The National tribune., 1883-02-15
Both Houses Still Struggling With the
Tariff.
PROTECTING PENSIONERS
Senator Logan's Amendment
to the Pension Bill.

otncr printed mattef go upon the Tree ilst. Inc
motion was agreed to-yeas "a, nays %.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, (W Va the duty
on bituminous coal and slate was made seven
ty-five cents per ton-yeas 81, nays 20.
Mr.. Bayard, DELI under instruction of the
Committee on Finance, offered an amendment
imposing duty of So per cent adj ralorem on
friction or luciter matches of all descriptions
Agreed TO.
Mr.. Bayard, instructed by the Committee on
Finance, offered as substitute for the para
graph embracing gunpowder and all explosive
substances the provision in the House tariff bill
laying duty OF six cents per pound on powder
&c, valued at 20 cents a pound or less, and 10
cents pound on that valued above 20 cents
Agreed to-yeas 80, nays 10.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS
In the Senate on Thursday, the Sth inst, Mr..
Van Wyck (Neb.) introduced bill authorizing
the Secretary of War to turn over to J. A.
Mower Post, No. So of Stromsburgh Neb., one
condemned cannon and forty stands of con-
demned muskets. Referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
Mr.. Hawley (R. t. introduced five bills
amendatOry of existing pension laws-identical
with those previously introduced in the House
and embodying the suggestions contained in
the Commissioners annual report-and took
occasion to say that he regarded Commissioner
Dudley as "a very excellent officer" and his
suggestions as very valuable.
The tariff bill was then taken up.
On motion of Mr.. Hale, (Me.,) the Senate
went back to the paragraph laying duty of
81 per ton on stones manufactured or un-
dressed, freestone, granite, sandstone and all
building or monumental stone except marble,
not specially enumerated.
A pending amendment by Mr.. Hale to add
"and upon stones as above, hewn, dressed or
polished, $3.50 per ton, was agreed to--yeas 81,
nays q.
Mr.. ingalls, (Kan.) moved to add "books,
pamphlets, bound or unbound, and all printed
matter not specially enumerated or provided
for iii this act engravings, bound or unbound,
etchings, illustrated books, maps and charts"
the paragraph struck out of schedule NJ yester-
day. Agreed to-yeas 20, nays %.
Mr. Morgan (Ala) 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 in the silk schedule at 10 per cent. adj
ualOrena.
The motion to strike out was lost-yeas Z,
nays 80. The reading of the free list was COM
pleted.
fridays PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on Friday, the 9th inst, Mr..
Jones, (Fla.,) from the Committee on Com
merce, reported favorably the bill to relieve
ships and other vessels from compulsory pilot
fees.
Mr.. Edmunds, (Vt.,) from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported favorably with an
amendent the joint resolution providing for
the termination of articles Is to % inclusive
and article 30 (the fisheries articles of the
treaty of Washington at the earliest time con-
sistent with the provisions of the treaty.
Mr.. Bayard's del. amendment to the tariff
bill was adopted so as to make the mineral
water paragraph OF the free list read, Mineral
waters, all not artificial together with the bot
Ties or jugs in which the same are imported"
Mr. Morrill, (Vt.) reported the following sub
stitute for the paragraph embracing - women's
and childrens dress goods" &C.: Women's and
children's dress goods, coat Innings Italian
cloths and goods>of like description, composed
in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the alpaca
goat or other animals, valued at not exceeding
20 cents per square yard, cents per square yard
and 80 per cent. adj uaLorens; valued at above 20
cents per square yard, cents per square yard
and 40 per cent. al 1lttOrem. If composed wholly
of wool, worsted, hair of the alpaca or other
animals, or of a mixture of them, 9 cents per
square yard and 40 per cent. 0d uGl0rem. But
all such goods with selvedges, made wholly or
in part of other materials or with threads of
other materials introduced for the purpose of
changing the classification shall be dutable
at cents per square yard ands 40 per cent.
dd ualorem providing that all such goods weigh
ing over four ounces per square yard shall pay
od rdloren,. Agreed to-
Mr. Morrill,, from the Committee on Finance,
reported amendments reducing the dd Udlorem
duty on all the carpets enumerated in the wool
schedule except "hemp or jute carpeting, car
pets, and carpetings of wool fax or cotton or
parts of either or other material not otherwise
herein specified from 81 to 80 per cent. The
amendments were agreed to. The duty on the
carpets and carpeting emitted from the COM
mittee's amendment, except hemp and iute
carpeting, was reduced from 45 to 40 per cent.
Gd Jdorem.
The reserved paragraph laying duty of six
cents per 100 pounds on salt in bulk and ten
cents per 100 pounds on salt in bags or other
was taken up.
Mr.. Vance moyedto strike it out, so as to let
salt 90 upon the free list, and made speech in
support of the motion.
Mr. Bayard also argued in favor of free salt.
Mr. Narces motion to strike out salt and
let it go upon the free list was lost-yeas q,
nays "a.
After long DISCUSSION the whole subject of
the remission of duty upon salt used in cur
ing meats or fish was reserved by unanimous
consent for consideration when the bill passes
from the Committee of the Whole into the
Senate.
After some general discussion Mr.. Edmunds
moved to strike out everything contained in the
bill after the tariff provisions except the two
repeating sections 29U7 and 2903 of
the Revised Statutes which impose duties ON
charges and commissions.
The motion was agreed TO without division.
The portions of the bill struck out are those
which would make changes in the "machine
cry" for the collection of the customs duties.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on Saturday the 10th inst, Mr.
Plumb (Kan.) presented the petition of large
number of ex-soldiers residents of Kansas, urg-
ing upon Congress the extension OF the privi-
leges of the arrears act, so as to embrace those
who filed their claims after the date fixed by
that act
The annual appropriation bill was then taken
up, and on motion of Mr.. Logan tIll.) the fol-
lowing amendment was adopted:
That section 4745 title So, of the Revised Statutes
of the United States is hereby amended to read as
follows:
SEC. 4745. Any pledge mortgage, sale. assign |
ment or transfer OF any right claim interest in
any pension which has been or may hereafter be, |
granted shall be void and of effect and any per-
son who shall pledge, or receive a pledge, mort
gage, sale, assignment, transfer of any right, |
claim, or interest III any pension or pension certif
cate which has been, may hereafter be- granted |
or issued. or who shall hold the same collateral
security Tor any debt promise, or upon any pre-
text OF such security PROMISE shall be guilty of
n misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall |
be fined i'll not exceeding 500 and the costs
OF the prosecution; and any person who shall re-
tain the certificate OF pensiOner and refuse to
render the same upon the demand of the Commits |
sioner OF Pensions United States pension |
agent, or any other person authorized by the Com |
missioner OF Pensions the pensoner to receive |
the same, shall be guilty of - misdemeano- and |
upon convection thereof shall be fined in sum not