The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-03
EVIDENTLY ALARMED.
REED GOES OFF TO MEND HIS
CONGRESSIONAL FENCES.
Declares lie has no Pear OF Defeat, but
wantsto Scure an Increased Majority
Proceeding OF Both Houses Of Congress
Capital gossip.

-NltdhtI 1tN' i'it tp-Hi-nt 10 Hdhc IL Cdn'
yass Of his district. He says he has no feal
of defeat. b. that he wants largely in.
creased ms.rity as an endorsement of hi.
course in IL present Congress.
SENATE.
In the snate this morning Mr.. SAWYER
from the i stollice Committee, reported the
House An.-Lottery bill, and gave notice
that he wo Id ask for its consideration as
soon as II Tariff bill was passed. TIE
Tariff bill as then taken up and the sugar
schedule US considered.
Mr.. carlisle gave notice that he would
move to ~ ke OUT all the paragraphs rela.
ting to ll0l1ties.
Mr.. la offered the reciprocity amend
meDt Of " vich he gave notice. and spoke in
support oI {. Discussion of reciprocity, he
said hadi 'esulted in grave and pertinent
suggested, from eminent men of the coun-
try. Wh{Der had seen the gradual falling
of Of AFRICAN trade with Central and
south An ica and the islands of the sea.
must hay Witnessed those conditions with
the greatel impatence. The people Of all
those ecu kies had common interest with
the peopl NJ the nited states.
AihdiItO the late n-American Con-
gress. Mfllale said that it proved that the
same 60 alterations which had their in
nueuce the Jnited states were also NOV
ing in n minds Of the eminent men from
the ii ,te republics who took part in the
proceed q of that Congress, and that they
pointed Lne sure inevitable end-the in
crea-eo o tade and commerce between the
United ties and those people.
MIR. X ma spoke at length on the general
subiect the tariff protection 10 American
ind1Istri =. He said be had been favored by
the ben, ;iaries Of that principle in one
form or 4iother since the foundation ot the
GOVERN nt. But the power has been gen.
erallvt lived, and correctly, from the gen
eral pog.r Of taxation. Parties have been
slow % assert, as their representa-
tiyes Ne been slow 10 execute,
a leH upon the earnings of the
ma-sef fr the direct and ayOwed purpose
Of enri ing selected and favored class.
No tart bill was ever passed upon that
grouni Every tariiG enactment to the be-
einnit- Of the war was limited by the pur-
pose 1 collect only enough duties 10 sup
mort he government. No political plat
form ever yentured beyond this depth until
in lSs, he Republican party, confronted by
the slIlus accumulated .Inder Cleyeland's
ADM in,tratiOn. coupled .he idea OfreyisiOn
with reduction Of the revenue by the eX-
clnsioa Of foreign competition. From the
first fnlll duty paid until now, it is true,
that ls system was intended, not for the
adva 2mcnt of LABOR, but for the estab-
lishn / and maintenance Of manufactures.
But nan from 1883 10 1861 advocated for
prot bn, in or out of Congress, exactions
whi approached the rates Of the present
law fhe enactmcnts of 1860, 1861, 1864.
/ S6I Ife made 10 meet the cXigencies and
cons fence Of the war declared 10 be but
Temporary, and not for the simple purpose
of Irection.
ST. Allison made a long statement about
recaps and expenditures OF the govern
meut and Of the probable effect Of the Tariff
bill 0n the finances, reaching the conclusion
that the expenditures for the current fiscal
vear would be about Slll ,OO0.OO0. The rev.
enle iOr the year he estimated at SiGO,DO,-
0J. and if The Tarih bill was passed he
figured out a decrease Of $4,000, in reye.
ME II sugar was put on the free list, thus
leaving surplus Of Sli,OO0.OOO or Slj, 1000
ID ai the end Of the year.
llr Gibson offered an amendment to the
SUGAR schedule, by adding tine words
'',yupOf beet, sorghum, or sugar cane,
and made an argument against the sugar
bounty proportion.
Pending further discussion, the Senate at
j:sl took a recess till i. VI.
At the night session of the senate Senator
D0pl made a speech against reciprocity,
and senator Vance made "A speech on the
general subject of the Tariff, and in oppo-
sti0n to the pending bill.
Mr. Vance argued in support Of tue
amendment offered yesterday by him re-
ducng the rates of duty on all manufac-
tures Of steel and iron. on all woOlen and
cotton goods, on earthenware and glass
ware and on all materials used for feriili-
lers when such goods have been pur-
chased abroad boy any citizen OF ine
nued States, by exchange of Anne RI
can farm products, or by products OF the
sale Of such farm products. He illustrated
iho argument Of the PrOtectiOnists-that
ihe prosperity OF the country was owing 10
ODE protective system-by quoting sydney
Smiths imaginary conversation between the
rich farmer suffering from stomach pains
and the doctor. who says TO him: My good
man. yOu would not be so indiscreet
70, 10 part with the pains IN your
stomach. which you have had 50 long,
and under which YOU have prospered
luI grown rich" Monster Of rhubarb-
.he farmer would say am not rich in con
sequence Of these pains in my stomach
bud i'm spite Of them: and should have been
ien times richer and nifty times happier II ]
bad never had pain in my stomach
40 all." Laughter There would be a
surplus this year Of nVe million
bales OF cotton and a hundred milllos bush
alsof wheat and five hundred millions OF
corn: and what. he asked, was to lie done
with all that surplus if the foreign market
Was TO be closed. And yet the American far
mer had been told by the venerable senator
from Vermont (Mr. MorrilD that he
Produced too much, and that the
remedy was to limit production,
and he had been told By the senator from
Connecticut (Mr. IIawley) that if high
wall was maintained around the United
states for fifty years, the American farmer
would come out afterwards rich and happy.
The senate AT 10 i. VI. adjourned till to-
morrow at 10 4. NJ.
HOUSE.
I'm the House to-day, after the transaction
# important business, the ClaytOn-Breckln-
-idge election case was called up. Mr.
.ooper. of ohio, opened the debate, and de
Jared that i'm the opinion of the majority OF
Doe committee, fraud and violence had been
'es0rted to in order to carry the Second
congressional district Of Arkansas for
Mr.. Cooper then went INTO
ut utldliN VI tut N'H0NoihRtl'h VI N'aNhN'
laytGn and of the indignation and horror
hat it caused.
Mr.. Wilson, of West iirginia, repudiated
md resented on behalf of the minority the
mputation that Mr.. Breckinridge would
axe advantage of foul murder for q brief
l0litical prestige. The case then went over
lntil tomorrow, and Cannon, OF Illinois,
0ok the floor and made Il statement res
lecting appropriations made by this session
# Congress. as compared with similar ap-
lropriations while the House was under
)emocratic control.
Cannon pIefaced his statement by saying
hat all the appropriation bills had been en-
lcied except the River and Harbor and
General Deficiency bills, and these were IN
.uch condition that the amounts contained
n them could be accurately approximated.
The total revenues for 1891, including
,0stal receipts he estimated at Si6I, ili ,33l.
Iakiug from this amount the total apprO-
,riations. left surplus Of S65,2l9,iij, and
iddiug TO this the balance of net cash in the
fractional coin in the treasury and
he amount for the national bank fund act
Il 1890. made total surplus Of Sls6,3JO,.
l6. Specified reductions from this
mount left net surplus Of sl6,9li.6jG.
"ShOuld it be the policy Of the govern
nent. as think it will be" added Mr.. Can
.on. .to redeem the SS0,O7j.6j0 Of AZ per
ent. bonds so as 10 carry So, s,OOO.O OF them
nto the sinking fund, under its require