Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-09
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION

Defended Against Voorhees, Attack by MI
Again Brought Up in the senate-Oua,
Gets Frick's Interview Printed.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The Senate die
not make much progress to-day on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, although II
spent four hours In consideration. Th,
regular annual discussion on the subject O.
geological survey was INDUCED in, and the
Chief of Geological Survey, Major Cowell,
came in for more than his ordinary share o.
criticism for his methods of seconding au
annual appropriation of about 81, 600, ,0OU
Finally science carried the day by vote OF
81 to q.
The resolutions as to the Homestead con.
f1ict were not reported back from the Com
mittee on Contingent Expenses, but Mr.,
Gallinger, who offered the first of them, OBJ
tanned the floor and made speech in de-
fense of the policy of protection.
The Associated Press interview with Mr.
Frick was presented by Mr.. Quay, and read
so as to secure its publication in the Record
Mr.. Hill made speech, practically his
first effort in the Senate, in explanation of
q Ull4 ny ulu changing the date
of the dedication of the Worlds Fair build
ings at Chicago from the 18th to the 21st of
October, and the Senate paid him fhe com.
pliment of immediately passing tine bill
without the formality of referring it to a
committee.
Mr.. Gallinger, referring to the resolution
which he offered Wednesday as to the
Homestead conflict, said he had hoped it
would have been agreed to without par
tislan discussion, but in that he had been
disappointed, inasmuch as the Senator from
Indiana had seen fit to arraign the Repub-
hcan party and hold it and the tariff re.
sponsible for the unfortunate outbreak and
bloodshed in Pennsylvania. He expressed
his belief that the system under which
Pinkerton detectives were employed was a
vicious one, and he trusted that the COM
mittee would investigate that phase of the
question and give to the country reliable
information about it. AS to the merits of
the contest, his impression was that an
inveStigation would show that both sides
were in a measure right Capital was
often selfish, arrogant and despotic;
yet capital had rights as well as labor, and
employees as well as employers sometimes
did wrong He sympathized with the labor.
ing man, but it would be remembered that
in the Homestead case the scale of prices
suDlnitteu DI tne company QlQ not very
materially affect wages, and that if the
question had been submitted to arbitration
(as it should have been done) trouble would
have doubtless been averted He believed
the remedy for labor troubles in the United
States would be found in the reduction of
immigration. He thanked God
that he belonged to the political party
which had done so much for the laboring
people of the country, for without American
industry American labor would 60 unem-
ployed.
The sundry civil bill was then taken up
and the paragraph for surveys and resurveys
of public lands was amended by increasing |
he appropriation to $3.50, 900. After dis |
posing OF 20 pages of the bill it was laid |
lside.
The House bill to reduce the duty on tin |
,late was laid before the Senate and referred |
Adjourned.