The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-09
A Trio Of Irish Patriots Iucarcerated-
Archbishop MeCabe Better, but
Very Feeble.
st. Louis TO the FrontNith the Horror
OF the Week Cause, UnfOunded
Jealousy.
General liazen and Representative
Beltzho0ver Are In For II.
Something About the Coming Conelave
of kaights.Templar.
The Way They Work the Silver Dollar
Racket.
Jules Ferry Net In The Cabinet.Making
Business.


Business.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty Seventh Congress-second sessi ON
q SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.--The president
laid before the senate memorial Of the
legislature of Kansas in reference to the
plearo-pneumonia in cattle. After brie
executive session the senate took up the tariff |
and the consideration of the free list be-
gan.
The senate went back 10 the paragraph |
pissed over informally yesterday, laying q |
duty of 81 Ter ton on stones unmanufac-
tured or undressed, sandstone and all
building or monumental stone, except mar
BILE, not especially enumerated.
The suggestion having been made that
the language of the provision would apply
to stone coming in as ballast, the paragraph
was modified by striking out "stones un-
manufactured or undressed," leaving 1t to
apply to freestone, sandstone, granite and
marble not dressed, not specially enumera-
ted.
The pending amendment to add. "Upon
stones above hewn, dressed or polished
sl,5O per ton," was agreed to-yeas, 81;
noes, q.
Asphaltum and bitumen were added to
the list.
Mr.. ingalls, moved to add: Books,
pamphlets, bound or unbound and all
a at.tl, taI
provided for In this act; engravings bound
and charts.
Mr.. Slater moved to put jute and juts-
butts on the free list. Lost, as to jute, but
carried as to jute-butts.
Mr.. Morgan moved to strike out raw silk
as reeled from the cocoon and silk cocoons
and silk waste, so that he might move to
put them on the silk schedule at 10 per cent
ad valorem. The debate which followed
was devoted to various statements concern
ins tho silk industry IN different states;
some senators declaring II worthy ofspeciai
encouragement, while others doubted
whether it could be made succe sstul. The
, motion was lost-ayes, Z; nays, 80.
The reading ofthe free list completed.
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment,
which was ordered printed, providing for
refund of0O per cent. of duty paid on inn
ported salt used in curing meats exported
from this country.
MIR. Bayard moved to add to natural
mineral waters in the free list, the words,
together with bottles in which they are
contained"
With this amendment pending, the SEN
ate adjourned.
A joint. resolution was passed TO admit
Tree OF duty q monument to the memory of
George Washington, TO be imported by the
Philadelphia society, of Cincinnati.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the tariff bill, the pending
amendments being those offered by Tucker
and Morrison, fixing the duty on steel rails
at 7-lO of per cent. per pound ard $l5
per ton respectively. Tucker withdrew his
amendment and accepted Morrison'S fix
ing the rate at $50 per ton Several amend
ments were offered and rejected, aud after a
discussion of some length the committee
fixed the duty on steel galway bars and
bars made in part Of steel, weighing more
than twenty-five pounds at Sl5 pertou.
The standing vote was 10i TO SO, and
when Kelley reprimanded the tellers, Me.
Kenzie sarcastically appealed to him not TO
obstruct the passage of the bill.
The clause relative TO bar iron was
amended so as to read as follows: Iron IN
bars or bundles rolled or hammered, com.
prising flats not less than inch, nor more
than 6 inches wide, nor less than OF an ,nch,
or morS Than inches thick, rounds not less
than nor more than inches IN diameter,
and squares not less than OF an inch, nor
. more than 2inches square, 8 10 of cent per
pound comprising ais, less than A OF an
inch. more than six inches wide, rounds
less than I of an inch or more than inches
in diameter, and squares less than I of an
inch or more than inches square, 2-l0
cents per pound; but all iron IN slabs,
blooms, loops or other forms less finished
than iron in bars and more advanced than
pig iron, except castings, shall be rated as
iron in bars and pay duty accordingly,
which slall not be at a less rate than 35 per
cent. nd valorem.n Before amended the
80 per cent. clause applied to The whole
paragraph.
Curtin offered proviso that all iron bars
bloones, billets, of sizes or shapes of any
] kind, in the manufacture of which charcoal
is used as fuel, shall be subject toa duty Of
$22 por ton. Agreed tots to IA.
On motion of Haskell, the duty on bars
or shapes OF rolled iron, not specially emu
merated, was changed from 80 IT, 2.lO
cents per pound. ard the duty on the
second classification of bar iron from 2-l0
TO Ito cents per pound.
Onmotion OF Mills, the clause imposing
u uuty Oh "a CENTS per pOuhu ON NrmOr or
other plate, was struck from the bill
Haskell moved 10 reduce The duty on
sheet iron thinner than "a inches aud not
thinner than M, 70, wire gaupc, from 3 10
to 2.l0 cents per pound. After d. sbate, the
committee rose and Kelley made an attempt
to limit the discussion on pending para
graph to five minutes. This was opposed
In the democratic side and after roll-call a
compromise was agreed to, limiting de bate
to 30 minutes, and The house again went
into committee, but without acting en tie
pending amendment the committee aud
the house Cook recess.
EVENING SESSION.
| Upon assembling, the house went into
co umttee OF the whole on the Legislative
appropriation bill.
Alter n briel explanation OF the measure,
by Cannon Flower took advantage oi the
general detn to discuss the psnding tariff