The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-22
RACY READING
Forty seventh congressional Session


Foviy seventh congressional Session
SENATE,
WAsHtS0Tog, Feb. 17.-.Mr. Best offered
a resolution for committee hive senators
to Investigate the whole subject OF the Yer
lowstone park lease, and requesting the
secretary Of the Interior to take no action
in the matter until the committee reports
at the next session. Laid over Till Mon
day.
Mr.. Blair offered resolution instructine
the judiciary committee to enquire whether
the legislature of New Hampshire, chosen
in November, 1882, can lawfully elect
United States senator.
After a long debate the resolution was
withdrawn and the tariff bill taken up.
Mr.. Sherman offered the following, as O
substitute for his amendment of last even
ing: steel ingots, blooms and slabs, die
blocks or blank billets and bars, and
tapered or bevelied bars, -, bands,
hoops, strips and sheets OF all .guase'
and widths, plates of all thickness
and, widths, steamer, crank and othei
shafts, wrist or crank pins, CONNECTING
and piston. pressed, sheared and
STAMPED shapes or blanks of sheet or plate,
steel or combination of steel, and iron
punched or not punched hammered,
moulded or swayed, gun lhoulds not IN
bars, alloys used as a substitute for steel,
tools of all descriptions and shapes, dry
sand loan or iron-molded steel castings; all
of above valued at cents per pound or less,
as per cent. ad valorem; above 1 cents a
pound and not above 7 cents,
cents per pound; valued above
and not above II cents
per pound, q cents per pound; valued
above, IL cents. per pound, 81 cents per
pound; steel in any form not specially
enumerated or provided for in this act, 45
per cent. ad valorem."
Mr.. Mcpherson offered the following
'sThere shall be paid on galvanized iron,
except barbed fence wire, cent per pound
in addition to the tariff imposed on wire OF
which it is made"
Mr.. Beck sad the Sherman amendment
was proposal to undo all the senate had
been engaged in doing the last month, and
substitute for it the action of the house OF
representatives not merely in relation to the
items embraced in the lines proposed to be
struck out, but also in relation to many
other articles of steel and iron. He didn't
intend to permit this amendment to be
buried through to-day without examine
ton, even should he be compelled to talk
till midnight to prevent IL,
and he hoped to be ready Monday to op-
pose this scheme, which was attempted to
bspalmed off on the senate. This amend
ment would change the duty not only on
steel ingots, but also on bands; hoops and
sheets of all gauges and widths, taggers'
iron and other articles OF iron.
Mr.. Sherman said his amendment related
not at all to iron, but only to steel.
Mr.. Aliison suggested that the words
"all of the class OF steel not otherwise emu.
merated or provided for" should be in
serted.
Mr.. Sherman said he was willing to &C.
cept the suggestion.
Mr.. Beck insisted that the amendment as
it stood would include hoop..bands and
straps of all gauges and widths, whether
made of iron or steel.
A senator on the dem ocratic side: Got
ton ties?'
ties, and is intended to include them all"
Mr.. Sherman--"Mr. President, submit
that it is absolutely untrue, and L might
90 little further than that"
Mr.. Beck-"Go just as far as you like; l
understand this, and l intend to do my
duty in the matter"
I Mr.. Sherman-"Butt the senator snail not
misrepresent me, and he shall not bully the
senate"
Mr.. Beck-"And l will not be bullied in
the senate either, nor will be told that We
have no sense, and that all sense is conceD-
centrated in the committee of ways and
means of the house, and action against the
rules of the house. without resenting."
MIR, Sherman-"Thew whole change relates
to steel ingots blooms, etc. Steel runs all
through the paragraph and it has no con-
nection withiron, but | have no objection
to the qualified words proposed by the
senator from Iowa.
Mr.. Beck said-"This amendment, in my
opinion, was written by men who decelvef
even the senator from Ohio, and, ike
many of the previous ones sent to us by the
tariff commissioners was prepared Tor us
by experts who intend to raise this tariff
away above what has been done, and who
have flooded the senate this morning with
kilograms (ofwhich | received nine), telling
us they will all starve unless it is done"
Mr.. Sherman said that it was true: some
body else had drawn this amendment for
him; that in fact that men interested in the
business were not satisfied with the amend
ment anu he had proposed it as a lair
compromise. He was not Influenced by
any personal interests and no man living
could sway him from doing what he thought
was right in the matter.
After further discussion, Mr.. Allison gave
notice that unless the tariff bill was out OF
the way Monday, or at the latest by Tues
day, the committee on appropriations
would have TO move to set it aside in order
to proceed with appropriation bills.
Mr.. Morrill, then gave notice be would
ask the senate 10 SET the Dill OuG Monday.
House resolutions in relation to deceased
Representative Shackelford were then re-
ceived, and Mr.. Ransom offered the Gus
tomary resolutions on the subject, and after
an address by HIM, the senate adjourned.
HOUSE
A resolution was adopted, calling Tor IN
formation as TO the damage done the cur
rent year by flood and otherwise, and as 10
the works for channel Improvements at
Plum Point and Lake Providence, Missis-
The committee on elections submitted a
report in the case OF Sessinghaus Frost, Of
ST. Louis declaring contestant entitled -
the seat. Laid over, and the house resumed
consideration of the tariff bill in committee
ofthe whole.
Tbebending amendments were those Of
fered by Bayne and Kasson, the one reducing
the duty on sugars between Nos. 3 and 10,
Dutch standard, from 3 to p cents per
pound; the other fixing the rate at p.
An important move has bee taken on the
tariff bill in the house, In com uittee OF the
whole.
Dunnell practically declared It had been
determined by the republicans to abandon
the bill and reflected severely on bis party
colleagues for deluding the people.
KassOn. in replv, laid the blame OF delav-
ing the bill on the democratic side. which
statement was received with derisive eN-
CARNATIONS from that SIDE.
Haskell Immediately moved that the
committee rise and the motion VII be
agreed 10. He also moved that all debate
on he pending and succeeding schedules
Of the bill be olosed in an hour.
Carlisle raised the point Of order that tine
motion was not in order.
The discussion on Cariisle's point NJ or
der is progressing amid a good deal Of cor
fusion and excitement: Carlisle, Hammond.
o. GenrVie. and Randall. being the pro nj
Tir1t speakes ~ the democratic side. snd
Htskel and Kelley, on the republican
side.