The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-09
WORK OF CONGRESS
A Georgia Senator Votes
for Protection.
rHE SENATE MOVES SLOWLY.
An Oklahoma Deadlock In the
Election Reform Bill.

WAsHfS0ToS. Jan. Sin the senate
the postotiiee committee reported 9
bin providing that omission 70 pas
the lawful postage on a special de
livery letter shall not prevent or delay
the transmission and delivery, but
that the lawful postage shall be col
lected on its delivery. Passed.
sherman introduced bin TO make
and alter regulations a. to the time.
place and manner of holding elections
for representative in congress. Re
ferred to the committee on privileges.
/ He said the bin was prepared by a
gentleman familiar with the subject,
but did no. care to have his name
published The bill was unpartisan
and calculated TO insure absolutely
( fair elections in every part % the
( United States. II Was confined TO
members of congress.
Hear offered a resolution. which was
agreed 10. calling on the secretary o.
I the treasury for the report OF the
T special treasury officer which had been
made in November, 1857. in regard to
the evasion of sugar duties in New
York.
The senate then resumed considera-
Z ton OF the tariff bill, al the paragraph
relating TO collars and cuffs. fixing the
duty on those composed entirely OF
I cotton at IS cents per dozen pieces
and So per cent al yalorem, and on
those composed entirely or in part Of
I linen 90 cents a dozen pieces and 30 per
cent al valoTem.
Vance moved TO strike ont those
rates and insert 40 per cent. ad val
orem. The amendment was rejected
yeas 10, nays p.
There was no amendment TO the
paragraphs taxing hemp or jute car
/ peting @ cents per square yard.
Jones OF Arkansas moved TO amend
( the paragraph which taxes bagging for
Z cotton. gunny cloth. etc. for covering
cotton, composed wholly or partly OF
hemp, jute or jute butts, valued az not
more than 3 cents per pound by
putting il on the free list
The amendment was discussed at
/ great length by Berry. Jones. George.
Allison, Sherman, Platt, Butler, Aid
rich, Hiscock, Vance and Coke. The
/ Southern senators said that the tax
must come out of the pockets of
I Southern planters and laboreTs and be
{ handed over to the manufacturers. IL
was a tax on the million and half of
men, women and children who fur
Z nished the majority of the labor of the
/ South to make the cotton. They were
being robbed to give 500 men in the
employ of the cotton bagging trust
Z higher wages than the average of those
who paid the tax If the 50D laborers
I got all this tax the senators would be
I content. bat they did not. They spoke
| OF the cotton bagging trust as con-
: spiracy.
Allison said the question related
/ practically not to the cotton-bagging
1 paragraph alone, but to every para
/ graph in the bill II the argument of
the senators We're TO prevail, the whole
bill would be cut up in detail and de-
! stroyed. II was not question be-
tween 5000 laborcrs ON one side and
( 10000 ON the other. 1t was n
I question whether or not, under exist
/ ing conditions, il was wise TO have
cotton-bagging and other manufac-
lures made in the United States. or
whether il was wiser to root up in de
/ tail every manufacturing industry in
( the country and 20 have all manHfac-
tured goods made elsewhere. That
I was all that there was in the question
/ The raw material of cotton-bagging-
/ iute-was not produced in this coun-
| try practically. Though some jute, he
+ believed, was now grown in Texas, Il
was produced exclusively in India.
a vote was finally taken on Jones
amendment and it was rejected
yeas -, nays 2i-Brown voting with
( the Republicans in the negative.
Jones then moved to reduce the rate
/ from 3 to Z of a cent. and the motion
was rejected, Brown again voting in
the negative.
I On motion Of Allison the value limit
OF 3 cents q pound in the paragraph
was reduced 70 2l4 cents.
Vest moved to go back to paragraph
( ii and put burlaps on the free list.
/ Rejected Brown again voting in the
negative.
Vance moved to add a proyiSo to the
section that the duty on no article in
/ the section should exceed the rate OF
/ 30 per cent. al valorem. No action
was taken and the bin went over till
/ tomorrow, Allison giving notice that
unless better progress were made with
/ the bill he would tomorrow or next
( dav move evening sessions, or to meet
/ at II and sit till or 6 80 p. IN.
The house joint resolution authoriz-
/ ing the secretary OF war To loan the
committee on inaugural ceremonies
I iags, etc, WAS reported by Hawley
/ and passed. Adjourned.