Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-23

| the bill who had assaulted il, he said, by n
chorus OF vituperative epithets as harsh to the
| ear as the discordant tones OF II cSlthumpian
concert. He was persuaded however, that
| the American people, prosperous as
| they would be under the con-
tinuance of fair and reasonable protective
| policy, with reasonable reduction of rev.
enue would be able to appreciate the fact
that it was "a condition and not theory
| that now most troubled his Democratic
| friends. He enumerated the various tariff
| reductions made by the Republican party as
sufficient evidence that the Republicans, so
long rs they held legislative power, were
neither idle nor inattentve 10 any proper re-
auctions of the war tariff and of the public
revenue. The Mills bill was an Abandonment
| of protection. The senate substitute would
make reduction of revenue of about S13,.
| OOO,0OO and would cover the country and
every part of it with blessings
Vest moved 10 put fine clapboarcls on the
free list, and made an argument in favor
| thereof, while Palmer opposed it and said the
duty ON lumber had cheapened that pro
| duct
The wood screw trust having been men
toned 10y Vest in his remarks Plumb said it
recalled the fact that the Democratic caucus
on the Mills bill had restored the duty on
wood screws as "a sop to Connecticut Demo
GRAFT He understood that large part of the
profits of the wood screw trust had served to
carry Connecticut at the last election: but
Vest declined to enter into a political discus
sion.
Vance suggested that the Canadians had
better be allowed to denude their own forests
| and so allow the forests of the United States
TO be preserved; to which Hiscock replied
that the supply of lumber from Canada was
infinitesirnal in comparison with the total
amount used in the United States
Vests proposition was rejected. Brown and
Call, Democrats, voting against it,
Sherman offered a proviso. which was
agreed to, that the duty on fresh fish shall
not apply 70 fish caught by citizens of the
United States on the high seas or in the open
waters of the lakes forming a boundary be-
tween the United States and Canada
Numerous amendments were reported from
the finance committee and agreed to, among
them the following: Amending the proviso to
paragraph l52 so as TO make ii read THAT all
iron or steel wire valued at more than ) cents
per pound Cinstead of 10 centsl shall pay
duty of not less than 81 per cent ad valorem;r
increasing the rate on sheep and goat skins
from 20 10 p per cent. ad valOrem, and a
long paragraph increasing the rate on stock
ings, shirts and drawers, of cotton or other
vegetable fiber
Just here the vote began TO break I'D a lit
tie, more Republicans voting against their
colleagues and similarly more Democrats vot-
ing against theirs.
Brown moved to make the rate on cleaned
rice cents per pound; on unclaimed rice \
cents: on paddy, cent, and on broken rice.
or rice flour, 20 per al valorem This was re-
jected, but on the vote Cameron. Mitchell
Plumb, and Quay voted with the Democrats
and Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Cockerell Coke
Faulkner, Harris, Jones of Arkansas Reagan.
Turpie, Vest, and Walthal with the Repub-
leans The paragraph was finally amended
by making the rates ~, l, X, and 4 cents
Plumb offered an additional paragraph 10
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, p per cent adj valorem'
This was also rejected, and the Republican
senator's voting aye were Blair, Dawes
Dolph, Hoar, Ingalls,, Henderson, Mitchell,
Paddock, Plumb, Quay, Stewart, and Teller
The Democratic senator's who voted no were
Bate, Blackburn, Blodgett, Brown, Cockrell
Cloquitt, Eustis, Faulkner, German, Gray,
Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Turpie, Vance
Dawes, who had originally aye, changed
his vote to no; but on his colleague, Hoar
voting aye, Dawes again changed his vote to
aye.
Plumb moved to insert an additional mar
agraph creating and establishing in the treas
ury department a commission to he known as
the customs commission. Agreed to without
division. 1t provides for the appointment
by the president with the advice and consent
or the Senate) OF five commissioners to hold
office two, three, four. five and six years, re-
spectively; not more than three of them to be
OF the same political party. The salary is to
be 81 800 per annum. The permanent office
Of the commission is to be ut Washington
City
Reagan offered an amendment to the bill
by adding u section imposing an income tax.
The amendment was rejected Senators Brown.
Payne, and Pugh voting no. The rate on
oranges, lemons, and LINES was increased. An
amendment offered by Allison was agreed to,
repeating the provision of law requiring
stamp TO be affixed to every box of imported
cigars 10 indicate inspection thereof by the
customs officers. An amendment reported
from the finance committee to add to para
graph $50 putting diamonds, etc, on the free
list the words land jewels to be used in the
manufacture of watches" was agreed to.
Plumb moved four amendments, all of
which were rejected The two first were to
increase the duty on castor beans or seeds
from 25 cents per bushel TO 80 and 30 cents;
the third to reduce the duty on railway bars
and punched iron or steel rails from 40
cent to 1920 cent per pound; and the fourth
to reduce the rate on beams, Orders
ETC., from cent per pound to 9-l0 OF cent
The xvaariaI nf opPa
ments at last and vote was ordered, being
first taken on agreeing to the substitute, and
then on the passage of the bill. Both votes
were identical-yeas, 80; nays, SO-as fol
lows:
Yeas--Aldrich, Blair, Bowen, Cameron,
Chase, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dawes,
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Farwell, Frye,
Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of Ne
vada, Henderson, Mitchell, Morrill,, Pad
dock, Palmer, Platt, Plumb, Quay, Sherman,
Spooner, Stockbridge, Teller, Wilson OF
lowa-32
Nays--Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Brown,
Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel.
Eustis, Faulkner, George, Gibson. German,
Gray, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Morgan,
Pasco, Payne, Pugh Ransom, Reagan, Tur.
pie, Vance, Vest, voorhees,, Walthall, Wilson
of Maryland-3O
Riddleberger stated that he had voted right
along with the Republican party and with
hhaice committee for the bill. But there
was nothing in the bill which would have
Justined him in voting for it after adoption
1 the amendments of the senator from Kan |
sas lplumb-presumably the customs com
mission provisionl Therefore, if he had not |
been paired and had not felt under an oblga- |
ton to preserve that pair, he should not have
voted for the bill