The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-17

and the motion was agreed tO-94 to IA,
the following Republicans voting with
the Democrats: Messra. FaTwell, Upde-
graft and DeeriDg Qa.,) Dunnell (Minn.,)
Denote and Browne Qnd.,) Gambler and
Harris (Me.,) Anderson (Kan.) Bisbee
(Fla.,) and Smalls Is. c. The duty on
chains not less than thTee-quarteTs of
an inch In diameter was reduced from 2
to q cents per pound on motion Of Mr..
Anderson (Kan.0 and on motion Of Mr..
Dunnell (hlinn.) the duty on chains less
than three quarters and not less than
three-eighths of an inch in diameter
was reduced from 214 to cents per
pound.
After discussion, during which Mr.
Anderson appealed to the Republicans
whether it would not be we'll to make
ONE concession to the belief of this ma
ton that there were a good many jobs
covered up in this bill, and said that so
far as his experience had gone, where
ever the bill was given a kick little
devil of job would put his head out
If 1t was not big devil Of a job.
Mr.. Davis Qll.) moved to fix at cent
per pound the duty on iron or steel in
gots, blooms or blanks for locomotives
and railroad cars. Mr.. Morrison, in
speaking to this amendment, referred to
the claim Of the pTOtectiOnists that
protective tariff had lowered the price
OF commodities and argued the mega
tive of the proposition. As proof of
the sOundness of his view that the de-
crease in cost was the result of other
causes than the tariff he called atten-
tiOn to the fact that prices had fallen in
unprOtective countries in larger ratio
than in the United States and that il
was now necessary to increase the tariff
duties over what had been sufficient to
protect the industries of the country q
few years ago. In arguing against the
amendment Mr.. Curtin (Pa,) said that
every citizen had right to protection
in his capital, life, liberty and labor, il
in giving him that protection the Gov
ernment did not interfere with the same
just rights of any other citizen. Mr..
Carlisle thought that under that doc
trine nobody could be protected. The
whole doctrine of protection was based
on the idea that the Government should
throw its influence on the side Of eer-
tain classes of industries and against
other classes. Mr.. Davis's amendment
was lost.
On motion Of Mr.. Carlisle the duty on
screw-rivet, scTew-nail, fence and wire
rods, round, in coils and loops not light
er than No. 8 wire guage and valued al
S19 cents pei. pound or less, was fixed
at 30 per cent. al ValOrem. Other mo-
tiOns to amend by Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.
Tucker were lost. The House took re-
csss until 7:30.
At the evening session the Legislative
Appropriation bill was considered in
Committee of the Whole. Several amend
ments were rejected, and pending ae-
tiOn on other amendments fixing the
number of collection districts under the
Bureau of Internal Revenue the House
adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-SENATE.---IIIn In
the Senate Mr.. Davis (W. Va.) presented
the credentials of Mr.. Kenna, elected TO
succeed him as Senator from West Vir-
ginia, which were read and filed.
The amendment made in Committee
of the Whole fixing the duty on soap at
20 per cent. ad valOrem was agreed to.
The amendment changing the duty on
bar iron from nine-tenths of cent per
pound to $l8 per ton was agreed to.
The action of the Committee of the
Whole in striking out lumber from the
wood schedule was disagreed to, the fol-
lowing Senators voting nay: Messrs.
Aldrich, Anthony, Blair, Cameron (Wis);
COnger, Dawes, Frye, George, German,
Hale, Harrison, Hawley, HOar, Jonas,
Jones (Nev.); Lapham, Mcmillan, Nc
Phersen, Malone, Miller (Cal.); Miller,
IN. "; Morrill,, Platt, Ransom, Rollins,
Sawyer, Sherman, Voorhees,, Window.
Laths, shingles, pine clapboaTds, and
spruce clapbOards, struck out in Com
mittee of the Whole, were also restored
at the rates in the bill.
Mr.. Van Wyck made brief speech, in
which he alluded to the vote to keep the
duty on lumber, and said Senators might
amuse themselves by this pretense of
legislation for the public when really
they were only negotiating" with each
other for the benefit of the highly pro-
tected interests. The Senate then ad-
jOurned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-In the House
on motion of Mr.. Lynch the Senate bill
was passed authorizing the Commits
siOner of the FTeedmen's Saving and
Trust Company to examine and audit all
claims against the company and pay all
dividends due on accounts which have
been presented since Aug. 81, 1881.
Mr.. Page, Chairman of the Committee
on Commerce, reported the River and
HarbOr bill. Ordered printed and re-
committed. The appropriation recon-
mended is $7,837,OOO. The House then
went into committee of the whole on
the tariff bill. The clause relative to
iron and steel wire cloths was amend
ed on recommendation of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, so as to read as
follows: Provided further, that iron or
steel cloths and, iron or steel wire net
tings made in meshes OF in any form,
shall pay duty equal in amount to
that imposed on iron OF steel wire of the
same guage, and cents per pound in
addition thereto.
BY invitation Of the Senate Committee
| on Foreign Relations, Gen. Grant, Com
missioner TrescOtt and Secretary Ere
linghuysen appeared before that body
this morning to explain and advocate
the provisions of the Mexican reciproc-
ity treaty. Gen. Grant was the princi-
pal speaker. Secretary Frelinghuysen
and Commissioner TrescOtt agreed with
the General in his remarks. The COM
mittee will hold a special meeting at an
early day to determine upon the charac-
ter of report upon the treaty. AccOr-
ding to present indications they will
recommend its ratification.
The President laid before the Senate
the resolutions of the Nebraska Legis-
lature, asking for the admission of Ca
madam lumber free Of duty, and COM
mendine and thanking Senator Van
Wyck for his efforts to put lumber on
| the free list.
A joint resolution was passed admit
ting free of duty monument to Gen
Washington, to be imported by society
in Cincinnati aud Philadelphia.