Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-13

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Senate went into executive session.
When the doors were re-opened the Senate
resumed consideration of the tariff bill,
the pending question being on agreeing
to the amendment in relation to vinegar
factories adopted Saturday in committee
of the whole. After prolonged debate
the amendment was rejected. The
provision for duties upon goods
manufactured from two or more
materials was amended so as to provide
that such duty shall be assessed at the
terial of chief value may be chargeable.
Mr.. Conger asked to have the iron ore
paragraph reserved, which called from
Mr.. Morrill, the remark that ''We expect
to finish this bill to-day"
A long debate ensued. in the course of
which Mr.. Morgan said that the cotton
growers of the South were making no
money and were barely making living.
Mr.. Brown said that the people of the
South made too much cotton; they need
ed more diversified industry and more
labor devoted to raising provisions and
agricultural products other than cotton.
Mr.. Sherman moved to change the rate
on pig iron from three-tenthS of cent
per pound, to So 80 per ton. Agreed to;
ayes thirty, nays twenty-three. The ac-
tiOn of the committee of the whole in
striking out lumber from the wood
schedule. was disagreed to by a vote of
sixteen to twenty-nine.
Mr.. Morrill,, by instruction of the ma
iority of the Committee on Finance, pro-
posed to reduce the additional duty on
sugars not above No. II, Dutch standard,
testing about seVenty-fiye degrees by the
pOlariscOpe, from fiVe-One-hundredth cents
to four-one-huhdredth cents per pound for
every additional degree or fraction of a
degree.
Mr.. Jonas said the change was proposed
in the interest of the refiners, and charged
that the Chairman and other members of
the Committee ON Finance had shown
Punic faith in dealing with this question
of the duty on sugar.
Mr.. Bayard argued that what the COM
mittee proposed was the faireSt adjust
ment TINT coule we'll be made of the duties
on sugars of different grades with due re-
gard to the interests of the producers,
importers and refners respectively. AS Mr..
Jonas had complained Of being taken by
surprise by the Offering of the amend
ment, and stated that his colleague
Mr.. Kellogg and another Senator who
would vote with him were absent,
Mr.. Bayard suggested that the vote be
postponed until they could be present.
Mr.. Morrill, said he had no objection to
letting the vote go over. till tomorrow.
Mr.. Sherman offered an amendment, of
which he gave notice in committee of the
whole, laying an additional duty of 10
per cent. ad valOrem on sugars, etc, on
which an export duty is levied by the
country of their production.
Mr.. Van Wyck believed that Mr.. Jonas
charge of bad faith on the part of the
Committee on Finance was well
founded. The Senator had said that
member of that committee had come to
him to negotiate about the duty on sugar.
Negotiate was the proper term to use,
because the whole of this tariff legisla-
ton on which the Senate had been engaged
for a month past was conducted on COM
mercjal principles. The Senator from
Louisiana (Mr. Jonas had a right to
complain of the treatment he had received,
for he had probably relied upon the old
saying that ''there is honor among
thieves"
Mr.. VanWyck used the word ''thieyes"
in Pickwickian sense. Laughter The
Senator from Louisiana might well have
been suspicious of the high prOtectiOniStS
of the East, but he might depend upon the
high prOtectiOnistS of the Northwest.
They would remember his vote to keep
the duty on lumber and would come up
like little men" and vote for his sugar
tax. Laughter. Senators might amuse
themselves by this pretense of leglslating
for the public, when really they were only
negotiating with each other for the benefit
of highly protected interests. But the
people would not be deceived.
After discussing for some time an
amendment to the sugar schedule without
coming to IA vote, the Senate adjourned
at 10:10p. m.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Under the call of States the following
bills were introduced and referred:
Mr.. Robinson, of New York, from the
Committee on Pensions, reported back the
bill granting pension of $50 per month to
Septemia Randolph Meikleham, Thomas
JeffersOns granddaughter. twas referred
to the private calendar. The House, at 12:l5
O'Clock, went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill-the pending paragraph
being that imposing duty on chains.
The following were the changes made
in the bill in committee of the whole:
Reducing the duty on chains of a dame
ter of not less than q of an inch, from ,
to IA cents per pound; of a diameter
ranging from q to q of an inch, from %
to cents; of diameter less than
% of an inch, from % cents to
80 per cent. ad valOrem. Fixing the
rate Ofduty on steel ingOts, ETC., weighing
less than five hundred pounds, as follows:
Those valued at four cents per pound or
less, 40 per cent. ad valOrem; above four
and not above seven cents per pound, two
cents per pound; above seven and not
above eleven cents per pound, three and a
half cents per pound; changing the duty on
steel rivets, screws, nail fence and wire
rods, not lighter than No. , wire guage.
and valued at three and a half cents per
pound or less, from three-quarters of a
cent per pound to 80 per cent.
ad valOrem. The committee rose, and
the HOusestOok a recess until 80.
The House in evening session is consid-
ering the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill in committee of the
whole, with a slim attendance of men,
bers.
No changes were effected in the bill, and
pending its discussion the House adj
jOurned.
NOMINATIONS AND COMBINATIONS.
The President to-day nominated Emory
Speer to be United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia, and Joshua
b. Hill to be United States Marshal for
the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The Senate to-day confirmed Green C..
Chandler as United States District AttOr-
ney for the Northern District of Mlssis-
sippi, and the following Postmasters {:
ErVine r. Brink, Wilmington, n. c.;
Thomas NJ. Green, Birmingham, Ala. !;
John W. Deren, DemOpOlis, Ala; Frank
Valiant, Greenville, Miss; Augustine
A. Flocher, Marietta, Ga; Charles w.
Arnold, Albany, Ga; Jesse r. Wikle,
Gainesville, Ga.
THE GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE AR
LINGT0N.
The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day
agreed to report for passage the bill pro-
viding for the purchase from George
Washington Parke GUSTS Lee of the en-
tire Arlington estate, comprising eleven
thousand acres near Washington city,
and including the national cemetery, at a
total cost of $4,000. The accrued taxes
some $15,000-are to be paid by General
Lee, who has agreed to the terms pro-
posed by the Ommittee.
BILL AGAINST LOTTERIES.
bill was introduced in the House to-
day by Representative Robertson, of Lou
isiana, for the more effectual suppression
of lotteries. 1t is proposed to prevent the
transmission through the mails of any
newspapers, magazines or other publica-
tiOns which contain any information as to
where lottery tickets may be bought, when
drawings will take place, or what num-
bers have drawn prizes.
Another Man Gone Wrong.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.-The Times
Democrats Baton Rouge dispatch reports
that Sheriff w. w. Bradley, of East Car
roll parish, is defaulter for So, 400, and