The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-27
No Tariff Speeches Allowed
After September 5.
WILL CHEW TOBACCO TODAY
Amendments to Reduce Duty on Lead
Ore Rejected.
Democrats obstruct All Business in the
House-windom VIII Buy All silver
offered at Reasonable Rates = The
sundry Civil Bill Finally Passed.

WASHINGTON CRY, Aug a6.-In the Senate
the memorandum offered yesterday by Aldrich,
hxlng the time for the consideration and yot-
ing on the tariff bill, was presented. After
some discussion 1t was agreed to by unanimous
consent.
The conference report on the sundry civil sp-
propriation bin was submitted, and the para
grapn In regard to reservoir sites reserved from
entry was criticised by Sanders who thanked
the Senate conferces ironically for having sacri-
nced the interests Of the people of Montana
TO an immutasle law of the House.
Allison defended the action OF the Senate
conferees and explained the extreme diffieul.y
which they had encountered in dealing with
the subject He reviewed briefly the history of
the irrigation survey. and charged that the
house was responsible for encraftiny the
reservations in the arid lands provision in the
sundry civil appropriation bill in 1883, thereby
causing all the trouble He svowed it as hay-
ing been the intention of the Senate conferees
10 nave the whole irrigation survey wiped out
OF existence a. far as possible, but they had
been confronted by people who insisted that
the survey should go on and become q part OF
tne settled snd permanent policy of the gov
ernment The result had been the provision
now proposed to be inserted in the sundry civil
bill. That provision was not what he would
nave wished 1t to be; it was not what the
senate conferees wished, but it was the best
solution they could secure.
Reagan defended the past action of congress
in the matter of reserving reservoir sites from
settlement, and said If it had not been for that
reservation those lands would have been seized
by spectators and syndicates
After some debate the conference report was
agreed to and the tariff bill was then taken M,
the question being on the lead paragraph 10
which Coke had offered an amendment to make
lead extracted from silver ore free. and Plumb
had offered one reducing the duty on lead and
lead ores from Il to 4 cents. Before proceed.
ing with IL Plumb gave notice of an amend
ment to the bill which he would offer at an an.
propriate Tune. The amendment is, with some
few notifications, the bill for reciprocity with
Canada, introduced by Butterworth. Plumb
proposed to restrict the operation of reciprocal
arrangements to manufactured articles and min
erals. Plumb then spoke in favor of his
amendment. Sanders opposed the two amend.
ments.
At the close Of the discussion Plumb's amend.
ment to reduce the duty on lead ore from Ilx
cents was voted on and rejected Coke's amend
ment making lead extracted from silver ore
free of duty was then voted on and rejected.
No other amendment YVES offered to the nara
graph, and there were none to the tin nara
graphs. lead In pigs 2cents per pound, and lead
in sheets "a cents per pound. The pararranh
relating to metallic mineral substs noes in 4
crude state fnot provided for, having been
reached, Blair spoke against the amendment re-
ported Dy the financial committee striking ont
the duty OF So per cent on mica. 1t went ovsr
without action.
The next paragraph. putting duty of cents
per pound on crude nickel, was stricken ont on
the r. tcommeDdation of the finance COMMITTEES
The next, relating to nickel oxide and nickel.
was agreed under to the report OF ths finance
committee. by reducing the rate from Is to 3
cents per pound.
The paragraph relating to watches, on recon-
mendation OF the finance committee. was
amended by making the duty on ali watches Is
per cent. ad valorem.
The paragraph relating to zinc in blocks OF
pigs. on recommendation of the finance com.
mittee was smended by reducing the duty from
IA to IL cents per pound The committee SUBJ
stitute for the paragraph as 70 metal manufac
lures not especially provided for was agreed 70
Schedule d, relating to wood and mannfac-
ture OF wood, having been reached, McPher-
son wished TO offer substitute for the whole
schedule, but he reserved 1t until the commit
tee amendments were disposed of.
The paragraph relating to sawed bearf5s. etc
was, on recommendation of the COMMITTEES
amended by reducing from 35 to 10 per cent.
and adding the words, Imposing 20 per cent
on veneers not especially provided for"
The next was pickets and palings: amended
by reducing from 20 TO 10 per cent, and the
next paragraph by reducing the duty from s5 TO
so cents per thousand.
Aldrich moved to amend the paragraph which
put duty OF 10 per cent. OH chair cane. mann
factured but not made into finished articles nv
striking out the words manufactured bus not
made up into finished articles, and .insertino
the words "reeds, whether wrought or mauufac
tured from rattans, and whether round. souara
or any other shape" Agreed TO.
Schedule E, relating to sugar, having been
reached, Aldrich said the committee proposed
10 let that schedule be passed over for the pres.
ent SO schedule F, relating to tobacco and its
manufactures, viii be the first thing to come up
tomorrow. Adjourned.