Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-31
Senate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-In the senate
Mr.. Kellogg introduced bill authorizing
the secretary of the navy to transfer to the
secretary of the interior for entry and sale
all reserved lands not needed for naval
purposes.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the finance committee
reported favorably the house bill authoriz-
ing the issuance of duplicate checks by the
superintendent of The San Francisco mint.
Mr.. Plumb presented a memorial of the
Legislature of Kansas praying for the es-
Enlistment of soldiers nome in that
state.
Mr.. Williams, from the committee on
railroads, reported the bill recently agreed
upon by the committee authorizing the
Southern Pacific and other roads to unite.
for continuous line of road from the
tidal waters of the Pacific to those of the
Atlantic.
MIR. Conger presented petitions of citi-
zens of Michigan, for reduction of the
duty on sugar.
Mr., Hale called up the joint resolution
appropriating 100000 for the work of the
census bureau until the end of the present
fiscal year, which, after debate, was passed,
and the senate resumed consideration of
the tariff.
The pending question was on Mr..
Georges amendment providing for the.
admission of machinery for the manufac-
ture of cloth and thread from cotton, wool,
hemp, jute or ramie, and all tools used
solely in manual labor at duty of 10 per
cent ad valorem.
Mr. Jonas moved to add: Machinery
for the extraction and manufacture of
sugar from cane and sorghum"
Mr.. George offered a further addition
admitting agricultural implements tools
and machinery at 10 per cent for ten years
after the passage of this act.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment pro-
vidipg for the free admission of machinery
for the manufacture of cotton and wooden
goods.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, in speech
took the ground, that the country had al
ways prospered best under a fair tariff, and
the true historical Democratic doctrine
was not tariff for revenue only but
''tariff for revenue with incidental protec =
tion," and he expressed the opinion that
if the word ''onlY" had been left out of the
last national Democratic platform, Gen
Hancock would have been elected presi-
dent.
The debate on the amendments provid-
ing for the admission of machinery, etc.,
at 10 per cent was carried on until after
o'clock.
Mr.. Beck read letter from a man in
Meriden, Conn.,, charging that manu-
facturers treat operatives with "cold dis
dain," that they do not keep faith with
them, and that the picture drawn recently
by Hawley in the senate and by others, of
comfortable and prosperous operative
class, was mockery.
Mr.. Beck volunteered to show the anne
of the writer.
Mr.. Hawley, [energeticaify II will not
look at it unless am at liberty to publish
| it; nor should the senator have read anony-
nous blackguardism here.
After further colloquy, Mr.. Beck said,
since tine senator from Connecticut, (Haw-
ley has displayed so much temper, 1
would not trust the mans fate in his hand by
giving him the name. | assert that this let
ter is fran New England operative and 1
have his name here, but l believe now 1t
would not be safe if the senator knew his
name, and with great emphasis. he shan't
have his name. His colleague, Mr.. Platt,
can. Further, say that have letters
| from operatives and from merchants all
over the North telling me, that l and men
| like me, are doing what is best for the
whole country, and all the insinuations we
are seeking to destroy labor are in their
opinion unfounded and untrue.
Mr.George's second amendment to admit
all tools of mechanics used exclusively in
manual labor at 10 per cent. ad valorem,
was rejected. Ayes, 10; noes, 81.
The third proposition to admit agricul-
tural implements, etc, at the same rate
was rejected. Ayes, Is; noes, SO.
Mr.. Beck, explaining his vote on the last
proposition, declared that he was not
free trader, and that after full examina-
ton he was satisfied that under free trade,
there would be more unjust apportionment
of taxation among the people of the
country than under any other system.
Mr.. Jonas modified his amendment so as
to provide for the admission of machinery
for the extraction and manufacture of
sugar from cane and sorghum at 20 per
ent. ad valorem. Rejected.
Mr.. Vance modified his amendment pro-
viding for the free admission of machinery
for the manufacture of cotton and wooden
goods, by striking out "woolen," and re-
ducing the period of such free admission
from ten to three years. Lost. Yeas 8,
nays "a.
The metal schedule being disposed of,
the senate proceeded to consider the sugar
schedule.
Mr.. Morrill, offered a substitute for the
schedule as follows:
Schedule - Sugars All sugars not
above No. II, Dutch standard, in color,
shall pay duty on their polariscopic test
as follows, viz, all sugars not above No.
13, Dutch standard, in color,
all tank bottoms, syrups of cane,
juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated
melada, concrete.and concentrated mo
lasses, testing by polariscopic not above
Is degrees, shall pay duty of one and
twenty -hundreths cents per pound,
and for every additional degree or fraction
of degree shown by polariscopic test
they shall pay five -hundreths of cent
per pound additional. All sugars
above No. ID Dutch standard in color
shall be classified by the Dutch standard
of color and pay duty as follows, viz: All
sugar above No. 10 and not above No. 16
Dutch standard, two and sixty-fve hun
dreths cents per pound; all sugar
above No. 16 and not above No. 20, Dutch
standard, three and ffteen-hundredths
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