Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-21
Congressional.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-BrOwn moved
to place salt on the free list. Lost.
Vance offered an amendment repeal
| ing so much of the internal revenue
laws as required that a store keeper and
gauger to be appointed to distilleries
| having a capacity of less than thirty
gallons per day, and providing that such
| distilleries shall obtain licens therefor.
| Cameron of Pennsylvania made a
vigorous speech favoring protection. In
conclusion he moved to recommit the
bill 10 the Committee of Finance, with
instructions to report back bill to re-
| duce internal revenue taxation without
any tariff amendment. Time has abun
dainty demonstrated that no tariff
measure can possibly be passed this
session, and each day seems to place
| Republicans themselves farther and
farther from any possibility of agree
ment upon the final terms and rates of
tho bill. On the contrary it was urged
that the bill had now reached point
whereby harmony of purpose and action
on the part of Republicans, and abstl-
nence from further speeches, as well as
a final vote, could soon be reached.
! That to abandon the bill now would be
a virtual concession by Republicans.
They could not agree among them
selves, and that the logical result would
| be to place the Ouus of the responsible
ity for failure of tariff revision upon the
Republicans.
A vote was finally taken which result
| ed by large majority in favor of going
on for another day with the tariff bill.
Sherman moved to amend the wool
and wooden schedule 80 that the duty on
wool of the first class, the value where
| of at the last port or place from whence
| exported to the United States, inclnd-
| ING charges, shall be 80 cents per pound
or less. IL cents per pound. instead of
| 10, and making the duty on woods OF
| the same class valued above 30 cents
per pound, IA cents instead of II cents
per pound; also reducing the duty on
woods of the second class, hair OF the
| alpaca goat, and other like animals, OF
/ the value of 80 cents per pound or less,
| from 10 to Is cents per pound. and the
duty on woods of the same class valued
above 80 cents from II to IA cents per
| pound.
ingalls, said he would not vote for the
| changes proposed unless very good rea-
sons for them be given.
Morrill, hoped the amendment would
be rejected.
| Hawley felt the action of the Senator
from Ohio, in propos'ng these changes
| at this stage, WAS unjust.
| The House bill for extending the time
of fling Alabama claims passed with
amendment.
| Tabor introduced bill for military
most in western Colorado.
The Senate resumed consideration OF
| the tariff bill. The pending question on
motion TO reconsider the vote by which
the duty on ground and glass Walls.
demijons, DO, not cut, engraved or
packed, and not specially provided for.
was changed from 30 per cent. ad va
loren TO l cents per pound. Motion
agreed to.
| HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. W.-Hiscock,
Chairman of the Appropriation Com
mittee, moved to 60 into a Committee
of the Whole on the Sandry civil APP
preparation bill. He expressed the
opinion that the bill would not occupy
more than two or three days, and said
4 Il would be followed by the deficiency
bill.
il CAlkins, Chairman OF the Election
COMMITTEES, gave notice that ho would,
q soon - the sundTy civil bill vas dis