River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-08
TIE nAYIN coNGRFss.

THE SENATE GETTING ALONG.
WASHINGTON Jan. 29.-The senate made
good Roadway again to-day with the tariff bill,
aud after long wrangle over wire passed
safely out of the iron aud steel list, 10 the sat
isfaction Of all concerned The issue to-day
was wire fences The duty ON rods and bars
two or three days ago was adjusted after great
difficulty and reduction was made at the die
tation of the Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska sena-
tors To-day in another form it came TO the
surface again in the proviso which put an
extra half cent pound on galvanized iron
and steel in all its forms Upon Mr., MorrilPs
motion this was made one-fourth of cent,
but this was not satisfactory to tho Western
men, and after a long wranglo an amendment
was adopted excepting wire from the provision.
This viii lower the duty on galvanized wire,
but the telegraph companies will be benefited
mostly by it, Because they use most Of the gal
vanizei wire, and not the farmers One OF
the most remarkable incidents of the session
vas curt speech by Senator Hoar to-day in
defense of inventors, in the course OF which
he declared that We stll had TO so to Europe
for cur literature
THE HOUSE
to-day got fairly started on the consideration OF
the tariff bill, and after the call of the States
and committees it Immediately went into the
committee of the whole for the purpose of con
sideriug the bill by sections nnder the i've
minute rule The whole afternoon was de-
voted to the legislative portion OF the bill, the
consideration Of which viii probably occupy
good part of the day tomorrow. The dis
cussion and votes to-day developed several
important facts with regard TO the sentiment OF
the house on the bill 1t indicated that the
Republican members, with one or two excep-
| tions, will generally vote 10 sustain the action
of the committee on ways aud means One
Of the most conspicuous exceptions was Mr..
| Anderson of Kansas, who, on several important
propositions, voted with the Democrats The
proceedings also brought to the front the
| leaders Of the three factions on the Democratic
| side, representing protection, tariff for revenue
| only, and FREQ trade These were re-
speetiyely Randall, Carlisle, and Cox.
Every one OF these gentlemen, who
are all candidates for the next speakership,
was conspicuous in his efforts to establish him
self in the leadership of the particular faction
he sought 10 represent Every amendment
| coming from that side of the house providing
| for radical change in the text OF the bill was
| promptly voted down BY the Republicans No
| special opposition was developed TO the COM
| mittee's bill until the sections regarding the
4 IMPORTATION OF NEAT CATTLE
and hides Of neat cattle were reached, These
| sections are now existing laws, but are simply
/ transferred by the bill to different title One
Of the sections provides that
1 The president Of the United States whenever, in
his Judgment, the importation Of neat cattle aud
/ the hides of neat cattle may be made without the
! LANCER Of the introduction or spread OF contagious
r infectious disease among the cattle OF The United
| States, may, by proclamation, declare the pro-
visions Of the section prohibiting the importation
imperative and That the same shall be afterwards
imperative aud Of no effect from aud after thirty
| days from the date of the said proclamation
| This was amended ny providing that the
| proclamation of the president should continue
| during his pleasure. Hewitt Of Alabama
wanted the entire section stricken ont, but his
| motion to that effect was promptly voted down,
| the house dividing politically on the question.
| An amendment was made to the existing sec
| ton Of the revised statutes, providing no
| watches watch movements or parts of watch
movements of foreign manufacture. winch
| shall copy or simulate the name or trade mark
| Of any domestic manufacture, shall be admit
| ted to entry at the custom houses m.
| ices such domestic manufacture
lis the importer of the same.
| It was so amendeded as TO include other arti-
| clos as well This was regarded as pro-
| tective measure, and was at once attacked by
| Hammond of Georgia, who moved to strike
| ont the section; and Cox of New York. supported
| the motion, asserting that there was no need
of protecting this industry in the manner
indicated in the section. Randall however,
| took different view The motion to strike out
was defeated by very decided majority A
very lively discussion ensued on the section
| imposing on the reimportation Of articles upon
which no internal taxes have been assessed
duty equal to the internal rev.
euue tax on such articles. This afforded
Butterworth an opportunity to make five
minutes speech on his whisky bond bill. which
called forth a response from Reed OF Maine,
| and other whisky men. An amendment was
offered to The bill, providing for an
extension of the bonded period !;
but this was PROMPTLY ruled out
Of order White of Kentucky also created l
str by an amendment which he said was di-
rected against the whisky traffic providing for
| the collection of double duty upon the
transportation of articles once exported
Of the growth, product or manufacture
of the United States upon which
no internal tax had been assessed. He claimed
that the adoption of this section wonld accom-
plsh in an indirect manner what the whisky
| lobby had
FAILED TO CARRY THROUGH
by direct legislation the release of quantity
of bonded spirits at n rate Of taxation consider
ably lower than the law required; that owners OF
whisky could send it out Of the country to he
aged, and then bring it back to this country at
about one-half the tax. Carlisle, Blackburn
and Thompsl of Kentucky with number of
Republicans, under the leadership of Haskell,
made il pretty warm for Mr. White,
aud during tho debate it was shown
that the section complained of had
been on the statute books for several years and
could not in any way be utilized in the interest
Of the whisky men. As result Of the fight,
Mr. White was Of course, outnumbered,
and saw his amendment slaughtered
proposition Is meeting with some
favor among the Democrats Of
the house that when the senate bin, which is
likely to reduce the tariff more than the house
bill, comes to the hoyse, q notion from that
side to take that bill from the table aud pass
it, under q suspension of the rules IL is
urged that this IS the best tariff
legislation that can be had at this time: that
if it is done there viii probably be no reduction
by this congress and the vexatious question viii
be thrust before the Forty-eighth congress In
taking a choice of two evils it is claimed the
patty cannot be held responsible for the imper-
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