The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-18
Other Happenings at Home aud Abroad

Other Happenings at Home and Abroad
Forty-seventh Congress Second Session.
SENATE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Mr. Best offered
q resolution for committee oitiye senators
to investigate the whole subject of the Yell
lowstone park lease. and requesting the
secretary of the Interior to take no action
in the matter until the committee reports
at the next session. Laid ..over till Mon.
day.
Mr.. Blair offered resolution instructinc
the judiciary committee toenquire whether
the legislature of New Hampshire, chosen
In November, 1882, can lawfully elect a
United States senator.
After long debate the resolution was
Withdrawn and the tariff bill taken up.
Mr., sherman offered the following. AS n
substitute for his amendment Of last even w |"
ing: "steel ingots, blooms and slabs. die
blocks or blank billeis and bars, and
tapercd or bevelled bars, bands,
hoops, strips and sheets OF all guages
and widths, plates Of all thickness
and widths, steamer, crank and other
shafts, wrist or crank.pihs, connecting
and pistou.rods, pressed, sheared and
stamped shapes or blanks Of sheet or plate
s'eel or combination OF steel, and iron
punched or not punched, hammered
moulded or swayed, gun moulds not in
bars, alloys used as u substitute for steel
tools OF all descriptions and shapes, dry
sand loan or iron-molded steel castings; all
of above valued at 4 cents per pound or less
l1 Rnnt lI vutnrptn. oh A
pound and not above cents, .
cents per pound; valued above
u and not above II cents
per pound, y cents per pound; valued
above ii cents per pound, 81 cents pur
pound; steel IN any form not speciaily
enumerated or provided for in this act, IS
per cent. I'D valoremn
Mr. Mcpherson offered the following
There shall be paid on galvanized iron,
exccpt harbed ienoe wire, cent per pound
IN addition 70 the tariff imposed on wire OF
which " IL made"
Mr. Beck sald the sherman amendment
was proposal to undo all the senate had
been engaged in doing the last month. and
substitute for It the action of the house of
representatives, not merely IN relation TO the
items embraced IN the lines proposed to be
struck out, but also IN relation TO many
other articles OF steel and iron. He didn't
intend 70 permit this amendment TO be
hurried through to-day without cxamina.
tion, even should he be compelled 10 talk
till midnight 10 prevent IL
and he hoped to be ready Monday 60 op.
pose this scheme, which was attempted 10
he palmed of on the senate. This amend.
ment would change the duty not only on
steel ingots, but also on bands. hoops and
sheets OF gauges aud widths, taggers'
iron and other articles OF iron.
Mr. Sherman said his amendment related
not at al TO iron, but only TO steel.
Mr. Allison suggested that the words
"all OF the class OF steel not otherwise emu.
merated or provided for" should be in.
serted
Mr. Sherman said he was willing to &C.
cept the suggestion.
Mr.. Beck Insisted that the amendment as
il Stood would include hoop.bands nnd
straps OF oil gauges and widths, whether
made OF iron or steel
A senator on the democratic side, "Cot.
ton ties?'
Mr.. Beck-"Ycs. 1t would include cotton
ties, and is intended to include them all.r
Mr.. Sherman--'Mr. President, | submit
that u IS absolutely untrue. aud | might
go little further than that"
Mr. Beck--"Go just as far as you like: |
understand this, and intend to do my
duty IN the natter
MIR. Sherman--"But the senator shall not
misrepresent me, and he eshall not bully the
senate"
Mr.. Beck--"And will not be bullicd In
the senate either, nor will be told that we
have no sense. and that all sense is concep.
centrated In the committee of WAYS and
means Of the house, and action against the
rules OF the house. without resenting."
Mr.. Sherman-"Tbe whole change relates
to steel ingots, blooms, etc. Steel runs all
through the paragraph and II has no con.
nection with iron, but | have no objection
senator from Iowa"
Mr.. Beck said-"This amendment, In my
opinion, was written by men who deceived
even the senator from Ohio, and, like
maoy OF the previous ones sent to us by the
tariii commissioners was prepared Tor us
by experts who intend to raise this tariff
away above what has been done, and who
have Hooded the senate this morning with
telegrams (ofwhich received nine), telling
us they will all starve unless II Is donc.n
Mr.. sherman said that II was true: some.
body else had drawn this amendment for
him; that in fact that men interested In the
business were not satisfied with the amend.
mcnt, ana he had proposed IL as fair
compromise. lie was not influenced by
any personal interests and no man living
could sway him from doing what he thought
was right IN the matter.
After further discussion, Mr.. Allison gave
notice that unless the tariff bill was out of
the way Monday, or at the latest by Tues
DAY, the cot1mittee on appropriations
would have 10 move to set II aside In order
to proceed wi h APPROXIMATION bills.
Mr.. Morrill, then gave notice he would
ask the senate to set the bill out Monday.
House resolutions In relation to deceased
Representative Shackeliord were then re
ceived, and Mr.. Ransom offered the Gus.
tomary resolutions on the subject, and after
an address by him, the senate adjourned,
ii0usK.
A resolution was adopted, calling for In.
formation as to the damage done the cur.
rent year by flood and otherwise, and AZ 10
the works for channel improvement ~
Plum Point and Lake Providence. Missis.
sipi river.
The committee on elections submitted .
report In the case OF Sessinghaus Frost.
~. Louis, declaring contestant entitled /,
the seat. Laid over, and the house resume |
consideration Of the tariff bill In committee
ofthe whole.
The pending amendments were thoss of
fered by Bayne and kasson, the one reducing
the duty on sugars between Nos. 8 AMI ID
Dutch standard, from 10 q csnts v
pound; the other fixing the rate Il q. =
An Important move he's been taken on he