Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
Senate.


MONDAY, Sept. S.-The Senate rushed
business in connection with the tariff
bill to-day. The finance committees
amendment imposing duties on all
sugars above No. 13 Dutch standard was
adopted. Maple sugar was placed in
the list upon which bounty is to be
paid by the government. Changes or
amendments in the bill reported by Mr..
Aldrich from the finance committee,
were made as follows: Adding to para
graph SO the words, "And white paint
containing zinc but not containing
lead;' making the duty on phos-
phorus paragraph 671) 30 per cent.
ad valorem instead of 10 cents per
pound; inserting in paragraph IS Gre
1ating to medicinal preparations the
alcohol is used;" making paragraph 1872
read, ''Boiler plates of iron or steel and
other plate iron, not thinner etc;
making paragraph 2lS read, "White
pine shingles, % cents per 1000, all
others 30 cents per ,000;'' making para
graph 221 read "Chair cane or reeds,
wrought or manufactured from rattans
or reeds, and whether round, square, or
in any other shape" Mr. Plumb offered
the amendment of which he had given
notice August sc, imposing tax of
S1.25 per gallon on distilled spirits.
Rejected; yeas II, nays 80. The sugar
section was then taken up, the immedi-
ate subject under consideration being
the finance committee amendment to
paragraph 223 imposing duties on all
sugars above No. Is Dutch standard.
The amendment was agreed to: yeas 80;
nays, II. The next vote was on the Sen
ate amendment to the same paragraph,
increasing the duty on sugars
above No. IS, 6-lO of one cent
per pound instead of 40 Gas in the
House bill. The amendment was
agreed to; yeas, %; nays, %. The next
question was on the finance commit
tees amendment to include maple
sugar among those for which bounty
is to be paid Agreed to, yeas, 80; nays,
%. All the other amendments referring
to maple sugar were agreed to, and the
time for filing notices, In connection
with claims for bounty was fixed as
prior to July l (instead of January of
each year. Mr.. Frye offered an amend
ment to pay bounty of cent a pound
on sugar from imported molasses. Re-
were taken, talk being the order. The
Senate passed the House bill to set apart
certain tract Of land Ton which the big
trees stand) as a public park, and the
conference report on the river and
harbor appropriation bill was taken up
and agreed to without discussion.
TUESDAY, Sept. 0.-When the tariff
bill was taken up Mr.. Gibson's amend
ment to reduce the sugar test from 800
by the polariscope to 760 was rejected,
as were numerous others offered. Mr..
Aldrich moved to insert proviso that
imported merchandise deposited IN any
public or private bonded warehouse
prior to August /, 1890, may be with
drawn for consumption at any time prior
to November /, 1890, on payment of the
duties in force prior to the passage of
this act. Agreed to, yeas, 80; nays, y.
Mr. Aldrich then moved, on behalf of
the committee, the reciprocity arnend-
ment proposed by him on September /,
and accepted verbal modification of it
suggested by Mr.. Hoar. It was adopted
50 to %. Mr.. Aldrich offered an addi-
tional section providing that the sugar
schedule and the bounty paragraphs
shall take effect on March /, 1891; and