Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-30
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, September 29th.-The confer
ence report on the bill for the relief of settlers in
the Northern Pacific Railroad indemnity lands
was agreed to.
The conference report on the deficiency bill
was presented. As the bill passed the House it
appropriated 81, 23o, 535 The Senate had in
creased the amount by g, 544 9;5. This has been
reduced in the conference so that the aggregate
appropriations now amount to s6666- 25S. The
item which occupied the conferrees long time
was $4,000 for explorations and Investigations
in regard to artesian wells and irrigation. The
amendment had been at last agreed to by the
House eonferrees with provision that the ap-
preparation should complete the work and that
1t be completed by the LIST of July, 1891. The re-
port was agreed to.
The conference report on the tariff bill was
presented and read at length.
Aldrich said that the conference report and
the bill, as modified by it, were printed, and he
provisions was necessary. He hoped the Senate
would be able to reach q vote on the report at
an early hour this afternoon. He had no
knowledge OF the intention of the Senators on
the other side of the chamber in regard to the
debate, but was aware of the anxiety of Sena-
tors on both sides to arrive at an early conclus-
ion of the business of the session, and with that
object in view, he should ask for a vote as soon
as ii could possibly be had.
Morgan said that the tariff bill was manipu-
lated by the Republican conferrees of both
Houses, and had many new features which
neither the House nor the Senate had voted
upon; but 1t was impossible 10 go into q discus
sion of the changes. They were ali of zeal i'm
portsnce 10 the people, but parliamentary law,
applicable TO the present stage of the bill, de-
MED Senators the privilege OF separate vote on
any one OF the numerous changes. All that
could be done was 10 discuss in a general way
the principles on which the measure was
founded. The only great leading principle of
the bill was the higher taxation Of the people
and greater profits 10 those engaged in manu-
features.
In the early part of his speech Morgan CON-
mented upon some remarks made by Hiscoek
during the tariff debate rejecting upon the
South and Southern Senators. He said IL was
not the State of New York that sent that Senator
TO the Senate, but gerrymRndering. He His
cock was the child of a geTrymander. THE
Language OF his distgibe, Morgan said was in
good New York style. The soul of the Sena-
Tor had sat before the mirror when he
drew that picture Il did not show
what southern men had done, but
reflected what would have been the
Senators conduct and feelingsif he had suffered
what they have been compelled to suffer The
South was merely mute victim of the tariff
bill" After an allusion to the English corn
laws, he spoke of Blaine as a new Golden, and
the President as resuTected John Blight
Both demand thatt flag Of truce be constantly
borne by a guard OF honor CT the head of q
marching column OF the Home market League
and that the white flag had been borne into the
Senate, with message from the President. on
the 18th OF June 1899, an amendment which
had been offered IN the Senate by Hale 10 carry
out the reciprocity ideas OF the President and
Blaine, being voted for by every Democratic
Senator, was yo.ed against By every Republican
including the Senator who offered II. That
amendment had been, in every substantial
sense an amendment Of Blaine, but the amend.
ment subsequently reported from the Finance
Committee had been intended 10 supply and over.
lie 1t The latter was vaccination given TO the
body Of the bill in order to forestan the fatal
virus OF free trade which Blaine intended
il was mockery OF reciprocity that made
actual reelpIocity Impossible, and yet Blaine
Teprosched the Democratic Senators with
groundless, insulting accusations, because they
voted against an amendment of the Finance
Committee which has been successfully anteg
oniZsd 10 his own amendment. The Finance
Committee excused itself for its reciprocity
amendment on the ground that Il was yerv
small baby; that 1t could not live long; that It
was little doll with which free-traders within
the Republican party might ainuse themselves
1t was q Punch and Judy show az horse fair
intended 70 amuse the crowd while the jokers
were growing rich selling their old stock OF
spawned animals Il was marvellous and very
sad that any American statesman should so ua-
dervslue the common sense of the Americans
as 10 pretend 20 them that he was the adyocat-
ing the principle OF protectionist while he
openly was advocating free trade with every
nation that would admit American products
free OF duty. The. Finance Committee could
never have supposed anybody. except the unia-
formed masses would be, for one instant mis-
taken In the stamp Of fraud which that reci-
pTocity section put on the tariff bill,
Morgan having referred TO Sherman recent
letters TO Rasius Niman, Sherman said the
statement therein were consistent with the
position he always held-thst it was by mutual
legislation, not by treaties that reciprocity
measures could be carried out.
At the close OF Morgans speech Aldrich
called for vote on the conference report. This
was opposed by Cockrell, who said that Car
Isle desired to speak, hut was somewhat indis
posed to-day.
aldrich asked unanimous consent 10 vote al
soclock tomorrow, but Cockrell objected.
Sherman addressed the Senate IN a general
defense OF the principle of protection Some Of
the provisions Of the bill are too high, aud some
too low, but he admitted the possibility Of fran.
ing measure 10 suit every interest. He be-
neyed the new law 10 be beacon OF prosperity
70 the whole country AS to the reciprocity
feature there was nothing new in the idea of
reciprocity. AS 10 sugar ne would give The
people iree sugar up 70 No. 20, Dutch standard
N tne penet that some OF the higher grades
Woul1 enter INTO consumption without having
passeu thIongh the refneries. AS TO binding
WINE ne leit mat the manufacturers had prob.
ably taken advantage of the oDnortnnit1t snd
demanded grossly unreasonable rrines l,uf
they had done as much as other hnnos, b,,si
ness men did even the farmers taxing edvsn.
Sherman expressed g hone thai the :,
Erers would avoid ali trusts that gave r.an,,ia~
discomfort, and would invite fair CON, ,;,i
and give the people the benefits thereof and ~
cheaper promotion. II they did not do so. he
would be as resdy to vote for the repesl Of the
bill as he was now ready to vote for il,
Paddock addressed the Senate He unst ,o,a
against the conference report. He could MOI
consider this great economic problem as one
entirely political in its nature affecting as II
does interests mos. vital TO his immediate con-
stituency and the entire West. He should moi
attempt to state in detail the objections to the
report but should draw particular attention 10
the action of the committee on the sugar sched-
7ile, and its relation to the other protected in