The Portland daily press., 1888-07-19
STILL HAMMERING AT THE TARIFF.
Premier Mills Thinks a Minute Time
Enough for a Speech.
Republicans Won't be RuIIdozed and
Refuse to Vote.
Mr. Frye In Favor Of Settling the Case
of the Treaty at Once.

WASHINGTON, July IS.
In the Senate today the resolution in
structing the committee on interstate COM
merce to inquire into the propriety of ex-
tending the Interstate commerce law to tele-
graph, express and railroad companies not
now subject to it. to sit during the recess of
Congress, and to appoint clerk and steno-
grapher. was offered by Senator Cullom, and
referred to the committee on contingent ex-
penses.
Senator Teller's fisheries speech again
went over on account of his indisposition.
Mr., Hoar gave notice, at the request of
MI Frye. who has the fishery treaty in
charge In the absence of Senator Sherman
snat Mr. 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, then
that vote be taken without further delay.
The Senate then took up the Senate bill
Ior the formation and admission into the
composed OF the present Territory of Wash
ington and part of Idaho Territory.
:, MIR. Cullom offered a substitute, confining
the area Of the new State to that of the
present Territory of Washington.
Mr.. Stewart advocated the bill
McCullom spoke in favor of the substitute.
The senate, without action, proceeded to
executive business and adjourned.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the tariff bill The first para
graph, that placing cotton ties or hoops on
the free list, was considered. ALI iron and
iron and steel hoops not thinner than No.
70 wire. gauge. were placed on the free list
The existing rates of duty were restored on
cement, whiting and Paris white. The
duty on Paris green was fixed at 121 per
nd am ~al.1
was taken up and the duty on China, porce-
lain, earthen. stone or crockery ware was
increased from 40 to 80 per cent dd Udlorem.
The duty on green and colored glass bottles
was made one cent instead of three quarters
OF cent, the same rate as fixed by the Re-
pnblicans in the act of 1888.
Mr.. breckenridge offered the committee
amendments striking out the flint and lime
bottle paragraph, raising the duties on cylin-
DER and crown glass, polished, not above "a
by 60 inches, from 10 to 20 cents per square
foot, and above that size from 25 to 80 cents !;
on polished cylinder and common window
glass not exceeding 10 by 10 inches, from one
cent to one and three-eighths cents per
pound; on sizes not exceeding 16 by "a
inches, from one and one-quarter cents to
one and tive-eighths cents; on sizes not -ex-
ceedlng "a by 80 inches, from one and one
half to two cents; sizes above that from one
and three-quarters to two and one-half
cents.
Mr.. Reed asked for an explanation of the
changes proposed.
Mr.. Breckenridge replied that the gentle
man did not represent the consumer.
Mr.. Reed said it was part and parcel of
the fallacy which governed the whole bill,
that one side of the chamber represented the
consumer. He denied this emphatically, and
maintained all the producers were also nee
essarily consumers. He charged that the
other side, instead of being animated by any
real desire to reduce taxation, were an mated
by political motives, and the gentleman
from Arkansas should have manhood enough
to acknowledge it.
Mr.. Breckenridge's amendment was
agreed to.
Mr.. Mills moved to strike out the clause
fixing the rate of duty on tobacco at 30 cents
a pound, thus restoring the present duty.
Mr.. LaFollette of Wisconsin. spoke five
minutes upon the motion and desired fur
ther five minutes.
Mr.. Mills declined to yield. Upon his mo-
tion the committee rose for the purpose of
limiting the debate.
Mr. Mills moved that all debate on the
pending paragraph be limited to one minute.
The republicans being again refused five
minutes, declined to vote, thus leaving the
House without a quorum.