Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-17
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The conference
report on the Japanese indemnity bill was
presented and after discussion agreed to.
At p. M. the tariff bill was taken up.
The pending question was on the amend
ment offered last evening by Mr.. Conger,
providing for duty of one-half cent per
pound upon charcoal iron advanced in
manufacture beyond iron in pigs, in adj
dition to the duty on iron made with 9th
er fuel. Mr.. Conger modified
his amendment by putting an additional
duty on charcoal iron at 81 ton.
Mr.. Morgan uggested to make it So a
ton.
Mr.. Conger accepted the suggestion.
The senate then voted on the PROPOSE
ton to make the additional duty on char
coal iron So ton. The amendment was
rejected. Ayes 20; nays 81.
| Mr.. Conger then moved to make the ad
tional duty on charcoal So ton agreed to.
Yeas 81, nays %.
| Mr.. Sewell moved to amend the jute
paragraph by striking out SIS per ton and
inserting 20 per cent advalorem.
The amendment was agreed to-ayes,35;
nays, Il.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich the words,
''for carpets" were stricken out of the
fax, hamp and jute yarns paragraph.
On motion of Mr.. Dawes, the paragraph
taxing salt cake one-fourth cent per pound
was changed to 20 per cent. ad valorem
and the paragraph as to collodion, was
changed so as to read collodion andl. all
compounds of pyroxyline, and
the words, ''when in finished
or partly finished articles
| % per cent valorem," were added to par
agraph; ''dextrine, burnt starch, gum sub
stitute or British gum" was changed from
! 10 per. cent ad valorem to one cent per
pound.
Mr.. Brown moved the following, 'and all
! laws now in force assessing tax or pro-
yiding for the collection of tax known as
the internal revenue laws on
whisky and brandy are hereby
repealed" Rejected. Yeas, 8, nays, So The
affirmative votes were given by Messrs.
Brown, Ransom and Vance. Mr. Brown.
then gave notice that he would offer an
amendment reducing the tax on whisky
and brandy to fifty cents per gallon.
Mr.. Rollins moved to insert ''fshglue or
! isinglass, % per cent. ad valorem," striking
it from the free list.
Mr.. Beck suggested, ironically, that the
whole free list be struck out and all other
duties be increased 10 per cent.
Mr.. Rollins motion was agreed to-ayes
26; nays, II.
On motion of Mr.. Logan the tax on
glue was made % instead of 20 per cent
ad valorem.
The proposed amendment to the inter
nal revenue bill, abolishing the tax on to-
bacco, distilled spirits, fermented liquors,
etc, we're all lost. Mr.. Brown offered an
amendment that after the 1st of July, 1888,
the internal revenue tax on whisky and
brandy shall be fifty cents per gallon
Lost-Ayes Mr.. Brown; nays, 40.
| Mr.. Sherman moved to strike cut a
paragraph imposing duty on steel
| ingots, cogged ingots, etc., and sub
stitute therefor the provision in the
house schedule. He wished to CORRECT
senate schedule, or reserve his right to
oppose the whole of it. The house bill as
/ agreed to in committee of the whole,
was far wiser ard better than the senate
bill.
Mr.. Morgan said the senator from Ohio
| had informed the senate that he was going
1 ~ FObO c144ct tltO Jill. t1ulGSS GQ0 LAX Oh
| steel was increased. Whose bill was this?
Who were responsible for it? In nine
| cases out of ten it contained provisions he
would not like to vote for, and
yet he (Morgan) stated he would
sustain the bill because it looked
in the right direction; but here comes the
senator from Ohio and because certain in
dustries in the vicinity of Cleveland were
not protected he announced that he would
not support the bill.
Mr.. Beck expressed admiration for the
audacity of the senator from Ohio IN de-
nouncing the action of the senate and
landing the action of the house as wiser
and better than that of the senate. The sen
ator declared he would vote against the bill
unless it was fixed up in conference. and
| he was one of the conference and he e1-
! pected to dragon his party by his desla-