Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-04
The Arkansas Member Bitterly At
tacks the Speaker.
RATTLlNG THE CHINA WARE
The Senate Resumes Its Labors
on the Tariff Bill.
-AWYER MORGAN AND THE FARMERS.
SENATE.


most serious calamity to the commerce of the
nation. costing las he had been informed by
te!egraph) S5OO,0OO a day. He also mentioned,
incidentally. the failure of the House to act on
bill passed by the Senate some months ago
providing for second and larger lock-
Mr. Culiom hoped that the House would be
1nduced to take up that measure and pass it.
ii not 1t wouid be well enough for the Senate
~ take up the river and harbor bill at an earlier
| nay man had been agreed upon SO as to have
an appropriation secu1 ed for that important
work.
MIR. CocKRELL SARCASTIC
Mr.. Cockrell inquired whether "the business
branch of Congress had pald no attention TO
the bill referred to-
Mr.. Cul!om said it had not
Mr. COckreil-lhat is very remarkable-that
body organized with one man for the purpose
OF trauhacting business will not do II.
Mr.. Cullom-I have no remark to make on
that subject, except to state that a bill making
the necessary arrangement for the completi ton
OF this great work passed the Senate some time
ago.
Mr.. Cockreli-Did understand the Senator
from Minnesota Mr.. Davis) to say that the loss
to commerce through the accident amounts to
$500, 900 day?
MIR. Davis-So l am informed by telegraph
MIR. Cockrell-And yet the business Iranch
OF Congress pays no attention to the matter.
MR. PAYNE THINKS SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.
AIR. Payne stated that he had received tele-
gram from the managing executive committee
OF the Iron Ore Transportation Company stat
ing that for the two weeks ending on the 26th
OF July the passage through the lock averaged
nGtv-two vesselsa a day. with a capacity of over
63.oo0 TONS lhe matter was one OF general
interest to the whole country. The representa-
tlVes OF that interest had gone before the Sem
ate committee on commerce early in the ses-
sion and were met nobly bv that committee
which investigated the matter and reported
6lli providing for the completion of the second
lock within two years That bill had been
passed by the unanimous vote of the Senate
and had gone to the House. He did not know
how delicate one had to be in talking about
the other house, but lie was informed
that that bill had been approved by the river
and harbor committee of the House. but that
for several months past the committee had not
been able to set a hearing for it before the
House. There WAS where the matter stood.
Whe ther it would be an act OF humiliation for
the Senate TO ask the other house respectfully
to act on that bin he would hot undertake TO
Judge, but something ought to be done. The
accident had been caused bv defect in the
machinery OF the lock, rendering it neces-
sary to draw off the water. Such
an accident was liable to happen at any time.
causing All inmeasurable amount of damage
1t was there sore OF very great Importance, and
he Was glad that the attention of the Senate
had been drawn to it.
NOT IN ORDER.
Mr. Edmunds did not think it proper thing
to spend ti,ue i'll discussing the conduct of the
other branch of Congress. All that the Senate
had to do with it just now was to consider the
accident to the canal lock, and he thought that
as the appropriations made III the river and
harbor bill of two wears ago were still IN force
the engineer department had money enough
at its disposal to renedv the defect Ii So
there was no benefit in the Senate making a
very extraordinary display of itself on the sub
ject If there war not money available for the
work he Was wiling 10 pass a joint resolution
this morning; to provide money enough.
Mr. Payne said that the damage was being
repaired as fast as five hundred men could do
1t. and 1t would be completed tomorrow or
next day. But the main oil jo"t of the appeal
to Congress was that provision should be made
for til, additional lock. he capacity of the
old lock had been reached and surpassed.
COMPARED WITH THE syEZ CANAL
MIR. Frye, i'll order to "mphasize .he abso-
lutte Mt cessity for two locks at Sault Ste. Marie
canal. SAID that more commerce passed through
that canal in eight mon tbs than passed through
the Suez canal in the whole year.
Mr.. Gibson said that the accident also en-
phasIZcd tn" necessity OF taking mp and passing
the river and harbor bill H had no doubl
that the failure to pass the bill for improving
a
fifty millions - year on the producers in the
Mississippi valley. The resolution was agreed
to.
AN ADMoNITIoN FROM THE CHAIR
The presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls) said that
he had observed, with regret. the growing ten
dency to alud. In termr Of severity and dis
paraaement to the proceedings of the other
house of Congress. IL was violation of the
fundamental principles of parlam ntary law
l,.,t
in the other house. He hoped that the Senate
in the preservation OF its own dignity. and in
the protection Of Its own immunity from re-
Grimm nation. would observe those rules and re-
frain from such aliusions in future.
THE GRANT TOMB RESOLUTION.
The resolution offered on Saturday last by
Mr.. Plumb to the reinterment of the re-
mains Of Gen. Grant in the Arlington National
Cemetery was, at the suggestion of Mr. Plumb
allowed to remain on the table, to be called up
at some other time.
TALKING TARIFF.
The tariff bill was taken up. the pending
question being on Mr.. Vests amendment to
the china ware paragraph reducing the duty
on decorated ware to 80 per cent ad valorem,
and on plain, undecorated ware to 40 per cent
instead Of so and 80, as recommended by the
finance committee, and instead of TO and IS in
the House bill.
MIR. Manderson said that he had voted on
Saturday evening against Mr.. Vests amend
ment and would do SO again. because lie thought
that the ates proposed were too low. He
favored, however, the rates recommended by
the finance committee. He was q protectionist
On principle, but he did not believe in unneces-
sarily high rates Of duty.
He believed (as had been said BY Mr.. His
cock the other day. in giving manufac turers
no greater rates OF duty than were absolutely
necessary for them 10 carry on their business
successfully.
AR. PLUMB QUOTES NANUrAoruRHRs.
Mr.. Plumb read from letter published in
the New York Times as to q conference be-
tween china manufacturers and importers, in
which lower rates Of duty than recommended
by the finance committee had been accepted
as mutually satisfactory. He thought 1t would
oe An outrage to give them more.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL
Mr.. Mcpherson, ailuding to Mr.. Hiscock's re-
marks a. to his (McPherson'O willingness to
strangle the pottery interest Of New JERSEY,
apolOgized 10 the Senate for having asked Of
that Senator an opportunity to deny it That
Senator had risen the other day and assailed
the people OF his own state In . manner which
he (Mr. McPherson) had never seen equalled
before, so that NO denial Of anything he might
say affecting him was needed He was not
aware that he had tried to strsngle the pottery
industry, but the Senator from New York over
looks the fact that there we're Thousands and