Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-15
Fiftieth Congress--First Session.
WAsHrNaroN. June 14.


 SEaAzE.-The bill appropriating $1,50' for bust of the late Chief Justice Waite te be placed in the Supreme court was taken uI and passed.
 The bill making appropriations for the de- partment of agriculture was then taken up Among the amendments reported by ths committee on appropriations and agreed to by the Senate were the following: Directing the allowance of the suspended account oi George B. Loring, late commissioner of agr1- culture, for sums expended in the purchase and distribution of sorghum seed and beet seed, not to exceed $20, 800; appropriatine $100, 900 for the continuance of experiments in making sorghum sugar, After further amendment the bill was passed.
 The Senate then took up the postoadcs ap- propriatien bill. Among the important amendments reported by the committse on appropriations are striking out item of $5O,- 900 tsfQT.compensation to clerks in postofdces for uA hl buainess;" reducing the item ssfor rent, light and fuel to postofices of the third class" from $65e, ,000 to $450, 1000, with provision restricting rent of such offices to $500 year and fuel and light to $60; insert ing an item of $1 ,000, ,000 for additional ex- pense of the free delivery service rendere necessary by the act of May 24 last limiting the work of letter carriers to eight hours a day; inserting an item of $500, 900 for more efficient mail service between the United
 
 the West Indies
 The amendment cutting down the aliow- ance for third class postofhces was opposed by Senators Beck, Reagan and Call and de- fended by MT. Plumb. The amendment was agreed to.
 On motion of Mr.~Plumb an item was in- serted making the postage on seeds, cuttings, roots, bulbs and scions one cent for every eight ounces or fraction thereof.
 All the other amendments were agreed to, several Democratic senators declaring them selves opposed to the subsidy amendment, but declining to call for the yeas and nays lest there might not be a quorum voting, while MT. Brown said he thought the amend ment wise one. The bill was then passed.
 The Senate then proceeded to the consid- eration of executive business.
 The Senate at 4:05 adjourned till Monday.
 HoUsE.-When the routine work was finished to-day the House went into commit tee ot the whole on the tariff bill. MT. Bu- chanan offered an amendment to strike out the words admitting free of duty plates coat ed with mixture of lead and tin. The amendment was rejected, as was one offered by MT. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, to limit the free plate to sizes not larger than four feet and thicker than No. 26 gauge, and another to strike out the entire tin plate paragraph.
 When the next paragraph, "beeswax," was reached, MT. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, rose and addressing himself to the paragraph just passed asked why it was that the Standard Oil company could get the steel sheets it needed free, when the poor farmer had to pay duty on the sheet iron used to make 
 Mir. Raynor of MaryIand-Are you not of the National Iron Roofing asso- ciationi
 MT. Taylor-I suppose I am
 MT. Raynor-Are you not then on this floor trying to protect your own interestsi
 Mir. Taylor stated that he was made member of the association without his know1- edge because he was stockholder iu one of the companies represented.
 When the paragraphs relating to glue and gelatine were reached MT. Webber, of New York, moved to strike them ont, thus fore- stalling the committee amendment to the same purpose. The amendment prevailed without division.
 A motion to strike out c1 1de glyceIine failed, but by committee amendment offer- ed by Mir. McMilIan of Tennessee fish glue or isinglass was restored to the existing rate of duty.
 Phosphorus, soap stocks, soap and sheep dip were all passed over. On extract of hen- lock there was considerable debate, Mr. Parker of New York holding that the duty large numbers of poor people against Canadian competition. A motion to strike out the paragraph was defeated.
 MT. McMillan moved to strike Eco1ice juice from the free list. Adopted.
 Six other articles were passed over without iodine, eroton oil, hempseed and rapeseea oil, eottonseed oil and petro- eum.
 MT. O,Neil, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Far auhar, of New York, pleaded for mainten- ance of duty on alum compounds, but with put avail. Mir. Morrow and MT. Vandeyers were equally unsuccessful in an effort to save the duties on boracic acid and borax. Nitrate of soda was placed on the free liet and the committee rose on point of "no quorum" made by Mir. Foran, having tray ersed forty-6ve lines of the bill to-day, or more than had been previously covered n fortnight's debate. It is the under standing that the tariff bill will now be laid aside for time and the army appropriation bill taken up.
 The House at o'clock adjourned.