Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-22
RORTY-SByEyTn CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan :

| The President lalu letters from the sec
| rotary of war, Transmitting statement of the
work and expenditures at the Springfield
| Armory for the last fiscal year. and also the
in relation to the Improvement of the harbors
of Savannah, Brunswick and Mobile, and of
| several southern rivers.
| Mr.. Rollins introduced a bill granting a
pension to Emma belong.
| At the close of the morning business, the
postotiice bill was taken up, pending the
question of an amendment changing the date
when the reduction of letter postage from
three to two cents shall take effect, from Jan.
l, 1884, to the first of July next. Mr., Sher
man said he would vote against the amend
ment. as he was opposed to this kind OF leg
islstion upon an appropriation bill
The debate on the postofiice appropriation
bill continued until one o'clock, when the
| tariff bill came up as unfinished business.
| At Mr.. Plumbs request, MIR. Morrill, con-
scented toiits temporary postponement,in order
| that vote might be taken upon an amend
me Mt offered BY MIR. Edwards, striking out AS
| new legislation the provision in the postoffice
| bill for the reduction of letter postage te two
cents. The motion to strike out was lost;
ayes Is, nays 4 Mr.. Cockrell Offered an
amendment providing for the free carriage Of
| periodical publications. Mr.. Mills of New
| York offered two amendments. one making
| postage on seeds one half cent an ounce. and
another reducing the postage on drop letters
| to one cent per half ounce, including the de-
| livery from the letter ca rier offices. Mr.
Plumb made it point of order against these
| three amendments as new legislation, ana
| they were ruled out.
The tariff bill was taken up. Mr.. Morrill,
said he was instructed by the committee on
j finance to offer an amendment reducing the
duty on unpublished cylinder, crown and coni-
mon window glass, Is of cent per pound
| The amendment was agreed to.
| Mr. Vance gave notice that when the bill
got into the Senate he would move to re-
duce still further the duty on common win
dow glass.
| The amendmenteheretofor offered by Mr.
Morrill, and reserved, changing the duty on
the cost of polished plate glass above 24x6o
| inches square from 40 to 80 cents per square
foot was agreed to.
| Messrs. Logan. Miller New York; and
Conger complained that the amendment of
the finance committee reducing by Is OF
cent per pound the duty on unpolishe | cyin-
der, crown and common window glass had
| been adopted in their absence aad without
their knowledge, and Mr.. Sherman entered
q motion to reconsider the vote by which 1t
was adopted.
| Mr.. Morrill, asked the unanimous consent
to pass over for the present the schedule e
covering metals.
Mr.. Ingalls,. said he would object unless it
were distinctly understood that schedule Z
should be taken up after schedule ID, wood
| and wooden ware, should have been disposed
Of He did not wish to go into the recon-
sideration of the sugar schedule until after
the consideration of the metal schedule.
/ M,rrill bnnal m no ahl., IA take n
the metal schedule on Monday or Tuesday
next.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
schedule ID.
Mr. Van Wyck moved to strike it all out
and put the articles covered by it on the free
| list. He made a speech in support of the
| free list and made a speech in support OF his
motion.
Mr. Morrill,. for the committee. offered the
| following amendments to the sugar schedule,
which were ordered printed
Providing that sugars not above Is Dutch
standard, shall pay the duties laid in the bill
on those not above l6 Dutch standard. and
that those above l6 and not above 20 Dutch
standard. shall pay and 10 100 per pound
instead of 3 cents, as in the bill; also that
all sugars above Is and not above lG, Dutch
standard, shall pay and 65-lO0 cents per
pound.
At 5.25 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
At ii As, the House went into committee
of the whole, with Page of California in the
chair on the navy appropriation hill.
After the debate the committee arose and
the general debate was limited to one hour
on Monday next.
Adjourned