Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-02-11

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON. D. o., Feb. IL.

Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON. D. o., Feb. IL.
SENATE.
Mr.. Harris inquired of Mr.. spooner, chair
uaen of the committee on clsims, as to a bill
passed by the House for the payment OF
findings of the court of claims. 10 which bill,
he said, many Tennesseeans were interested.
Mr.. Spooner explained that be had e1-
amined the testimony accompanying the
6ndings of the court 10 ONE of the cases In
oluded In the bill, and had found that it did
not justify the action of the court In the
matter of the loyalty of the claimants He
had reason to think the might almost cay
he had reason TO know that during the last
administration the interests OF the Govern
meat in the court of claims had not been
faithfully represented and protected. He
had not, therefore, felt justified in reporting
toe bill. He had, however, drawn up an
amendment which he had presented to the
Committee this morning, and which had
been adopted and he expected to report
the hill and amendments to the Senate to-
day.
Mr.. Teller offered q resolution, which wac
agreed to, calling on the Secretary OF the
Treasury for q list OF all persons, firms or
associations by whom silver bullion had
been offered, under the act of July IA, $780,
the amounts and prices; q list OF those from
whom silver bullion had been purchased,
the amounts and prices; the basis on which
silver and the amounts and prices OF silver
bullion purchased outside of the United
| States.
The conference report on the bill for q
public building at Roanoke, Va, reducing
! the amount from 800. 900 to $4,000, was
presented and agreed to.
The consideration OF the naval appropria.
ton bill was resumed.
HOUSE.
The Senate amendment to the House bill
to 6x the rate Of wsges Of certain employees
OF the government printing Office was non.
coucnrred in.
The Senate bill was passed to establish 8
record and pension office In the War De-
partment.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole on the legislative appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Stookdalo, OF Mississippi, touching
upon the civil service law, said that it was
we'll known that that law was violated. II
the commissioner did not know 1t they
we're incompetent IL they could not apply q
remedy they were useless Referring to the
Bsrrundls affair, he said That the Uolted
States vas too great and grand 10 be the e.
lent, willing witness of as base q murder as
had ever disgraced the annals Of this or aDy
other country.
Nj. McAdoo, Of New jersey, voiced his
opposition to the shipping bill. He denied
tne charge that the opponents OF the meas.
ure were lacking in patriotism or In devo-
ton to the flag. He inveighed against the
subsidy system and contended that suoh a
system would not build up American COM
merce. He had always understood that
| CDumtICG Hh5 luc lubOlUudASO u
ties. But gentlemen on the other side said
that an American ship could be laden with
American manufactures aud American raw
material aud taken to Valparaiso and that
the cations would run down, not with raw
material and free wool to take the place Of
the shoddy now worn by the American
workiugmsn, but With money bags. That
might be poetic and ideslistic commerce,
bat it never had existed In the history ofthe
world and never would. Commerce would
not he regained by unfair reciprocity intend
ed to delude the American people. The
American flag would not be restored
to those By so-called reciprocity. The
TARIFF walls were responsible for the de-
cay-no one could eat his cake and have 1t
too. II this nation was going to commit It.
self to the policy OF subsidy 1t shonld under
stand what 1t mern'. The subsidy propos-
cd by the shipping bill. was too much
for nothing and too little for anything.
L. was con SEQ ID that it would cost 40 FER
cent. more 10 run an American ship than 1t
did to run a foreign ship. Therefore, II thIa
nation intended to compete with other ma
tons In the matter OF subsidies 1t must give
q subsidy 40 per cent. greater than was paid
by Any other country. He argued that sub
s!dy would not result In lowering freight
rates to the pTcdnots Of the farm. Freight
rates bad never been lower and competition
had never been greater than they were tc-
day. II the subsidy lowered the rates. the
smnunt Of the fubsldY would have TO be