Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-19
Democrats Favor Retaining the
Present Duty on Tobacco.
Trying to Patch Up a State Out Of Wash.
instOn Territory.
Shall the Interstate Commerce Law In
clude Jurisdiction of Telegiaphs ?
WASHINGTON. July Is.
Senate.

Resolutions instructiug the committee OF
interstate commerce 10 inquire into the pro-
priety of extending the interstate commerce
law to telegraph, express and railroad com
pa lies, not now subject to it, TO sit during
the recess of Congress and appoint clerk
and stenographer were offered by Cullom
and referred to the committee on contingent
expenses.
Teler's fisheries speech went over on ac-
count of his indisposition.
Hoar gave notice at the request of FRYE,
who has the fishery treaty in charge, Gin the
absence of Sherman) that Frye would next
Friday ask the Senate to proceed with the
consideration of the treaty and would urge
the Senate to continue the discussion until it
is ended, and then that vote be taken with
out further delay.
The Senate then took up the Senate bill
for the formation and admission into the I'm
ion of the State of Washington, to be com
posed of the present territory of Washington
and part of Idaho territory.
Culom offered substitute contining the
area of the new State to that of the present
territory Washington.
Stewart advocated the bill.
Cullom spoke in favor of the substitute.
p The Senate without action proceeded to
executive Dusiltss duJOuIHti
House.
The House went into the committee of the
the whole on the tariff bill. Prmuin was
stricken from the free list. The first para
graph was that placing cotton ties or hoops
on the free list. All iron and steel hoops not
thinner than No. 20 wire guage wire was
placed on the the free list. The existing
rates of duty on were restored on cement,
whiting, and Paris white. The duty on Pa
rls green was fixed at II l2 per Ct ad valo-
rem. The pottery schedule was taken up
The duty on china, porcelain, earthetil stone
or crockery ware was increased from 40 to
30 per ct ad valorem.
Breckenridge offered the committees
amendments striking out the flint and lime
glass bottle paragraph raising the duties on
cylinder and crown glass, not above 24x60
inches, from 10 to 20 cents per square foot,
and above that size from 20 to 30 cents on
unpublished cylinder and common Window
glass, not exceeding l0xl5 inches from | to
3-s cents per pound. On sizes not exceed
ing 24x30 inches from | l-2 to 3 cents.
Sizes above that from | 81 to 2 l-2
cents. Mr.. Reed asked for an explanation
of the changes proposed,
Breckenridge replied that the gentleman
didn't represent the consumer.
Reed SAID 1t was the part and parcel of the
fallacy which governed the whole bill that
one side of the chamber represented the con-
sumer. He denied this emphatically and
maintained that all producers were also ne
cessarily consumers. He charged that the
other side instead of being animated by any
real desire to reduce taxation, they were
animated by political moves and the gentle
man from Arkansas should have manhood
enough to acknowledge it.
Breckenridges amendments were agreed
to.
Mills moved to strike out the clause fixing
the rate of duty on tobacco at 35c per pound d.
thus restoring the present duty.
LaFollett of Wisconsin spoke five minutes
upon the motion and desired further five
minutes.
Mills declined to yield and upon his mo-
ton the committee rose for the purpose of
limiting debate.
Mills moved that all debate on the pend
ing paragraph be limited to one minute. The
republicans being again refused five minutes,
declined to vote, this leaving the House with
out aquorum.