The National tribune., 1883-02-22
Failure of an Attempt to Pass the
Tax Reduction Bill.
THE TARIFF DE BAT E.
But Little Prospect of Action
at the Present Session.

maps and charts, Is per centum dd UGlOrem"
The amendment made in Committee of the
Whole, raising the duty on bituminous coal
from 80 to 75 cents per ton, gave rise to a
spirited debate.
A vote was finally taken, and the amend
ment adopted in Committee of the Whole
making the duty on btuminous coal 75 cents
per ton was agreed to-yeas %, nays Is.
The amendment inserting friction or lucifer
matches at 81 per cent. ad ual0rena was agreed
to.
Mr.. Cockrell (Mo.) asked for separate vote
on the paragraph laying duty of 20 per cent.
on garden seeds The amendment was agreed
to-yeas %, nays 20.
The paragraph embracing books and pamph-
lets was amended so as to admit free only those
printed exclusively in foreign language"
The other amendments made in Committee
of the Whole were agreed to. The additional
section proposed by Mr.. Sherman (O.) pro-
viding that the repeal of existing laws by this
act shall not affect rights or liabilities accruing
or accrued under such laws, &C., was agreed to.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on Thursday the 18th inst, Mr..
Edmunds VT made report from the Judiciary
Committee in favor of the purchase by the
Government of the Arlington property from
the heirs of General Robert E. Lee. The tariff
bill was then taken up. Several attempts were
success.
The amendment made in Committee of the
Whole in relation to the duty on sulphur ore
as pyriteS or sulphuret of iron " was agreed to
yeas 81, nays 2l.
The provso adopted in Committee of the
Whole as an amendment to the salt paragraph
was agreed to. 1t provides for the refund of
duties paid on imported salt used in curing
meats afterwards exported.
All the reserved paragraphs having been dis
posed of, the bill was opened to amendments
generally.
On motion of Mr.. Ransom IN. CO. the inter-
nal revenue tax on cigarettes weighing not
more than three pounds per thousand was re-
duced from 75 to 90 cents per thousand.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on Friday, the 10th inst, Mr.
Bayard lDel.) presented the conference report
on the japanese indemnity bill, and explained
it.. After discussion it was passed.
Mr.. Conger (Mich.) moved to make the
additional duty on charcoal iron So a ton. This
was agreed t0-yeas q, nays 10.
Mr.. Sewell IN. j. moved to amend the jute
paragraph by striking out SIS a ton and in
serting 20 per cent. dd Ual0Tem. Agreed to after
debate-yeas 80, nays IA.
Mr. Brown (Ga.) moved the following: "And
all laws now in force assessing tax, or provid-
ing for the collection of tax, known as in
ternal revenue laws, on whisky and brandy,
are hereby repealed. Rejected-yeas 8, nays
so. The affirmative votes were given by
Messrs. Brown (Ga.), Ransom On. c., and
Vance IN. c.
Mr.. Brown moved an amendment to the in
ternal revenue portion of the bill providing for
the repeal of all internal revenue taxes on
tobacco and manufacturers of tobacco.
Mr.. German Md moved to amend this by
providing for the repeal from and after the 1st
of July, 1SS3 of the taxes on tobacco thespec-
ial license tax on pedlders and retail dealers in
tobacco and the tax on matches.
Mr.. Brown accepted the amendment.
Mr.. Logan CIll.) opposed it.
Mr.. German, replying to Mr.. Logan, COM
plimented him as a great leader of the Repub-
hcan party, and expressed surprise that he was
unwilling to follow the recommendations of his
chief the President) upon this subject.
Mr.. Logan.-Mr. President, / recognize no
chief no man to dictate to me how / shall
vote, what principles L shall advocate, or how
l shall advocate them. l respect the chief
magistrate; he may entertain his opinions, but
he must allow me to entertain mine.
The German amendment, except the part
repeating the tax on matches, was rejected
yeas 7, nays AZ.
Mr. German withdrew the part of his amend
ment relating to the tax ON matches.
bIr. Brown offered an amendment that after
the 1st of July, 1888 the internal revenue tax
on whisky and brandy shall be 80 cents per
gallon. Lost-yea l (Mr. Brown, nays 49.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS
In the Senate, on Saturday, the 18th inst 8
long debate took place over a resolution offered
by Senator Blair n. III. instructing the Com
mittee on the Judiciary to inquire and report
its opinion whether the Legislature of New
Hampshire chosen in November, 1882, when
organized can lawfully elect a Senator of the
TOD SfntaC fin
March 9TH, 1885. Mr.. Blair finally withdrew
the resolution and the tariff bill was taken up.
An amendment to the metal schedule offered by
Mr. Sherman (O.) leading to a long debate and
some sharp words between Messrs. Sherman
and Beck {Ky.) Mr.. Sherman characterized a
statement made by Mr.. Beck as absolutely un-
true and declared that the Senator from Ken
lucky should not misrepresent him nor bully
the Senate, to which Mr. Beck replied: "And
l will not be bullied in the Senate, either; nor
will | be told that we have no sense, and that
all the sense is concentrated in the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House, and the
action of the House against the rules of the
House, without resenting it,"
The House resolutions in relation to the
death of Representative Shackelford were re-
ceived.
Mr. Ransom (N. c. offered the customary
resolutions on the subject and after addresses
by him and Mr.. Vance IN. c. the Senate ad-
journed.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on Monday, the 10Th inst,
Mr. Platt, Conn, from the Committee ON PEN
sions, reported favorably the House bill grant
ing pension to the widow of the late Major
General Warren.
At the close of the morning hour, Mr.. In
gals, (Kan.,) called up his resolution to fix the
daily hour of meeting from now until the end
of the session at 10 a. m, which was agreed to.
A brief executive session was held, and it
was agreed to remove the injunction of Sc
crecy from the Mexican treaty.
The tariff bill was then taken up. The
pending question was on the amendment
offered by Mr. Sherman (OD iIArelation to the
duty on steel. The amendment, after long
debate, was modified on Mr.. McPhers0n's On.
j. motion, and agreed to as follows, by vote
of 80 yeas to % nays: "Steel ingots, cogged
ingots, blooms and slabs by whatever process
made die blocks or blanks; billets and bars
and tapered or beveled bars; bands, hoops,
strips, and sheets of all gauges and widths /;
plates of all thicknesses and widths; steamer,
crank and other shafts; wrist and other crank
pins; connecting rods and piston rods pressed,
sheared or stamped shapes, or blanks of rheet
or plate steel or combination of steel and y,
punched or not punched; hammer molds
swagged steel, gun molds not in bars; alloy.
used as substitutes for steel tools; all descrip-
tions and shapes of dry sand, loan, or iron
| nodded steel castings; all of the above classes
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