The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-06-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
4 VERY SMALL ATTENDANCE OF
SENATOR'S.
The Representatives still Working OH
the POstofice Appropriation Bill.

By Telegraph 10 The State Chronicle,
WASHINGTON, June 2.-(Senate) u
The hegira to Minneapolis depleted
the attendance in the Senate this morn
ing. Only twenty Senators being
present when Senator Manderson of
Nebraska called that body to order.
Mr.. Allison moved that when the
Senate adjourned today it should be to
meet again on Monday next. Agreed
to. Mr.. Vest Of Missouri gave notice
that he would call up the free wool
bill on Monday and submit remarks
thereon, and Mr.. Morgan of Alabama
said that on Tuesday he would speak
on the silver bill. Mr.. Turpie of In
diana spoke on a resolution calling on
the secretary of state for information
regarding reciprocity with Hayti, Co.
lumba and Venezuela. He prefaced
his remarks 10y stating that the chief
executive and his premier (Mr
Blaine) seemed to be running race
last congress, as to who should first
receive credit for inaugurating the tar
ifT reciprocity scheme, but neither of
these statesman could lay the slightest
claim to the discovery of that policy.
Treaties were made and carried into
effect regarding the tariff long before
the beginning of the century. Con-
cernng the recent reciprocity treaties
negotiated by his government, Mr.. Tur-
pie said the secretary of State had come
TO our relief as taxing power. "Who-
soever taxes he RENTS, they are
remitted; whosoever taxes he retains,
they are retained" The president,
contended Mr.. Turpie, could not make
a treaty in any other way than that
allowed by the constitution. The
whole ciprocity scheme was like ship
ping corn to Barcelona for the purpose
of building castles in spain. In ref
erence 20 the rejection of reciprocity
with the United States by the United
States Of Columbia, Mr.. Turpie
said that Columbia's answer to the
Secretary of State could be summed ut
like this: "We are well aware, Mr.
Secretary, that you are putting up for
a stage performance with background
of free trade, we decline to take par
in the performance or to act in it
either as supernumeraries or heroes. >
Mr.. Turpie said the presidents recip
rocity proclamations were heavily
loaded but they missed force. He die
not believe that the commercial pros
perity was to be affected by the estab
lishment of round of commercial
speak eases. This administration
trembled at the thought of ''real recip
rocity." Its reciprocity did not dea
with barrels or bales, but with ballots
Its purpose was to divert the minds O
the people from the iniquities of th
tariff. Mr.. Turpie made a bitter at
tack on the Mckinley bill. But, h
said, credit should be given to some o
the claims Of its supporters. Their
had been an increase of wages an
work in one class under its provisions
the Pinkerton detective, who ha
thrived by the strikes and other trou
blcs caused by the measure. At tn
close of Mr.. Turpie's remarks the reso
luton was adopted without dissent.
number of bills were passed, anon
them the Senate bill to amen
the revised statute relating
appeals to the United State
supreme court. Two o'clock havin
arrived Mr.. Stewards free coinag
bill was taken up and Mr.. Stewart
Nevada continued his speech in i
favor. He was surprised, he sai'
when Mr.. Sherman, day before ye
terday, expressed his admiration
the Bland. Allison act. He was su
Prised at the remarks of the Senat,
from Ohio, because of the views e:
pressed by him in his annual repor
when secretary Of the treasury. Th
he had made the same ominous predi
ton that he was now making. M
Sherman had been against the Blan
Allison bill. 1t seemed to him M
Stewart) that Mr.. Sherman S yecolle
ton must be very defective, or b
prophesies and predictions n
very valuable. Concerning M
Shcrman's statement that Il
current silver law wOu
bring us to silver standard. NJ
Stewart said that the law would
worse than that. He would do an
thing to keep the people from bel
enslaved to buy gold to pay obligatio
made in silver and paper. 1t was t
duty OF the secretary of the treasury
redeem the obligations of the Cover
ment in the currency most convenie
At the national conventions both p
Ties would nominate their men and t
US We must fight on the tariff. Tal
reform was fight over the schedul
but the word reform covered up he
Oh sham, and it was used in place
schedule. The silver men did not o
pose a new standard; they asked
'urh 10 an ancient standard. 1t '
only the enactment of law similar
mat repealed in 1873 that was asl