Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-25
Forty-seventh Congress
WASHINGTON Ian 24

1 SENATE.-After the introduction of q number of
 bills, being in relation to the tariff, and one War snS the Navy o anas repolss es S ssn tracts for Calling guns the tariff biu came up the the duty on iron ore. The amendnsns to make the | duty sixty ton voted down by 28 yeas to Sl to iron ore and the dross or residuum from burnt pyrtes; this rejected by vote of 16 yeas to 37 MI. Maxey moved to strike out the remainder of the paragraph relating to pyrtes and sulphurete
 MT. Aldrich moved to strike out all after the first two lines relating to iron and pyrtes and
 suphur ore as pyrites or suphurets of iron in its natural state, containing not more than SK per ore containing more than s per centnm of copper dry assay shall pay in addition thereto 9K pound MT. Sherman moved to make the duty in the next paraeFsph @ relating to iron and pig iron fentledgs per ton This would make the duty s6.72 per ton.
 On motion of Mr Platt the paragraph was made to include boiler punchings and clippings of iron and
 MT. Hoar moved to make the length of steel railway bar end not exceed s6 inches in length instead
 MT. Adrich moved to substitute for the next para graph, which relates to steel ingots, &c the follow slabs made by the Bessemer, pneumatic, Thomas aii christ, basic Simens-Mzrtn or by any other process value two cents per pound, 61Oths of one cent per poun1 exceeding two cents and not exceeding five ing value five cents per pound aha pay the rate of duty provided in this act for crucible steel.
 ment to make the first class 5I0 instead of sio cents per pound carried MT. Brown then moved to instead of 210 per pound; agreed to- 8 yeas to a nays. The amendment of MT. Aldrich as thus amend
 motion by MT. Vance to reduce the duty on iron railway bars to 6-10 of one per cent per pound
 In thef next paragraph-st steel railway bars-Mr. Vance moved to reduce the duty from slO to 71O of one cent per pound. He declared that it was time for Congress to speak decisvey against the Bessemer monopoly. After further debate the amendment was adopted by vote of 25 yeas to 21 nays.
 The Senate adjourned at D. n.
 HoUsE.-The House immediately went into Com mittee of the Whole the naval appropriation bill The two pages preceding the portion relating the monitors and cruisers read with but few inter met with shower of points of order and various amendments were proposed. An amendment adopted providing that the work on the monitors shall be done in the government navy yards under the direction of the Navy department. by the officers oa the of the Nsyy can o the work of the same quality in the navy yards as age to the government providing he shall not decide do this work in the navy yards of the builders contractors of machinery, boilers and engines whose yards fully equipped for repairing and building iron and steel ships.
 Various other amendments were rejected ruled out on points of order.
 MT. Blount, of Gsorg1a, then moved to strike out the whole raragraph relating to the completion of the ironclads. In the debate which ensued on this motion hh1tthOrne took issue with the report Of the advisory board claiming that it true economy to throw aside the present huls and build ships of modern design, and incidentally cast some rehec tions certain members of the advisory board. The motion to strike out was rejected-58 to 91.
 The paragraph providing for the construction of the steel cruisers read and met with series of points of order from MT. Blount upon 8 number of its clauses, which the chair overruled.
 Mr. Harris of Massachusetts, under instructions from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted substitute for the paragraph. The substitute pro vides for steam cruiser of not less than five more than six thousand tons for which it appropri ates steel cruiser of high speed of not less than four thousand tons 000 three of mt less than two thousand five hundred tons g. 000 one dispatch vessel of speed not less than fifteen knots S431 000, and torpedo boat, $S8 000 It all provides that these vessels shall all be armed with breech hloading guns of large caibre and also appro priates 161 900 for the manufacture of revolving machine guns for these ships. Mr. Harris advocated his amendment, and it was opposed by Mes4rs. At kins of Tenne Whitthorne of Tennessee Holman of Indiana, Springer of Illinois, Robeson of New offered further substitute providing for the struction and armament of two vessels of specified capacity by contract with the lowest bidder guaran teeing his work.
 Mir. Holman offered amendment providing that the cruisers provided for in the original bill shall be built by contract with the lowest responsible bidder after prescribed advertisement; adopted.
 The reading of the biu wxs then concluded with no material amendment, and the committee and ported the bill and amendments to the House. The previous question was ordered Separate votes were demanded on the amendments reducing the pay of chiefs of bureaus, and the one giving to Asa Weeks 5000 of the $100000 appropriated for torpe does, which the yeas and nays ordered. Pend ing vote the House, at $40 P. m.. adjourned