particle of foundation. When that Senator
said or intimated that be Mr.. CockrelD had
consumed time in filibustering he intimated
that which he knew nothing about
Mr.. Morrill, hoped that the friends Of the
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