The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-22
NEWS CONDENSED.
DOINos OF CONGRESS.

~OAASNS O1 NVXNN1S&00s
THE Senate spent the whole day. and
good Part OF the night. on the 18th inst, dis
cnssing the Morrill, Tariff bill Much OF the
time consumed in fighting over again the
ton was the proposition Of Mr.. s,hcrman. Of
Ohio. 10 put the duty on pig
ns -, at . .sa where ,.,,. was dss 6,
the fgnrc he wanted, but coaxed the Senate to
yield 50 far as to place II at t6.sa The action Of
the committee OF the whole In striking out lum-
her from the wood schedule WAS disagreed to by
~ TO IL. Lath. shingles, pine clapboards and
spruce clapboards. struck ont In the committee
OF the whole, were also restored ut the rates in
the bill--the Senate refusing to agree to the ac-
tion in committee by vote Of yeas IL.
nays 81 Two hours were spent
IN discussing an amendment IN
tton also claimed the attention OF the House,
and precipitaied one Of the liyelicst debates OF
the session. The items under discussion were
those relating 10 the duties on bars and rods
from which fencing wire. tracc-chains, horse
shoes. nails and similar articles arc manufact-
nred, and steel used for making locomotive and
other tires Slight reductions were made I'm the
material Of which fencing wire. trace chains,
horse shoes and nails arc made, hut the locomo-
tive tire material was kept up. The Honsc
refused to pass bill for the retirement Of Alfred
Plcasonton with the rank of Major General. Mr..
Robertson introduced bill to prohibit the
transmission OF lottery advertisements through
the mails
THE Senate worked seven hours upon II.
Tariff bill on Feb H. Sugar was the main SUBJ
jcct Of discussion. The New England men. who
wanted reductions in the lower grades: the
Southern men. who wanted reductions i'm the
higher grades. II any reduction were to be made;
the men from the Middle States. who were OPP
posed to any reduction, but preferred reductions
in the higher to reductions In the lower grades.
made over again the speeches they had made
In committee Of the whole. At times
the debate was exciting. The ont
come Of IL all was compromise, offered by Mr..
Bayard. with which everybody seemed to he salts
fed. The tobacco item was then taken up. and
also excited ssprited debate. which was like
necticut and Havana tobacco interests. The
House engaged all day upon the metal
schedule Of the Ways and Means Committee bill.
Among the important changes made was an
amendment to prescribe = duty of
Is per cent on all steel not speci-
ally enumerated, the duty in no TO ex-
nickel OXIDE alloy Of any kind in which nickel
IL the element OF chief value, was reduced from
Is cents 70 Is cents per pound duty on quick
Bronze powder was reduced from . per cent. To
20 per cent. gold leaf from 81 per package Of
600 leaves to $3.50, and shotcuns and all other
cent. duty q IS per cent. vas ras
placed on pistols of all kinds. The duty on
was reduced to 40 per cent. The tariff on metal
lie pens was fixed At u cents gross instead of
IS per cent. There Vas little personal
epat between MeSSrs. Townshend, Of Illinois.
and Haskell. Of Kansas. The former charged
that the measure under consideration the
work Of hired lobbyists. The latter resented
the char. and some hot words followed, which
for a time relieved the dull monotony that usu-
ally attends tariff legislation in Congress.
HE amendment made in committee of
the whole. raising the duty on bituminous coal
RI fnn cam r,n in ba Ca
on Feb Il and gave rise TO long debate II was
c0ncnrred in by vote Of % TO Is There was also
asvely discussion concerning the duty on books,
which was fixed at Is per cent. al vaorem. Mr..
Blair introduced in the Senate a hill to prevent
the use OF convict labor upon works Of the
United States. The House wrestled the whole
day with the tariff problem. An attempt to re-
duce the duty on all iron wares not enumerated
In the bill was defeated, every amendment look
ing to that end being promptly voted down A
proposition offered by Mr.. Cox, Of New York, for
the admission OF foreign built ships on the pay
mcnt af a duty Of 80 per cent. was lost, three
Republicans voting with the Democrats in the
affirmative. Mr. Holman moved to place lum-
her on the free list. which gave rise to a long
and animated debate. This together with sew
eral other amendments looking to the reduction
OF the duties on hubs, wagon blocks. etc, were
promptly squelched. night session was held
to consider the Legislative Appropriation hill, at
which MIR. Butterworth made an earnest effort to
secure an hour for the consideration Of the bond
ed whisky bill. was beaten Mr.. Joyce declared
ttha the measure should moi have Que minute
during the session
NEARLY nil the day of Feb. Is was con-
sumed in the Senate by discussion Of the tariff.
and the Senate bill was pushed through the sec
ond reading. Mr.. Cockrcll presented petitions
from the officers OF several educational instiiu-
tions In Missouri for the appointment Of
. practical astronomer superintendent
of the Naval Observatory. Mr.. Morrill,
handed in remonstrance against any reduction
of tho tariff on books below % per cent. signed
by Oliver Wendell Holiness 7. b. Aldrich and
John q. Whittier. In executive session Mr.. Ed
only such private secretaries as are engaged in
the performance OF duty. In the House Mr. Will
nams submitted a conference report on the Jap
anese indemnity fund. to return the $7s5,o00
received. to ray Siso.oo0 to the officers of the
Wyoming and Takiang. and cancel the bonds
composing the indemnity fund This was agreed
TO. The sugar schedule of the Tariff bill was
under discussion, and nil amendments were
voted down by large majoriticS, and the COM
mittee bill was substantially unchanged
The japanese Indemnity bill which had
previously passed the House. was taken up and
passed by the Senate on Feb. IL. after which the
Senators tackled the Tariff bill, but did little
work. The House laid aside the Tariff bill and
took mp and passed the Legislative Approlria-
ton hill The working hours Of the Government
clerks We're fixed at seven and one half in winter
and eight in summer. The clerks fought vainly
for softer job" The whisky men made an
EFFORT to secure the consideration Of the Bonded
Period bill. but were promptly defeated. Bills
were introduced to appropriate $lOa,pN1 and
&50ouon for the relief of the sufferers by the flood
along the Ohio and Mississippi.