Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-04

I Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.l
WASHINGTON, January 3.-In the Sem
ate the resolution heretofore offered by
Voorhees,, calling on the Secretary OF the
Interior for a list of all homestead, tim
ber culture and preemption entries to
public lands cancelled after the issue Of
final receipt and certificate therefor, dur
ing the present administration, for causes
other than voluntary relinquishment,w was
agreed to.
Mitchell offered resolution (agreed
to- calling on the Secretaries of War and
the Interior for copies of records and
papers relative to the service OF volun-
teers in Washington and Idaho Terri
tories in the Nez Perces war OF 1877.
TARIFF TINKERrNa.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the Tariff bill, the pending question be-
to change the duty on cotton thread,
yarn, warps, etc., valued at not exceed
ing 25 cents per pound, from 10 cents
per pound to IS per cent. ad valorem.
After a speech of some length from
Vance, Vests amendment was rejected
by the usual party vote; yeas 20, nays
Vest called attention to other items in
paragraph 313, but said he would not
offer any amendment or ask yea and
nay vote upon them, but he would
simply remark that the duty on these
items was increased in order to exclude
all foreign competition as far as possible,
80 as to enable American manufacturers
to hold the market at whatever price
| they saw fit to impose. He moved,
however, to amend paragraph 314, re-
lating to spool thread cotton, by
striking out "7 cents per dozen spools."
and inserting "40 per cent ad valorem."
He quoted from statements made by
spool cotton manufacturers before the
Tariff Commission in 1882, and before
the Ways and Means Committee in 1884.
to show that they asked less rate OF
protection in 1884 than in 1882.
| After lengthy discussion the amend
ment was rejected, yeas 18 nays 81. No
further amendment was offered to para
graph 314, nor was any offered to para
graphs 315, 316 or 317, all relating to
cotton cloth.
| Vance moved two amendments to para
graph 318 and one to 319, all of which
were rejected.
| Pugh proceeded to address the Senate
in set speech on the tariff. In con-
cluding his remarks he adverted to the
qu estion of
! RACE SUPREMACY IN THE SOUTH.
And said that as to that there could be
no concession or compromise among the
white people; whoever was the friend of
| xrhi 70 m I'd fa ha . nv
in Government, was his friend irrespec-
tive of politics, and whoever was the
enemy of the white race on the
question involving race supremacy was
his enemy. The fidelity. of the
white men to each other on the race
question was unfaltering and bound to
prove itself so in the action of their side
in maintaining the actual supremacy of
the white race in the possession and exer-
else of all the governmental powers. Such
fidelity of white men to each other in
the Southern States for such purposes
had been established under the dire ne
cessity of self-preservation, aud white
men everywhere might rest assured that
no allurements of Office and no difference
as to tariff laws, could ever degrade them
to the recognition of Negro equality.
COTTON SCHEDULE STILL UNFINISHED.
Vance moved to amend paragraph $50
relating to stockings, by reducing the
rate from So to 80 per cent. ad valorem,
and asked for the yeas and nays.
Aldrich appealed to Vance not to de-
mand the yeas and nays, as there was
probably no quorum present, and he
wished to set through the cotton sched-
ule to-day, but Vance would not consent.
as he did not want the schedule finished
to-day. The Senate then having dis
posed of three and half pages to-day,
| adjourned.