St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23

frames, OF knit by hand, and composed
of cotton or other vegetable fiber, fin
ished or unfinished, valued at not more
than 60 cents per dozen pairs,2 20 cents per
dozen pairs, and in addition thereto, 20
per centum ad valOrem; valued at more
than 60 cents per dozen pairs, and not
more than 50 per dozen pairs, SO cents
per dozen pairs, and in addition thereto,
30 per centum ad valOrem; valued at
more than 50 per dozen pairs, 40 cents
per dozen pairs, and in addition thereto,
40 per cen tum ad valorem; and on
all shirts and drawers, composed
of cotton or other vegetable fiber.
valued at more than $3.50 per
dozen, and not more than IS per dozen,
81 per dozen. MIR. Stanford offered as
an amendment bill heretofore intro
dHced by him, to authorize producers of
pure, sweet wines, who are also dis
tillers, to use, free of tax, the wine spir-
its necessary to fOrtify
SUCH PURE, SWEET WINES
up to an alcoholic strength of IA per
cent. Agreed to without division.
Various amendments were offered by
Democratic senators and rejected. Mr..
Plumb offered an amendment to the
prOvisO to paragraph 157 (as to iron
hoops and bands) so as to reduce the ad-
ditional twO-tenths to One-tenth. Re-
jected-yeas 20, nays 2l. Mr.. Plumb
voted aye and Mr.. Payne no. Mr..
cleaned rice cents per pound; OH un-
cleaned rice, N cents; OH paddy, l
cent, and on broken rice or rice flour, 20
per cent ad valorem. Rejected-yeas 20,
nays 36. On this vote Senators Cameron,
Mitchell, Plumb and Quay voted with
the Democrats, and Senators Bate, Berry,
Blodgett, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner,
Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Reagan,
Turpie, Vest and Walthall with the Re-
publicans. On motion of Mr.. Aldrich
the paragraph was finally amended (45
to 11) by making the rates IL, l, "a and
a cents. MIR. Plumb offered an addi-
tional paragraph to the silk schedule, as
follows: Silk, raw or as reeled from
the cocoon, but not doubled, twisted or
advanced in manufacture in any way,
and silk waste, % per cent ad valOrem."
Rejected-yeas 81, nays "a. The Repub-
llcan senators voting aye were Blair,
Dawes. Dolph, Hoar, ingalls,, Mander-
son, Mitchell, Paddock, Plumb, Quay,
Stewart and Teller. The Democratic
senators who voted no were Bate, Black
burn, Blodgett, Brown, CockreH, Col
4ult.s CuSGtos l. 0Ol uldus OI0y
Harris, Jones. of Arkansas, Turpie,
Vance, Vest, Walthall and Wilson of
Maryland. Mr.. Dawes. who had origi-
nally voted aye, changed his vote to
no, but on his colleague, Mr.. HOar, vot-
ing aye, Mr.. Dawes again changed his
vote to aye. Mr.. Plumb moved to in
sert an additional paragraph creating
and establishing in the treasury depart
ment commission to be known as
THE CUSTOMS COMMISSION.
Agreed to without division. 1t pro-
yides for the appointment by the presi-
dent with the advice and consent of the
senate) of five commissioners, to hold
office 2. 3, 4, 5 and years respectively;
not more than three of them to be of
the same political party. The salary is
to be $500 per annum. The per-
! manent Office OF the commits
sion is to- be at Washington.
An amendment reported from the
finance committee as to oranges, lemons
( and lines was agreed to-yeaS 80. nays
z. 1t increases the rates per package
+ s(aceording to capacity from 10, 20 and
Scents for every additional cubic foot to
| 10 cents. Mr.. Allison offered an amend
mentfrom the committee repeating the
{ provision OF law requiring stamp to
be affixed to- every box of imported
cigars, to indicate inspection thereof by
the customs officers. Agreed to. An
amendment reported from the finance
committee to add to paragraph $50 put
ting rough diamonds, ETC., on the free
list, the words land jewels to be used
in the manufacture of Watches" was
agreed tO-yeaS 80, nays 27.
Mr.. George moved three several
amendments to admit free of duty all
machinery for the manufacture of cot
ton or woolen fabrics. or of bagging to
cover baled cotton; all machinery for
the spinning of cotton into yarns, and
all agricultural implements and
TOOLS FOR MECHANICS.
They were all rejected on yea and
nay votes, Mr.. German voting no on the
first, and Mr.. Payne voting no on all Of
amendments, all of which were re-
iected. The two first were to increase
the duty on castor beans or seeds from
25 cents per buShel to so cents and 40
cents; the third to reduce the duty on
railway bars paragraph 141) and on
punched iron or steel rails from seven
tenths of cent to eleven-twentieths of
a cent per pound; and the fourth to re-
duce the rate on beams, girders, ETC.,
from l cent per pound to nine-tenths of
a cent. On motion of Mr.. Allison the
date for the bill to go into effect was
changed from 1st of February, 1889, to
list of July. 1889. There being no fur
zther amendments offered. the vote was
taken first OH agreeing to the substitute; ;
and then on the passage of the bill.
|. Both votes were identical-yeas 80, nays
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