National Republican., 1883-02-14
THE Uorrsr.

which have been presented since the twenty.
first Of August issi.
Mr.. Page, from the committee on COM
merco. reported back tho rosolution calling
on the secretary Of war for information cone
oerninr the deposit of silt and sand in portage
lake, Mich. Adopted.
ON motion Of Mr, Ray che bill was paucd
authorizing the appointment Of Edward Bel
lows as a paymastor in tho navy,
ON motion OF Mr.. Guntor the senate tIil
was passed granting the right Of way 30 the
81. Louis aud San fmncisco railway COM
pany through the Fort smith, Ark, military
reservation.
Mr.. Townshond offered a resolution amend
ing the rules OF the house 20 us 90 provide
that during the remainder Of the session DO
shall he in order for thirty minutes after tho
reading Of the journal for the speaker o.
recognize members 10 ask unanimous consent
for tho passage OF bills, and regulating The
manner in which such recognition shall Dc
made. Referred 10 the committee on rules
Mr. Page, chairman ol the committee ON
commerce, reported the river and harbor BIN.
and IL was ordered printed aud rccommit. u.
The appropriation recommended In the bill j.
Mr.. Hill introduced bill 10 suppress the
transmission Of obscene writings through the
mails. Referred.
mittee of the whole (Alr. BurTows, ofMiohigan,
in the chair) on
THE TARIFF BILL.
The clause relative TO iron and steel wiro
cloths was amended, ON the recommendation
of the committee on ways and means 30 as 70
read as follows:
Irovided further, That iron or steel wire cloth.
and iron or steel wire neitings made IN meshcs ui
any form shall pay n duty equal In amount 20 that
imposed on iron or steel wire Of the sumo CnuEc,
and . cents per pound in addition thereto; Pro-
Uided That on all of tho kinds OF iron or STEEL or
articles or manufactures Of iron or steel hcTcin-
before in this act enumerated or provided for eH.
cept iron and steel wire when galvanized or coated
with any metal or compound, alloy, or mixture u
metals, by any process whatsoever, Nccptpaiutcd,
to be classified according 20 the sizes and SAUCES
of the coated iron or steel there shall be paid
(exceptng on what are known commercially as
tin plates, terne plates, and nggeB I'M cent per
pound In addition TO the rates provided ia this act
There shall be paid on galvanized iron or steel
wire u cent per pound in addition Co the rates I'M
posed on the wire OF which II Is made; on iron
wire ropo and wire strand, cent per pound ~ ga.
dilion TO the rates imposed ON the wire OF which
1t is made; on steel wire rope ana wire strand, "a
cents per pound in addition TO the rates imposed
on the wire of which II is made.
Mr.. Morrison moved to fix the duty on steel,
in any form not specially enumerated, at 10
per cent ad yalorem instead of % cents per
pound. After discussion Mr.. Morrison mOdi-
fled his amendment by adding proviso that
in no case shall the duty exceed % cents per
pound, anu Uno uIueuuulCHJ 10 ilOulucu WAS
agreed to.
The proviso which gives definition of
"steel !" having been reached, Mr.. Carlisle in
quired whether it was not tho intention of
the proviso to include hereafter rs steel, any
metal except Siemans-Martin steel, which
was now dutiable as iron.
Mr.. Kelley replied that it was not, so far as
he had any knowledge or any reason to sus-
pect He considered the definition which
had been drawn up by the tariff commission
as an admirable one, and asserted that IL had
been adopted in the latest editions of the
British and American encyclopedias.
Mr.. Dunn offered an amendment providing
that there shall be allowed on all implements
and machinery manufactured for use in agri-
cultural labor and production, made in whole
or in part of material imported on which du
ties have been paid, q drawback equal in
amount to the duty paid on such material.
This was an opportunity for the gentlemen
on the other side who claimed to be the friend
of the farmer to show that they were in
earnest in their protestations of interest in
the cause Of the agriculturalist.
Mr.. Reed opposed the amendment, which,
he declared, had been offered, not because
the gentleman from Arkansas supposed that
il would prevail, but because he thought that
the country would pay attention to these at
tempts to make record. Tho country was
too sensible to do anything of the kind.
Mr.. Gownshend challenged the production
from the history of tariff legislation of bill
which was more oppressive i'll its operation
than the bill reported by the present ways
and means committee. No important meas
ure had ever been brought before an Ameri-
can congress where such unfair and tyran-
ical means had been resOrted to in its manage
ment. The bill did not originate in con-
gress. 1t was sired by lobby of hired agents
of monopolists, and was brought forth in Sc
cret conclaye.
ways and means committee will say what you
have said.
Mr.. Townshend went on to say that the
three gentlemen, Messrs. Kelley, Haskell, |
and Mckinley, who were in charge of the
bill, had not yet descended to the work of de- |
traction and villifcation. That work had
been assigned to another, referring to Mr. |
Reed, whose voice, manners, and character |
istics peculiarly qualified him for that work. |
Every other member on the other side spoke |
only apparently by license. Was there ever
such shameful proceedings inaugurated in an |
American congress ON such an important |
measure?
Mr. Haskell said that he had stood here for |
nearly three weeks and had listened to denun- |
citation, coming from the other side, lcveled |
at the ways and means committee long enough |
without reply. The gentleman from Illinois |
stood here and charged that this bill was |
the creation of q corrupt and scandalous |
~
fiat falsehood. Did he comprehend exactly |
the full length, and breadth, and width Of that |
statement? Every word of the bill had been |
considered in the ways and means committee, |
and never from the day the committee had |
taken charge Of it until the day they re-
ported it, was there manufacturer or lob
byist allowed to come before them.
Mr.. Townshend. According to your republican |
papers the Lobbyists crowded the committee room. |
Mr.. Haskell Not u man was before that COM |
from Kentucky MIR CGrlislel Is us honorable man |
as the representative from Illinois. Randolph |
Tucker, of Virginia, is no scoundrel and the tool
OF no lobbyist When men like Messrs. Morrison, |
Randall, Carlisle, kassOn, ana Kelley arc charged |
on this iloor with acting rs the agents Of Lobbyists
the man who chnTgesitu ulters, believe, deliberate
talsehood. Applause on the republican side.l lie |
knows better. / will go on and brand just buch |
statements as that publicly, l put my honor aud |
character before this whole world and country. / |
invite the closest scrutiny Of my public acts aud |
private acts. NO hound no dirty gutter snipe ever |
sunk so low yet as 20 charge ms with dishOnor in |
discharging my duty on this committee or any |
not stand here to assert my integrity IL Is known |
where l am known, but when my committee Is |
attacked, In the name of my colleagues ON that |
committee-democrauc colleagues and republican |
colengucs-l want to brand here now such dec
ialalons as that with the application which be-
longs 10 them,
Mr.. Townshend said that he did not desire |
to handy epithets with the gentleman from
Kansas. He did not propose to 30 to the cess
pools to throw filth at the gentleman. lie
had not in his remarks, intended any por-
sonal application to either of tho three gem
tlemen TO whom he had referred. lie simply