Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-29
CONGRESS.
More Confusion and More Republican Ri
baldry in the House.
IBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

WASHINGTON, August 2s.-The resolution
heretofore offered by Mr.. Bate for suspen-
sion of the work of erecting the Lafayette
statue on the site selected in Lafayette
Square was taken up. After discussion
Mr. Bate modified the resolution so as TO
direct the selection of another site for the
statue, audit was adopted.
THE TARIFF BILL-TRADE RECIPROCITY.
The tariff bill was taken up. Mr.. Aid
rich, from the Finance Committee, gave
notice of two amendments he would oher
to the bill, and which were read for lnfor
nation. One of the amendments Is in the
shape of new section stating chat the
exemption from duty of sugar, coffee, mo-
lasses, tea, and hides are made with view
TO securing reciprocal trade with the coun-
tries producing these articles, and 1t au-
thOrizes the President to suspend by
proclamation the provisions OF the law for
the free introduction of sugar, molasses,
coffee. tea. and hides, the product Of
country whose laws may be reclprocally
unequal and unjust. The duties on sugar
are to be fixed as under the existing law;
the duty on coffee is 10 be three cents a
pound; on tea one cent pound, and on
hides one and one half cent pound. The
second amendment is "a proviso to the fish
paragraph, and il subjects fish to duty OF
only one and one half cents per pound
when exported from or the product OF any
country whenever and only so long as
American fishing vessels shall be admitted
in all the ports of such country TO purchase
supplies Including bait) and TO land hsh
for shipment in bond to the United states
without restraint.
THE RICE PARAGRAPH.
The consideration of the bill was re-
sumed at paragraph 246, page So, relating
TO rice. The amendments reported by the
Finance Committee being To reduce the
duty ON cleaned rice from to 11sc. per
hundred: on uncleaned rice from II TO
lc. pound, and on rice flour, rice meal,
and broken rice from y to &c. per pound.
Mr.. Gibson offered substitute for the
rice paragraph, fixing the duty on clean
rice at cents pound, ON unclaimed at
IA cents, on paddy at cent. and on nee
flour, rice-meal, and broken rice at y cent
pound. Finally the paragraph was
amended by making the duty on cleaned
rice cents. uncleaned IA, paddy q, and
on rice-flour, rice-meal, and broken rice
Il cent per pound-this being modihca,
ton of the committees amendment and
Mr.. Gibson having withdrawn his.
RAILWAY BARS.
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 Clio to $40 per cent a pound was
agreed TO.
The shotgun paragraph, which had also
been passed over, was taken up and the
committee amendment agreed TO after be-
ing modified to make the duty $i.60 instead
OF 81 on guns valued at not over 90.
The substitute Of tho Finance Commit
toe for paragraph 2S6. as TO oranges,
lemons. and lines, was opposed by Messrs.
Call and Pasco IN the interest OF the Flori-
da orange-growers, but was agreed to. 1t
reduces the duty from $3.50, as nxed by
the House, to Sl.50 per l,0Oo. Inc vote
stood: Yeas, %; nays. IS.
PARTY LINES DIsBEGARDzD.
Party lines were entirely disregsrded in
the vote, many Republican senators voting
against the committee amendment and
many Democratic senators for IT: In para
graph 29S, relating TO extract OF meat; the
PROVISION that dutiable weight shali In
ciude the extract and the tins or jars, was
on motion OF Mr.. Carlisle struck out
SALT.
When salt was reached Mr.. Mcpherson
moved to strike out the whole paragraph.
thus leaving salt on the free list The
vote on this was-yeas Is, nays Emo
quorum. Ibe bill was laid aeide, sixty
paragraphs between ten and eleven
pefes-having been disposed Of to-day.
Ahs House lard bill wss presented 70 tho