The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
caramels.

DelnS pal0 LOT by the government.
The tariff bill was resumed on the pend
ing question upon agreeing to the amend
ment made in committee of the whole
about putting books, etc, on the free
list.
Several amendments were lost.
Senator Morrison offered an amendment
that, after July LIST, 1884, no higher duty
shall be levied on any article in the mer
chandise schedule than so per cent ad va
loren.
Senator Morrill, opposed the amendment.
Senator Bayard said he had voted to
! put books on the free list. but upon re-
| Election thought the action of the commit
| tee ought to be a-odified, and as prelimin-
AIRY to restoring the paragraph laying a
| duty on books which had been struck out
IN committee of the whole, he moved to
amend the language so as to restrict the
duty to books wholly or partly in the
English language Agreed to-ayes. SO;
noes. 81. This left the duty at IS per
cent ad valorem, it having been changed
| in committee of the whole from 20 to Is
| before the paragraph was struck out.
Senator Morrill, moved to restore it to 30,
| the original figures. Lost-ayes, 30; noes,
30
Vote was then taken on concurring in
| the action of the committee of the whole
| striking out the paragraph so as to let
books etc, go on the free list. That ac-
| ton was disagreed to-ayes, 81; noes 80.
So the paragraph stands IN the bill in the
following form:
Books pamphlets. bound or unbound,
and all printed matter wholly or in part in
| the English language, not specially emu
| merated or provided for in this act, engrav
| ings, bound or unbound, etchings, illus
| trated books, maps and charts, Is per cent
advalorem.
Senator Morgan gave notice that when
| the bill shoIld be opened for general
| amendment he would move to admit. duty
| free, all books designed for instruction in
| schools, and Senator Salisbury announc-
| ed that he would move to admit free all
books not published in this country.
Senator Van Wyck introduced the fol
| lowing resolution, which was ordered
| printed and to be laid over until to-mor-
| row.
ResoEUed, That the secretary of the treas
ury be directed to furnish to the senate
copies of the vouchers and items audited
by the first auditor of the treasury, on ac-
count of the expenses incurred by the de
partment of justice since Jan. 1st, 1882,
with the names of the special attorneys
employed by the department of justice,
and by what authority in the law he aud
tied the bills and accounts of said special
or assistant attorneys.
The amendment made il committee of
the whole, raising the duty ON bituminous
coal from 80 cents to rs cents per ton,
being reached. Senator Vance asked for
a separate vote upon, and agreeing to it.
Senator Farley said the chief burden of
the tax on coal fell upon California, and
that this increase would add $4,000 a
m ha ia
Senator Morgan opposed it.
He said this bill ought to be entitled.
"A bill to tax the people of certain por-
tions of the country, and to appropriate
money to certain other people" 1t had
all the worst characteristics of the river
and harbor bill of the last session, and
had produced the same kind of combine
tions. Both bills were framed and pushed
forward upon the same prInciple-"Yo
tickle me and I'll tickle you"-and nege-
tiations had been conducted, not only in
the Lobby, but openly on the floor of the
senate, In this matter of coal, large bod
les of coal lands in West Virginia belong
ed to certain gentlemen, and the repre-
sentatives of those interests were in the
senate votin money out of the pockets of
the people of California into their own
Sir, said senator Morgan, Il have no
sort of concessions to make to the monop-
olies arranged between different industries
of the Unit ed States throgh the Hobbies
and upon his floor. / have nothing but
war to make upon these, and though [
shall stand alone. sir, | will battle for the
right upon this question" All the other
monopolies combined for protection, and
why should not the Senior from West
Virginia Davis and his conferees, owners
of large coal fields do the same? These
monopolies had their regular Congress,
and the congress of the United States
which uesd to enact laws for the benefit
of the whole people was now the servant
of these great monopOlies and their lobby
lists. 'It has been shameless work upon
this floor. said senator Morgon. Every
man here knows it; everybody feels it, and
it will be proclaimed from the floor of this
senate 50 that the people of the United
States shall know and feel it.
Senator Williams thought coal ought
to be on the free list
Senator Miller, of California, said the Pa
cific coast paid three-fourrhs of all the tax
on coal. and that he thought it was an
unfair application of protective princi-
piles.
Senator Davis, of West Virginia. ex-
planned that there was no dnty on an
tbracite coal of the kind used for domestic |
purposes. As to the argument of the
senator from Alabama IMorgan), he |
thought large portion of it unworthy the |
Senator, or of netice.
Senator Morgan asked senator Davis to |
point out the unworthy portions of the |