The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-21
WORK OF CONGRESS
Rapid Progress Of the Tar
lift Bill.
TO BE VOTED ON JANUARY !
The River and Harbor Bfn Meets
Democratic objectien-Judge
Burke Confirmed.

met at II a. nj. The house amend
ments to the direct tax bill we're con
CURED in.
II was ordered unanimously that
voting on the tariff bill begin at
O'Clock p. m. January q. after which
there viii be no further debate.
Morrill, offered an amendment TO
the house holiday recess resolution,
providing for a recess from Decem-
ber p TO January > Agreed TO.
Gibson offered a resolution, which
was ordered printed. for the appoint
ment of a select committee OF Il sena-
tors to inquire into the state Of suf-
frage throughout the United States.
especially to investigate the election OF
state officers at the state elections held
in Rhode Island and Louisiana and
the presidential election in New York
and Indiana. The resolution IS very
broad in its scope, and permits inves-
tigation into all sorts of unlawfu, and
irregular practices, including conspir-
acy, trades combinations. lntimida-
tons, corrupt Use OF money, purchase
OF votes or voters, false registering,
false voting, stuIfing bailot-boxes and
bribery.
The tariff bill was then taken up, be-
ginning With the schedule relating to
tobacco and cigars. No amendment
Sas offered to the first paragraphs.
ri and 227.
Amendments increasing the duty on
unenumerated aud unmana actured
tobacco from IS cents per pound 10 40
cents and reducing the dniy on cigars
and cigarettes from s. 30 per pound 10
81 % and % per cent. ad yalorem
were rejected, aud the schedule COM
pleted.
Schedule q, relating TO provisions,
etc, was taken up. An amendment
changing the rates on horses and
mules from $50 per head 10 % per
cent. was rejected.
Vest ridiculed the tax OF 45 cents
per head on hogs, and said it was to
please the farmers SO that they would
consent to an increased duty on manu-
factured goods No hogs would be i'm
No further amendment was offered
down 10 paragraph 25i, relating TO ex-
tract of meat, making 1t % cents per
pound. An amendment making the
rate 20 per cent. was reiected-yeas 10,
navs -.
No further amendment was offered
till paragraph 257, relating TO oranges,
lemons or lines, was reached, when
Call moved TO amend by increasing
rates from 10 cents, 20 cents and 40
cents per package according to size)
TO 20, 10 and so cents. After some
good-natured banter, Call withdrew
the amendment and substituted for
its provisions the existing law on the
subject of oranges and lemons.
GRAY remarked that every bushel
or package or pound of fruit imported
into this country came as substitute
for some home grown fruit. As long
as the bill was protective measure,
the fruit-growers of Florida, Delaware
and MARYLAND were entitled to the
same protection as favored the man
ufacturers in the East and North. AT
ter further discussion, Call withdrew
the amendment and offered another
TO add to the paragraph, bananas.
pineapples and cocoanuts, 10 per cent.
ad valorem. Rejected.
A motion TO strike out the para
graph making the duty cents a
pound on macaroni, vermicelli, etc,
was rejected-l9 TO p.
The clerk procee ted with the read
ing of the bill When paragraph
tWenth-ninth had been passed, con
sideration OF the tariff bail was sus-
pended, and Teller offered a resolu-
ton, which was laid over, recitlng a
newspaper statement as 70 irreeu-
larities and violation Of law in the
Office of the supervising architect OF
the treasury as to the selections oi
sites for public buildings and making
contracts therefor, and instruciing
the committee on public buildings and
grounds to investigate the conduct Of
that office during the admini- tFation
OF the present supervising architect
Plumb offered a resolution, which
went over. calling on the secretary OF
the treasury for full statements Of all
purchases OF bonds since March {,
1855, specifying in detail the class,
amount, date, parties from whom
purchased, prices paid, New York
quotations and available surplus in the
treasury on the first Of each month
during the period.
On motion OF sherman the action Of
the senate on the direct tax bill was
reconsidered and the bill was referred
to the finance committee.
Consideration of the tariff bin was
resumed On motion az Allison para
graph s02 was amended by increasing
the rate on stiil wines, per case OF one
dozen bottles, from 81 20 10 81 ~, and
increasing the duty on the bottles or
Jugs from > 10 ~ cents per pint.
No amendment as offered 70 any Of
the succeeding paragraphs until
schedule ID. cotton manufactures, was
reached. Vest and Vance said they
were not prepared TO go on with the
cotton schedule to-day. Allison sug-
gested that the free list Of the schedule
might be taken up, but Vest made
some objection to that.
Vance could not see what was to be
gained, now that a day was hNed Tor
voting on the bill, in applying whip
and spur.
Allison said as the senator from
Minnesota Davis desired 70 90 on
with the pension bills be was willing
to give way. He gave notice, hoEever,
T that be would ask the senate to-luoT-
row 10 consider the cotton. fax, iuie
wool. WOODEN and silk schedule.
The tariff bin was laid aside, the
progress to-day having been about
( 10 pa ges. and the senate took up The
private pension bills on the calendar
All OF them, DIN number, were passed
I in 80 minutes. The legislative appro-
pr,ation bill vas referred 20 the com
! mittee on appropriations
The senate then vent into execG-
tive session. When the doors we're re
opened the senate bill 10 open aban-
dnned military reservations in the
..e N.v-,ysa vvas IN motion al