The daily gazette., 1880-03-31
SECOND EDITION
WGshtngt0n.

THE TARIFF IN THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE - IMPORTANT AMEND
MENTs sADoPTED-THE TARIFF QUEs-
TIoN-IMPoRTANT ACTION BY THE
WAYS AND MEANS CoMM1TTEE-Po-
sITIoN OF THE CHAIRMAN.
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1880.
The republican Senators have deter
mined to oppose the provision in the
Immediate Deficiency bill which
amends the law in regard to elections
marshals. This will, open long and
possibly an exciting debate in the Sem
ate, and to little or no purpose SO far
as the public good is concerned. The
pretence for the republican opposition
is that the amendment is a rider, but
they will have hard work to convince
the country that their object is not
what is known to be the case of some
of the Senators, to prevent any change
in their bad and partisan laws before
the coming Presidential election.
While the Senate thus stands in the
verge of debate which may consume
some weeks, and while it has already
in hand the Geneva Award bill, which
will also take couple of weeks to set
tie, the House is gradually drifting in
to discussion of the tariff. The
Ways and Means Committee to-day,
on motion of Mr.. Carlisle, democrat,
of Kentucky, adopted the bill lowering
the duty on bichromate of potash to
two cents pound and putting chrome
on the free list. When this was ac-
complished, Mr.. Conger, republican, Of
Michigan, moved to amend by putting
wood pulp also on the free list, which
was agreed to. Mr.. Kelley, republi-
can, ofPennsylvania, thereupon moved
to amend still further 80 that all manu-
factured paper, wood pulp, jute butts,
manufactured fax straw and all
other fibre and fibrous plants fit for
use in the manufacture Of paper be
placed upon the free list. On this
proposition the vote in committe stood:
-Yeas-Messrs. Wood, Tucker, Nor
rison, Mills, Carlisle, FELTON,, demo-
Gratis, and Kelley and Dunnell, repub-
icans.
Tnereupon Mr.. Tucker moved to
still further amend by lowering the duty
on the following articles :-Flannels,
blankets, bats of wool, knit goods, Bal
morals, woollen and worsted yarns, all
manufactures of every description COM
posed wholly or in part of worsted, the
hair OF the alapaca goat or other like
animals. On this the yeas were -
Messrs. Wood, Tucker, Morrison, Mills,
Carlisle, and FELTON,, democrats, and
Garfield and Kelly, republicans. Nays
Messes. Phelps, democrat, and Dunnell
Frye, republicans. Mr. Conger. republi-
can, now moved that the rate of duty on
the last uamed articles be fixed at fifty
per cent, which was lost by tie vote -
Yeas-Phelps, democrat; Garfield Kelley,
Conger, Frye and Donnell, republicans.
Nays-All the democrrts except Phelps.
Mr.. Conner, republican, then moved to
put the duty at forty-five per cent, which
was lost by the same vote, and Mr..
fuckers motion to fix it at forty per
cent was carried ;-Yeas--Wood,
Tucker, Morrison, Mills, Carlisle and
Felter (democrat), aud Garfield, Kelley,
Conger aud Frye Cepublicans).
What will be the end of the matter
at the next meeting remains to be seen.
But 1t is now reasonably certain that a
tariff bill of some kind will be brought
into the House with the certainty that
if it is, it will be so thoroughly discussed
that parties will takes sides on the
question.
SENATOR THURMAN l
has been confined to his bed all day,
but is improving rapidly. He expects to
attend the session OF the Senate to-
morrow. ...