'6144 OO~GRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. JULY 17, study, the leading cla ses are opposed t.o what is c!l'lled t~e protective A bill (S. No. 1942) granting condemned cannon to Abe Lincoln school of politic . They honestly believe as agncnltunsts that free Post No. 29 of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Council Bluits, trade will be better for them. I do not think so, and if my friend Iowa, for monumental purposes. from Indiana expects to carry out the Coleman letter of General A bill (S. No. 2050) donating four condemned cast-iron cannon J" ackson-and General. Jackson undoubtedly was a protectionist in and four cast-iron cannon-balls for the soldiers' monument at hon­ a. moderate way-if he expects the Democratic party to carry out ton, Ohio; and those ideas he will be mistaken. He will have to fall back after all A bill (S. No. 2057) gmnting condemned cannon, &c., to the city upon that party which believes that it is best for the farmer, best of Marshalltown, Iowa. for the cotton-grower, best for all classes of citizens that our indus­ HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. tries shall be diversified, by wise protective1aws; that wherever a The bill (H. R. No. 1858) to provide additional industrial train­ trade, an occupation, a manufacture can with a reasonable prospect ing schools for Indian youth and authorizin" the use of unoccupied be built up with theaidof omeassistancefrom the tarifflaws, that military barracks for such purpose was read twice by' its title, :mel assistance should promptly be given. referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. And, sir, I say to him that I am in favor of protection, bnt not to The bill (H. R. No. 4443) to amend sections 3 and 4 of the act of the capitalist. The capitalist is able to take care of himself. There February 21, 1879, to fix the pay of letter-carriers, and for other was a time when it was the interest of this country to build up cap­ purposes, was read twice by its title, and referred to the Commit­ ital and induce capital to be invested in machinery and to start tee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. factories; but the growth of wealth in this great country of ours has been so rapid that already there is more surplus wealth here EXECUTIVE SESSION. than in almost any country in the world. It is no longer necessary Mr. MORRILL. I renew my motion. to protect the capitalists; but we must protect labor. The people The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is moved that the Senate pro­ of this country never will and never can be made to compete with ceed to the consideration of executive business. the labor of European countries. They are not accustomed to the The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the con­ hard usa(J'e and hard fare. They will not do with the food and care sideration of executive business. After forty-nine minutes spent in and nurt~e and housing of the laborer of Europe. It is for that executive session the doors were reopened, and (at six o'clock and reason that the laborer of Europe, whenever he can, comes here to twenty-fiv-e ininutes p.m.) the Senate adjourned. share our bl~ssings. The ouject of these protective laws, if wisely administered, wisely earried out, is to protect the laboring-men, to give them opportuni­ ties to educate their children, to give them a comfortable home, a comfortable housing, good clothing, and fair wages, and enable HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. them to mn,ke their way in life. Thus it is and by means of agencies MONDAY, J1.tly 17, 1882. like these that we find the richest men in this country to-day were the laborers of only a few years ago. In every city o~ the country The House met at eleven o'clock a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain, you will find the men who now are called the cap1tahsts were the Rev.F.D.POWER,D.D. iaboring-men who labored with their own hands in honest toil, and The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday last was read and probably laid the foundation of their fortunes in that labor. approved. I uo not want to go further into this subject except to say that I PERSO:NAL EXPLA...~ATION. trust the Senate will regard this as an opportunity of doing a great :Mr. McLANE. Mr. Speaker, I desire t o trespass upon the atten­ O'OOd to the people of the United States; that we ought to confine tion of the House for a few moments. On last Saturday I was not the opemtions of this bill to such a reduction of taxes as will render present in the House, being detained by indispotiition. \Vhen the the greatest possible service. I. do not, for one, l?eli~v-e that t~ba~co item in the river and harbor bill appropriating $20,000 for the sur­ is deserving of an;v more reduction of taxes than IS g en by this b1ll, vey of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was under considera­ to the amount of $7,000,000 or $8,000,000. If you reduce the tobacco tion, the honorable chairman of the Uommittee on Commerce [.Mr. tax $13 000,000 more, as is now proposed-the tax on manufactured PAGE] stated that if I were present I would no doubt agree with tobaQc~ yields $26,000,000, a~d if you take ~13,000,00q off that, you tho committee to non-concur. disable your elves from making those necessary reductwns and mod­ I want to confirm that statement, and to say in explanation that ifications in the tariff laws when the time shall come when we can this was the course agreed upon by the committee with reference to properly and fairly deal with that question. all the amendments of the Senate without re~ard to their merits. I say, "let well enough ~lo?-e;" let us do what. go?d we can now, We deemed this the best method of dealing witn the bill and bring­ with the assurance that w1thm one year from th1s time we may be ing all its items to the attention of the committee of conference. able, or shall have the opportunity at least, to correl!t any other in­ Therefore, the conclusion which was drawn by more than one hon­ congruities ln the tariff laws or make any reduction that is then in orable gentleman on this side of the House that there was 1 obody our power to do. here to defend the item was altogether unwarranted. Not only was On the question of the sugar reduction I may h~ve occasi?n, wh.en this conclusion uuwan-anted, but so far as I am personally concerned the subject comes up properly, and when that subJect alone IS consid­ I desire to say to at least one of those honorable gentlemen, my frienu ered, to say something further auout the amendment proposed by from Kentucky, [Mr. CARLISLE, ] that I have not only advocated the the Committee on Finance. proposition with reference to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Mr. MORRILL. I understand there is a necessity for an executive whieh was contained also in the last river and harbor bill, but I e-_qgion. I therefore move that the Senate proceed to the considera­ have been a supporter of the proposition to purchase for the Govern­ tion of executive busine s. ment and dedicate to the commerce of the country the LouisTille and The PRESIDENT p1·o tempore. Will the Senator wHhdraw that Portland Canal. At the unanimous request, as I supposed, of the motion for a moment Y Kentucky delegation of the last Congress and in this, I have voted to Mr. MORRILL. Yes, sir. put that canal in the po session of the Government and make it a free TELEGRAPHIC CO~iMUl\"""CATIOX WITl'l EUROPE. canal, regarding that as one of the wisest measures that could be adopted by the Government. So far as the principle is concerned, I The PRESIDENT P'I'O temp01·e. The Chair lays before tho Senate for one am fully committed to it, not onlywitll reference to that and :the bill (S. No. 2084) to encourage and promote telegraphic commu­ other Western canals, hut also to tho Delaware aucl Chesapeake nication between America and Europe, returned from the House of Canal, as wise measures for facilitating commerce. Repre~entatives with an amendment. MESSAGE FRO::U: THE SESATE. The amendment of the House of Representatives was read, being in section 1, line 9, after the word "amalgamn,tion," to insert "com­ A message from the Senate, by Mr. Smso~, one of its clerks, an­ bination to establish rates." nounced that the Senate had concurred in the amendment of the Mr. WINDOM. I ask that the Senate concur in the House amend­ House to the bill (S. No. 1068) for the relief of certain citizens of ment. I am sure there will be no objection. It simply prevents Tennessee. combinations with other companies. The message also announced that the Senate had passed without The amendm nt was concurred in. amendment the joint resolution (H. R. No. 174) for printing tho report of the Life-Saving Service. E~ROLLED BILLS SIGNED. The messag~ also announced that the Senate had passed with A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. McPHERSO~, amendments, in which the concutrence of the House was requested, its Clerk, announced that the Speaker of the Honse had signed the the bill (H.