Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-10
Fiftieth Congressional Session
WASHINGTON. Jan. !

SENATE.-In the senate to-day the house amendments to the Nicaragua canal bill were, on motion of MT. Sherman, non concurred in, and a conference was asked. Senators Sherman, Edmunds and Morgan were ap- pointed conferees on the part of the senate.
 THE TARIFF DEBATE.
 The senate at 12 20 resumed consideration of the tariff bill, the pending question being on MT. Vance's amendment that the duty on no article in schedule J (iax hemp and jute) shall exceed 50 per cent ad yalorem. The amendment was rejected; yeas IS, nays %, MT. Brown voting with the Democrats in the affirmative.
 Schedule K (wool and manufactures of wooll was at the request of MT. Allison passed over informally. and schedule L (silk and silk goods) was taken up. On motion of Mr. Aldrich paragraph 375 was amended by striking out the words weighing not less per square yard"
 On motion of MT. Aldrich paragraph BIT, relating to laoes and embroideries, was amended by adding the words including knit goods."
 NJ further amendment was offered to the silk schedules and then schedule NJ Cbooks, papers, etc. ) was reached.
 MT. Vance moved to amend paragraph 3S1 (manufactures of paper not specially emu merated) by reducing the rate from 25 to 15 per cent. advalorsm. Rejected, yeas IS, nays 23. MT. Brown voting in the negative. Mr. Vance moved to amend paragraph 3S2 | (referring to ''surface coated papers" and l manufactures thereof by reducing the rate 1 from 35 to 25 per cent. advalorem. He said 35 per cent. was an increase of 250 per cent. over present rates. The amendment was res | jected, yeas 19, nays g, Mir. Brown voting | in the affirmative.
 Mir. Vance moved to insert a proviso that lad ioa cbon ho o1- mitted free of duty.
 Mir. Alison said he did not understand the object of the amendment. Bibles were not | only practically free of duty. but free of cost | in the United States, as the American Bible society distributed gratuitously. l Mir. Vance said that he thought tax on l the word of God was carrying the point of 1 protection not only into the ground, but m l der the ground and to the final resting place l of proteotionists. He hoped that for the sake of humanity and morality Bibles would not be taxed. The amendment was rejected yeas IS, nays 22.
 ! MT. Vest moved to amend paragraph 3S4 l (printing paper, unsized, used for books and l newspapers exclusively by reducing the rate l from 15 to 12 per cent. advalorem; rejected. Mir. Vest moved to amend paragraph 39( l (brushes and brooms of all kinds, including I feather dusters) by reducing the rate from 3( | to 20 per cent. ad valorem, and by making ! per ton. The amendment was rejected, yeai Is, nays g.
 1 On motion of MT. Allison paragraph 39( (button forms, lastings, etc.) was amended by
 striking out the words "silk twist"
 Paragraph 391 (card clothing) was at th l suggestion of MT. Vance passed over infor | nally. No amendment was offered to para graph 392, taxing chronomoters 10 per cent | '.oKLAHoMA OR BUST"
 HoUsE.-That MT. Weaver, of Iowa, i
 earnest in his intention to do all in hi
 power to prevent the House from accom- plishing any business until it has fnall, acted upon the Oklahoma bill, was demon
 strated this morning. Immediately afte
 the chaplsin's prayer MT. Weaver called tn Speakers attention to the first rule of tn
 House, which directs that officer after call
 ing the House to order, "to cause, upon tn
 appearance of 8 quorum, the journal of tn
 last days sitting to be read" He raised
 point of order that the journal could not b
 read until it was apparent that quorum
 was in attendance. The Speaker sustaine
 the point and directed the clerk to call tn 1 roll; 190 members responded. but before tn
 Speaker could direct the reading of the jour
 nal, MT. Weaver projected two dictator
 motiens-to adjourn and to adjourn till Fri day. The latter motion was defeated an MT. Weaver, in pursuance of his ''Oklaho
 ma or bust" policy, moved an adiournmer until Saturday.
 Half an hour was frittered away before
 quorum could be secured to vote down tn motion, which MT. Weaver instantly supple ? mented with motion for recess until 2;3t