Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-13
FORTYSRVByTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Feb IL.

relations. reported bill for the suppression
of the opium traffic.
Mr.. Blair introduced bill to legalize the
of national trade unions. Re-
ferred to the committee of education.
At the close of the morning business, the
tariff bill was taken up.
The Senate, on motion of Mr.. Edmnnds,
went into executive session.
When the doors were re-opened, the Sem
ate resumed the consideration of the tariff
bill. the pending question being on agreeing
TO the amendment in relation to vinegar fac
tories adopted Saturday. in the committee OF
the whole on motion of Mr.. Miller.
Mr.. Miller argued in favor of the amend
ment.
Mr.. Miller of New York, Immediately in
troduced an amendment. as "a bill TO repeal
an act relating to vinegar factories, estao-
lished and operated prior to March l., 1879;
referred to the committee on finance.
MIR. McDill presented the majority report
of the select committee, appointed to investl-
gate the collector ia the Internal revenue IN
the sixth collection district of North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Vance presented the minority report,
and both were ordered printed.
The amendments made in the committee OF
the whole to the internal revenue portion OF
the bill having been considered, the Senate
proceeded to consider those made in the
committee to the tariff sections.
Mr.. Morgan, who had on Saturday demand
ed the separate vote in the Senate upon each
amendment made in the committee of the
whole, withdrew the demand in order to facil-
itate the progress of the bill.
The provision for duties upon goods man.
ufactured from two or more materials, was
amended so as to provide that such duty
.'shall be assessed at the highest rates at
which the component material of chief value
may be chargeable."
A motion to disagree to the amendment
made in the committee Of the whole, making
the duty on soap 20 per cent al valorem was
lost and the amendment was agreed to.
The amendment made in the committee of
the whole changing the duty on green and
colored glass bottles, demijohns, jars, etc.,
from so per cent ad valorem to one and one
half cents per pound was disagreed to.
Mr.. Conger asked to have the paragraph
embracing iron ore and pyrites, reserved I'M
til tomorrow, when he hoped to be able to
present some assays which would show the
injustice of the action taken on this subject.
Mr.. Morrill-We expect to finish this bill
today.
The paragraph was temporarily reserved.
majority of the committee on fnance) pro-
posed to strike ont the pig iron paragraph,
and substitute one reading:
''lron in pigs, iron kentledge, spiegilizen
cast and wrought scrap iron or scrap steel,
three-tenths of cent per pound
MIR. Sherman moved to strike out the
words inserted in this paragraph in the COM
mittee of the whole. and insert: Iron in
pigs, iron kentledge, spiegeleizen, wrought
or cast scrap iron, three-tenths of cent
but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or
scrap steel except waste or refuse iron or
steel that has been in actual use, and fit only
to be re-manufactured."
After long debate, Mr.. Sherman's amend
ment was rejected, yeas %, nays 26.
Mr.. Sherman then offered the same amend
ment, changing the rate of duty from three
tenths of cent per pound to $3.50 per ton !;
agreed to.
The amendmdnt changing the duty on bar
iron from nine-tenths of cent per pound to
SIS per ton, was agreed to.
Mr.. Mitchell moved to make the duty on
nickel ore 20 cents per pound instead of 10;
lost.
The action of the committee of the whole
in striking out lumber from the wood sched-
ule was disagreed to. Laths. shingles, pine
clapboards, and spruce clapboards, struck
out in the committee of the whole, were also
restored at the rates in the bill, the Senate
refusing to agree to the action of the COM
mittee.
Mr., Morrill,, by the instruction of the ma
jority of the committee on finance, proposed
to reduce the additional duty on sugars, not
above 10 dutch standard, and testing above
10 degrees by polariscope, from fve-hun-
dredths to four-hundredths of a cent per
pound for every additional degree or frac-
ton of degree.
The vote on this question, at the SUCCESS
ton of Mr.. Bayard, was postponed. owing to
the absence of MIR. Kellogg OF louisiana
Mr.. Sherman offered an amendment. of
which he gave notice in the committee of the
whole, laying an additional duty of ten per
cent ad valorem on sugars. ETC.. on which an
export duty is levied by the country of their
production.
After some further remarks, the Senate at
1920, adjourned.
Mr.. Hutchins of New York asked the
unanimous consent for the passage of the
bill for the retirement of Alfred Pleasanton,
with the rank of Major General.
Mr.. Steele of Indiana objected.
Several bills were introduced and referred
BY Mr.. Moore of Mass. for the sale of the
naval and marine hospital at Chelsea, Mass
BY Mr.. Ray of New Hampshire, to promote
the efficiency of the naval observatory.
The House at II 45 went into committee
of the whole on the tariff bill. the pending
paragraph being that of imposing duty on
claims.
Mr.. Tucker of Kentucky offered an amend
ment, exempting trace chains from duty, and
placing them on the free list.
After a prolonged debate, the pending vim
egar amendment was rejected; yeas 10, nays
SO.
Finally, Mr.. Kelley's motion, limiting the
debate to five minutes, was agreed to- and
the House went into committee of the whole.
Mr.. Turner'S amendment was lost
Mr.. Tucker moved to reduce the duty on
chains less than three-eigh of an inch in di-
ameter, from two and one-half cents per
pound to 35 per cent ad valorem; agreed to-
Mr.. Anderson moved to reduce the duty
on chains not less than threA-tourths of an
inch in diameter from two cents to one and
three-fourths per cent per pound; agreed to.
After some debate. the committee rose for
the purpose of limiting the debaie, hut a con-
test arose az to whether the time should be
limited to five or thirty minutes, and the yeas
and nays were ordered on the latter PROPOSE
ton.