The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-04
Forsy-seventh Congress Second Ses-
sion.
WASHINGTON, February 8, 1888.
SENATE.


Mr.. MaXey presented the credentials Of
his colleague. Mr.. Coke. the reelected sena-
Tor from Texas. which were read and fled
Mr.. Vance presented. rs Il matterof duty,
= memorial Of certain members OF the Legs
lature OF North Carolina asking for pro-
tectiyc duty on tale.
At the close OF the morning business the
Senate, on motion Of Mr.. Kellogg, went
into executive session.
When the doors were rc0pencd the tariff
bill was taken up. The debate on the
amendments 70 the cOtton-yarn schedule
was resumed. All the amendments which
have been debated for the last two or three
DAYS were lost. Finally, after a. long dis
cussion, on motion OF Mr.. Beck the duty on
cotton-thTcad, yarn-warps, or waTp-yarn
valued az over % cents and not over 40 cents
Il pound, was made Ii cents per pound;
over 40 cents and not over 30 cents, 30
cents per pound; over 80 cents and not
over 80 cents, - cents per pound; over
90 cents and not over 20 cents, 33 cents
per pound: over 20 cents and not over
50 cents, 30 cents per pound; over so
cents, As cents per pound.
Mr.. Beck offered another amendment re-
lating to knit-cotton goods, but before Il
vote on the amendment could be had House
resolutions in relation to the death OF Rep
resentatiye Lowe, OF Alabama. were re-
ceiycd.
Mr.. Morgan offered corresponding rc>o-
lutions, and after addresses by him and
Lapham the resolutions were adopted, and
the Senate, 1T 4:30. adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
On motion OF Mr.. Money, OF Mississippi,
the Senate bill was passed TO encourage the
holding Of the Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition in 1884.
Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania, from the
Committee on Ways and Means, reported g
bill to prevent the importation OF adultera
ted tea.
Mr.. Beach, Of New York, objected to it,
present consideration, and ii was referred
| to the Committee Of the Whole.
On motion Of Mr.. Lynch, OF Mississippi
the bill to reimburse depositors Of tn,
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company
was referred TO the Committee on Educa
ton and Labor.
Mr.. Singleton. OF Illinois, offered a reso
luton directing the Committee on Nava
Affairs to inquire into the condition OF NJ
fairs at the Naval Academy and report tht
cause of the trouble between the students
and superintendent OF that institution
whether there has been any insubOrdina
ton on the Dart Of the students, and whe
ther the superintendent has been cXacting
oppressive, and tyrannical in his manage
ment.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, objected TO its i'm
mediate consideration, expressing the hop
that the Government could run q scho0
without the interference Of Congress.
The resolution was referred TO the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs.
The House then went into Committee o
the Whole on the tariff bill. The glas
and crockery schedule was again con
sidered. A long discussion ensued, whicl
took wide range, touching upon the reli
tive merits OF n protective and revenu
tariff. embracing the abstract question o
rates of wages in this country and Europe
lighted up at rare intervals by flashes q
humor. but seldom addressed TO the subiec
OF the duty on glass. The only change ii
the tamil made in, the committee was in i'm
posing duty OF 50 per cent. dd CQicrem oil
flint and lime, glass bottles and vials, in
stead OF two cents per pound rs provide
in the bill.
The committee then rose.
Public business was suspended. and th
House proceeded to the consideration G
appropriate resolutions on the death q
Hon. William Lowe, OF Alabama. Ate
eulogistic addresses by Mcssrs. Jones, q
Texas; Ford and Burrows, OF Missouri
and Oates and Herbert. Of Alabama, tn
resolutions were adopted, and at As
O'Clock the House, As an additional mark {
respect to the memory Of the deceased, &C
iourued