The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-10

was Ddn8eu al IlkeNllle, N.Y. SOlDB lnOUunS
ago. for the brutal murder of Alfare Mccoy,
a girl, whom he shot down as she was try
ing to escape from her fathers house, which
the Hatfeds had fired.
Congress.
TuEsDAY.-The tariff bill was taken up
by the senate. Mr.. Carlisle gave notice
that he would move to strike out all the
paragraphs relative to sugar bounties Mr.
Hale offered the reciprocity amendment of
which he had given notice June 10, and
addressed the senate upon it. Mr.. Allison
made long statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the government and of the
probable effect of the tariff bill on the
finances. The total appropriations for the
current fiscal year were $500, $50, 561, to
which had to be added the permanent APP
proprations, amounting to So, 469, $50
making in all S4l1 ,352 Oh The revenue for
the year he estimated at Sl60,0O0000, and If
the tariff bill was passed he figured out
decrease of S33 800 600 in revenue if sugar
was put on the free list, thus leaving a sur
plus of S14,0 600 or S1j, 100000 at the end
of the year. In concluding, he said he IA
vored putting sugar on the free list and was
also in favor of a further extension of the
reciprocity trade. Mr.. Sherman spoke on
his amendment proposing reciprocity with
Canada, He thought that, in certain cases,
such relations ought to be made with Can
ada, especially as to coal. He thought that
those two measures (NIr. Aldrich's and his
OWN would open a door to reciprocal rela-
tons as far as they ought to go. =- The
Clayton Breckenridge election case was dis
cussed in the house.
WEDNEsDAY.-In the senate Mr.. Call of
Florida offered resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign relations,
declaring that the murder of General Bar
rundia on vessel flying an American flag
to be an insult to the people of the United
States. The tariff bill was then taken up,
and Mr.. Edmunds spoke. Coming to the
question of reciprocity, he recalled the his
tory and the practical operation Injurious to
the United States) of the Canadian re-
ciprocity treaty of 1854. He spoke of the
reduction of the duty on coffee, three cents
pound in 1872, and stated, on the authority
Of the American minister to Brazil, that as
soon as that reduction was known at Rio
Janero the price of coffee there was put up
three cents pound. The same thing oc-
cured he said, two years afterwards, when
coffee was put on the free list. Experience
had shown from that day to this that the
American consumer had proTited nothing
from the taking off of that duty, but, on the
other hand, the United States had lost
nearly S150,0000 600, which it would have re.
ceived from the duty on Brazilian coffee
alone. AS practical farmer and farmers
son, he thought that the farmers in the
region where he lived understood this
sort of business, and were not extremely
hungry that he, as one of their representa-
tives, should 90 into anything of that kind
now. If the duty of two cents a pound
were now taken off sugar he did not believe
that the price would fall. 1t would be apt
to turn out as coffee has turned out. He
did not want to be led into putting sugar on
the free list on what he believed to be the
falaCiouS idea that because sugar was now
two cents pound cheaper in London than
in New York it would then be the same in
both places But even if the wholesale price
f11 nv of t1,a nf
the price at the grocer's would not fall.
Somebody else than the consumer would
make the money. AS to reciprocity with
Central and South America he said that the
demand OF a country for commodities did not
depend as much upon numbers as upon the
status of society, its wealth and its civliza-
ton. When he looked at any Central
American or South American state he
thought, speaking with conservatism, that
any 100 average people in North America
had, during the last year, consumed more
of the products, merchandise food and
clothing that 60 to make up the comfort and
luxury and happiness of manhood than any
100 average people in the Central or South
American states. Therefore the expecta-
ton of the United States being able to dis
pose of large increase of its products there
was, in his opinion, one of the greatest il
lusions that brilliant men or sober states
men had lately fallen into. He did not
mean by that, however, that he was not
willing and glad to try it on the plan of
receiving any of the products of those
countries which the United States did not
| produce, and giving to them products
which they did not produce. Messrs
Morgan, Voorhees,, Evarts and Gray also
| spoke on reciprocity. - The house con-
sidered the Clayton Breckenridge case, and
in the course of the debate Mr.. Kennedy
of Ohio made savage speech in denuncia-
ton of Senator Quay.
| THURsDAY.-The presiding officer of the
senate, Mr.. ingalls,, announced that general
debate on the tariff bill had closed, with
the exception of the three hours to be al
| lowed each side on the day of the final
! vote. Amendments to the bill were then
considered - In the house Mr.. Cum
mings of New York spoke on question of
privilege, protesting against being black
| listed " by the famous Cannon resolution.
His remarks were quite personal, and they
were frequently interrupted Mr.. Cannon
replied.
| FRmAY.-The senate continued voting on
| tariff amendments. - The house consid-
cred the Clayton Breckenridge election
case, and the resolution declaring the seat
vacant was adopted, 105 to 81.
SATURDAY.-The senate took up the tariff
| bill at once, and numerous amendments
were proposed and voted on. This closed
| the consideration of the bill, except as to
the sugar section, reciprocity, and some
few reserved paragraphs. The voting be-
| gan on Tuesday, and, after the stage OF
third reading of the bill is reached, three
hours are to be allowed to each side for gen.
eral discussion. - In the house, after a
a brief debate, the conference report on the
river and harbor bill was agreed to. The
| bill for the erection of a new tower near
the site of the lighthouse on Smiths Island
Virginia, with senate amendments, was
laid before the house, and, after discussion
it was referred to the committee on com.
| merce.
MoNDAY-In the senate the house bill to
set apart a certain tract of land Ton which
the big trees stand) in California as public
park was passed without amendment. The
conference report on the river and harbor
appropriation bill was taken up and agreed
to without discussion. The tariff bill was
taken up, and amendments were made &c
the sugar schedule. The amendment OF
the finance committee to include maple
sugar in the bounty list was adopted
Messrs. Edmunds and Blair favored the
amendment and Mr.. Carlisle opposed it
60 The absence of quorum prevented
business in the house.
Foreign.
A STRIKE on the Panama railroad has
| ended, the company agreeing to pay former