Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-15
SenHie.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Mr. Blair intro.
duced bill to prohibit the employment
or performance of labor by convicts OF
prisoners restrained of their liberty upon
works or property United States and
the expenditure of any moneys of the
United States ON account of such labor.
Mr.. Van Wyck introduced the following
resolution, which was ordered printed and
to lie over until tomorrow:
ReSolccd, That the secretary of the treas
ury be directed to furnish the senate with
copies Of vouchers ard items audited by
the first auditor Of the treasury on account
of expenses incurred by the department of
justice since Jan. I, 1882, with the names
OF special attorneys EN- ployed BY the de-
partment of justice, and by what author
ity OF law he audited the same as for
assistant attorneys.
The senate resumed consideration of The
tariff bill.
The pending question was on agreeing
to the amendment made in committee of
the whole made by b1r. White, putting
books, etc, on the free list. Mr.. Morrill,
opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Bayard said he voted to put books
on the free list, but upon reflection he
thought the action of the committee ought
to be modified, and as a preliminary to
restoring the paragraph making the duty
on books, which had been stricken out in
committee of the whole, moved to amend
the language so as to restrict the duty to
books WHOLLY or partly in the English
language" Agreed to-32 to 81. This
left the duty at Is per cent. ad valoren, it
having been changed in committee of the
whole from 20 to Is per cent. before the
paragraph was stricken out.
Mr.Morrill moved to restore 20 per cent,
the original figures. Lost, ayes %;
noes 80.
A vote was then taken on concurring on
the action of the committee of the whole,
striking out the paragraph so as to let
booksalso 60 on the free list. This action
was agreed to; 81 to SO. So the paragraph
stands in the bill thu: "Books,
pamphlets, bound or unbound, and
printed matter wholly or in
part in the English language,
not specially enumerated or provided for
in this act, engravings, bound Or unbound,
etchings, illustrated books, maps and
charts. Is per cent. ad valorem."
MIR. Morgan gave notice that when the
bill should be opened for general amend
ment, he would move to admit duty free
all books designed for instruction in
schools, and Mr.. Salisbury announced that
he would move to admit free all books
not published in this country.
During the discussion several senators
took occasion to express great dissatisfac-
ton with the iron schedule as it now stands
IN the senate bill, On the ground that it's
enactment would affect the iron interests
of Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Jersey. 1t
is understood that two or three senators
distinctly announced that they deem it
their duty to vote against the bill upon
its final passage unless the alleged OBJ
jectionable features of this schedule are
materially modified.
Messrs. Brown and Beck had a spirited
controversy on the questions of ''protec-
ton and monopolies," and "a tariff for
revenue" Mr.. Beck talked about iron and
steel monopoly, and Brown declared ''the
whisky ring" had the greatest monopoly in
this country.
vote was fipally taken and the amend
ment adopted in committee Of the whole,
making the duty on bituminous coal rs
cents per ton, was agreed to-ayes, %;
noes, IS.
The amendment made in committee of
the whole raising the duty on bituminous
coal from fifty to seventy-fve cents per
ton being reached, Mr.. Vance asked for a
separate vote upon agreeing to it.
Mr.. Farley said the chief burden of tax
on coal fell upon California, and that the
increase would add $150,OO0 year to the
tax thus levied upan them.
The amendment was debated at length
by Messrs. Davis, Morgan and others.