The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-03-27
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lion to IT, He spoke of the deep, strong
current of anxiety, discomfort and alarm
prevailing in the farming communities.
lie characterized the protective tariff as
curse and not blessing. The farmers to
day did not receive, on an average, more
Than 10 cents bushel for their corn,
50 cents for their wheat and
from Ito - cents pound for their hogs. The
time would come when the farmer would
look on the proposition to tax him and his
wife and children for the protection and
benefit of other people rs he would look on
a law of congress to establish the army worm
and wcevil ON hi, wheat, To inicst his cattle
with murrain and hogs with cholera. Every
pretense oi u home market for the farmer
was a fraud and every prctense OF taxing
wheat and oats and potatoes for
his benefit was chea: and u sham.
II was notorious and selfevdcnt truth
that the tariff increased the farmers expense
account from % To 100 per cent. on every i'm
plement of industry with which he toi,ed,
and last year binding twinc had been en-
hanCed to Is cents "A pound 10y the taiiii and
twine trust. He did not believe that the
hand of the farmer would hold Republics
ticket at the next presidential election. Ito
declared that not only had there been no in
crease in the value o. land for the last quarter
of a century but there had been All absolute
loss of 3j per cent. II the improved lands
were put tu sale to-day, under the most
favorable circumstances, they would not,
on a general average, realize more than
twO-thirds of what their value had been -
years ago. MIR Wilson, of Iowa. said lac de
sired as "A reply tu the rcmat kublc speech
Just uttered to read a letter from farmer
Of iowa, who knew by practical experience,
more about the condition ut the farming
class than the senator from lndiNa bad ever
: learned IN his readings an theories. lie
! ten read u letter, winch has been already
/ published, show ng the comparatively low
q Ia
/ Of manufacture goods before the war.
The time of the House Wednesday was
consumed i'm arguments the Mudd-Cump
ION case.
| In the Senate Thursday Mr.. Coc,rell pre-.
scnted the protest of the Pork Packers AS
/ sOCiation against the hill for inspection OF
meats declaring the bill to be unnecessary
| and injurious 10 the stock raising and curing
inter, st., more injurious than the German
/ and French Prohibition, After short dis,
/ cussiOn IL was referred to the Committee on
| Foreign Relations.
Before the reading Of the journal, Mr..
| Cultivate, of Ohio, called attention to the
! TACT that there was no quorum present 1ha
| Speaker counted the House and an
nOunced that there were but - members
| present. A call of the House was ordered
The concluding speeches on the Maryland
| election case attracted full galleries. While
! Compton was making hls farewell address
]
/ in the case because his peculiar methods are
| involved, occupied a seat behind Mr.. comp
! ton. The latter made u vigorous speech,
and the Democratic members listened with
rapt attention. The case was settled in favor
! OF Mudd, the Republican contestant, by n
| vote Of ! 9 to -.
Among the bills introduced was one by
| Mr.. Townsend, of Pennsylvania, granting
| pensions to persons who supported dependent
! fathers and mothers, and who, under exist
! ing laws, would have been entitled to PEN
sions.
! After Mr. C"ckrcll presented the protest Of
the Pork Packers Association of st. Louis
| against the bill for the Inspection Of meats,
/ which was referred, tine BLAIR Educ itonal
| bill was taken up. After brief remarks by
/ Mr.. Bate, Mr.. Blair rose To close the debate.
/ lie said that he looked upDn the cluCati on
of the colored people rs the solution
of the race que ton. But the white
! people constituted the great mass of the
! nations and on lcir condition depended the
! future ot the United states and un the fu'
ture oi the United States the future of the
| world. The Senate then proceeded to vote
on the bill aud amendments The first vote
was uu three amendments Offered 10y MIR.
/ Moody, of South Dakota, to the effect that
I the lliteratcs among the Indians shall be in
! cluicd in the calculations. Mr.. Blair said
| that there was no objection To- the amend
| meut. Mr.. Moody amendments were agreed
10 The Senate then proceeded To- vote ON the
third reading and engrossmcnt or the bill.
| When the vote was concluded and it was
known that it had resulted against the bill,
, Mr. Blair changed his vote from aycto no 81
us 10 make a motion to reconsider. The re-
! suit was then announced rs. Yeas, 81, nay 5,
81.
IN the Senate, Friday, numerous petitions
and memOria were presented Tor "A law
against the employment of all aliens on
| Government work; some for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, one from Nebraska
AGAINST the extension OF time for the pay
meut of the Pacific Railroad debts to the
Government, and one from California Tor
the removal of duty ON iutc and lutr bigglnG.
Mr. Plumb from the tumWittcc on Apr
priations, reported back the House Joint
resolution authorizing the appointment of 80
medical examiners for the Bureau OF Rem
sions, and gave notice that he would
ask the senate to consider 1t to NOR
row. Mr.. Cockrell said that the report
! was by no means unanimous, ahG
gave notice that he would move To amend
the ioint resolution by striking out the
clause ordering the examination to he with
in the discretion and under the direction oi
Tho Secretary of the Misunderstanding the
appointments under the Civil service law, 10
which the Republican party stood solemnly
nledgcd, ON motion of Mr.. sherman the
bin to declare unlawful trusts and comblna-
tions in restraint Of trade ana production
WAS taken up Tor CouslucFatlon' inc SUD
stitute reported by Mr.. sherman from the
Finance ommittee on the 18th inst, was
read; also an amendment that was offered
bv Nr. Reagan. Mr. Sherman then ad'
dressed the Senate.
Immediately after the reading Of the jour
nal the House went into committee OF the
whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, IN the
chairl, ON the Pension Appropriation bull
MIR Cheadlc, of lniiana, spoke at length IN
favor of a Service Pension law. lie explain
ed the provisions of u bill authorizing ser
vice pension for life To every veteran over o.
wears of age who served 90 days and was
6ouorlhly discharged. Under the general
law all invalid pensioners who receive less
than s. a month, and all who receive no
! pension, will be beneticiaries under It,
In the Senate Monday several petitions
against the ratification of the eXtradition
treaty with Russia having been presented
from Mississippi and Missouri Mr.. Hoar
said that lac would once more raise the ques.
tion rs to their presentation in open session.
That was decided the other day" said Mr.,
Vest, "by vote of the Senate 1T was
decided" Mr.. HOar replied, when there
were few Senators present and in the absence
of members of the Committed ON Foreign
Relations. | think that the decision
Should hp rpVer.pd nj once - 81