Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-19
THE DOINGS OF CONGRESS
STILL HANIDIERING AT THE
TARIFF BILL.

Report Appropriations Stricken Out
Internal Revenue Taxation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-In the Senate
Mr.. Butler presented resolutions of the
General Assembly of South Carolina in
relation to Federal aid to common schools.
Mr.. Call offered a resolution specially
charging the Committee on Appropria-
tlons to consider the necessity for an adj
ditional force in the General Land Office
and local office in Florida to expedite the
decision of contested homestead cases in
Florida. The resolution was referred to
the committee.
The tariff bill was taken up, and Mr..
Sherman offered a complicated amend
ment affecting the tariff on steel.
Mr.. Call made Mr.. Shermans amend
ment the text for an elaborate speech, in
which he discussed the fundamental prin-
ciples that should guide the legislative
power in dealing with great questions of
labor, capital and production. The pro-
lection of American labor against for
eiign labor was, he said, sole
cism, an idea having no foundation
in truth. American labor and foreign
| labor, by natural law which no statute
could change, worked together for the
| benefit of each. But the protection of
American labor against foreign labor had
no connection with its protection from
| poverty and want, and in the adjustment
of a tariff for revenue its incidental effects
should be directed to the end of securing,
subordinate to purposes of revenue, en-
plOyment and Just compensation to all
persons living under our laws.
The debate without action continued
till the House resolutions on the death of
Representative ShackelfOrd were in order
Mr.. Morrill, gave notice that he would
ask the Senate to sit the bill out on Mon
day.
Mr.. Ransom offered the customary resO-
MtiOns on the death of Mr.. Shackelford,
and after addresses by him and Mr..
Vance the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House at 11:35 o'clock went into
committee of the whole on the tariff bill.
The pending amendments were those
| offered by Messrs. Bayne, of Pennsylva-
MIA, and KassOn, of Iowa, one reducing
the duty on sugar between Nos. 13 and 16
Dutch standard from three to two and
| half cents per pound, the other fixing the
rate at two and three-quarter cents.
Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, made a
| speech ridiculing the declaration made
some days ago by Mr.. Chace. of Rhode Is
| land, that the agricultural products of the
| country were protected to the extent of
| $72,0O0,000. In the list of those products
| printed in the gentleman's speech be
| found ''plum pudding ''macarOni,'
''vensiOn," ''Chinese nut oil and frogs" If
| there was a farm which produced such
articles he would like to buy it.
| Z Mr.. Darrell. of Louisiana, said the peO-
| pie whom ne represented asked for moth
! ing more than they were entitled to-the
same protection to their sugar and rice
as was accorded to every other interest.
| He paid his respects to Mr.. Bayne, who
had stopped over to the free traders on
this sugar question, and to Mr.. Gambler,
| of Massachusetts, who had become a dis
tinguished champion of slave labor in
/ Cuba,
Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana, said that the
! gentleman from New Hampshire Mr..
| Briggs seemed to think that if he had free
coffee and sugar he would have a free
| breakfast table. He then gave an anus
| ing sketch of a free breakfast table, TAX
ing the gentleman from his taxed eye
| opener of mineral water on rising to his
taxed tOothpick, and leaving him gazing
on taxed granite quarry after breakfast,
the only thing his eyes had rested upon
which was not taxed having been his cOf-
fee and sugar.
Mr.. Dunnell, of Minnesota, threw
| bOmbshell into the House by declaring it
had been determined by the Republicans
| to abandon the bill, and reflected severely
on his party colleagues for deluding the
people.
Mr.. Kasson, in reply, laid the blame of
delaying the bill on the Democratic side,
which statement was received with de-
risive eXclamatiOns from that side.
Mr.. Haskell Immediately moved that
! the committee rise, and that motion being
| agreed to, he moved that all debate on the
pending and succeeding schedules OF the
| bill be closed in one hour.
Mr.. Carlisle raised the point of order
| that that motion was not i'll order.
The discussion on Mr. Carlisle's point
l.r Il 1an1 of
| confusion and excitement. MesSrs, Car
| Isle, Hammond of Georgia, and Randall
| being the prominent speakers on the
| Democratic side, and Messrs. Haskell and
! Kelley on the part of the Republicans.
! Mr.. Hammond asserted that HaskelPs
1 motion had been made in the heat of pas
| sion, and called attention to the fact that
it would not expedite action on the bill,
! for ten thousand amendmRts might be
| offered and ten thousand votes had.
! Mr.. Haskell inquired whether he meant
/ to state that 10000 amendments would be
| offered, and Mr.. HAMMOND replied with
much warmth that sooner than have sucp
an outrage as was contemplated consuifl=
| mated, he would stand on his feet ana
| offer million amendments himself.
| Mr.. Randall made somewhat of con-
! ciliatory speech, but protested against the
4 wrong which was to be perpetrated, and
| warned the Republican side that unless
it wished to push tAe Democrats into
the condition Of obstruction, IL SHOULD
hesitate, or they would assume tlat attl=
| tude, The discussion on the point OF or.
der occupied the House till O'Clock,
when the Speaker announced the special
| order feulogjes on the late Representative
| Shackelford). -
The Democrats defiantly called for de-
/ cisiOn on the point of order, but the
! Speaker paid no attention to the demand.
Irr,r
! Tie excel Of Mr.. HaskelPs motions, If
1 adopted, would be ~ cut OFF debate on the
pending section and all 'tlle'relaalnIhg sec
| lions. While the Democrats were clam=
! oring for a ruling from the Speaker on Mr.
Carlisle's point of order, the prayer or
Wellington at Waterloo for might or
! Blpcher' was tauntingly quoted by Mr.
| Tucker. of Virginia.
| Tie eulogies on Mr.. Shackel1ord were
then proceeded With, and after speeches
bv Messrs. Latham, Mercy, Randall and
Vance the House adjourned.
! INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION.
I IFte ~ ags and Means Committee to-day
| authorized Chairman Kelley to otter next
Monday a motion in the House 10 suspend
the rules and pass the bill TO reduce ln=
| ternal revenue taxation. The bill TO be
| offered will be identical in its terms with
the internal revenue provisions of the bill
now pending in the Senate as amended by
the Senate.
/ One member of the committee remarked,
afterlts adjournment this morning, that
very likely the House tariff bill would not
be heard from after Monday Ot tuesday;
| THE sUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL
The House Appropriations Committee
has completed the sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill, and will report it on Monday. 1t
/ calls for S24.000,000. The $4,000 in the
| bin Tor the National Board of Health was
struck out, and the signal Service appro-
priation was considerably cnt down.
! The amount asked for the signal reports
| from the cotton belt was struck out on
/ the ground that these reports are of value
/ only for speculative purposes.
Ross Wins the Wrestling Match.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Feb. ia
wrestling match took place at the fair
! Grounds in this citV TODAY between Dun