Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14

mittee, reported the river and hsrbor
bill. Ordered printed and recon.
mitted. The appropriation recon-.
mended is 81 932, 900.
The hou,e was went Into committee
of the whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Dunn offered an amendment
providing there be allowed on all
implements and machinery manufac.
tured for uso In agricultural labor and
production, made in whole or part Of
material Imported, on which duties
has besn pad, q draw back equal In
amount tu che duty psia on such ma
tesial he ANA this wa, an oppoTtu.
n,ty FOR the gentlemen on the other
siie, who cisimed 20 De friends Of the
tsrmsrr, TO rnow thAr they we're In
earnest in the cause ot agriculture.
A long and angry debats hero en-.
sued On the taritt bill in general, Mr..
Towuehena (Il) attacking TIE com.
mittoo ou Ways Hnd means.
Mr.. Usskeli ontorod into au Labor
s+e q fynee OF IN, committee, boldly
deiyiug its traAUco,s. character'z,ug
them a, "honnd,' aud dirty gutter
snipee."
Mr Townabo~d demanded to know
of Rsskeii phs'hur he (asskelll
charged him personally v,yh false
hood.
Mr. Haskell replied By aaking
TowusAend ''~hather or NOT he said
that the bill WAS the creation of Il cor
rupt lobhy?'
To this Mr.. TownEhs1d replied: 81
said then, and l Say again, that this
bill wac sired by hired agents of mo-
nopoly. I did not say or intend to
say at the time that the gen.
Gleman himself was q tool
OF monopolists; / simply intended to
assert what l repea. here, hat this
bill was made up by, wal inspired by,
was sired by hired agents Of monop-
olists, and your committee has adopt
ed it and the republican caucus en-
braced 1t. / wish TO know before l
say what I may d. sire to say, whether
the gentleman desired to charge me
with personal falsshood.
Mr.. Haskell replied that the state
ment made was q false statement,
that Re repeated.
Farther angry debate was held, NJ,
Townsherd persistirg In a demand ~
an explanation, Nc. Haskell MT
6eeLi q tn reply more explicitly.
The angry Interchange was on'y cut
short by "a Saotion limiting tho dspas5
10 half a minute.
Sir. Duun'a amendment was rel ct.
ed
o. motion Of Mr, Cariislr the dI5y
on nlckol was reduced ffcn 20 to Is
cents per pound.
O. motion Of Wr. Pago n duty ot
20 hper cent advalofom was imposed
upon quiokatiyer
On motion u Mr.. MORRISON Tho
duty ON bronzo powder vas reduced
fronu % 20 20 par cen5 sLgGiofem.
% motion OF Mr.. Tucker the duty
on Qoid ioef per package of 800 leaves
was reduoe6 from 50 to 81 90
On motion OF Mr.. Kelley, the duty
on shotguns was reduced to 80 per
cent ad valorem, but the duty on pis-
tolls was tetained at 80 per cent.
On motion of MIR. Mckinley, the
duty on metallic pens was changed
from 45 per cent to IL cents per
gross.
Having concluded consideration of
the metal schedule with the excep-
ton of one clause) the committee rose
and the house adjourned.
WILL NOT BE ovERwoRKED.
The Star says: Clerks In the execu-
tive department of the government
will breathe easier to know that Can
non has eliminated from the legislative
appropriation bill the clause which pro.
vided an increase of Office hours. He
has, however, introduced a bill as a
separate providing that office
hours In all departments shall be eight
instead of seven. As long as the item
of increased hours was in the appro.
priation bill there was q chance to have
1t passed, but as an independent bill
there Is not INT chance in ten thou.
sand.