Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-31
CONGRESSIONAL.


WASHINGTON August 30th.-In the Senate to-
day Morgan presented the resolutions OF a col
ored mass meeting in Birmingham. Alabama,
against the passage of the Federal election Dill
Several unimpOrtant bills of local character
were passed, and the tariff bill was then taken
ND, the pending question being Carlisles mo-
ton to strike out the wool paragraphs, SO as to
place wool on the free list Daniel addressed
the Senate in support of the amendment.
After considerable debate vote was taken,
and Carlisles motion to strike out the wool
paragraphs was rejected-yeas IL, nays ".
strict party vote.
The Finance Committee reported an amend.
ment to the paragraph relating to wooden and
worsted goods worth less than 30 cents per
pound by increasing the rate per pound from
twice to two and hall times the duty per
pound on unwashed wool of the first class.
Allison believed that some of the rates in the
wool schedule were too high. The Republican
members of the Finance Committee, however,
had been told by their Democratic associates to
go on and make up bill to suit themselves,
and that they (the Democrats) would content
themselves with offering amendments to it, and
therefore the bill was now treated on both sides
of the chamber as party question.
Plumb said Allison's statement meant that
every line and letter and punctuation point in
the wool schedule had become an article of
party faith. and that as party man he Al
lison) was obliged to stand by them all. He
Plumb did not believe in bargains where one
side did all the trading.
Allison replied TO Plumb's structures. Hewas
in favor of the general principles OF protection
to American industries and American interests,
as he understood them. and therefore it was
when the minor details of the bill were reached
that he surrendered his own judgment end
stood upon the enlightened judgment OF his
associates He expected, however, that on some
material points in the bill he would be found in
antagopism with some of his associates on the
committee. He admitted that he never had
been satisfied with the wool schedule He did
not believe it would be wise for the American
farmer to undertake to produce low-priced
woods, bat he was willing to give him chance
to test the experiment thoroughly.
Hawley informed AL ison that whenever the
duties on wool were reduced it would be found
that the wooden manufacturers would show an
equal readiness to have the duty on WOODEN
goods reduced
Allison said he was not prepared to suggest
that the great wool-producing industry of the
country should not be protected as other indus
tries were protected when the country was
willing to be put on free trade basis He
would go with Carlisle in his motion to put wool
on the free list, but until that point was reached
he was in favor of caring for the wool-growers,
as he was in favor of caring for other industries
As 10 the needs of the Government in regard to
the revenue. he would speak on that point
when the sugar question came up for considera-
ton and he thought he should be able to show
conclusively that sugar could be put on the free
list and the consumers relieved of two cents
pound on the price.
No action on the paragraph was reached.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, August 3Oth.-The House this
morning took up the bill for the adjustment of
the accounts of laborers, wcrkmen and me-
chances arising uuder the eight-hour-law. The
measure was earnestly advocated by Caruth,
Dingley of Maine, Covert. Morrill,, Flower,
Wade, Reilly Osborne and Farquhar.
Bremen asserted that men who had worked
in the navy yard had entered into a contract
with the Government to work ten hours and
had been paid for ten hours work. To say they
took the work under protest and ought to be re-
paid for the extra two hours was too ridiculous
an argument to be presented.
Brewer offered an amendment providing that
the Act shall not be operative whenever the
Court of Claims shall find that claimant per-
formed the service under any contract ex-
pressed or implied and has been paid the
amount agreed upon. The amendment was
adopted. The bill was then passed.
The House then proceeded TO the considera-
ton of the bill amensing the alien contract
law.
After some discussion the bill was passed
without opposition also the bill prohibiting
the employment of convict labor on public
works. the bill to prevent the purchase of
supplies, the product of convict labor by the
United States. the bill giving consent to North
Dakota to appropriate section of land for use
of State agricultural college, and the confer
ence report on the bill to prevent collisions at
sea.
Adjourned.