Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Passes Its Much-Talked-Of
Tariff Bill on Party Lines.
River and HarbOr Appropriation Bill Con-
sidered-Attempt to Have Contested
Election Case Brought Up.
Fiftieth Congress.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22.-Among the
various memorials presented was lu-
dicrous one presented by Mr.. Vest,
signed by number of dentists, asking
that bounty of 81 per tooth extracted
be allowed to American dentists in order
to encourage an honest industry, lower
cost to patients and encourage the immi-
grafton of dentists from other parts of
the world, thereby making a better mar
l1et for agricultural and other products
of this country.
The senate resumed consideration of
the tariff bill, the pending question being
an amendment offered by Mr.. Reagan to
the wool section.
Mr. Morrill, read some general remarks.
Mr.. Reagan made an argument in ia
vor. of his amendment changing the duty
on all grades and kinds of wool to % per
cent. ad val0rem. He desired to put ag-
riculture on a fair and equal basis with
other industries, but he knew of no way
of doing equal justice to the men who
who ploughed and hoed, who raised cot
ton and corn and wheat, because these
products were exported and not import
ed. They stood unprotected, uncovered
by law and had to pay bounties conferred
on other industries
Mr.. Coke expressed his readiness to put
wool on the free list whenever the basis
of all manufactures were put on the free
list. He stood by the Mills bill because it
represented the real foundations on which
taxation should be levied and collected
After remarks by Mr.. Turpie against,
and by Mr.. Harris for the amendment
offered by Mr.. Reagan vote was taken
and the amendment was rejected-yeas,
%; nays. 81. Senators Brown and Payne
voted nay.
Mr.. Vance then made motion that no
article in the wool schedule should pay a
rate of duty exceeding 20 per cent adj
valorem. Rejected-yeas, 81; nays, SO.
Brown voted yea and Pavne nay.
Schedule "D'' and wooden articles
was taken up.
Mr.. Reagan moved to amend the
bill by adding a section impos-
ing an income tax of 3 per
cent. on incomes of over $1,000 up to
$1,000; ~ per cent. on incomes up to
$40 900 and 10 per cent. on incomes over
$40 900, and providing that duties on cot
ton and wooden goods, on iron and steel
and productions Of iron and steel shall
not exceed 40 per cent. and that salt
shall be on the free list. The amendment
was rejected, yeas, 20; nays, SO. Messrs.
Brown, Payne and Pugh voting no.
There being no further amendments
offered vote was taken first on agreeing
to the substitute and then on the passage
of the bill. Both votes were identical
yeas, 80; nays, 80.
YeaS-Aldrich, Blair, Bowen, Came
ron, Chace, Chandler, Cullom, Davis,
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Far
well, Fair, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, In
gals, Jones of Nevada, Henderson,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Paddock, Palmer,
Plat, Plumb, Quay, Sherman, Spencer,
Teller, Wilson of Iowa, 80
Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry Blackburn,
Brown, Butler, Call, Cocllrell, Coke,
Daniel, Eustis, Faulkner,
George, Gibson, German, Gray, Harris,
Jones of Arkansas, Morgan, Pasco,
Payne, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie,
Vance, Vest, voorhees,, Walthall, VIII
son of Maryland-30.
Adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-When the
clerk finished reading the journal, Mr.. |
Crisp of Georgia called up as privileged |
HdtI6F the contested elecUlOn case OF |
Smalls VS.. Elliott
Mr.. Randall raised point of consider
alton. He thought the river and harbor |
and sundry civil appropriation bills |
should have precedence of consideration. |
rhe election case would not suffer from a
few days delay.
Mr.. Crisp took contrary position, and |
delay would not be detrimental |
IN aDOrODri9tiOO hills
Mr.. Houek of Tennessee, while pro-
claiming himself friend of the river and |
larbor bill, thought as matter of justice
% Messrs. Elliott and Small the election
case should be given precedence.
The house refused, yeas l06, nays 109,
% consider the election case. After a
ielay of half an hour, caused by filibus-
ering on the part of Mr.. Cheadle of
owa, the house went into committee
If the whole on the river and harbor APP
1ropriation bills
After considerable filibustering the
house adjourned.
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