The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-15
XLVII GONGRESS--2d Session
SENATE.

employment OF convict labor upon works OF
| property of the United States.
AT the close OF the morning business the
| Senate resumed consideration of the tariff bill
| The pending question was on agreeing to an
| amendment made in committee of the whole
| putting books, &c, on the free list
Mf. Bayard as preliminary to restoring the
| paragraph laying the duty on books which ad
been struck out In committee of the whole.
moved to amend the language SO as to restrict
the duty to books wholly OF partly in the
English language" Agreed to by 80 to 81.
This left the duty at 15 per cent ad yalorem,
u having been changed in committee of the
! whole from 20 to 10.
Before the paragraph was struck out Mr.
Morrill moved TO restore 20, the original figure.
st, ayes 90 nays 80.
A vote Was taken on concurring in the ac-
tlon OF the committee of the whole, striking
out the paragraph so as to let books 90 on the
Tree list. This was disagreed to bv the follow
ing vote, ayes 81, nays 33.
so the paragraph stands in the bill in this
form books, pamphlets, bound or unbound
and all printed matter wholly or in part in the
Eng lsh language, not specially enumerated or
provided for in this act, engravngs, bound or
unbound, etchiDgs, illustrated books, maps and
charts, 10 per cent ad valorem
Debate was carried on at great length.
Vote was finally taken and amendment
adopted in committee of the whole making the
duty on bituminous coal rs cents per ton was
agreed on.
The question then was on agreeing to the
amendment inserting friction or lncifer match
es at 30 per cent ad yalorem. The amendment
was agreed to-
Mr. Brown moved to reduce duty on gun
powder aud other explosives but the motion
y %as sae aBs aa sef fton to q @ eftA
Mr.. Cockrell asked for a separate vote on the
paragraph laying duty of 900 on garden seeds.
Wood pipes which had been included by the
committee of the whole with common pipes OF
Clay at 50 per cent were struck out and left to
come under the general class "pipes'' at 70 per
cent. Amendment made in committee in re-
latlon TO diamonds was agreed to.
In the Tree list Mr.. Mcpherson tried to have
the mineral water paragraph amended SO as
not to admit bottles or jugs free, but his
amendment was rejected.
Paragraph embracing books and pamphlets
was amended so as to admit free only those
printed Exclusively in foreign language"
The amendment made in committee of the
whole raising the duty on bituninous coal from
90 10 70 cents per ton gave rise TO spirited de-
bate.
Amendments of which Messrs. Morgan and
Salisbury gave notice this morning we're offer
ed aud vote down.
o her amendments made in committee were
agreed 10.
The additional section proposed by Mr. Sher-
man providing that the repeal of existing laws
by this act shall affect the rights or liabili-
ties accruing or accrued under such laws, etc.
was agreed to.
The Senate at few minutes before 10 ad.
journed.
HOUSE.
Immediately after tie reading of the jour
nal the House went into committee of the
whole on the tariff BILL the pending paragraph
being the "baskej" clause imposing a duty of
40 per cent ad valorem on manufactured arti-
Giles or wares not specially enumerated wholly
or in part.
Several amendments were rejected
Mr.. Morrison offered amendment provid-
ing that after July 1, 1854, ,uo higher duty shall
be levied on anv article embraced in the metal
schedule than 80 per cent ad valorem.
The amendment was lost.
| Mr.. Cox offered an amendment for the ad-
mission of foreign built ships on payment of
| 20 per cent ad valorem duty. Losl.
Consideration of schedule d, wood and
| wooden wares, was then entered upon.
Mr.. Holman of Indiana moved to strike out
the clause imposing duty of I5 per Cent ad-
valorem on timber hewn or sawed and tim Der
used for spars and in building whsrves
After debate Mr.. Holman's amendment
| was then lost.
Mr.. White of Kentucky moved to increase
| the rate to q cents Lost
Mr.. Anderson moved to strike out the whole
| clause relating to sawed lumber. Lost.
| MI. Cox of New York moved to reduce the
| duty on hubs, wagon blocks, ETC., from 90 TO 10
| cents and Mr.. Anderson advocated the motion.
/ The amendment was lost as were several other
| amendments looking 10 the reduction of duties.
| Having concluded consideration of the WOO
schedule without making any change therein
| the committee rose.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois asked that the night
session be assigned to consideration of legisa-
| tive appropriation bill.
| Mr.. Rutterworth objected.
| The House at $50 took recess until 7.30 D.
m.
| Evening Session.
When the House met this evening Mr. His-
| cock of New York moved that the House 90 in
| to committee on the legislative bill
| Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio raised the question
of consideration with the intention of calling
up the "bonded spirits" bill, but Mr.. Hiscock' s
motion was agred to, yeas 81, nays 81, and The
House went into committee accordingly, the
pending amendment being that reducing the
| number of material revenue collection districts
to 81. This amendment was adopted. This is
areduction of "A districts and will, if finally
agreed TO, go into effect On the first of JULY
| next.
On motion of Mr. Atkins of Tennessee an
amendment was adopted repeating the law
providing for an assistant secretary of the
| navy. -