Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-07
Eth. CoNGnKss-srcoND SESSION
WASHINGTON. December G, 1883.


ETH. CONGRRsB-sECON SESSION.
WASHINGTON, December G, 1888.
senate.
A communication from the Secretary Of
state. with certified copy of the final as
certtinmsut Of the presidential electors IN
Kansas, was presented.
The presiding officer asked the opinion Of
the senate Chis being az entirely nav pro-
ceeding) - 70 the disposition 10 be made Of
the papers. whether they should be entered
on the Journal or placed IN the archives Of
the Senate. He added that siuiar certiG-
Gates from the States n Maryland, North
Carolina, and Georgia bad been also trans
mittcd 10y the Secretary Of state.
After some suggestions the provision Of
the law OF February, 1887. was read, and
was found 10 require the secretary OF state
10 transmit copies of the certificates 10 the
two houses Of Congress. The letters Of
transmllial and copies Of the certificates
we're referred TO the Committee on Priyis
cges and Elections.
The senate At l:05 resumed the considers
ton Of the tariff bill, beginning with
Schedule Il, which covers esrthenware and
glassware. Messrs Iloar and Mcpherson
each reserved the right 20 offer some amend
menls hereafter 70 The glass and pottery
items. No amendment except as to two
formal changes Of the phraseologY was made
10 Schedule z, and the Senate proceeded 10
the consideration OF Schedule c, relating 10
metals.
Mr.. Plumb called attention 10 the para
graph a. TO bsams, girders, and ioisis; spoke
OF iron Gnd steel combinations IN this coun-
try, and insianced cases Of the Government
building NJ Wichits, Kan. (which had ef-
fccted a large saving BY contracting Tor such
work abroad. and Oithe state House OF Texas.
The saving Inc had been iniormed) amounted
10 S2O. O0O He moved 10 amend by reducing
the rate from one and one tenth cents per
pound 10 eight tenths Of cent.
Mr.. Harris called attention 10 The fact that
the existing duty on these articles Tas equiv
alent 10 an ant U0l0reul rate OF lO2. ID per
/ cent; that the rate OF six tenths Of cent per
pound proposed IN the House bill was equiv.
aent to 1882 per cent, snd that The rate
proposed in tue senate substitute was eQuya-
lent to 9O.42 per cent. he moved 70 amend
| ;heamendmenl by fixing the rate at siXtenths
Of cent per pound.
Ar. Allison opposed Mr.. llarris's amend
ment. sewing that II went to the root OF the
whole iron and steel schedule. He had no
doubt that II the present rates Of duty were
Z
ccnt in very short time 10 break down
prices.
Dir. Aldrich was also opposed TO Mr.. IIsr.
| ris's amendment, and remarked that II there
wes any one item 10 the House bin more in
defenslble than another u was The rate OF
six teuths of a cent per pound on structural
forms OF iron and steel. An adoption ~ the
amendment would necessarily involve a re-
committal Of the bin or It's abandonment
IL would certainly be an Abandonment OF the
protective feature Of the bill. The prices Of
structural forms CT iron and steel were not
excessive now, and the state OF affairs 20
which the senator from Kansas referred re-
lated TO some years back
Hr. Harris asked whether the Senators
from Iowa and Rhode Island were prepared
to maintain that the duty o. over 90 per cent.
was nscessSry to enable the people IN this
country to convert the blooms and billets
into iOisls and beams.
Nr. Reagan advocated the amendment
The people OF the United states, he said,
W, re Interested in being rescued from the
crap and oppression Of mOn0pOlists but the
senate substitute sided the monopolists.
The discussion was continued by Nessrs.
Adricb, Harris. Hoar, Butler Plumb, and
PAYNE, but no vote Was taken on the pend-
the progress during the day being about eight
pages.
Sir. Butler introduced a JOINT resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment en-
llrgiug the presidential term OF Ohce 70
SIX years. Laid on the table
The Senate then at 3 O'Clock adjourned tin
MONDAY.
House or Representative.
The Speaker sisted that he had received =
communication from Hon. Perry Belmont
informing hin that be had sent 70 The Gov
ernOr Of New York his resignation as q
member 81 Congress fron the First congress
sicusl district ~ New York. The Clerk was
directed 10 drop Nc. BelmOnts name from
TIE ron Of the Home.
Tne usual resolution for the distribution
OF toe Presidents message 10 the apprO-
PIRATE committees was reported from toe
Committee on Was and Means by Dir. Me-
Miin, OF Tennessee, and adopted By The
/ House; the only debate upon il being ssr-
castle, the query from Mr GrosVenor. Of
! OHIO, g. 20 What portion OF the message had
been referred To toe Committee on Civil
Service Reform aud the reply from biz. spi-
nola, OF New YORK. that the subject would
be referred TO the Chinese.
The order relative 10 the consideration o.
the direct.tsx bin was - modified a. to make
the measure the special order Tor 10 day.
Tuesday, aud " Wednesday, It being Ihe desire
Of many members that gu sdlournmtnt De
taken over Saturday. 40 effort VA made 70
rexch some agreement touching the oaeTmg
aad pendeney Of amendments. but II proved
! futile; and, without any understanding on
this point the House, on motion OF Mr.. Cas-
well, OF Wisconsin. went into Committee Of
the Whole Ont. Springer, OF Illinois, IL the
/ ehair) on the direcs-tsx bill.
Mr.. Caswell explained that the simple pur-
/ pose Of the oil vas TO refund TO the States
/ and individuals who paid tue tLx tsst per-
/ ton sf the direct tax which was collected.
After careful computation be WAS able to
state thsi toe bill carried SO, 227, $50. This
did not include the 10 per cent. commission
allowed the states or parties who paid the
| tax. The amount 10 be cancelled. now un-
settled was s.. 562.40i.
Mr.. Oates, OF Alabama, said that the first
ground Of his opposition 10 the measure Was
that there was no authority conferred upon
Coagress By the Constitution to pass the oil
or 70 make the appropriation provided for.
| he contended not for strict construction
81 the Constitution. but Tor an observance
OF H. Tho oniy way that the Constitution
/ could be preserved In its original integrity
was for Conkress 10 keep carefully aud
securely within its grant Of power. When
the limitation Was disrsgirded aud the un-
bridled will OF CoBgress substituted for II
the people no longer hsd any guarantee Of
| the rights reserved 70 the States and The peo-
ple. The money collected under the act Of
1881 had been legally collected AHd EXPENDED
Tor the legal purposes OF comnea defence.