Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON August 2Sth.-In the Senate this
morning the conference report on the railroad
land forfeiture bill was presented and ordered
printed.
The tariff bill was then taken up Aldrich
gave notice of two amendments that he would
offer to the bill, and which were read for in
formation. One amendment is the reciprocity
amendment. The second is a proviso to the
first paragraph. and it subjects fish to duty of
only one and one-half cents per pound when
exported from, or the product of q country
whenever and so long as American fishing YES
sells shall be admitted into all ports OF such
countries to purchase supplies, including bait,
and to land fish for shipment IN bond to the
United States without restraint
Consideration was resumed at the paragraph
relating to rice, the amendments reported by
the Finance Committee being to reduce the
duty on cleaned rice from two TO one and half
cents per pound; on unclaimed rice from one
and a quarter to one cent per pound, and on
rice -four rice meal and broken rice from half
to quarter cent per pound. Finally the para
graph was amended by making the duty on
cleaned rice two cents per pound on uncleaned
rice one and q quarter cents; on paddy three
quarters of q cent, and on rice -four. rice meal
and broken rice quarter of a cen: per pound,
this being modification of the committees
amendment.
No amendments were offered to the para
graphs relating to rye, rice flour, wheat, wheat
-four butter, cheese and fresh milk.
Carlisle moved to strike out of the paragraph
relating to condensed milk the words, sugar of
milk, cents per pound" Rejected.
The committee amendment to strike out the
proviso for drawback on sugar was agreed to.
AT this point paragraph 135 (which was pass d
over in its regular order was taken up. 1t re-
lates TO railway bars, and the committee amend
ment which reduces the rate from Clio to $40
cent per pound was agreed to-
The paragraph relating TO shotguns, which
was also passed over without action, was taken
up, the question being on the amendment of the
Finance Committee TO substitute for the I'D va
loren rate of IS per cent. in the House BILL
specific duties according TO values, with So per
cent ad yaiorem in addition. The committee
amendment was modified by reducing the duty
on firstclass shoteuns, valued at not more than
$50, from 81 to 81 90 Agreed to.
In the regular course the bill was resumed at
the heading farm and field products
Plumb moved an increase of duty on castor
beans or seeds from 80 to so cents per bushel.
Agreed to.
The committee amendment to reduce the
duty on fax seed, linseed and other oil seeds
from thirty TO twenty five cents per bushel was,
on the suggestion of Aldrich, rejected.
| The paragraph relating to hops was passed
| over without action, German having proposed
to reduce the duty on hops from fifteen to eight
| cents per pound.
| The next paragraph, to reduce the duty on
garden seeds from forty to twenty per cent. ad
| valorem, was agreed to.
| The substitute reported from the Finance
| Committee to the paragraph relating to the duty
/ on tin cans containing shell fish was at the
suggestion of Aldrich, disagreed to, leaving the
| paragraph just as it came from the House.
The substitute of the Finance Committee for
| the paras raph as to oranges, lemons and lines
was agreed to. Party lines were entirely disre-
| garded in the vote, many Republican Senators
| voting against the committee amendments and
| many Democrats for it.
! In the paragraph relating to the extract OF
meat, the clause that the dutible weight shall
include the extract and tins or jars was, on
| motion OF Carlisle, struck out.
The committee amendment adding degras at
| one cent per pound was, at the suggestion OF
| Aldrich. rejected and an additional paragraph
| inserted putting duty of halfa cent per pound
| on wool grease and degras
Paragraphs were amended ION report of the
| committee) by reducing the duty on chocolate
and prepared cocoa from three to two cents per
! pound.
| In the paragraph relating to salt the Finance
| Committee recommended striking out the pro-
/ viso for rebate. Mcpherson moved to strike out
1 the whole paragraph taxing salt at u cents per
| loo pounds in packages. and eight cents in bulk
so as to leave salt on the free list. The vote on
| McPlIerson's motion was-yeas Is, nays %. No
| quorum.
| The bill was laid aside between ten and
| eleven pages being disposed of to-day.
! The House lard bill was presented to the Sem
| ate and referred to the Committee on Agri-
| culture.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, August 2Sth. The House this
morning finally sustained Reeds decision that
the lard bill was unfinished business, and it was
| passed by a vote of l26 to 81.
| Richardson of Tennessee called attention to
the scene in the House yesterday, and sug-
| gested that the gentlemen engaged in the alter
\ cation should be allowed an opportunity to ex.
| plain their conduct The suggestion was not
| needed. Finally the personal questions and
| explanations OF privilege teing disposed of for
| the present the House proceeded to business,
| and in the morning hour resumed coasidera-
ton of the bill for the adjustment of claims OF
| laboTers under the eight-hour law. The morn
ing hour soon expired and the bill went over.
| The House the1, under special orders, pro.
\ ceeded to the consideration of the bill called
up under the special order by Cornell of Ne
| braska, constituting eight hours as a days
| work for all lsborers workmen and mechanics
| employed by or on behalf OF the Government
| or by contractors doing work or furnishing ma
| terial for the Government and providing penal
| ties Tor violations of its provisions.
Cutcheon moved to strike out the clause
| which provided that no contractor shall permit
| any Isborer to work more than eight hours
Agreed TO.
On motion of McComas an amendment was
| adopted striking out the clause requiring con.
| tracts for furnishing material TO the Govern
| ment on a basis of the eight-hour law. The bill
| was then passed.
| A conference report on the bill for the relief
! of the sufferers in Oklahoma was submitted and
| agreed to. ETH
| Adjourned.