The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-17
Forty-seyenth COngross-SccOnd Scs.
sion.
WASHINGTON, February 1G, 1883
SENATE.


SENATE.
Mr.. Bayard presented the conference re-
port on the japanese indemnity bill and
explained it.
The Committee on Foreign Relations this
morning agreed TO recommend the ratif-
cation OF the Mexican reciprocity treaty.
and will report it to the Senate with that
recommendation at the first executive ses-
sion.
After some discussion the report OF the
conference committee on the japanese in
demnity fund was agreed TO.
Mr.. Butler read an engineers letter In
relation to the condition OF the works for
Improvement of Charleston harbor, and
asked the Committee on Commerce to con-
slider and report, Independently OF the
river and harbor bill, the bill introduced
by him to appropriate 100000 for the
work. The letter read was referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
At 2 i. VI. the tariff bill was taken. up.
The pending question was on the amend
ment offered last evening by Mr.. Conger,
providing for n duty Of half cent per
hound on charcoal iron advanced in manu-
facture beyond iron in pigs in addition to
the duty on iron made with other fuel.
This amendment was lost, rs were several
Others naming various rates OF additional
duty. Three dollars per ton was finally
agreed upon.
The iute paragraph was amended by
changing the rate on iute from Sl5 ton
/ to 30 per cent. dd Udl0rep.
Mr.. SeweIl explained that the effect OF
this would be TO make the cost Of raw ma
terIal less than manufactured goods, which
would not be the case at SO ton.
/ Several amendments Were offered to the
| interna-reyenue portion OF the bill repeal
ing the tax on tobacco, matches, whisky,
bank deposits, circulation, and capital, but
all failed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Immediately after the reading OF the
Journal the House went into Commit
| tee of the Whole on the legislative appro-
priation bill. This was done with the as
sent OF the Ways and Means Committee,
which through its chairman agreed not to
press the tariff bill until O'Clock unless
The legislative bill should be passed at an
earlier hour.
Mr.. Darrall, OF Louisiana, moved an in
crease of the appropriation for the office OF
! Suryevor-General OF Louisiana from Sl2,-
/ 600 to Sl5,S00. Agreed to.
y
office hours i'm the Executive departments
/ from o to in the winter and 0 to o In The
summer. The committee then rose and re-
ported the bill to the House. The ilnal
amendment voted upon was that reducing
tbe number OF internal-reyenue collection
| districts 10 50, and il was agreed to-yeas,
/ 13G. navs. 90. The amendment makes 4
reduction OF Al districts. BY an error il
] 10 1,at M
/ ducino the total number OF districts to 10
was adopted. That amendlnent was Iost,
and the number now stands at y. Tht
present humber Is l26.
The amendment increasing the hours Of
clerical labor in the Departments was
agreed to by 124 to 32
The bill was then passed--yeas, lioi
nays, 80.
Mr. Kelly Immediately moved to go into
Committee OF the Whole on the tariil Dill
and at 4:35 O'Clock the motion was agreed
to by vote of 100 to 81, the negative vote
being cast by those DESTROYS oil taking III
the "bonded-spirits bill"
The pending amendment was that oiler
ed by Mr.. Gambler as substitute Tor th'
first clause OF the sugar schedule. Lost.
Mr.. Bayne, OF Pennsylvania, moved t
reduce the duty on all sugars ABOVE NO
10, Dutch standard, and not above No. 10
Dutch standard, from 10 y cents PEI
pound.
Pending action on this amendment TIN
committee rose.
Mr.. skinner, OF New York, introduced
bill appropriating 100000 Tor the relief o
the sufferers from floods in the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers, and Mr.. Wheeler, OF Ala
bama, introduced bill appropriatin'
$4,000 for the same purpose. 10th mea
sures were referred to the committee OF
Appropriations.
Recess until 1880 7. NJ.
Evening Session.-The House took IL
and passed the bill for the allowance {
certain claims, known as the Fourtn-of-Jul
claims, reported by the accounting officer
Of the Treasury Department, The bill ~
prcpriates S29S,000.
Adjourned,