Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
LYNCH's FREEDMAN's BANK BILL PASSED.
THE TARIFF DEBATE

THE TARIFF DEBATE.
WASHINGTON, February I3-House.
motion of Mr.. Lynch, the Senate bill passed
authorizing the commissioner of the Freed
mans Saving and Trust Company to examine
and audit all claims sgainst the company.
and pay all dividends due on accounts which
have been presented since the 2lst of August,
1881.
Mr.. Page reported the back resolution CALI
ing on the Secretary of War for information
concerning the deposit of silt and sand in
Portage lake, Michigan. Adopted.
The Senate bill passed granting right of
way TO the st. Louis and San Francisco
Railroad Company through the Fort Smith,
Ak, military reservation
Mr.. Page, chairman of tbs Committee on
Commerce, reported the river and harbor
bill. Ordered printed and recommitted.
The appropriation recommended is 81 ,937, :
900.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the tariff bill. The iron and
steel schedule still being under discussion.
Debate was continued up TO the hour Of
adjournment, and all the clauses of the
schedule, with one exception, were disposed
OF. The monotony of the discussion was
broken by heated personal controversy be-
tween Messrs. Haskell and Townsend, which
at one time threatened to become dangerous.
The cause of the trouble was the assertion of
Mr.. townsend that the bill under considera-
tion was got up in the interest of the manu-
facturers, and that the committee were sur
rounded during It's preparation by their
paid agents and professional lobbyists. Mr..
Haskell denied the charge, and accused Mr..
Townsend of uttering q falsehood. Mr..
Townsend said his statements could be
proved by the Republican press, whereuper
Mr.. Haskell reiterated his charge that Mr.
Townsend had uttered and was uttering a
falsehood. This led to a wrangle, which
was finally quieted by Mr.. Kasson and
other members appealing to the gentlemen
to proceed with public business and not
make the House beer garden. 1t is be-
lieved that the dispute is permanently set
tied, and that nothing more will be heard
of it.
The President laid before the Senate the
resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska
asking for the admission of Canadian lum-
Der free of duty, and commencing and
thanking Senator Van Wick for his efforts
TO put lumber on the free list.
The joint resolution passed admitting free
of duty a monument to General Washing
ton to be imported by the Society of Cincin-
natl, Philadelphia.
Senator Davis wv. Va introduced bill
to authorize the construction of bridges
across the Great Kanawaha and describe the
dimensions of the same.
Senator Sewell presented the credentials
of his colleague, Senator Mcpherson, re-
elected senator from New Jersey, which were
read and fled.
The President laid before the Senate the
resolutions of the Commercial Exchange of
Chicago requesting the passage of fair, just
and equitable bankrupt law.
Senator Kellogg introduced bills to i'm.
prove the navigation of the Mississippi.
Senator Sawyer presented the resolutions
of the Legislature of Wisconsin praying for
an appropriation for the harbor at Superior,
Wis.
The tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being on the amendment proposed
last evening by Senator Morrill, (by instruc-
ton OF the Committee on Finance) reducing
from 5100 to 4.100 of q cent per pound the
additional duty to be paid on sugars above
No. 13 Dutch standard tor every degree or
fraction Of degree above rs, as shown by
the polariscope.
This amendment was lost, and after de-
bate, the following changes agreed to:
Making the duty on all sugars not above
No. 13, Dutch standard, and not above
750 BY polariscops, 25-100 cents per pound
AOf cNcfy deSi &C VI VI QcSrcc duONc
750; on sugars above No. 13 and not above No.
16, Dutch standard, 2 40.100 cents per pound
The rate on sugars above No. 16 and not
above No. 20, Dutch standard, was made
three cents per pound, and on that above
No. 20, Dutch standard, three and one-half
cents per pound.
The tobacco schedule was passed over tenn
porarily, on the suggestion of Senator Plat.
No changes we're made in the cotton
schedule.
Jute, which had been struck out of the
bill, was restored at duty of SIS ton.
On motion of Senator Plat, the tobacco
schedule was then taken up, and the follow
ing substitute was adopted: Leaf tobacco,
of which eighty FIVE per cent. is of requisite
size and of necessary freness of texture
to be suitable for wrappers, and of which
more than 100 leaves are required to weigh
q pound if not stemmed, seventy five cents
per pound, if stemmed, 81 per pound.
Consideration OF the wool schedule was
then resumed and concluded, and schedule
M (books, etc., being reached, the Senate
adjourned:
CAPITAL NOTES.