The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-10
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

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house it appropriated S.. 231, GEO. The
senate had increased the amount by
So, $40, 000, making it 81, S75, 900. This
had been reduced in conference to
Sc, 666. 900. The largest item in the
reduction was that for French spoila-
| ton claims. The conference report on
the tariff bill was presented and read
at length. MI. Aldrich said the con-
ference report and the bill. as modified
by it, were printed, and he did not
deem any further explanation OF its
provisions necessary. He hoped the
! senate would be able to reach a vote
on the report early this afternoon. Mr..
Morgan having referred to Mr.. Sher-
mans recent letter to Erastus Wymal,
| MI. Sherman said the statements there
in were consistent with the position he
always held-that it was by mutual
legislation and not by treaties that re-
ciprocity measures could be carried out.
At the close of Mr.. Morgan's speech
MI. Aldrich called for Il vote OF the
conference report. This was opposed
by Mr.. Cockrell. who said that Mr..
Carlisle desired to speak, but vas m
what indisposed to-day. Finally the
report was laid aside. The
house bill defining the duties
of Sergeant-at-arms passed. In
the house Mr.. Henderson OF Iowa
submitted the conference report on the
general deficiency bill. After some
debate it was agreed to. On motion
of Mr.. Henderson the bill passed APP
propriating SIS, 900 to supply the de-
ticiency in the appropriation for the
compensation of members of the house.
The conference report on the bill to
increase the efficiency of the signal
corps of the army and transfer the
weather service to the agricultural de-
partment vas agreed to. On motion
of Mi. Caldwell of Ohio the bill passed
to prevent the Dissertation of the
United States flag by the printing
thereon of any painting or advertise
ment.
In the senate on the 30th the con-
ference report on the tariff bill was
taken up and Mr.. Carlisle addressed
the senate. He would not, he said.
attempt to discuss the economic the
DRY of the bill. 1t was not his pur-
pose to state the effect of the measure
on the public revenue, because it would
be impossible to do so with any degree
of accuracy. But he would state ap-
proximately what it's effect on taxation
would be. No member of the finance
committee had ventured during the
tariff debate to express an opinion as
to what the effect of the bill would be
on the revenues of the government eX-
cept the senator from Iowa (Allison),
who in the course of a speech on the
subject of expenditures of the govern
ment had revived the subject to some
extent. Mr.. Allison criticised several
of Mr.. Carlisle's statements and denied
their accuracy. He (Allison) differed
from Mr.. Carlisle absolutely as to the
effect of the bill and gave it as his be-
lief that it would reduce the revenue
to an amount between $40. 600, 900 and
S45, 600, 600. On the question of tin
plate he expressed the belief that
within five years from this time the
United States would produce substan-
TALLY all the tin plate consumed here
and consumers would have it at a less
price than they paid for it last year.
Coming down to the sugar question.
he said he had conversed with the
planters of Louisiana who had come
to Washington and there was not
one of them who did not say the pro-
posed bounty would stimulate i'm
mensely the products OF sugar in Lou
isiana and be a great boom to them.
But now the senator IrGm Louisiana
(Gibson) charged the conferees with
discriminating against that industry.
If it were true that all the Louisiana
sugar planters spurned the bounty
and denounced it and declared il I'M
constitutional, they might find Il con-
gress that would take them at their
word. He believed that the bill was
on the whole u fair bill to every sec
ton of the country as Il protective
measure and he did not believe its
general effect would be be to operate
harshly on n section OF the country
as against another section. The SEN
ate then proceeded to vote on the con-
ference report, the result showing
yeas, SO; nays, q. So the conference
report was agreed to and now the tariff
bill needs only the signatures of the
presiding officers of both houses and
the president of the United States. In
the house the free delivery system bill
was passed. The bill was passed for
the appointment of an additional JUS
:tice of the supreme court of Arizona.
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley the con
current resolution was agreed to, di-
recting the clerk of the house to num-
Der ~consecutively the paragraphs of
the enrolled tariff bill. The senate
bill passed establishing a custom col
lection district in North and South
Dakota. Adjourned.
In the senate on the 1st the house
adjournment resolution with the
amendment providing for the final
adjournment of the session at >
o'clock this afternoon was agreed to.
The senate then went into executive
session. When the doors were re-
opened the conference report on the