Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-06
HOUSE RULES OBSERVED,
USELESS EFFORTS YESTERDAY
TO SUSPEND THEM.

The Legislative Appropriation Bill Not
Passed-Still Taking Up Tariff Sched-
ules With Little Prospect of Passinga
Bill-Senator Beck's Successful Effort
to Reduce Duties.
WASHINGTON, Feb. SIN the Senate.
AT the close of the morning business. the
tariff bill was taken up. but before any ac-
ton ON 1t the Senate went into executive
session. When the doors were reoDened
| the Senate resumed consideration of the
tarIn bill. A motion offered by Mr..
Beck (Dem., of Ky.) to make ON
| stockings, hose and half hose, shirts and
drawers fashioned, narrowed or shaped
wholly or III part by knitting machines or
frames or knit by hand, 80 instead of As
per cent. ad Valorem, was lost by ayes 27.
nays y. Mr.. Beck then moved to make
the rate 40 per cent, which was agreed to
by ayes 81; nays "a.
On Mr.. Beck's motion the rate ON cotton
cords, braids, gimps, etc., not specially
enumerated, and corsets of whatever COM
posed, was reduced from 40 to 80 per cent.
and the rate on cotton laces, embroideries
lnsertlngs, trimmings, lace curtains and
cotton velvet was reduced from 45 to 40
per cent. scheduled, hemp, jute and fax
goods, was then taken up.
DIR. Slater Dem, Or. moved to strike
out the clause imposing duty of fifteen
dollars per ton on jute. This proposition
was opposed by Mr.. George Dem, Miss !.
but 1t was adopted yeas %. nays %. Tho
clauses were then stricken out which i'm
pose duty on jute butts, bands and
manufactures of which jute is
part of the chief vaIue
The duty ON jute yarns and ON burlaps of
Jute not over sixty inches wide. or of
which jute shall be the component mate
rial OF chief value, was made 20 per cent.
ad valorem, and the duty on oil cloths
and oil cloth foundations, or floor cloth
canvas, or burlaps exceeding 60 inches
IN width OF jute or of which iute
Is the material of chief vsIna
was made . per cent. ad valorem. The
duty on gunny cloth, not bagging. valued
at ten cents or less per square ward. was
reduced from three to two and One-baIf
cents per pound, and on that of higher
value from four to three cents per poIInd
The duty on jute bags and bagging. ex
cept Dagglng for cotton, was made 80 per
cent. ad valOrem.
The paragraph embracing ssbagging for
cotton or other manufactures not specially
enumerated" was amended by strikino.
out quite, flax, gunny bags, gunnv cloth
or other MATERIAL and inserting Sshaooino
for cotton composed of jute, of which int
or Jute butts shall be the component
material of chief value, 20 per cent.
ad Valorem.' Jute was sfruoly ont
of the paragraph laying a duty of 35 per
cent. on grass, cloth, etc, and provisions
were added, making the rate on manufsr-
lures OF Jute, not herein provided for. % nor
cent. ad valOrem. The duty on cotton
yarn was made, on Saturday, 48 cents neI.
pound; on yarn valued above so cents and
not ABOVE 81 per pound, and On that val
ued above 81, 80 per cent. ad yalorem.
The schedule W09 finichad or,J a.
ate took up woolens and adjourned at
1925 p, In.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Dakota division bill gave rise n "a
brief but interesting debate. in the courae
OF which Mr.. Burrows Rep, Mich.A ana
Mr. Randall (Dem., Pa. fndulged In some
very sharp language towards each other
winch created some little excitement a
m0tlon TO suspend the rules and pass the
Dlll was lost by ayes 151, navs 11O-not
the necessary twO-thirds in The Affirmative
rms was party vote except that Messrs.
AthertOn, Beach. CalOrick. Deuetar
Dunn, Jones tTexas), and Wise 1Po
voted with the Republicans in the afirma-
tive. '''0 ami III"
Mr.. Cannon rep, NJ moved. to sus-
pend the rules and bring the legislative
appropriation bill before the House for
immediate consideration. A long debatn
Iollowed upon this motion, in which same
OF the strongest opposition to If came
from the Republican side. Whe, If vas
explained that if the bill was toIran NJ,
under the resolution it would he nndar5.
the control Of the maiosisy OF those nres-
ent Tor hnal passage. che motion was lost
by yeas l36, nays l08, not the necessary
tWo-thIrds in the affirmative.
A motion to suspend the rules and
make it I'M order on Monday next 70 take
the tarlfi bill from the committee of .be
whole and report it to the House FIR nc
ton was lost by ayes 139, nays l69-not
the necessary two-thirds in the Affirmative
Mr. Rosecrans (Dem., Cai.) moved ia
suspend the rules and adopt a resolution
making the bill to Incorporate The
Maritime Canal Company CNicaragna
canal the special order for FEBRUARY
10Th. This motion was vigorously o6-
posed BY Messrs. Belmont (Dem.. N. Y.1-
Aclane Dem, Nd. and Blount Dem
Ga. J, and advocated by Mr.. Kasson Rem,
loWa). The motion was lost by 127 10
'6-not two-thirds in the affirmative.
The HOUSE adjourned at 6:l5. having
passed but one bill after motions of sus9
pension of the rules and that was one To-
cal to Iowa.