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articles was reduced from one-balf 10 one
quarter OF n cent per pound.
ON motion OF Mr.. Allison. the rate on
steel rails not specially enumerated was
changed from three cents per pound TO 30
per cent. dd rdlorem.
On motion OF Mr.. Plat, the duty on
nickel in ore or other crude form was re-
duced from 90. cents per pound to 10 cents.
The same reduction was made as 10 nickel
oxide, or alloy Of any kind In which nickel
Is the ingredient OF chief value; and ''in-
gots sheets or other form OF iron or other
metal covered or plated with nickel and
ware made Of metal so covered or plated J"
were struck from the paragraph.
On motion OF Mr.. Dawes, the duty on
shcatbing or yellow metal not wholly OF
copper nor wholly nor in part OF iron ungal-
vanlzed in sheets 4S by II inches. and
weighing from 10 to "a ounces per square
foot was fixed at So per cent dd rdlorem.
Mr.. Plat moved an additional clause
providing for Il duty OF 3j per cent. al rd-
loren on all sporting breech-loadinG shot
guns, and 10 per cent. al rdt0rem on
forged shotgun barrels rough bored.
Agreed to by a vote Of % to 10.
MIR. Beck moved TO fix the duty on me-
tallic pens, pen-hoiders, and pen-tips at 40
per cent. dd rdlOrem. Agreed to-ayes,
-; noes, 30.
Mr.. Bayard moved to reduce the duty,or
manufacturers articles or wares not spc-
cially enumerated from IS to so per cent.
I'D roiOrem.
Mr.. Sherman moved to make it 50.
Mr.. Bayard accepted the amendment,
and il was agreed to.
Mr.. George offered an amendment pro-
vidng for duty Of 10 per cent. al rdtOrem
on machinery for the manufacture OF cloths
and thread composed in whole or in part of
cotton. hemp. iute. or ramie. and all tools
Of mechanics used solely in manual labor.
Mr.. George said he desired 10 make some
remarks on this amendment, and rs 1t was
now O'Clock, the hour agreed upon for
he moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Edmunds called for the ayes and
noes, and the motion TO adjourn was lost
ayes, Is; noes, -.
Motions TO 20 into executive session and
to adjourn were lost.
Messrs. Beck and MaXey complained OF
a breach OF understanding that the Senate
would adjourn at O'Clock.
Mr.. Morrill, said several senators having
the days session was not TO
extend beyond O'Clock he would nov
move 10 adjourn; so ut $3.50 j. VI. the Sem
ate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Blanchard, OF Louisiana. presented
4 memorial OF the Cotton Exchange OF
La, protesting against any
duty on cotton-ties.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Iowa, from the Com
mittee on Elections, submitted report in
the Mississippi contested-electior case OF
Buchanan as. Manning, declaring neither
nor conteslee entitled 10 the
seat.
Mr.. Calkins submitted the views OF the
granting the contestant leave 10
his papers without prejudice.
Both reports were laid over and ordered
to he printed.
The House at 1912 O'Clock went into
Committee of the Whole (Ar. Burrows, OF
Michigan, in the chair on the tariff bill.
The first amendment offered to the bill
was one by Mr.. Hewitt, of Alabama, to
strike cut the section which gives the Pre-
sdent power to declare imperative the see
ton prohibiting the importation OF neat
cattle. Lost-64 to l01.
On motion OF Mr.. Reed. OF Maine, the
section was so amended as to provide that
the President may declare the prohibition
provision imperative "during his plea
sure"
Mr.. Beach. of New York, moved to
amend the section which provides that no
watch-cases, watch-movementS
or parts Of watch-moyements, which shall
copy OF simulate the name or trademark
Of any domestic mandatory shall be adj
mtted to entry ut United States custom
house unless a domestic manufacturer i
the importer Of the same, by extending It's
provisions to all other articles. Agreed to.
Mr.. Haskell, OF Kansas, moved to strike
out the words, :" In all eases OF doubt as to
for duty OF an imported
article, such article shall be classified at the
highest rate of duty" Agreed to.
lThis provision was put i'm the bill
through clerical error.l
On motion OF Mr.. Morrison, OF Illinois,
a clause repeating sections 2901 and 29OS OF
the Revised Statutes was inserted in this
part Of the bill instead OF the concluding
sections, as proposed by the committee.
(These are the sections for duties on cem-
missions and chargeS.)
Mr.. White, OF Kentucky, offered an
amendment providing that upon the re-
importation of articles, once the growth,
product. or manufacture of the United
States, upon which no internal tax Ia,
been assessed or paid, there shall be levied,
collected. and paid duty double instead
OF equal rs provided by the bill. to the tax
imposed By the intcrnai-reyenue laws upon
such articles. He said that the pr0yis-
ion OF the bill was an attempt
which went far 10 convince him
Of the truth OF the statement made on the
floor last year that there seemed an under
between some special tarifl-men
and some special whiskcy-men, which was
doing no benefit to this country and a good
deal less TO the Republican party. He
challenged denial Of lis assertion that it
was an attempt TO do by indirectiOn what
could be done i'm straightforward way.
Tho bonded-eXtension bill had been slipped
through the House in a method which was
Infamous.
Then the discussion branched off from
the question OF the tariff and was addressed
to the question OF the whiskey-taX.
MIR. Whites amendment was lost by q
vote OF IL to 1876, and the consideration OF
this paragraph was passed from.
Mr.. Cox. OF New York. offered an
for importation OF ships under
a duty Of 90 per cent. al ralorem-pending
which the committee rose.
The House then, at 800 p. NJ, adj
iourned.
An Interesting Case Decided by the
Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON. January pa decision
was rendered bv the Supreme Court OF the