The Portland daily press., 1883-02-17
XLVII CONGRESS- I'D Session
eENATE.

WASHINGTON sFeb. 16.
Mr. Bayard presented the conference report
on the Japanese indemnity bill andl explained
- Mr. Morrill, raas a speech in refntatiosa Of q
charge on Implication in the original Dill, that
the United States obtained large sum of
money from Japan through false pretences.
After discussion the report was agreed to-.
AT 2 o'clock the tariff bill was taken up, the
pending question being on the amendment of
tered last evening by Mr.. Conger providing
a duty of one-haE cent per pound upon char
coal iron advanced in iron manufacture be-
yond iron in pigs in addition to the duty on
iron made with other fuel.
Mr.. Morgan suggested TO make it So ton.
Mr.. Conger accepted the suggestion.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Conger then moved to make the addi-
tional duty on charcoal iron So a ton. q greed
to-
Mr. Sewall moved to amend the iute para
graph by striking out $15 ton and inserting
20 per cent. ad valoren.. He explained that
this was reduction of the duty sby about 10
per cent.
Mr.. Beck opposed the amendment and de-
MED the correctness of Mr.. Sewali's state
ment.
A long discussion followed, participated in
by Messrs. Aldrich, Mcpherson, Miller OF
New York, Slater, Farley and Coke in favor
of the amendment and by Messrs. Jonas and
George against it.
Finally the amendment was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich the words "for
carpets" we're struck out of the flax, hemp and
jate yarns paragraph.
On motion Of MIR. Dawes the paragraph tax
ing salt cake one-fourth cent per pound was
changed into 20 per cent. ad valorem, and the
paragraph as to collodion, was changed SO to
read, when in finished or partly finished
articles % per cent. ad yalorem.'
On motion of Mr.. Hale the paragraph
'Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substitute OF
British gum was changed from 10 per cent.
to one cent per pound.
Mr. Rollins moved to insert HFish-glue OF
isinglass % per cent. ad valorem Striking it
from the free list)
Mr.. Rollins motion was agreed to.
L On motion of Mr.. Logan the tax on glue was
made % instead OF 20 per cent.
Mr.. Brown moved an amendment repeating
all taxes on tobacco. Lost.
Mr.. Brown offered an amendment fixing the
tax on whiskey and brandy at so cents per
gallon.
Mr. Sherman moved to strike cut the para
graph imposing duty on steel ingots, cogged
ingots, ETC., and to substitute the provisions of
the House schedule.
After some discussion the bill went over and
the Senate at 1918 adjourned.
HOUSE.
After the reading of the journal the House
went into committee of the whole, Mr.. Robin
son, of Massachusetts, in the chair, on the leg
islative appropriation bill This was done with
the assent of the Ways and Means Committee,
Mr.. Cannon, under instructions Of the Ap-
preparation Committee, offered an amendment
requiring all clerks and other employees in the
executive departments to work from 0 a. M to
4 p. rn from the first OF October to the first OF
April, and from 8 a. m. to p. m. from the
first of April to the first of October.
Mr. Vance raised a point of order against
this proposition.
The chair overruled the point of order.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, moved to amend
the amendment by limiting from a. m. to 4
p. Ia. the cffice hours between October and
April.
Messrs. Young. of Ohio, Speer, OF Georgia,
Belford, of Colorado, andsW hitthorne, of Ten
Dessee, earnestly argued against the commit
tees amendment.
The amendment was advocated by Messrs
Blount, OF Georgia, Reed, of Maine, and Has
kell of Kansas.
Mr. Hooker's amendment was lost.
Mr.. Cannons amendment was then adopted
The committee, at $50, rose and reported the
bill to the House. I
The amendment reducing the number of in
ternal revenue collection districts to eighty-twc
was agreed to.
The amendment increasing the hours Of cler.
ical labo1 in the departments was agreed to-
The bill was then passed -170 to 80.
The House then went into committee on the
tariff bill. The pending amendment was that
offered by Mr.. Gambler, of Massachusetts, as
euustleute lor bne nfSt clause OF tne sugar
schedule. The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, moved to re-
duce the duty on all sugars above No Is Dutch
standard and not above No. 16 Dutch standard
from to 1-2 cents per pound
IhlS proposition was debated at length, and
pending action the committee rose
Mr.. Skinner, of New York, introduced bill
sppropriatiDg $500, 600 for the relief of the suf
ferers from the floods in the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, and Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, in
troduced bill appropriating $100,000 for the
same purposes. Both measures were referred
The House, at $780, took recess until 7.3(
p. m.
Evening Session.
The House, at the evening session, eonsid
cred the bill for allowance of certain claims
known as Fourth of July claims. (The bill ap'
propriates $298, ,000)
After discussion the bill was passed and the
House, at S45 p. M, adjourned.