National Republican., 1883-02-10
THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
The Tariff Bill Still Holding the Boards in Both
Ends Of the Capitol.
The House Makes Radical Changes in
the Metals Schedule.
The Senate Considering the Legislative Portion Of the
Much Discussed Measure.
An Evening Session OF the House Devoted
TO the Private Calendar.
THE HOuSE.

Mr.. Belford from tho committee on coinage,
weights and measures, reported resolutions
declaring it TO be inexpedient to discontinue
the coinage of silver under existing law, and
recommending the committee on appropria-
tions to appropriate for the purpose of provid-
ing additional vault room at some point in
the Mississippi valley. Referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations.
Mr. Kasson offered resolution that during
the remainder of the session 1t shall be in
order, in any day after the morning hour, to
move to suspend the rules so as to consider
in the house any regular appropriation
revenue bill which shall have been reported
by q committee and may then be in commit
tee of the whole ON the state of the union, or
which may then be on the speakers table,
and such motion shall be decided by ma
jority vote. Referred to the committee on
rules.
Mr.. Houk, chairman of the committee on
war claims reported back the bill for the
payment of certain of July claims, reported by
the accounting officers of tho Treasury de-
partment
Objection was made to its present consider
alton, and it was made n special order for
Tuesday evening next.
Mr.. Blackburn submitted tho conference
report on the military academy appropria-
tion bill, and it was agreed TO-.
Mr.. Page. chairman of the committee on
commerce, reported back n resolution which
was adopted calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information relative to the cost
of introducing gas for lighting beacons and
buoys.
Mr. Harris, of Massachusetts,, introduced
bill requiring an oath as to age from recruits
in the navy. Referred.
Mr.. Wheeler, from tho committee on mill
tary affairs, reported bill to place Capt. II.
i. Anderson on the retired list. Referred to
the private calendar.
uu Mr. Dcering, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported adversely a bill authorizing
tho Mississippi, Albuquerque, and Inter
ocean railway company to construct road
through the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
Laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Springer n concurrent
resolution was passed for the printing of the
report of Lieut.. Sullivan on tho problem of
interOcean communication.
Private business was then dispensed with,
and the house. at 12 o'clock, went into COM
mittee of the whole (Alr. Burrows, of Michi-
gan, in the chair on
THE TARIFF BILL.
The pending amendment was ono offered by
Mr.. Haskell, of Kansas, reducing from ] $40
to l 2-10 cents per pound the duty on sheet
iron thinner than II inches and not thinner
than No. 20 wire gauge; which was agreed TO-.
Mr. Cox, of New York, offered an amend
ment providing for the admission of foreign
built ships on the payment of 20 per cent. ad
valorem; also, an amendment for the admis-
sion of ship materials free of duty; both of
which were ruled out on points of order.
The clause as finally passed was as follows {:
"Boiler or other plate iron, sheared or un-
sheared, sheet iron, sheared or rolled in
grooves, and sheet iron common or black, not
thinner than No. 90 wire gauge / 2-10 cents
per pound; thinner than No. 20 wire gauge
and not thinner than No. % wire gauge, l $40
II. n II
gauge and not thinner than No. 90 wire gauge,
IL cents per pound; thinner than No. 30 wire
gauge and all iron commercially known as
common or black tagger's iron, whether in
boxes or bundles or not, 30 per cent. ad val
orem."
Motions to reduce from to 81 cents per
pound the duty on polished, planished, or
glanced sheet iron or STEEL to strike out the
proviso imposing an additional duty of cent
per pound on sheet iron when pricllled or
cleaned or smoothed by rolling, and to make
the duty on sheet iron 35 per cent. ad valorem
were lost
The item imposing duty of 1-1O cents
per pound on tin plates, &C., having been
reached, Mr.. Kasson inquired whether this
article of tin plates was manufactured in this
country or ever could be. If il could. he
thought that the rate proposed in the bill was
rs low as it should be consistent with the
maintenance of the industry but if it could
duty to l cont per pound. He understood
that the revenue from this article amounted
to $5,000,000.
Mr.. Kelley said that though the revenue
was $5,000,000, the drawback amounted to
$2,000000. He was not prepared to say what
were tho resources of the country. There
was one tin mine in California which would
be available whenever transportation could
be had. In Gods name, let not the gentle
man from Iowa lead the house to say that tin
plates should never be manufactured in the
country.
Mr.. Kasson replied that, on the statement OF
the gentleman, he concluded that tin plates
were not manufactured in the country, and
could not be unless resources were discovered
which were not now known to exist. The
agricultural interest was not more concerned
in a single article than it was in this item OF
tin plates. He therefore moved TO reduce the
duty TO l cent, though he was not sure but
that it should be reduced to three-quarters Of
u cent, or even that it should be put on the
free list.
After some debate Mr.. Bayne moved to in.
crease the duty to two cents per pound, and
after further debate Mr.. Anderson moved Ia
strike out the whole clause, stating that his
int ention was to move to place it ON the free
list. long wrangle followed, and finally the
motions of Messrs, Bayne and Anderson were
lost, and Mr.. Kassons proposition was
agreed to.
The clause imposing duty of one and
nine-tenths cents per pound on corrugated oI
crimped iron or steel was struck from the bill
Mr.. Muldrow moved TO except cotton ties
from the duty of one and two-tenths centspei
pound imposed upon hoop iron. Lost
Various motions to reduce the duty or
hoop, scroll, and other iron, not thinner thar
No, 10 wire gauge, were offered and severally
voted down.
Mr.. Springer offered provision that there
shall be no increase of duty over existing law
on any article dutiable under this paragraph
Lost-5S to 90
The moment the next clause imposing
duty of 4-10 cents per pound ON cotton ties
was reached, half u dozen members from thI
southern states were on their feet claiming
recognition,
Mr. MaclSey secured the floor and moved tC
reduce the duty to 30 per cent, ad valorem.
Pending action the committee rose, and n
$3.50 the house took u recess until 8 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Tho house, at its evening session, passed 9
large number of pension bills and bills grant
ing condemned cannon for monumental pur
poses.
Among these were bill granting pension
of $50 month TO the widow of Mai. Hawk
late representative from Illinois, and bill
granting eight bronze cannon for the purpost
of erecting monument to Gen. William Ill
Lytle at Cincinnati
At 1910 the house adjourned.
THE SENATE.
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, from the committe,