Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-13
A DAY IN CONGRESS.
The Tariff Debate in the
Senate.
Further Attempts to Gag the
Democrats.
The Tin Plate Schedule Under
Consideration.
The House Extends the Time of Last
Years Appropriations for Current
Expenses.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, August 12-In the SEN
ate today Hale reported back the house
bill to extend the census law so as to
require information to be obtained from
incorporated express companies. Passed.
Edmunds, from the judiciary commit
tee, reported an amendment to the river
and harbor bill. He explained that its
purpose was to make it unlawful to OBJ
struct the navigation of any navigable
rivers or waters of the United States.
Laid on the table and ordered printed.
Emunds presented motion for a
change of rules by limiting the debate
on the tariff bill. Laid on the table and
ordered printed.
Blair also offered resolution for
such change of rules as will permit
the previous question to be moved after
proposition has been considered two
days. The same disposition was made
of it.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on Vests
amendment offered yesterday reducing
the duty on tin plates from two and
two tenths cents per pound to one cent,
the present rate.
Morgan resumed argument against
the increased duty provided in the
paragraph.
Abiding to Emund's motion to limit
the debate on other propositions of
like character, Morgan said no Demo-
cratic Senator desired to prevent the
passage of the bill. They had merely
attempted to have free and full dis
cussion which had not taken place in
the house, and which was choked off by
the rules of that body and their admin
istration.
Daniel spoke of the proposed increase
OF the duty on tin plate as another step
in the rentless and inexorable way in
which the Republican party was gag
ged against the agriculturaland produ-
cling classes of thescountry. Referring
Daniel said that such gag rule would
be a fitting wind up to the sad and trag-
ic comedy before the senate. Those
who spoke for the farmers were to be
gagged like Gulliver, and were to be
told to speak their five minutes and go
home. "Shame," he exclaimed, "upon
you, American senators, if you can hear
such suggestion with pleasure, or
without indignation"
Moody said he was advised by the
majority of the finance committee that
an amendment would be offered, impos-
ing duty on and after the 1st of jan
uary, of 72 cents on black oxide OF tin
and on bar, block and pig tin, and he
asked Aldrich whether that was so.
Aldrich assented to the correctness OF
the statement.
Moody said there was no provision in
the bill of more Importance to the peo-
pie of his own state and to large pro-
portion of the people of the United
States, than the provision that would
impose duty of four cents pound on
metallic tin. Within the last six years
the most extensive, and probably the
richest tin mine in the world, had been
discovered in the Black Hills, South
Dakota and Wyoming. Not only was
there tin there, but iron for tin plate,
and coal out of which coke could be
made for fuel to do the work with.
Whatever he could do to develop manu-
featuring industries in the west, he
would do.
The tariff bill was laid aside Temporal
rarily, and Allison reported back the
house bill to continue temporarily the
appropriations for the support OF the
government, and it went over till to-
morrow.
After executive session the senate adj
journed.