Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-02

OF which goes to the county. For q building fol
propriated $4,000 is given to replace four Of TIE
schools with new boilers 5000 Is appropriated fol
Georgetown. The 20 oi fas To- make ee any s appropr II
alton Tor the IRE commissioners
Capitol Notes.
Senator-elect CullOm, OF Illinois, IVES on the
| floor Of the House to-day and received quite an
| ovation from his old Congressional friends
Mr.. EDMUNDs FOR PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
| The republicans members OF tho Senate held a
| caucus this morning, and selected Mr.. Edmunds
as their candidate for President pro tenn to succeed
Mr.. Davis There was no opposition
THE TARIFF CONFERENCE REPORT
The conference committee on the tax and tarifY
bill reached complete agreement about half-pa
twelve this afternoon, and forthwith sent their
report to the Government Printing ONCE in order
to be able to present to both Houses of Congress
she Of h me
bill, with very few changes OF general importan ce,
/ except In the metal schedule, In which the COM
mttee mt recommend some increase of rates. espe-
| The changed rates sgreed upon under this head
ing are as follows; On STEEL valued at cents per
pound or less, As per cent ad valOrem; steel,
valued above 4 cents and not above cents per
pound, SPECIFIC duty of 2cents per pound on steel,
II cents per pound, specific duty OF 2x cents per
pound, and on STEEL valued above Ii cents per
p8an1l spesc duty Of 81 cents per
cents per ton Gnstead of 30 cents) and on pig iron
| three-tenthS OF cent per pound, {the rate pro-
posed by the tariff commisson). An increase to
24c per 10. On sugars graded above No 49, and not
above No. 16, Dutch standard, Is recommended; !;
Ghe @ senate fixed this duty at ~ cents per pound)
pose duty OF 45 cents per pound, and 0per cent
ad valorem upon women's cloaks. In the glass
SPECIFIC duty Of one cent per pound glass bot
Ties, and transfer printed and painted croekery to
the m chi china clause thereby INCREASING the duty from
crease in metal dissatisfied the democrats, and
some OF them declared their purpose to fight the
the conference committee contend that the votes
In the Senate on the metal schedule, rejecting the
very figures now adopted by the conference, show
that majority Will not accept the report. 1t is
probable, however, that some Senator'S who voted
against the higher metal schedule when the bill
rather than run the risk of defeating all tariff
LEGISLATION M by opposing the report This is the
hope OF the friends Of the report and upon 1t the
chances OF legislation by this Congress depend.
FRIENDLY CONTEST.
81 wish you would say in THE starr said Mr.
John G. Thompson, OF Ohio, that the canvass be-
tween Mr.. Leedam and myself for the office Of
Sergeant-at-Arms is progressing in a way that no
the result. We have agreed to submit the matter
OF our candidacy to the Ohio delegation, and who
ever the delegation settles upon as the candidate
the Other Will peacefully withdraw"
ALL THE APPROPRIATION BILLS THROUGH THE
HOUSE.
The deficiency appropriation bill was passed
by the House last night under suspension OF the
rules The House has now passed all OF the regu-
Lar appropriation bills.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SPEAKER.
Speaker Ketfer has appointed Messrs Steele,
Townsend and Sparks as members OF the board OF
visitors to the military academy and Messrs Har.
mer, Updegran and Miller to the naval academy.
PASSAGE OF THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL IN THE
HOUSE,
The House late last night, by a vote OF l12 to 90
passed the river and harbor bill 1t was at once
sent to the Senate and ordered by that body to be
printed. In the House Mr.. Jones, OF New Jersey,
offered an amendment approprar!ng 100000 for
nll1ng up the Potomac fats. 1t was ruled out on
point OF order
PASSAGE OF THE suNDRY CIVIL BILL WITHOUT THE
OUTSIDE PRINTING AMENDMENT.
The Senate passed the sundry civil appropriation
Dill last night The paragraph directing the public
printer to employ the highest character Of skilled
Workmen at the prices now fixed by law, and
authorizing him, in case he is unable to obtain
suff1cient supply on these terms, to expend por-
ton OF the appropriation for the temporary execu-
point OF order made by Mr. voorhees,. that the
latter provision would change the existing law.
which requires that the whole OF the work shall be
d0he 10 the government printing Office.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS
The paragraph in the sundry civil bill providing
for continuing the improvement Of the Capitol
grounds was amended In the Senate by adding
requirement. that hereafter all changes and I'm
pIOScAlcAlS III Tue STOuuOS, 1QcluQ0R the 0D-
proaches to the Capitol, shall be estimated for In
detail; and the committees amendment reducing
the appropriation from s65 600 to 600 ano striking
out the provision for the salary OF the landscape
architect, was disagreed to.
THE BREEZE IN THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT
During the debate on the river and harbor bill
last night Mr.. Van Voorhis, of New York, offered
motion to strike out the item tor the Improvement
Of the Sacramento river. He supplemented this
motion with speech, In which he said that IL the
chairman OF the committee (Mr. Page) had not
been from California no such item would have
continued, $50 damnable, that nobody but gam
bier and cut-throat could think of tacking such a
thing as that to such bill as this" Instantly the
House was in cOmmOtfon, and every eye was turned
upon Mr. Page to see how he would take the insult.
He was by far the coolest man on the floor. Mr.
Horr, OF Michigan, who was the first to catch the
Speakers eye, demanded that the words should be
taken down, to which Mr.. Page quietly replied,
"Oh! hope not" But Mr.. McLane insisted that
the remark was an insult to the House. The words
were read at the clerks desk and reported to the
House. Mr.. McLane then Immediately offered q
resolution OF expulsion. Upon this long debate
followed, and the motion would probably have
almost unanimously prevailed had not Mr. Van
VOorhfS made an apology for his words, which he
said were not meant in y personal sense. The mo-
tion to expel Mr.. Van VoOrh1s was then Withdrawn
by Mr.. McLane, which was Immediately followed
by resolution offered by Mr.. Herbert, OF Alabama
66, nays 7Sthose voting against it doing so on the
ground that 1t was not customary to censure a
member for words withdrawn and apologized Tor,
as in this case.
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