Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS.
BOTH HOUSES WORKING AWAY At
THE TAEIFF BILL.
Nearing the End-Acrimonious Debate in
Both Branches-Probability of the Pas
sage of the Measure Before Adjournment
Night Sessions Held Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. AT the closing OF
the morning business the senate held a
brief executive session, and when the
doors were opened the tariff bill was
taken up.
Mr.. Beck moved to strike out the para
graph embracing women's and children's
dress goods, coat Innings, Italian cloths
and goods of like description, now and
heretofore RaWE. as worsted stuffs, the
warp of WI Isl .amade wholly of cotton
linen, ramie, china grass or other vegeta-
BILE materials, or of combination of them.
and the welt wholly, or in part, of wool,
worsted, the hair of the alpaca goat or
other like animals, and to substitute for ii
the classification of the existing law, the
rates of duty per square yard being re-
duced one cent.
Mr.. Morrill, opposed the amendments,
and then Mr.. Lamar made lengthy argu-
ment against the protection policy.
The subject was further discussed by
Messrs. Morrill,, Davis and others.
Mr.. Aldrich criticised the tabular state
ment from Mr.. Beck in connection with
the duties on women and children's dress
goods as misleading, and saids that if it
was prepared, as Mr.. Beck stated, by man
familiar with the subject, it had been pre-
pared with deliberate intention to de-
ceive the senate, therefore it was not
strange the senator from Kentucky de-
clined to give the name. incidentally,
Mr.. Aldrich mentioned Mr.. Carhart, an
appraiser in New York, whose name had
been used in connection with this state
ment, as evidently partisan of the i'm
porters."
Mr.. Beck-I have no doubt they will
have him removed very promptly, if they
find that to be true.
Messrs. Hawley and Aldrich-He ought
to be.
Mr.. Beck have no doubt you will try
your best among you to have him re-
moved. It's pity he gave his name.
Mr.. Aldrich, in concluding his statement,
said he could hardly trust himself to speak
of the spectacle which is presented here of
American nufacturers-honest and re-
spectacle men-compelled to plead in the
senate for their lives, and assaulted by
means of anonymous communications in
the interest of importers,a clasG according
to the statement of Mr.. Constable, before
the tariff commissioner, as composed large
ly of foreigners, who come here merely to
make money, and who don't become Amer
lean citizens or take an interest in Ameri-
can institutions.
Mr.. Beck said Mr.. Aldrich, as agent OF
the men who were seeking to plumber the
public treasury, manifested great anx-
iety to know the name of the compiler of
this table, and showed his animus by de-
nouncing New York appraiser who had
dared to tell the truth, and that gentlemen
would probably be dismissed as David A.
Wells was dismissed some years ago fol
the same reason.
Mr.. Allison said that if the paragraph
under discussion was intended to include
only all wool goods the committee on
finance had been unfortunate in theil
choice of phraseology, and he suggested
that the two paragraphs embracing 'Wom-
en- and children's dress goods" be recon-
United for revision.
Mr.. Sherman said the wool growers
complained that their interests had been
sacrificed, and those of manufacturers IN
duly favored by both the committee on
finance and the tariff commission, and he
thought these paragraphs ought to be re-
vised by committee.
After some further discussion all the re-
mainder of the wool schedule except the
paragraph embracing weddings; gurings
beltings, etc." was informally passed over
in order to give the committee on finance
an opportunity to consider it further. The
paragraphs then passed over embrace
women's and childrsn's dress goods, cloth
ing, carpets and endless belts or felts.
The silk schedule was read and left un-
changed.
The next schedule books, papers, ETC.
was taken up.
Mr.. Ingalls, said he would move to put
books on the free list. There was no rea-
son for the 20 per cent duty laid upon
them here. 1t would be direct tax upon
knowledge and the means of education, and
ought to be stricken out.
Mr.. Bayard moved to make the duty IL
per cent. and it was adopted-31 to 10.
Mr.. Vance then moved to strike out the
paragraph, so as to let books, pamphlets
and printed matter go on the free list.
The motion was agreed to by the follow
ircp