The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-26
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.

continue under the five-minute rule until
September 8th, and that final voting shal
then begin. He also proposed that the las
six hours be devoted to debate. At the re
quest of Plumb, the matter went over unit
Tomorrow. Aldrich's order was modified
on the suggestion Of German, 60 az to CON
tinue general discussion ON the tariff bill
up to and including Wednesday, Septembel
Sd, to have five minute debates on Thurs,
day. Friday and Saturday, and to fix Mon
day, the 9Th, and thereafter for considera.
tion of the bill and amendments without
debate; then three hours to be allowed t.
each side for general debate, and then final
vote to be taken on tho passage
Of the bill. The order would probably have
been entered but for the objection OF
Plumb, who asked that the matter 20 over
until to-morr6w. The tariff bill was taken
up and Vance offered the following amend
ment: That in. all cases where it can be
shown to the secretary Of the treasury that
any goods, wares or merchandise imported
the United States by exchange Of farm
products grown. in in the United
States for such goods, or whore
such goods have been purchased with
the proceeds of such farm products
in foreign countries, such goods shall be i'm
ported at the following rates Of duty: One
half the present rate of duty ON ali manu-
features Of iron and steel; 10 per cent. Of
present duty on all woolen and cotton goods
or articles OF which wool or cotton NAV be
the component material Of chief value; one
half the present duty on earthenware, china
and glassware; 80 per cent. Of the present
rate OF duty on all material used AZ fer TIL
izers or in the manufacture thereof, and Is
per cent OF the present rate of duty on iute
bagging and farmers binding twine.
The pending question on the tariff bill
was imposing . duty Of X cents per
pound on lead dross. provided that silver
ore and all other ores containing lead shall
pay q duty of ~ cents per pound ON lead
contained therein, according to sample and
assay at the port OF entry. Coke moved to
amend by striking out the proviso and m
serting proviso that ores containing
silver and lead, in which the lead is Of less
value than the silver, shall be ad-
%st'd shs pa.sss. free Of ot drsg z: Fl FL; said
reported would destroy the 81. smeltine works
in Texas, Kansas City, Chicago and st.
Louis, render useless the refractory ores Of
New Mexico. Arizona and Texas, throw a
large number Of men out Of employment,
and drive from the United States trade
with Mexico. valuable not only for Ameri-
farmers. Reagan and Carlisle followed
with arguments on the same lines. Plumb
moved to amend the paragraph by reducing
the duty on lead ore from II cents pound
to three-quarters of cent. He thought
the senate was coming to point whore the
ing down certain home industries for the,
benefit OF other industries, and where the
larger industries we're to y destroy the
smaller ones: # the mine owners Of Colo
RADIO, who had derived so much profit
from recent silver legislation, desised 70
Mexican ores. why did they not propose a
duty on the silver ores Of Mexioo2 Stewart
argued against the amendments and in
favor of the duty on lead ore as proposed
in the paragraph. Teller also advocated
the adoption Of the paragraph as reported,
tween the lead trust In combination with
the smelters, and the miners of the Rocky
mountains. The miners were $1,000 strong
and they consumed more agricultural pro
duets of Kansas and Nebraska than the
whole OF Mexico consumed, and Kansas
was indebted to the miners of Colorado
He was not 'pshiS Therefore, sas eesassH; egeosiy
pleased whom the senator from that
state insisted that he wanted to
secure the trade of Mexico and was willing
to put the labor Of Colorado, Montana and
Idaho side by side with the 40 Ocent labor Of
said If the lead duty was shorn from the
bill. the only thing in it for the benefit of
the great northwest, there would not be q
republican in that region in favor Of the
bill, and that there should not be.
Jones. OF Nevada, said the most import
ant feature of the bill for the mining in
lead and lead ores. Not only were many
thousands Of persons engaged in the lead
mining, but Is per cent. of the silver Weld
of the United States came from mines in
which that metal was found in COM
bination with lead, OF those mines
the the larger number would not
Without the duty on lead and lead ores
those mines would be abandoned. This
would not merely destroy a great industry,
but would seriously affect the supply Of
precious metals which formed the money of
the world. Jones paid warm tribute to
the personal characteristics of American
miners, and said their labors contributed
largely to the prosperity of the country.
The bill was laid aside informally and the
house joint resolution in relation to
oaths in pension cases reported and passed,
authOring them to be administered by any
person empowered to administer oaths.
In the house this morning the chaplain |
made feeling allusion to the sudden death |
Of Representative Watson. Cannon sub
mitted the conference report on the sundry
civil aspiration bill. Quinn, Of New York,
offered for reference a resolution instruct
ing the committee on judiciary to report by
bill or otherwise the necessary legislation
to prevent railroads from employing un-
iusti6abIy large bodies of armed men de-
nominated detectives" as now being done
BY the New York Central. The confer
once report ON the sundry civil bill was
agreed to.