Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-10

resolution providing for abolition Of the
treaty. ~"
Ferry moved to take up the post.route
Dill. Lost; ayes q, nays 80.
Ine tarlff bill was then taken mn. and
biyards amendment adopted, so as tc
make the mineral water paragraph al
we free list read. mineral waters. no,
artlncial. together with the bottles ol
Jugs IN which the same are imported >
Morrill,. from the COMMITTEES on FL.
nance, reported An amendment reducing
the advalorem duty on all carpets emu.
meratsd IN the wool schedule excep.
hemp or jute carpetio2, carpets and
c&rpefinQ OF wool, dax or cotton, o,
parts OF either, or other material no,
Otherwise herein specified. from IS tc
ID per cent. The amendments were
agreed to.
On motion of Vance the duty on car.
pets and carpeting was omitted from
the amendments except hemp and int
carpetlng, which was reduced from As
to 40 per cent. advalorem.
Hale reported the naval bill. Il ap-
propriates $15.727. 434. The Senate Com
mittee added 45l6,O00 to the aggregate
~ sho ohAA IL RrooC0 tn6 4xOnSS, hklu
the total amount exceeds last years bill
oy about 5000 the addition being
cue to items tor the increase of the
navy including SUM for the compile
ton of the monitors. Hale said the
committee had struck out from the bill
every particle Of general legislation, 80
the bill as reported WAS clean appro-
priation bill.
Morrill, reported the following substi-
tutes for paragraphs embracing womens
and childrens dress goods, ETC., which
Was agreed to: "Womens and childrens
dress goods, coat Innings. Italian cloths
and goods, like the description, COM
pnsed in part of wool, vorsted, the hair
of tho Alpaca goat or other animal,
value not exceeding ~ cents per square
yard, five cents per square yard and 81
per cent. advalorem. II composed
wholly of wool, hair of alpaca u other
animals, or il mixture of them, nine
cents per square yard and 10 per cent
yard advalorem. All such goods with
sslvid2e made wholly or in part of other
materials, or with thread, used for the
purpose Of changing classitications,
shall be dutiabie at nine cents per
square yard and 40 per cent. advalorem.
provided that all such goods weighing
over four ounces per square yard shall
pass duty 1T 81 cents psr pound and 40
per cent. advalorem.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Belford, from
the Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures reported q resolution declaring
it inexpedient to discontinue the coin
age of silver under the existing law, and
the Committee On APP
to report provision for
additional vault room at some point in
the Mississippi Valley. Referred.
Kasson offered a resolution that dur
ing the remainder of the session it shall
be in order Immediately after the
morning hour to move to suspend the
rules and consider i'll the House any
regular appropriation or revenue bill
which shall have been reported by COM
such motion TO be declared by
q majority of votes.
Shoutte, Chairman of the Committee
on War Claims, reported back the bill
for the payment OF certain Fourth of
July claims reported by accounting
officers. Twenty objections were made
to the present consideration of the mat
ter, and it was made the special order
for Tuesday.
The conference report on the military
academy bill was submitted and agreed
to.
Deering reported adversely the bill
the Mississippi. Albuquer-
que d Inter ocean Railroad Company to
construct road through the ChOctaw
aud Chicasaw nations, which was Ia
bled.
The House went into Committee on
the Tariff bill.
The pending amendment was one Of
fered by Haskell reducing from $40
to 2-l0 cents per pound the duty on
sheet iron thinner than one and half
inches and not thinner than 20 wire
guage. Agreed to. The clause az finally
passed is az follows: Boiler or other
plate iron, sheared or unsheired, skeIp,
shearsr or rolled in grooves, and sheet
iron, common or black, not thinner
than 70 wire gage, 2-10 cents per
pound; thinner than No. 20 wire gage
and not thinner than No. % wire gage
1.3 of one cent per pound; thinner than
No. 25 wire gage and not thinner than
No. - wire gage 1912 of ono cent per
pound; thinner than No. % wire gage
and all iron, commercially known as
common or black taggers iron, whether
put up in boxes or bundles, 80 per cens.
advalorem.