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Show IN CONGRESS. limine-)-. Tran.aclexl TetfrJajr In the Two Hinse of tUe LeyN- lallye It Mir. SIGNS OF PEACE IN THE IRISH POLITICS Tried Tir Ilarlin?: IJfe iuons tlic Iwldier or Uic (;erman A nil J. A MEXICAN CONSUL FIGHTS FOR HIS HONOR. luullifiil lie.prr.idi, I'lariu? the Kole ..r a Hold-tip NUIi I Jtal IC-.ull. LyTefezrarh to the Ntwal 44IM.1II NSKIN VI. Thr Milppinf Sulnlils IIIII in the !Iur. VASiilNOTO, Jan. 7. III the IIuUm tile Rc-uate bill iiiinsi9ilii; from littj tOM-vtiiti tbe uurulxruf ann ollircra who rruy be detalloi to military collrgus waa iasM.nl. The Ilou-43 uetit into curuiulttee of the Whole on the chipi lug bill Herbert (Ala.) opjiosed the measure meas-ure I. caue it irujioe-t Iiidi'irim luate tojbsliij to vesseLi of tveri character in the foreijjn trade. It Has a natural result of the JIc-Kuilei JIc-Kuilei bill Dingle,) (Maine) rerieued the decadence of American chip ill); iuterents, bald ill iuth a oinJltlcu ad the countrj uow found ilelf, with onlj 12 ier ctut of the foreln-carrjlug tmde, with Great HriUiu tutreiiched on tVery ocean route, it was obvious that it was utterly out of tlmiKivtrof i rlvate liidtiduaL, without a?i-taii(.e in tome direction, to dislodge tlie shiii-piiiljof shiii-piiiljof Great lirltaiu. it waisntd the bill would not do for our mer tliant marine what was claimed for it We could judge of that by what a similar lJlk had done fir Frame. Willi less maritime peoi le than thoe,.flhe United States, within live j earn from the eeiablishmiut of a subsidy syetim, the steam tou-uaj,eof tou-uaj,eof France bad doubled. With the widest extent of coa-t know u to any nation, the United butted could reap a benefit from subMdieslar gnater tbin any other nation. Italy a 01 ted a tuleijy jolic iulb5o,ulld in four years her steam marine had increased 10 iier cent. The maximum maxi-mum expense of the bill the liret year would be 52,000 000, of which ail but about $KU,000 or $400,1100 would come from juxtage and tonnage ton-nage dues, faking the highest rate of increase In tonnage it was estimated esti-mated that as a result of the provisions provis-ions of the bill the greatest amount of eXenditures that w ould be needed need-ed in oueyear would lie $7 000,000, alter w Inch the rate of jay meut would teadily diminish. IJkeiyAUaspuri said lhree rieragaiiirtnuy attempt to rir-Uie rir-Uie American carry iug trade. The" first was the dilTereiice of cost be-l be-l een American and foreign esseL"; sreoud, the greater running exptn es American vessels were under; and third, thehar-haud re-tricllie features of our ua igation law s, exalting ex-alting heavy tonnage due3,cuu-ular fees and otlier dues. Furthermore, (he republican lulhy ot exclusion ot imiiorts wasat war with the Interests In-terests of tbe American carry iug trade. HeojipoMM subsiulesaudail other protection tosiecial iiniu.'.ries, and asked Fatqulur, iliairmau ot (be committee, how much the Pacific Pa-cific Mali steamship Company, which at one sessiou, be said, corrupted cor-rupted the employ ees of the House, would get. Farqubar ret lied tbatit would git Uie same as all otlier steamship companies. com-panies. LKickcry said that was no answer, and asked if the 1'acltic Mail stock had not ri-eu on the po-ibili'y ol the as.43ge ot the bill? 1-artpj bar warmly replied that if it Were so be was glad of it, anil liojitd tlie stock of every Amiricati company would increase in value. Dockery, retorting, Kild be wanted to take tbe fact home to the farmers of the West that five millions were being taken out of the Treasury to -u-taiu and support the ew h. upland up-land tliii-ow nets. George Gould, ne understood, was one of tlie "laboring men to be benefitted." Dokery then Invited attention to tlie restrictive scope of the reciprocity reciproci-ty advocated by tsecrctiry Illaine, so far as the formers w ere concerned, tlie defect that was fatal to su ldy, was alike fatal to reciprocity. Tin farmer could derive no benefit from reciprocity, lecau-e tlie south American countries had almost every article necessary for theirown consumption. Lit tlie country return re-turn to that propitious lolicy under which it explored eery sea an I cast anchor in every harbor. Divested Di-vested of artificial restrictions, our marine coui I renew and assert Its I Imiortauce upjn the ocean. I rending further debate tlie com-i inlttee ruse and the House adjourned. adjourn-ed. LN TnE SEATH. Washington, Jan. 7. In the senate the conference ri'iort on the public printing deficiency bill was agree 1 to. The financial bill was taken up and Daniel spuke in favor of free coinage. Plumb followed. He credited the silver ait of the last svs-lou with having had the eUVct of previ tiling a universal finauciil panic What ever might be said a3out Its shortcomings, short-comings, its elicit on the Immediate situation bad been of a iuunlfic--nt nhjnmlT Hi. vdiJ not share the (Sherman) as to what wou! J hap;en irotn the tree coinage ol silver, i'er- lia be w as not as sensiti e on that point as be might have been if be Had not heard similar foriodiiigs from the same quarter bad not Leeii reahz-d. He (Plumb was notable to give his sup rt to tbe bill re ported by tiie financial committee. He v. a- opposed to tin fir-l section, providing for tbe (Kircbase of J 12, 000.OK) worth of siller, lt would, of course, a Id that much money to the circulation, ind it uculd Inevitably In-evitably bear on its face a dipol lion to help a certain class cf er-sons er-sons at the txpense of the Treasury. It was In the interest of our trade and honest money that the country should establi-b as iieirly as -o-oible, a -rarity Ik tween gold aud silver. Tbe po(ulaliou of the country was Increa-lngatthe rate of two aud a half per cent, while tiie business was increasing at the rate of eight icr cent TIim circulation should hive relation to both imputation imputa-tion and bu-!ne . Theru should lie International bimetalim. He did nt h I I tliit the free coinage of silver sil-ver was a pana m for all evils, but he did contend that it was a wise and mucli needed fctt p its the right direction. Hi-cock spoke agtlnH free coinage. coin-age. Tlie jwople he repre-nted hail never believed tlie free coinage of silver would place that metal ou a parity with gold. sjawicr moed executive session. "Ob' said Kdmunds' "let us take a vote on thi bill now." - "T,. -IXWgltr ii' jJ-3S Stewart expressed a desire lliat an early day be fixed for a vote, say Saturday. Edmunds (In a tone of bitttr sarcasm) sar-casm) The session isdnwlng to a cioc nd this mast im-ortant and imniti uiate bill ought to l got Into tb-j form of a law at tlie earliest i-os-slble moment The country, of course, is sulTcringfor it Disaster aud Iraukrui Uj nre said to be Impending, Im-pending, and therefore we ought not to leave a stone utiiurued to get an immediate Mite upon it Executive session. Adjourned. |
