Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-24
Forty-Seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. :

! SENArE.-Mr. Butler was the only Senator present
 during the prayer this mornng As soon as the chap gavel and asked the Senate to come to order MT.
 Butler suggested that roll call was necessary to find out whether there was quorum. Pages hurried to
 committee rooms for members who came in hot haste and saved an adjournment.
 Among other bills presented was one by MT. Gar
 land to manage the holding world industrial ex-
 hibion cotton in 1884 by Mr. Patt 1c relation to the delivery of mail matter from the postoffce
 The tariff bill was taken up at l1:S0 and the sideration Of the metal schedule was begun. Mir.
 the duty iron, including mangsniferous iron
 ore, also the dross resfduam from burnt pyrites, This amendment gave rise to speeches from Messrs Beck Sherman and Maxey, Mir. Sherman sayi' g the
 metal schedule was the most important in the b it's
 main idea being to protect labor and capital employ ed in manufacturing pursuits s.,.,-
 MT Brown argued in favor of the total abolition of
 the internal revenue system and collecting all rev enue by duties on imports He was in favor of 1n- creasing the rates of duty the metal schedule. ! MT. Mahone delivered long prepared speech in
 favor of the protection of iron The rate in the two manufacturing firms. The duty ought to bs 8 per ton instead of $1 as proposed by the Senator from New York and he offered an amendment to that effect.
 ! MT. Miller, of New York; modified his amendment iron ore leaving the .dross or reauum from burnt pyrttes to be dealt with separately. MT. Bayard spoke against, the taxing of pyrites from sulphuric acid the basis of all chemical fertilizers extracted. It never paid duty before manufacturer who saw that his countrymen needed something that could be derived from pyrites and asked the Tariff commission to impose duty to enable him to make money.
 MT. Aldrich corrected an error the last speaker made in saying that pyrites are admitted free They pay duty of 20 per cent ad valorenn. Mir. Mahones amendment failed for want Of q sec making the duty s1 ton lost by Il yeas to s7 nays Those voting aye were Messrs. Blair Cameron Conger. Lapham, Logan, McMillan. McMahon, Miller of New York, sewell-
 ton This also lost by vote of Is yeas to 34 nays. The changes in the affirmative were Messrs Brown. Edmunds, HRle Harrison, Hoar. Mir. Camden moved to make the rate 60 cents per ton Mr. Conger moved to make 1t 70 cents per ton. MT Conger's amendment was rejected by yeas to 35
 At 5:5o D. m the Senate went into exscutivesession Senator Frye introduced amendment to the sugar schedule making the rates to IS Dutch standard 25 per cent and above 1a S5 per cent ad yaorem, and when the doors opened at 6:l0 ?. m. the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE-After the introduction of several bills the House went into Committee of the Whole on the na- val appropriation bill MT. Calkins' amendment they shali be filled by details from the line, was adopted.
 nel of the navy, was reached 1t was met by shower of points of order from Messrs McMillan of Tennes Pennsylvania, and others, which were after 8 long operation of the retiring clause that 1t shall be operative only until the reduction fixed by act of
 Mir Curtin, of Pennsylvznia, proposed amend nent providing that officers of the navy who served
 In the late war SHa1 po exempt 4E01H OPeHasioHs of the retiring clause. Both amendments were adopted.
 Numerous amendments were offered and rejected or ruled out.
 Mr. Calkins moved to strike out the entire clause
 in relation to retirement, which was agreed to by derisive vote.
 The next paragraph, which sbolishes the office of commodore and provides for board to select five officers from which the President shall select promo lions admiral, met with vigorous opposition Several clauses. After protrac esbste and many amendments the proviso to this section was lett to read as follows: ssThat hereafter all promoti
 the grade of admiral the active list shall be from the grades commodore and captain according t the seniority under the resulafioEs provided by law and no more promotions to the grade of modore shall be made, that grade being hereby abol