Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12

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linen 80 cents a dozen pieces and 30 per
cent. ad valorem. Vance moved to strike
out those rates and insert 40 per cent. ad
valorem. The proposed rates, he said,
would be equivalent to a ten or fifteen per
cent. ad yalorem. The Amendment was
rejected by a party vote, yeas 10, nays "a.
No amendment was offered to the para.
graph taxing hemp or iute or carpeting q
cents a square yard. -
Jones Of Arkansas, moved to amend the
paragraph which taxes bagging for cotton,
gunny cloth, etc., for covering cotton,
composed wholly or partly OF hemp, Iute,
or lutte balls valued at not more b 3
cents a pound) three-fourths OF a cent per
pound by putting it on the free list.
The amendment was discussed at great
length by Berry, Jones, George, Allison,
Sherman, Platt, Butler, Alldrich, Hiscock.
Vance and Coke. The Southern Senators
said the tax
MUST COME U OF II POCKETS
OF the Southern planters and laborers and
be handed over to the manufacturers.
This was q tax on the one and a quarter
million of men, women and children who
furnished the manual labor OF the South to
give 5000 men in the employ OF the cotton
bagging trust higher wages than the aver
age of those who paid the tax. II the
5000 Iaborers got all this tax. the Sena-
tors would be content, but they did not.
They spoke of the cotton bagging trust as
a conspiracy.
Allison said the question related practi-
calIy, not to he cotton bagging paragraph
alone, but to every paragraph in the bill.
TT the arguments OF the Senators were to
preyail. the whole bill would be cut up in
detail and destroyed. 1t wal not a ques-
tion between 5000 laborers on one sid
and Ia, coo. 900 on the other. 1t was q
question whether or not under existing
conditions, it a wise to have cotton bag
ging and other manufactures made in the
United States, or whf ther 1T was wiser to
root up in detail every manufactured ln-
dustry in the country, and to have all the
manufactured goods made elsewhere. That
was all that there a. in the question. The
raw material of the cotton bagging Iute
was not produced in this country, practl.
cally, though some ju'e, it is believed, was
now grown in Texas. 1t was
EXCLUSIVELY IN INDIA.
A vote was finally taken on Jones
amendment and it a rejected; yeas IL,
NAYS "a, Brown voting with the Repub-
Leans in the negative.
Jones then moved to reduce the rate
from z to y of a cent, and the motion was
rejected, Brown again voting in the mega
tive.
On the motion OF Allison, the value limit
of 2 cents a pound in the paragraph was
reduced to X cent. -,
Vest moved to 60 back to paragraph Al
and put burlaps on tae free list. Re
iected-Browu again voting Id the negative.
Vance moved to add a proyiso to the
section, that the duty on no article in the
section, should exceed a rate OF b per cent.
advalorem. No action WAS taken, and the
bill went over till tomorrow, Allison giving
notice that, unless better progress wers
made with the bill, he would, tomorrow or
next day, move evening sessions, or to
meet at IL and sit till 6 or $50 p. m.
The House Joint resolution authorizing
the Secretary of War to loan the com
mittee on inaugural ceremonies, flags,
etc, was reported by Hawley and passed
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, January Sin the House
Reed of Maine fired the first gun on the
fifth days contest over the proposed
change of rules, calling up the resolution
reported by him from the committee or
rules. The shot took effect. The previous
question was ordered on resolution, 1877 tc
20.
Then Holman of Indiana, in pursua nee u
the caucus action last night, moved tt
recommit the resolution upon that motion
and demanded the previous question.
Payson of Illinois moved to recommi
the resolution, with Instructions to tn
committee on rules how to &C
in the premises, but the speake,
rules that one motion to recommi
having been made and the previous ques
ton demanded, another motion to recon
nit, even though coupled WITH instructions
was not in order unless a demand for tn
previous question was voted down. o.
division on the question ordering the pre-
vious question, the vote stood: Ayes 1872
nays 3. .
Cheadle OF Indiana, raised the point G
no quorum and the yeas and nays were OIL
dered on the previous question, yeas 81
nays 4. As the roll call on Holman
amendment progressed and the vote prom
ised to be close, much interest was man
tested by the members, and the desk listene
to responses with intense interest. TIL
vote resulted: Yeas 1870, nays lit, an
the resolution vas recomnitted
The floor was then accorded to the con
mIttee on printing. After providing for I'll
print, ng of various documents, the hor
accorded To the committee expired, ali
then there was
A CLASH OF CONFLICTING K
Crisp of Georgia called up the c~onteste
election case of Smalls VS.. Elliott, froi
the 7th South Carolina Congressional di
trict.
Blanchard, as representative of I'll
rn- - - I.l -. l.
feet with a question OF consideration, an
his effort to rave the election case g,
aside was econded by Springer, VIII
wished the Oklahoma bill to have precet
ence OF consideration.
Crisp was victorious, the House, by
vote OF 100 to 60, having determined [
consider the election case, but his victor
was not yet complete.
Springer asked unanimous consent Il
making an order for the final vote on I'll
Oklahoma bill, at 3 O'Clock to-morro,
and upon Finley of Kentucky obiectin
Weaver moved to reconsider the vote |
which the House had determined to c.
slider the election case. By raising the poi
Of no quorum on the vote by divisio
Weaver forced a yea and nay vote npt
Crisp's motion to table the motto
Crisp's motion was agreed to; yeas 10
nays 15.
Weaver then, not in opposition to Il
election OF Case, but in pursuance OF q pu
pose.
To PRESS THE OKLAHOMA Bill
upon the House to the exclusion oil eve
other measure, moved to adjourn, al
further moved hat when the house a
iourned it be to meet on Thursday mex
The latter motion was voted down 4
15S, and Weaver substituted Friday 4
Thursday. No quorum voting on th
motion, aud Crisp approaching the ia
that there was no hope Of securing OF