The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-03
Foreign.
Congress-.

TUESDAY, July 26-The nomination of
Mr.. Shiras as a justice of the supreme court
was confirmed in an executive session of
the senate, which lasted but five minutes.
Mr.. Aldrch then addressed the senate on
the effects of the tariff. Mr. Vest replied,
and speeches were made by other senators.
Inc report of the conference committee on
the general deficiency bill was presented
and agreed to. The house bill granting a
pension of $40 month to army nurses was
passed with amendments. and conference
was ordered. - In the house the con-
ference report on the general deficiency ap.
preparation bill was agreed to, and the
house resumed consideration of the sundry
civil bill. Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama spoke
on the force bill, and Mr.. Otis of Kansas
made free silver speech.
wEDNEsDAY.-The senate took up the
anti.option bill, and Mr.. Coke made an ar
gument against the constitutionality of the
bill. The senate bill to create a national
highway commission was passed. Many
house pension bills were also passed. The
senate bill to facilitate the enforcement of
the immigration and contract labor laws of
the United States was taken up, on motion
of Mr.. Chandler, and after explanation and
some verbal amendments was passed.
- The house proceeded to the further
consideration of the Worlds Fair amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr.. Holman, the house in
sisted on its disagreement to all the minor
senate amendments. Then came the
amendment appropriatlng S5,0O0,000 and
Mr.. Bankhead's pending amendment re-
ducing the appropriation to So, was lost;
yeas II, nays al. Mr.. Holman them
moved that the house insist on its disagree
ment to the senate amendments pending
which Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania moved
that the house recede from its disagree
ment, and on this motion the yeas and
nays were ordered. The vote was in favor
of receding, III to 105. All the republicans
present. fifty-four, voted to concur in the
senate amendments. The ten farmers al
lance members voted against concurrence,
and thirty-three democrats voted to concur.
No further action was taken on the bill.
THURsDAY.-The senate debated the anti
option bill. - The house passed reso-
luton providing for adjournment on the
following Saturday at two o'clock. The
speaker stated the pending motion to be to
| table the motion to reconsider the vote by
| which the house receded from its disagree
ment to the senate Worlds Fair amend
ment. Immediately the filibusterers came
to the front and the house adjourned.
FR1DAY.-Mr. Carlisle addressed the SEN
ate in reply to the tariff speeches of Messrs.
Hale and Aldrich. He was followed by Mr.,
Proctor, who sent to the clerks desk and
had read, as a response to some of Mr.. Car
| isles arguments, a newspaper interview
with j. III. Rogers, managing partner OF the
| South Wales and Cambria tin plate works.
After the reading, Mr.. Proctor repeated
with emphasis Mr. Rogers answer to the
| question as to what would be the effect of
Mr.. Cleveland's policy if he was elected
that the duties would be gradually lowered
and that wages would consequently fall;
that wages in America were about double
what they were in England, and that if
| America adopted free trade, wages would
probably be reduced one-half, and would
become about equal to the wages in Eng
land. AS to labor strikes in the United
| States Mr.. Proctor said that he would not
insist that they had nothing to do with the
republican policy Of protection. Strikes
would not occur if there was not great
demand for labor. When the head of an
aristocrat fell under the knife of the guillo-
tine during the French revolution, it used
| to be a common remark that " toothache
would trouble him no more" and so he
would say that if there was not such de-
mand for labor, those little pains and
troubles would not occur. He would rather
save his head and save the prosperity OF
| the country, than have a cure for the tooth
ache and for those minor ills, The greater
the prosperity of the country, the greater
its business enterprises, the more numerous
its industrial establishments, the more
would labor troubles arise. Messrs. Sher-
man and Allison also criticised Mr., Car
isles speech. - In the house, Mr.. Boat
ner of Louisiana introduced resolution
calling for the appointment of committee
to investigate the truth of Representative
Watson's charges relative to drunkenness
of members of the house, and to recommend
what course shall be taken with respect to
the member (Mr. Watson), if the charge is
found to be untrue. Mr.. Boatners resolu-
ton was ruled to be privileged, and was
adopted without division.
SATURDAY.-The house filibustered to
prevent the passage of the Worlds Fair APP
preparation Mr.. Holman of Indiana of
fered resolution extending the appropri.
atoms carried by the sundry civil bill of last
year until August 4. The speaker reserved
his decision on the point of order that the
resolution was not permissible.
MoNDAY.-Mr. Hawley addressed the sen
ate on the tariff and he was followed by
Mr.. Hiscock. - The house debated the
appropriation for the Worlds Fair, but nc
action was taken.