National Republican., 1883-01-30

ways broke down when IL came to the qucs-
tiOn of protecting local interests
| Mr.. Logan moved to make tho duty on
zinc, spelter, or tutonegue In block or pig, and
old worn-out zinc, fit only TO be romanuiac-
| tured, two cents per pound instead of one and
one-half, as in tho bill. Lost-ayes Is, nays
| 22.
| On motion of Mr. Dawes, the duty on
shoathing or yellow metal, not wholly of cop
| per, nor wholly nor in part of iron, ungalva-
nized in sheets forty-eight by fourteen inches,
and weighing from fourteen to thirty-four
ounces per square foot was fixed at 80 per
cent. ad valorcm.
| Mr.. Vance moved TO reduce the duty on
cutlery, not otherwise enumerated from 30 to
| 25 per cent. ad valorem. Lost.
Mr.. Vance moved to reduce the duty on
hollowware, coated, glazed, or timed, fom 3
TO ~ cents per pound. Lost-ayes 10, noes 22.
! Mr.. Platt moved an additional clause pro-
viding for n duty Of 35 per cent ad valorem
on all sporting breech-loading shotguns, and
! 10 per cent ad valorcm on forged shotgun
barrels, rough bored. Agreed tor to 10.
| Mr.. Vance moved to reduce the duty on
pcnInives, pocket knives, and ra2ors from 80
| to % per cent ad valorem. Lost.
Mr.. Beck moved to fix the duty on metallic
pens, ponholders and pcntips DO per cent. ad
| valorem. Agreed tO-ayes % noes 90
Mr.. Vance moved to strike out the clause
placing on quicksilver u duty of 10 per cent
| ad valorcm. Lost
Mr.. Bayard moved to reduce the duty on
manufactures, articles or wares not specially
enumerated" from 40 to 80 per cent ad
valOrem
Mr.. Sherman moved to make II So.
Mr.. Bayard accepted the amendment and
IL was agreed TO.
Mr.. George offered an amendment provid-
| ing for q duty of 10 per cent. ad valorcm on
machinery for tho manufacture of cloths or
| thread composed in whole or in part of cot
ton, hemp, iute or ramic, and on all tools of
mechanics used solely In manual labor
Mr.. George said he desired to make somo
remarks on this amendment, and, as it was
now 8 o'clock, the hour agreed upon for ad-
journmont, he moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Edmunds called for the ayes and noes,
and the motion to adjourn was lost-ayes Is,
noes 25.
Mr.. Vance then moved to go into executive
session, and called for the ayes and noes
The vote was, ayes 4, noes 81, lacking six of
q quorum.
On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the senate was
called, and thirty-five senators answered to
their names,
Mr. Edmunds moved that the absent sena-
| tors be sent for.
Pending this motion, Mr.. Harris moved to
adjourn.
Mr.. Edmunds called for tho ayes and nays,
and the motion was lost-ayes IL, noes 80
Mr.. Morrill, said he had not intended to
move TO adjourn until the metal schedule
should have been disposed of, but understand
ing that Messrs. George and Vance desired to
make brief speeches on the pending amend
ment he had no objection to agreeing that
each of those gentlemen should have fifteen
minutes tomorrow morning
Several members on the democratic side OBJ
jected, and Mr.. Vance announced that he
would not be limited as to time. He would
talk two hours, or three minutes, or four
days, just as he pleased.
Mr. Beck and Mr.. Maxey complained of tho
breach of the understanding that the senate
would adjourn at o'clock.
Mr. Morrill, said that several senators hav-
ing understood that the days session was not
to extend beyond o'clock, he would now
move to adjourn; so, at $3.50, the senate ad-
journed.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent tho following nomina-
tions to tts senate yesterday:
Postmasl ts-Phineas r. Goold, at Littleton, n.
Tyler North Adams, Mass; Mrs. Mary f. Bowen,
Millburg, Mass; Samuel H. Garfield, Seymour,
Comm Charles s.. John, IT,, Port Jarvis, \, II
| Laughlln. Flshkill on the Hudson, N. Y; Robert
H. Hunter pouEhkessPsiS, n f ;Augstags C..
re n en- JSSs j. Mobeg unoR Gsaat hoase ns
S. c.; Augustine A. Fletcher, Marietta, Ga; Henry
PhilliPpi C9lumbpS Tex, Robert i " patterson nT.I
Lynn, Cqrrollton, ILL.,. jacob Friendlich, Mount
sterling, i'll. Cornelius V. r. Pond, Quincy Mich:
NJ EhSIds oD,o as ESse
thage, MOI Edward S. stackpole, Deer Lodge City,
Mon. n
COMBINATIONS.
The senate in executive session confirmed
the following nominations:
Frederick N Dow, to be collector of customs at
| Portland Me.
s.G. W. Benjamin, of New York, charge daflaircs
aud consul general of the United States at Tehe-
oonsuis-E. Richards Esmond, of Syracuse, N
Y at Med MSdeli9n Joseph Mass 1WSSsSOn, San Bias
| of California, at Barranquila.
Judiciary-Roger S. Green, to be chiefjustce of
Washington territory; George d. Perkins, TO be
United States marshal for the northern district OF
Iowa; John T. Hoyt, to be associate justice for
| Washington territory; NJ. d. 0Connell, to be
United States attorney for the northern district Of
| Iowa.
Interior-willam II. Walker, of Massachusetts,,
to be principal clerk on private land claims in the
at Gunnison, Col; Frederick j. Leonard, to be re-
ceiyer ofpublic moneys ut Gunnison, COL
Wm TO pc pc Ss pS I
rector; Paymaster Luther G. Billings, to be pay
INSPECTOR Master jeremiah c. Burnett, to be lieu
| Midshipman Wm. L. Burdick, to be ensign; Mid
shlpman Robert X. Wright, to be ensign; Ensign
Robert NJ poyle; 70 be master; Passed Assistant
|
Postmasters-Wm. Graham. at Rochester, Pal
Mary L. Irnbrie. Beancr,, Pa; John Milone,
Ohio Thomas NJ Robertson, Brazil, Ind; Norman
II. Pratt, Kewanee, H.. Albert B. Cochran Abing,
don, M Isaac N. Neely, Duquoin, II; Samuel
d. Webster Monticello, ILL.,; John B. Miller, Anna,
Hi George sandorson, Pittsaed, Ill; John Crispe
Plainwell, Mich; David Hobart Hally, Mich;
Becker Montague, Mich. Levi G. Mead, OVID
Mich; Edward .Whaley, Prairie Duchen, Wis.,
NJ. b. Patchin, New London, Wis. William H.
Waterbury, Augusta, Wis, ". N; Crandall, Chip
| pewa Falls Wis; George Richardson, Fort How
ard, Wis; Wm. j. Smith, Eureka, New; Leslie H.
Jordan, Healdsburg, CAL; Alonzo L; Raynes
| Yrelia, Cal; John NJ ormsby, Chico, CAL; Vim. G.
Hopping, sacramento, Cal; Calvin G, Shaw. Yer.
million, Dak Bernard Goldrlch. Bardstown, XVI
James a. Arbuthnot, Br0okiied Mo-; Augustus O.
| Pemmel, Newport, Ark; Maria J., sullivan, Stark
| vile, Miss; Wm. NJ. Ledwith, jacksonville, Fla.
BENJAMIN g: llarter, ocola Fla Lyman W. Ham
| lin, Cedar Keys, Fla; A. ii. Fortune, Bloomfield
| Iowa; Samuel M. Clark. Keokuk, Iowa: Mrs.
| Emily L. Dillman, Toledo, Iowa; Milton X, Moore,
| salida, Col; Reuben r. Janver Newcastle, Del, /;
| Sylvester N. Clark, Cleburne, Texas.
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| Application for Mandamus.
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