The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-08
NEWS CONDENSED.
DoINos or ooNoREss.


cents per pound to % pcr cent nj
salorem. The duty on nickel III ore
Or other crude form was reduced
from ~ cents per pound 70 Is ccntA
The paragraph embracing xinc, spelter. tu<
tencgue, etc. being reached. Mr.. Vest de.
.lared that, while he believed in Il tariff for
revenue. no also believed that the protection
incidental to every tariff should he given TO
infant inhasii!ca This ha regarded as good
Democratic doctrine. Mr.. tonger welcomed
Nj, Vest Is th. ranks uf the rrotectionsts
Mr.. Nasald regretted Mr., Vests avuwal that
he would y. Influenced by locnl considcra.
tons IN dealing with the tariff question IL
generally entertained II would he absolutely
iatal 10 Nil attempts To reform the tariff.
The House discussed the Tariff bill all uay, In
committee 81 the whole When the section
uas reached whichproyities TINT a duty shall
ie paid upon Interpretations Of articles sub
tsct IL internal revenue tax IN amount equal
f. that tax, an attempt was made by the
friends OF the Bonded Spirits hill through
Nr. Thompson. III Kentucky. to bring In nm
amendment cmhra. ing the substantial feat
,res vi that bill. II was ruled out OH point
nrnn II participated In by Messrs lholnp-
son. blackburn. Buttcrworth and Reed
Mr. Blackburn submitted to the House that
- long NJ II recognized whisky nk property,
n long "a IL burdcned II with tux Of mo
per cent over It's actual value. II was not
only fair hut wise To treat the whisky inter-
est With common decency. He was opposed
IL aholishing tho tax ON whisky and tobacco,
Int he would deal fairly with the dealers In
those commodities nnd enable them Tn pay
their tax. lie would have free salt, free
sugar. free tea and free coffee instead Of
free coffee only.
Born houses Of Congress worked the
entire day, on tho atth nit. upon the Tariff
lill. The Senate was In session until about
midnight. They devoted the most Of the
DAYS session To the discussion OF the amend
ment If Mr. George, of Mississippi To admit
ut a duty of only lopcr cent oil textile ma
been mad. subject to duties ranging from 10
to 10 or ~ per cen. After debating tho
amendment for hours. in the course
Of which the entire tariff ques-
ton was gone over In NIL Its
phases, II was promptly killed, only fourteen
Senators voting, for y The House spent
n.ofe than six hours IN committee Of the
whole on the Tariff bill, and passed thirty six
items III the chemical schedule The only
amendments adopted were one reducing the
duty on glucose or grape sugar from - to ~
per cent nd yalorem: reducing the duty on
castor oil from - TO ~ cents per gallon and
placing on the free list acidnlatcd phos.
pilates Of lime for fcrtiiiziny purposes, upon
which the Committee on Ways and Means
had recommended the imposition OF duty
Of u q ton Nearly every item v ~ the sub
lect Of one or more amendments, and several
of them provoked a good deal Of discussion.
The only exciting episode Of the day &C
CURED in the discussion on motion made TO
strike out the provision imposing duty II
S3 q ton on calculated phosphates OF lime. 10
he used asfertiiixers Mr.. Anderson, OF Kansas,
who had been voting with the Democrats Nil
day, got the floor and made violent free
trade speech, in the course of which he warned
taf0 has fSYNsa lhr M
this Capitol, .rcdolent with your lobby
ought not TO he mistaken Tor the free, pure
atmosphere breathcd by the American peo-
pie. Mr. Anderson's course had been annoy
ing to the Republicans and Mr., Haskell inter
ruptcd him, and amid great confusion took
him 10 task The Democrats cred out: TO
for them. Anderson .Go it.n and egged
him on with I'LL sorts OF applause.
A BILL to retire Quartermaster Gen
sral Rufus Ingalls, with the rank Of Major
General was introduced in the Senate IN the
slst ult. by Mr. Hawley A bin for a Cen
tcnnial Cotton Exposition in isl was passed
The tariff debate was brief and unimrortant
Mr. FRYE offered 1n amendment u
make the duty on sugar OF NIL grades
Al ncr cent nd valorem. aEd oh me-
laSses - per cent. The debate Was interrupt
cd BY the presentation Of the House resolu-
tions relating To the death Of Representative
Orth. Messrs Harrison. Frye and VOORHEES,
made addresses The resolutions were
adopted. and the Senate adjourned In the
Mouse. the Senate amendments To the
House joint resolution making apprc.
rriations for continuing the work Of
the tenth census We're concurred In
Mr.. Valentine introduced q hill for
the construction or bridge across the Mis-.
eouri Mt Omaha IncoMmittce OF the whole
the House struck from the Tariff bill the
item placing duty Of ~ per cent.
on sulphatc and salts Of qninia and
cinchonidia On motion OF Mr. Car
hslc the duty on alumnia, alum. etc wa-
reduced from Gu to ~ cents per Ito pounds
After completing the consideration Of iifty.
two of the It'll items Of the chemical
schedule, the committee rose and the House
began euiogies ON the late Representative
Ortiz. Of Indiana Resolutions Of resrec'
were adopted. aud an adjournment voted
THE Senate spent several honrs on it.
Tariff bin ~ the ist inst Mr., Frycs amend
ment. proposing m al valorem duty u
per cent on all sugars. came up as the pend
In. question. Mr.. Kellogg LA said that il
adopted II would ruin the Louisiana sug;si
producer. who generally voted the Repah
the attack made from the Republican
side of the chamber Mr., Frvcs amend
ment Was rejected Mr. Morrill's
amendment was adopted. and thu sugar
schedule was completed The Tobacco bill
was taken nn An amendment Of the Finance
Committee liking the duty ON cigars etc, a,
f.1 per pound aud - per cent nj vaiuren
was adopted Mr.. HaMley offered the fol
lowing rs a substitute for the second para
graph: Tobacco In leaf. ,ninanufactured
aud not stemmed, when the greater portion
Of the bale, box or package Is suitable foi
wrappers, - cents per pound upon the whoi,
contents of the bale. hox or package II
stemmed, Si per pound All other tohaec,
In leaf, manufactured and not etclnmed
IS cents per pound Tobacco stems, Il
cents per pound Tobacco, manufactured
Of oil descriptions. not. specially cnnmer
atod Or provided for in this act. ~ cents lei
pound. N0sSrS Allison. Jones and Cali op
posed the proposal 10 put duty OF sl PEI
pound on Stelnmed tobacco. The questiol
was taken on the first paragraph of Mr.
Uaxlcyk amendment. ~ above, ending viii
4l per pound. and It was not concurred in--
yeas. IS. nays, ~ The remaining provisions
of Mr. Hawley's amendment were agreed tn
The portion rejected Was then modified b,
Mr.. sherman. and was adopted rs follows
tobacco In leaf manufactured when
greater portion VI bale. noA or other pack
age Is suitable for wrappers - centS PEE
pound upon the whole contents of SAID hale
box or other package Fifty sever
petitions asking the passage OF the bill I,
ex END national aid 10 common school
were presented In the senate hv MeSsrs
Blair and Malone The House devoted tn,
day to the Ways and Means Committed
Tariff bill Salt cake. crude or refined. an,
inter cake, crude or refined We're strucl
from the list OF articles bearing duty of !
cent per pound The paragraph relating 4
dyes was - amended rs u provide for
duty Of ~ per cent on aniline dyes. instea,
Of :, cent<Ter pound and ~ per cent a,
valorcm Mr.. Ellis moycd.to strike cur tn
item imposing duty OF - per cent a,
vAiorem on cone-char. or bone black
1T for sugar refining. the mt.ntlol
being To place the article O
the free list Agreed to->a to IL The dn,,
on oxide OF zine. ground ia Gil, Was reduce,
from . 10 Ia cents per lsaund The duty 81
oxide of zinc. mt for medicinal use. was re-
duced from 10 To : cents per pound Tn,
House agreed to sit until u O'Clock daily unit
the Tariff bill il completed
fRr tariff discussion VAS continue,
iii tie senate on the I'd inst. vote wa
reached On the motion Of Mr. Harris, q
Tennessee. - strike GU, ali the classinsa
tions Of Yarns and impose an nd yalor I
duty of - per cent on Mi grades, instea
OF the duties provided III the bill Mhic
range from 80 70 ~ per cent as again.
duties under the present law rangtn
from IS To ii. per cent The Senate " tw
- oua nsrainSt in laf there s,a~ no uuarul