Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

1
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Mr. Blair pre-
sented a large number of petitions for ma
tional aid to common schools.
Mr.. VOORHEES, presented resolution OF
the Indiana board of agriculture favoring
the transfer of The weather forecasts of the
signal service to the department of agri-
culture, where the subject of climate nat
urally belongs.
Mr.. Sherman, from the finance commit
tee, reported favorablly the bill authoriz-
| ing an amendment of the fifth of the arti-
cles of association of the First National
! bank of Grand Rapids
! Mr.. Rollins introduced bill for the re-
| lief of Emma De Long.
At the close of the morning hour the
postoffice appropriation bill was taken up,
the pending question being on the amend
ment changing the date when the reduc-
ton of letter postage from three to two
cents shall take effect from Jan. l, 1884, to
the LIST of July next.
Debate continued until II O'clock, when
vote was taken upon the amendment by
Mr.. Edmunds to strike out as new legisla-
ton the provision in the bill for the re-
OuCbAOn VI 4SlteI ~ oWO SSAAUS'
The motion to strike out was lost. Ayes
Is, nays 40.
The section of the bill directing an in
vestigation by the postmaster general into
the railway mail service, was amended so
as to extend the investigation to the Ques-
tons of the advisability of general fast
mail service.
The bill was then reported to the SEN
ate, the amendments made in committee
agreed to, including that fieng July 1
next when the reduction of letter postage
shall take effect The bill passed, and the
tariff bill was takenu up.
Mr.. Merrill, by direction of the finance
committee, moved to reduce the duty on
unpublished cylinder, crown and common
window glass one-eighth cent per pound.
Agreed to.
The amendment heretofore offered BY
Morrill, and reserved. changing the duty on
polished plate glass above twenty-four by
sixty inches square, from forty to fifty
cents per square foot, was agreed to.
Mr.. Logan, Miller, of New York, and
Conger complained that the amendment
of the finance committee reducing by one
eighth of a cent per pound the duty GU IN
polished cylinder, crown and common win
dow glass, had been adopted in their alb
sence and without their knowledge. Mr..
Sherman entered a motion to reconsider
the vote by which it was adopted.
Schedule G, covering metals, was passed
over for the present and the senate pro-
ceeded to consider schedule D, embracing
wood and wooden ware.
Mr.. VanWyek would strike it all out and
put the articles covered by it on the free
list, and made speech i'll support of his
motion.
Mr.. Morrill, for the committee offered
the following amendments to the sugar
schedule, which we're ordered printed:
Providing that sugars not above thirteen
Dutch standard, shall pay duties laid in
the bill on those not above sixteen, Dutch
standard, and that those above sixteen and
not above twenty, Dutch standard, shall
pay three and fifteen one-hundreth cents
per pound, instead of three cents, as in the,
bill; also, that all sugars above Thirteen,
and not above sixteen, Dutch standard,
shall pay two and sixty-fve one-hundreth
ceuts per pound. Adjourned.