The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-01


Of the majority Of the Senate.
Mr.. DAVIS tKy) called the yeas and nays and
the yeas ard nevs wouid force a susoension of
business, the bill was Informally passed over.
The senate then proceeded TO the cousldera-
mittee on Claims.
A bill authorizing the issue of eight thousand
dollars in United States notes to the Mercantile
Mutual Insurance Company of New York, to
make good loss of that sum i'm Treasury notes,
by the wreck of vessel at sea in December,
A bill for the Improvement OF the streets of
Washington city was passed.
The Tariff bill was taken up at 20, the pend
ing question being upon MIR. SpIague's amend
ment to increase the duty on horseshoe nails
from to 7 cents per pound. This was
Mr.. SPRAGUE moved to increase the duty on
eyelets of every description from 90 to 90 per
cent ad valorem. Disagreed to-
Mr.. SPRAGUE offered an amen dment of seve-
raj paragraphs, increasing the duty on cotton
machinery, Disagreed to. Heas-Mr. Sprague-
MIR. .FREirNGuUYsEN IN. J.) moved to amend
by increasing the duty on Skivers or roansi
picked or salted, from lO To 10 per cent. al va
loren. Disagreed do.
Mr.. FRELINGHUYsEN moved to amend by in
creasing the duty on morocco, enameled, glazed,
Japanned and patent leather from 40 to 30 per
cent. Disagreed to.
MIR. FRBLiNGHUYsEN moved to amend by in
Guiding silk, with fur hats at 40 per cent. ad
valolem. Disagreed to-
Mr.. STEWART moved to amend by striking
out The words mot including taggers iron"
from the following paragraph ION sheet iron
or plate iron thinner than No. q wire gauge
not including taggers iron, 2l{ cents per pound"
Also, to strike out the following paragraph -
"On taggeTs iron, not exceeding fourteen inches
in width by twenty inches in length, 30 per cent
The amendment was disagreed to.
Mr.. FOWLER moved to amend by reducing the
duty coffee from to cents per pound.
Mr.. HENDERSON moved TO amendment by re-
duciug the duty to 2l@ cents.
Mr.. Fowlers amendment being an amend
ment to the bill before the Senate, which was
itself an amendment to the House BILL Mr..
Henderson's proposition was decided by the
Chair Mr.. DoOLITTLE, to be not in order.
Mr.. FOWLER called for the yeas and nays on
his amendment, and they were called as fol-
lows
Cragin. johnson, Kirkwood, Lane, Patterson,
Ramsey, Stewart and Yates-l7.
NAYS.-Messrs. Cattell, Cowan, Edmunds, Fes-
sender, Fogg, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Howard,
Morrill,, Morgan, Poland, Sprague, Van Wrinkle,
Wade, Wiley, Williams and WilSOu-l7.
So the amendment was disagreed to, and the
duty on coffee stands at cents per pound.
Mr.. HENDERSON moved TO reduce the duty
on tea from % TO ID cents pound. Disagreed to,
Mr.. HENDERSON moved to decrease the duty
on sugar not above No. u Dutch standard in
color from to II cents per pound. Disagreed
Mr.. FOSTER moved to amend by adding to the
duty OF 30 per cent. ad valorem on pocket knives,
a specific duty of 80 cents per dozen on all
pocket knives costing over 50 per dozen. Dlsa-
greed to,
Mr.. HENDERSON moved to decrease the duty
on salt from "A cents per 100 pounds to 80 per
cent ad valorem.
Mr.. HENDRICKS asked how much reduction
there was in this?
Mr.. HENDERSON said the cost of salt was I3
cents per 100 pounds. The proposed tariff was
"a cents per 100 pounds, or nearly 200 per cent.
He proposed TO reduce it to 80 per cent. The
existing tariff was IS cents per 100 pounds The
proposed amendment was not agreed to.
Mr.. HENDERSON moved to amend by increas-
ing the duty on linseed and flaxseed from 70 to
30 cents per bushel. Disagreed to.
Mr.. HENDERSON moved TO strike out the 221
section of the bill, which allows a drawback on
ali materials used In the construction OF sailing
vessels
In offering this amendment he made speech,
in the course of which he denounced the bill as
opposed to the interests of the West and pecu-
liarly favorable to the Eastern States.
Mr.. JOHNSON (Md0 replied to Mr.. Henderson
that he did not believe any such enmity tc the
West as Mr.. Henderson had spoken OF had
existed. He did not believe any such conside-
rations entered into the minds OF Senators in
voting on this bill. They certainly did not enter
into his mind.
MIR. HENDERsoN said he could not see the JUS
tice of giving a drawback on sloop built to
run between Baltimore and Fortress Monroe,
and TO refuse IT ON steamboat built TO run on
the Mississippi.
proposition as it stands on the bill. The build
ing of ships was great interest, winch the Go
Vernment ought TO foster, and the section as 1T
stands, received the unanimous assent OF the
Finance Committee
After the debate, participated in by Messrs
Davis Hendricks, Fowler and Williams. the
amendment was disagreed to.
YEAs-Messrs. Bucl1alew, Davis, Doolittle,
Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks, Lane, PatLer-
son, Sherman, Trumbull and Yates.
NAYs.-Messrs Cattell, Chandler, Conness,
Cragin, Edmunds, Fessenden,, F0gg, Foster,
son, Kirkwood, McDougall, Morgan, Morrill,,
Poland, Ramsey, SpIague stewart, Van Win
kle, Wade, Wiley, Williams and Wilson-26
MIR. GRIMES moved to amend by increasing
the duty on dried beef from l to IL cents per
pound. Also to increase the duty on cured
meats from So to S3 per Dbl. Disagreed TO-
Mr.. GRIMES moved to reduce the duty on
printing paper from 20 to 10 per cent. Dis
eYEAsNMessrs. Davis, Doolittle, Fogg, Grimes,
! Henderson, Hendricks, Lane, McDougall, Pat
! terson, Ramsey, Trumbull and Yates-l2,
NAYs-Messrs. Buckaew, Cattell, Chandler,
! Conness, Cragin, Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster
! Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howard, Howe
| Johnson, Morgan, Morrill,, Poland, sherman
| Sprague, Stewart, Van Wrinkle, Wade. Wiley
Williams and Wilson'S
| Mr. GRIMES moved to amend by striking out
| the entire section imposing duty on lumber.
Mr.. GRIMES moved to strike ship timber from
| the free list Disagreed to.
| AT llI0 p. M, Mr.. HENDRICKS suggested that
| as the majority seemed determined to pass the
| bill as IL now stood, vote might as well be
| taken now.
| MIR, HENDERsoN wished to amend the bill as
| to the time when it should take effect, and
| moved TO strike out the first day of April anO
make it take effect from after the passage OF the
| act.
| Mr.. STEWART moved to reconsider the vote
| by which Mr.. Wilson's amendment increasing
| the duty on wooden goods was adopted. The
| vote was reconsidered, and Mr.. Wilson's amend
| ment was modified SO as TO read ION all wooden
| cloths valued at $3.50 per pound and less, q pei
| cent ad valorem; over $3.50 and less than So pei
| pound, so cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad
| valorem; over 81, so cents per pound and 10 pei
| cent ad valorem."
The amendment, as modified, was agreed to.
The bill was read third time and passed a
| 1890 A. NJ, by the following vote:-YEAs-
| Messrs Cattell, Chandler Conness, Cragin
Edmunds, Fessenden, Fogg, Foster, Freyling
gan McDougan, Morrill,, Poland. Ramsey
Sherman, Sprague, stewart, Van Wrinkle