Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-09
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THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.
 Discussing the Shipping Bfli in tn, House-The Financial Btll in th' I Senate.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. - Toward tn, expiration of the morning hours the hous'
 went into committee on the shipping bill MT. Fithlah of Illinois argued agains the system of subsidies.
 MT. Wheeler of Michigan spoke briefly
 in favor of the bill
 MT. Grosvenor of Ohio said the opposi l tion to the bill had been based on the ground that it was republican measure. Why should that be soa Why on ques. tion which involved the best interests of great nation should the democratic party
 always be found on the wrong sides Why
 was it that the democratic party to-day
 stood on the same platform and in the
 same position that it had occupied for half 8 century-obstructing progressa
 MT. McMillan-It seems to be popular with the people. Laughter
 Mir. Grosvenor said that he would come to that question later. The popularity with the people was a divided popularity and the victory had been divided vic tory. And when an apportionment of the proceeds of the victory was made among the heterogeneous and discordant elements which had made up the victory it would be hard to see how his friend from Tennessee would come out as to as- sets. [Laughter.] When the gentleman took stock it would be found that never since days since the sheet was lowered down from heaven
 s'When was thatg' calculated deep voice from the republican side, amid a peal of laughter.
 MT. Grosvenor replied that he was ad- dressing the infidels on the other side. Laughter. When this sheet, containing all manner of birds and beasts and creep ing things, was let down from heaven there found in the happy family in which the gentleman from Tennessee would shortly find himself
 Recurring to the discussion of the bill, MT. Grosvenor stated that it was not meet ing his views. He would not have subsi- dized in the future all classes of merchant ships and he would be glad to see in this bill provision in some degree copied from the French law which granted sub sidy year by year to ships until at the end of five or six years it ceased to be applicable to those ships He would not pay bounty to merchant ships for the purpose of having that bounty applied to the lowering of freight rates. He would pay a bounty to the ships, and would ex- pect that the increased number of ships would produce, under the law of supply and demand, the cheapening of freight rates. But the committee on merchant marine and fisheries had seen fit to make a different arrangement, and he bowed to its superior wisdom. It was the purpose of . bill like this to find a market for the pro- ducts of American labor which had been produced under the influence of pro- tective tariff. So this bill was proper corollary of the Mckinley bill. The one built up American produce, the other fur nished the means of transporting it to foreign markets.
 Pending the conclusion of Mir. Grosven- or's remarks the committee rose and the house adjourned.
 SENATE.
 Mir. Stewart called up in the senate his motion to vote upon the financial bill to- and MT. German objected and ar gued for an elaborate debate. After tedious discussion on MT. Stewards propo- sition unanimous consent was given to made by MT. Ingalls, to the effect that general debate on the finance pill shall close at the adjournment on Tuesday next. That then ten minutes discussion shall be in order, and that the l inal vote on the bill and amendments l 'han be taken before the adjournment on Wednesday next.
 MT. Turpie addressed the senate in sup port of MT. Stewards amendment for the l rec coinape of silver and in the course of lis remarks declared that it was impossi- ,le for the senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) 0 take fair, impartial, judicial view of l hat amendment.
 Mr. Call next addressed the senate, di- 'ecting his remarks principally to the dan ger threatening the country from the | 'normous wealth now in the hands of 8 small number of families. | n conclusion he declared that he would 1 with all his heart vote for MT. Stewards l 
 The bill was then laid aside.
 After brief executive session the sen .te at 4:35 adjourned till tomorrow noon. l