Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-24
THE SENATE rAsirF MIL.
Passed tuesday Night by strict
Parry Vote.

Passed Tuesday Nfgnt Dy sue'
Party Vote.
WAsursaros, Jan. 22.--During the con-
alteration of the Tariff bill in the Senate
to-day, all amendments offered by Demo.
crats were rejected, and q few, all oherea
by the finance committee, were adopted.
| These included the schedules OF hsh,
iron, gloves, hose, hides, rice, fruits and
| watch jewels. =.
Mr.. Stanford offered as an amendment,
which was agreed to, bill heretofore IN
troduced by him 60 authorize producers
| of pure sweet wines, who are alao distii-
| lers, to use, free OF tax, the wine spirits
necessary to fortify such pure sweet
wines up to an alcoholic strength OF IA
per cent.
MIR. Salisbury offered 40 amendment
making 1t the duty OF protected manu-.
fecturerH (whose annual business shall
exceed $20,0O0) to pay into the treasury
all their profits above 10 per cent.
Rejected without division.
An amendment to the rice schedule was
rejected Senators Cameron, Quay, Mitchell
aud Plumb voting with the Democrats.
An amendment wSs hually made by the
| finance committee and adopted.
Mr.. Plumb offered m additional para
graph to the silk schedule, as follows ;
| Silk, raw or ~ lneled from the cocoon,
but not doubls6, twisted or advanced
In manufacture in any way and Hilk waste
% per cent I'D valorem.
Rejectad--yess, 81; nays, 81.
Mr.. Plumb moved to insert an add
iional paragraph creating and establish
| ing in the treasury department commits
sion, to be known as the customs com
mission. Agreed to without a division.
1t provides for the appointment by the
President with the advice and consent
| OF the Senste) Of five commissioners, to
hold uffioe two, three, four, i've and si1
years respectively, not more than three Of
thom to he OF the same political party,
Tho salary il TO be 81 500 per snnum.
The permanent office OF the commission
is to be at Washington.
On motion OF Mir Allison, the date for
the bill to 90 into effect (aection 12) was
changed from the lat Of February, 1885
to lst OF July, 1889. There being nc
further amendments offered the vote wal
taken first on agreeing to The substitute
and then on tho passage OF the bill.
Both votes were identical-yeas 80
nays, 80; az follows:
Yeas -Aldtich, Blair, Bowen, Cameron
Ohaoe, Chandler, onilom, Dsvis, Dawes
| Doipn, Eimunds, Esnrts. Farwell, Frye
Hswley, Hiscock, Hoar. Iugalls, Jones o.
Nevada, Mindetson, Mitchell, Morrill,
Paddock, Palmer, Plat, Plumb, Quay
sherman, Spooner, Stockbrdge, Teller
Wilson OF Iowa32
Eays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Brown
Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Oolgultt
Daniel, Eustis, Faulkner, George, Gibson
German, Gray, Harris, Jones OF Arkansas
Morgan, Pascoe, Payne, Pugh, Ransom
Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest, voorhees,
Wa.,holl, Wilson OF Maryland-30.
Mr.. Riddleberger stated that he bat
voted right along with the Republicar
party and with the finRncs committee To-
the bill. But there was nothing in thu
bill which would have justified him ii
voting for itTafter the adoption of th,
amendments of the senator from Kansa
(Nr. Plumb-prosumably the custom
commission pro vision) Therefore, IL ht
had not been paired and had not Eel
under an obligation to preserve that pal
he should not have voted for the bill.