The Indianapolis journal., 1883-02-19
THE SENATE.
The Day Devoted to Consideration Of the
Metal Schedule.


The Day Devoted to Consideration of the
Metal Schedule.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Mr Vest offered a
resolution for a committee Of five senators to
investigate the whole subject of the Yellowstone
Park leases, and requesting the Secretary of the
Interior to take action in the matter until the
committee reports at the next session. Laid
over.
Mr.. Blair offered resolution instructing the
judiciary committee to inquire whether the Leg
islature of New Hamphire, chosen Nov. 18,
1882, can legally elect a senator of the United
States.
After long debate the resolution was with
drawn and the tariff bill taken up.
Mr.. Sherman offered the following as a sub
stitute for his amendment offered last evening:
"Steel lngots, cogged ingots, blooms and slabs,
die blocks or blanks, billets and bars, and taper
ed or beveled bars, bands, hoops, strips, and
sheets of all gauges and widths, plates of all
thieknesses and widths, steamer crank and other
shafts, wrists crank pins, connecting rods and
piston rods, pressed, sheared or stamped shapes
or blanks Of sheet or plate steel, or combination
Of steel and iron, punched or not punched, ham
mer, mold or swagged steel, gun molds not in
bars alloys used as substitutes for STEEL tools of
all descriptions and shapes, dry sand loan or
iron nodded steel castings, all of above valued
at 4 cents a pound or less, 45 per centum al
valofem above cents u pound and not above
cents, cents per pound; valued above cents
and not above IL cents per pound, 90 cents
per pound valued at apove ii cents per pound,
gle cents peund; steel in any form, not ,speci
ally enumerated or provided for in this act, 40
per centum ad valoren."
Mr.. McPhers0n offered the following: ''There
shall be paid on galvanized iron steel wire
except barbed-fence wire. q cent per pound In
addition to the rate imposed on the wire of which
1t IL made"
Mr.. Beck said Mr.. snermsn's amendment was
proposal TO undo all the Senate has been en-
gagged in doing the last month, and to substitute
fer it the actaR af the House of Representatives,
nob merely in relation to the items embraced in
the lines pruposed TO be struck out, but also in
relation to many other atticl6e of steel and lrOn
He did not intend isrmit this amendment to be
hurried through To-day without examination,
even II he should be compelled Ito talk till mid
night to prevent it, and he hoped TO be ready
Monday morning TO oppose this scheme, which
1t was attempted to palm upon the senate by all
sorts OF indirectons. This amendment would
change the duty not only upon steel ingots, ETC.,
but also upon bands, heops and sheets of all
ganges and widths taggers' iron and other arti-
Giles of iron.
Mr.. Sherman said his amendment related not
at all to iron, bur only to steel
Mr.. Allison suggested that the words "all of
the above classes of steel, not otherwise
enumerated or provided for" should be in
Mr.. sherman said he was willing TO accent the
Mr.. Beck insisted that the amendment as it
stood, would include hoop bands aud strips of
ell gauges and widths, whether made OF iron or
ierl.
senator on the Democratic side-Cotton
Mr.. Beck-Yes, it will include cotton ties as
WELL and is intended in my Judgment, to include
Mr.. sherman-Mr President I submit that as
absolutely untrue, and might go little further
than that
sIr Beck-Go just as far as Won like; under
stand this, and intend to do my duty in the
matter.
Mr. sherman-But the Senator shall not mis-
represent me, aud he shall not bully the Senate.
Mr. Beck-And will net be bullicd in the SELL
ate either nor will he told that we have no
sense, and that all the sense is concentrated in
the committee of wavs and means in the House,
and tire action of the House is against the rules
of the House without resrnting II.
Mr. ShermRn-The whole paragraph relates to
steel ingots, bars, blaobs, etc Steel runs all
through the paragraph, Sad has no connection
with iron. But have no objection to the quail
tied words proposed by the Senator from Iowa.
The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Beck) ought to
he careful ahout IIppugning other peoples mo-
tlves; hr cannon tell my motives; l always give
him credit for his sincerity and his honesty, and
do NOT want HIM to go TOO far in dealing with
this matter. | am in favor of what is right and
just IN regard To this question, and more.
The Senator cannot accuse me of indirecton; If
there is anv trouble with me, it is that [ am n
nttle too frank with regard 10 such matters.
have stared exactly the purport of the language
of this amendment and where it came from; and
II the Senator does not ike IL he need not vote
for it.
Mr.. Beck-In reply to that. want TO say that
this amendment. in my opinion, was written bv
men who have deceived even the Senator from
ohIo and like many of The provisions sent to us
by the tariff commission, it was prepared by ex-
perts, who intend 10 raise tho tariff away above
what the Senate has done, and who have flooded
the Senate this morning with telegrams (of
which have received mine), telling us they will
all starye unless II is done, although some men
went away three weeks ago, satisfied with wnat
we had done and anxious to have the bill
passed.
Mr. Sherman said IL was not true that some
body else had drawn this amendment for him;
that, In fact, men interested in the business were
satisfied amendment a rad
proposed 1t as a fair compromise He net
Influenced hv any personal interest, and no man
living conld sway MIN from doing what he
thought right in the matter.
Mr. Beck said nobody had ever accused Mr.
sherman of 81 want of courage or want OF audae-
liy, and his aeton III this matter was proof that
he had abundance of both these qualities.
Mr. Beck was going on criticising the amend
ment when Mr.. Mcpherson interposed the re-
uHrk that the Senator from Kentucky seemed to
assume want of honesty on the part of the
Senator who had proposed the amendment
Mr. Beck said he dealt with facts, uot with
men He was not impeaching the personal in
aegrity OF Mr. Sherman. II the Senator from
New Jersey desired to make any such issue he
and the Senator from Ohio were about the same
Guild ANA caliber, and they might fight it out.
sLaughter.
After some further discussion, Mr. Bayard
said II was evident the metal schedule could not
be disposed of to-day. and he therefore proposed
All amendment to the frse-list paragraph relating
to books, so AS to make it read "books maps
and CHARTS specially imported, not more than
one copy for the use of any individual, not for
sale, and not more than two copies in any one
invoice ia good faith" etc.
Mr.. Allison gave notice that unless the tariff
bill WAS cut of the way by Monday, at latest
by Tursday. the committee on appropriations
weuld have to move to set it aside in order To
proceed with the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Morrill, then gave notice that he would ask
the Senate TO ait the hill out Monday.
Mr. Baysrd's amendment was discussed until
the House resolution in relation to the death of
Representative Sbackl-f0rd WAS received.
Mr.. Ransom offered the eustOmary resolution
IN rhe subject, and, after an address by him and
Mr. Vance, the Senate adjourned.