The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-17
THE DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR FREE WOOL
Yesterdays Proceedings In the Two
Branches of Congress.
The Wool Schedule Finally Disposed
OF.
some Talk in the Senate on the
Fisheries Treaty.

Some Talk in the Senate on the
Fisheries Treaty.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-In the Senate to-
day, Senator Hoar, from the committee on
library. reported back the Senate bill appro-
priating $4,000 for erecting monument to
Gen. George Rogers Clark In Louisville, Ky..
in recognition of his eminent services for his
country in the occupation and conquest of
the Northwestern Territory during the Rev
olutionary war. After eulogies by Messrs.
Hoar, Sherman, Daniel, VOORHEES, and
Blackburn, the bill was passed.
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
alton of the fishery treaty in open session.
and was addressed by Mr. Pugh in favor of
its ratification.
Senator Chandler spoke in opposition.
Senator Teller obtained the floor. and then
the treaty went over till tomorrow
Mr.. Hale then gave notice that he would
tomorrow move to take up the Senate bill for
the retirement Of John G. Fremont as Ma
jor General. Two vetoes of pension bills
committee on pensions.
The Senate bid for the adjustment of the
accounts OF laborers, workmen and mechan-
les arising under the eight-hour law was
then taken up and advocated by Mr.. Blair.
AT the close of his remarks, the Senate
proceeded to executive business, and then
Whole on the tariff bill, the wuu1ru .,..,,..-.-
being bending question. at the suggestion
OF Mr.. Mills, 1t was agreed that vote be
taken on the free wool clause today.
After discussion by several members, Mr..
Wilkins, of Ohio, moved to strike wool from
the free list.
On division the vote stood 90 to l22. The
announcement received with annauSa
on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Sowden, of Pennsylvania and Messrs.
Wilkins and Foran, of Ohio, were the only
Democrats voting in the Affirmative, while
Mr.. Anderson. OF Iowa. voted in the neg
atiye
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, wished to effect
an arrangement by which an aye and nay
vote might be taken in the House, but Mr..
Mills declined to comply.
Mr. Mills offered an amendment, striking
out the clause imposing duty of 80 per cent
dd patorena on carpets and carpeting, and in
serting clauses imposing duty Of six cents
per square yard on hemp and jute carpet
ings, of 20 per cent dd Ualorem on floor mat
ting and floor mats, exclusive of vegetable
substances, and of 40 per cent Gd rdloren on
all other carpets and carpetings; druggets,
bokings mats, rugs, screen covers, hassacks,
bedsides Of wool, fax, cotton, or parts Of
either, or other material
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, offered an
p
square foot on cocoa mats, and 10 cents per
square yard on cocoa mating. Lost.
The Mills amendment was agreed to.
The amendment restoring the wool tariff of
1867 was rejected.
This disposed Of the woolen schedule.
Mr.. Whiting of Massachusetts, was at
loss to understand why, in the absence of
any complaint from laborer, manufacturer,
or consumer, the paper Industry should be
attacked and the duty lowered. At present
the state of affairs was high wages, low cost
to consumer and constant Improvement in
the quality of the output.
Mr.. Baker of New York, moved to fix the
duty on photograph paper at 25 per cent, but
it was rejected.
Mr.. Dingley moved to strike out the para
graph fixing the duty at II per cent on print
ing paper. He said the committee on ways
and means made this reduction after having
made wood pulp, its constituent, free. Sub
sequently they had restored wood pulp to its
10 per cent duty, without making the CORES
ponding increase in the duty on paper board
The motion was defeated. At Mr.. Lehl-
backs (of New Jersey request, the para
graph, relating to bonnets, hoods, ETC., was
passed over for time.
Mr.. Mills moved that the paragraph con-
cerning cord cloth be amended so as to in
crease the duty from 15 to 20 cents per
square foat,and, in case of such cloth made of
tempered steel wire, from % to 40 cents per
square foot. 1t was adopted. The other
committee amendments offered by Mr.. Mills
and adopted were the striking out of the
India rubber fabric paragraph. that fixing
the duty on kaolin at 81 per t on for crude
and 50 for china clay or wrought kaolin,
and the placing OF a duty on rough marble at
40 cents per cubic foot.
Mr.; West OF New Y ork. moved to strike
out the paragraph relating to gloves, but the
motion was lost.
This completed the consideration of the
essentially tariff features of the BILL except
in regard to such paragraphs as had been
passed over informally, and the administra-
tive portion OF the measures was taken up.
Mr.. Boutelle offered an amendment provi-
ding that when the boxes in which oranges
or lemons are imported shall be of materials
manufactured in the United States there
shall be reduction of duty to the extent of
five cents for each box and three cents for
each half box. 1t was rejected.
Mr.. Dingley offered an amendment in
cluding plates, angles, bars and bolts among
those articles which may be imported in
bond and the duties rebated when used in
the construction of vessels for the foreign
carrying trade.
Mr.. Mills objected, saying the subject was
covered by the free ship bill, which also
provides for free materials. So the amend
ment was rejected.
Mr.. Buchanan, of New jersey, offered an
amendment providing that no goods, the
| product in whole or in material part of con-
| vict labor, shall be imported for the pur-
| pose of sale or trade. 1t was rejected.
On motion of Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkan-
| sas, an amendment was adopted excluding
from the provisions of the section which
| provides that dd UdL0renl duties shall in
| clude the value of cartons, cases, boxes, etc.,
| in which merchandise 10 imported. such
boxes or coverings as are the usual and
necessary coverings for machinery.
On motion of Mr., Mills, an amendment
was adopted, fixing Oct. 1st, 1888, as the date
| upon which the repeal of the taxes on manu-
factured chewing tobacco, smoking tobacco
and snuff shall 90 into effect.
| Mr.. Wise of Virginia moved to include in
the repeal OF taxes that on cigars, cheroots
| and cigarettes.
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota opposed the mo-
| tion.
Mr.. Johnston of North Carolina moved to
amend Mr.. Wise's motion by providing fol
the repeal OF all internal taxes on spirits dis,
| titled from grain or fruit of any kind.
Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee said this year
the internal system would yield about $780,.
| 100000. The entire surplus did not amount
| to more than $70,000,000 per annum; so, II
the government embarked on the total repea
of the internal revenue system, it would be
faced on the threshold with deficiency Of
$50 100000 per annum. Hence the question
was presented whether Congress would
abolish the internal revenue system or re
duce the duty on clothing. He spoke hi
voice and the voice of his side Of the Hous'
when he said that in the contest between
whiskey and clothing, he was on the cloth
ing side.
Mr. Johnston'S motion was lost q to 1876
When the vote was announced, MIR. Johnston
inquired in an astonished tone, which cause,
much laughter: "What has become of the
Republican party? Thought it was going t.
vote with me-"
Mr.. Yost of Virginia offered an amendmen
similar in effect to that offered by Mr.. Wise
He said that If Virginia stood as solidl,
against all the assaults of the Mills bill a
she did in regard to the tobacco feature, /
would be great benefit to that State. fo
bacco was as much product of the soil a
corn or grain, and why there should be a re
striction on the sale of an agricultural pro
duct was something beyond his understand
ing. His motion was Defeated to So.
Mr.. Sowden of Pennsylvania offered al
amendment abOlishing the tax on spirits dis
titled from apples. peaches and other fruit.
Pending the vote, the committee rose.
The Speaker announced the select com
mittee to investigate the importation of cor
tract labor: Messrs. Ford, Oates, Spinola
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