Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Adopts a Resolution to
Change Site Of the LAFAYETTE Statue.
Tariff Consideration ia Then Resumed The
House Calls Up, on Special Order,
the Eight Hour Day.
SENATE.

the Lafayette statue was debated at some
length this morning, and, after being SO
amended as to provide for the selection
of another site, was adopted.
Debate on the tariff bill was then re-
sumed at paragraph 246, page Sc, relat-
ing to rice, the amendments reported by
the finance committee being to reduce
the duty on cleaned rice from two to one
aud q half cents q pound, and on IN
ciSaned rice from one and quarter
cents TO csc cent pound, and rice -four
rice meal and broken rice from one-half
to one-quarter cent per pound. Finally
the paragraph was amended by making
the duty on cleaned rice two
cents per pound, on uncleaned rice
one and a quarter cents, on paddy three
! quarters of q cent, and on rice flour
rice meal, and broken rice one-fourth
cent per pound. This being a moditica-
| ton of the committees amendment, no
amendments were offered to the para
graph.
From PAT TO 253, relating to rye. rye
flour, wheat, wheat flour, butter, cheese
and fresh milk, Mr.. Carlisle moved to
strike out of paragraph 254, relating to
| condensed milk, the words 'sugar of
milk, eight cents pound.' Rejected
| yeas, 81; nays, "a.
The committee amendment to strike
| out the proviso for drawback on the
! sugar was agreed to at this point of the
| bill.
Paragraph 1856, which had been passed
over in its regular order, was taken up.
1t relates TO railway bars, and the COM
mittee amendment which reduces the
rate from 6-10c to 5-l0c per pound was
| agreed to.
Paragraph 164, relating to shotguns,
| which had also been passed over without
| action, was then taken up, the question
| being on an amendment of the finance
| committee to substitute for the ad
valorem rate of 80 per cent. in the house
| bill specific duties according to values
| with 50 per cent. ad valorem IN addition.
The committee amendment was modified
| by reducing the duty on flrst-class of
shotguns valued at not more than Sc
from 81 to Sl.5O was agreed to. The
| regular course of bill was resumed at
| the heading "farm and field products
on page So. No amendments except
committee amendments were offered to
paragraphs 255 to 268.
Mr.. Plumb moved to increase the duty
on castor beans or seeds, paragraph 269,
from thirty-two to five cents per bushel.
Agreed to.
Committee amendment to paragraph
270. to reduce the duty on fax seed,
linseed and other oil seeds from thirty to
twenty-five cents bushel was, at the
suggestion of Mr.. Aldrich, rejected.
Paragraph 264, relating TO hops, and
27l, relating to garden seeds. were
passed over without action.
Paragraph 22S, relating to preserved
fish, went over without action.
The substitute reported from the
finance committee to paragraph PSI, as
to duty on tin cans containing shell fish,
was, at the suggestion of MIR. Aldrich,
disagreed to, leaving the paragraph just
as it came from the house.
The substitute of the finance commit
tee for paragraph 2S6, as to oranges,
lemons and lines, was agreed to.
No amendments except those of the
committee were offered TO any of the
paragraphs from 2S7 TO 297.
In paragraph 29S, relating to extract
of meat, the clause that dutiable weight
on motion of Mr.. Carlisle, tsurok out.
The committee amendment adding
degrass to paragraph 30i, at l cent
pound, at the suggestion of Mr.. Aldrich,
was rejected aud an additional paragraph
inserted putting the duty of 112o pound |
on wool, grease and degrass.
Paragraphs 300 and 304, were amend |
ed on report of the committee, by re-
ducing the duty on chocolate and |
prepared cocoa from TO cents a |
pound.
Paragraph 27I was gone back to aud |
taken up and amended by reducing the |
duty on garden seeds from 40 to 20 per |
cent.
In paragraph 9O7, relating to salt, the
finance committee recommended striking |
of the proviso for rebate.
The bill was here laid aside, sixty |
paragraphs, between ten and eleven |
pages, having been disposed Of to-day. |
The house lard bill was presented to |
the senate and referred to the committee !
on agriculture.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-No objection |
was made to the reading of the journal |
In the usual abridged form.
The speaker said that the pending |
question was vote on sustaining the de-
cision of the chairs ruling that the lard |
bill was unfinished business. After debate |
the decision of the chair was sustained. |
The lard bill was then passed. Yeas,
nd1st Ol-Luc ClcEh cOuuklu8 d QuO-
rum.
The house then, under special order,
proceeded to the consideration of the
bill called up under special order of Mr..
Cornell of Nebraska, contending eight
hours was a days work for ali laborers,
women and mechanics employed by or in
behalf OF the government or her con-
tractors doing work or furnishing ma
terial for the government, and providing
penalties for violations OF its provision.
Mr.. Cutcheon of Michigan moved to
strike out the clause which provided that
no contractor shall permit any laborer
TO work more than eight hours. Agreed
to-S7 TO 90.
On motion of Mr.. Mason an amend
ment was adopted striking out the clause
requiring contracts for furnishing ma
terial TO the government 10 be on basis
of the eight hour law. The bill was then
passed.
FRENCH-EVERSOLE FEUD.