Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-27
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
BOTH HOUSES DISCUSSING THE
TARIFE.

BOTH HOUSES DISCUSSING THE
TARIFF.
The Ways and Means Committees Bill
Kelley and KassOn Defending the
Measure-Tucker and Mills Showing
Up Its Iniquities-The Senate and the
Iron Schedules-Attempts at Gag Law.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-In the Senate.
at the close of the morning business, the
tariff bill was taken up.
Mr.. Morrill, said he was instructed bv
the Committee on Finance. in view of the
brief time remaining before the end of the
session and the urgency of the public bust
ness, to ask unanimous consent that de-
bate on all amendments proposed to the
tariff bill, except on the sugar question,
should be limited to five minutes to each
speaker.
Mr.. Beck said he expected to occupy
but little time, buth objected and would
continue to object to the five minute rule.
Mr.. Morrill, then appealed to the Sena-
tors on the Republican side to limit their
remarks to five minutes on any amend
ment they might propose.
Mr.. Malone, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported fayorably the bill
to encourage the holding of a Worlds
Centennial Cotton Exposition in 1884, and
Mr.. Garland gave notice that he would
ask the Senate to consider the bill to-
morrow.
Resuming the tariff debate, Mr.. Beck
refused consent to any limitation of
speeches, not even to hours.
Consideration of the iron schedule was
resumed.
On motion of Mr.. Brown, the duty on
bar iron flats not less than one inch wide
nor less than seVen-eights of an inch
thick, was reduced from $40 go to S1S per
ton. The vote was yeas 80, nays u,
He followed this up with motions to re-
duce round iron not less than three-quar-
ters of an inch in diameter, and on square
iron not less than three-quarters of an
inch square, from | cent per pound to $40
per ton, and on fiat, round and square
iron of less sizes than last described, from
l and 2-10 cents per pound, as in the bill.
to $22 per ton, Both motions were
adopted.
Mr.. Pugh addressed the Senate at
length on the great economic question of
tariff reform, taking up the constitutional
objects of taxation.
On motion of Mr.. MaXey, the duty on
iron and steel L rails weighing not over %
pounds to the yard, and iron or steel fiat
rail, punched made, eight-tenths of a cent
pound.
On llOIlOH Ol MI. MOff1ll. JQG rate on
round iron in coils or rods, less than 7-l6
of an inch in diameter, and in bars or
shapes of rolled iron, not specially pro-
vided for, was made l LILO, instead of IL
cents per pound.
Mr.. Beck moved to make the rate on
boiler or other plate iron sheared or I'M
sheared, and skelp iron sheared or rolled
in grooves IA cents pound. Agreed to.
Mr.. Beck also moved to make the rate
Dlo 81 thinner an u ha1
and not thinner than No. 20 wire gauge,
cent per pound, instead of l $40 as in the
bill. Agreed tO-yeas %, nays %.
On Mr.. Beck's motion also the rate on
sheet iron thinner than No. ? wire gauge,
and not thinner than No. 20, was reduced
from nc. to l 2-lOc. per pound. The rate
on sheet iron thinner than No. % was re-
duced from 1 7-10c, to l bloc. per pound,
and the rate on common or back tagger's
iron was fixed at 30 per cent, ad ValOrem,
instead of l S-lOc. per pound, as in the
bill.
On motion of Mr.. Miller, of New York,
the provision that plate or sheet or tag
gers iron, when polished, planished,
glanced, picked or cleaned by acid or by
any other material or process, or which
is cold rolled or single rolled or smOOthed
by rolling, shallpay 4 of cent per pound
more duty than the corresponding gauges
of common or block sheet or tagger'S iron,
was stricken out.
Mr.. Sherman moved to make the duty
on tin plates, terne plates and tagger's
tin cents pound, instead of 1 1-l0 as in
the bill.
Mr.. German moved to make it cent
pound. Agreed to.
just before & O'Clock Mr.. voorhees,
moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Morrill, called for the yeas and nays.
LOst-yeas -, nays %.
On motion II Mr.. Bayard, the rate ON
corrugated or crimped sheet iron or steel
was made As cents per pound instead
of IL, as i'm the bill.
Mr.. Bayard moved to strike out the pro-
visO that all shapes or blanks of sheet or
skelp iron, not specially provided for,
should pay = cent per pound more duty
than that imposed on the material of
which they are made. Agreed to.
Mr.. Van Wyck presented the majority
report from the Committee on Pensions,
signed by Mr.. Chilcott and himself, in re-
latiOn to the bill to increase pensions to
One-armed and One-legged soldiers.
The next paragraph of the iron sched-
ule, embracing hoop or band or scroll or
other iron CA certain sizes, was read.
Mr.. Beck wished more time for eXami-
nation of the classification in the para
graph. and moved to adjourn. Lost.
After some discussion as to whether
cotton ties might not be held to come un-
der this provision of the bill, Mr.. Cock
rell complained of the attempt to force a
night session without previous warning
as a breach of the understanding arrived
at some days since that the Senate
would continue the consideration
of the bill daily until 6 O'Clock. He had
nOdesire. and the Democratic party had
no desire to delay the passage Of the bill.
Let the party that was responsible for the
action of the Senate pass the bill, and, if
they thought night sessions necessary and
would give fair warning, he would vote
for them. but he did not wish to be forced
into such Il session in this way.
Mr.. Morrill,, replying to remark by Mr..
Beck, denied that any caucus had in
structed him to force night session. In
resisting adjournment he was only trying
to keep the Senate in session as long as he
could i'm order to make progress, and he
would continue to do this every day until
the bill shall have been disposed of. He
then moved an adjournment, which was
agreed TO, and the Senate, at 6i23, ad-
jOurned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House the private business
having been dispensed with, the House at
II 30 went into committee of the whole
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair)
on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, took the
floor in vindicafiOn OF the bill, ana in
support of his assertion that it was the
best tariff bill ever submitted TO the
American Congress. He would not go
into details, not being ready to answer
any questions.
Mr. Springer inquired what would be
the average reduction from the existing
rates.
Mr., Kelley replied that according to the
figuring of experts it would be ~ per cent,
but his opinion was that it would be
larger. This was exclusive of the reduc-
ton which would attend the abolition of
commissions and charges.
Sfr. Springer further inquired whether
the COMMITTEES Of Ways and Means had
diminished the rates proposed Dy the
Tariff Commission.
Mr.. Mckinley replied that there had
been a decrease from the recommends
tiOn of the commission.
Mr. Morrison, of IllinOis-Some eight
millions less llndeT sugar and four mil
lions less under tin plates
Mr. Carlisle inquired what effect on the
revenue would come from the proposition
to abolish the charges.
Mr., Kelley replied that his estimate was
that il would give an average reduction
of 10 per cent.
MIR. Carlisle asserted that it would only
average J per cent, and Mr.. Morrison
argued that at the highest average it
would only amount to 215 per cent.
Mr.. Tucker. of Virginia. a member of
the WAYS aud Means Committee, then
took the floor in opposition 10 the bill. !
There was scarcely an article kn6wn TO
the consumption Qf the American people !
which was not included within the taxa