The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-07
MORE TARIFF TALK
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS MADE ON
The TARIFF BILL,

tors Plumb and Teller, VINO Are
Opposed to iIaaty Action or Change ol
Hules-Mr Rogers Denounced speaker
Reed and hr, nreohlnridge Criticised
the Rules-The speaker Defended,
WASHINGTON, Aug 6,-1he tariff bill.
was taken up In the senate NJ l0iit
o'clock yesterday morning, The pend.
ing question was on Mr., Vests amend.
ment 10 the chnaware paragraph, 10
ducing the duty on decorated ware Il
90 per cent, nd yalorem, and on plain
ware 10 40 per cent, instead of % and
90, ~ recommended by the finance com.
mitt66, and instead of 90 and 90 IN the
house bin, Mr., Manderaon said that he
would vote against the amendment be.
cause he thought the rates proposed IN
II were too low He favored, however.
the rates recommended by the finance
committee, llo wH u proteCtlOniat on
principle but he did not believe Ia un'
necessarily high rates Of duty, Mr.
Vest modified his amendment by chang.
ing the rate on plain white Chlnawart
20 "a instead Of 10 per cent, The amend.
ment WIS then voted on and was reject
ed, The next vote was ON Mr., Butler't
amendment 20 make three instead OF
two cntegOrica Of chinawnro, aud u
make the rates 40, 40 aud 10 per cent, II
was rejected without u division, The
amendment Of tho finance committee
(making the rates 90 and 90 per cent wai
uNfsHaaI IN flila g.sa a
committee amendment tOparagraph lOl.
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All Other China, Etou
striking ont the House paragraph which
fixes the rate on decorated ware at 0t
per cent, ON undecorated NJ 90 per cent,
and substituting another designation on
which rate Of 30 per cent, W fixed.
Mr. Plumb moved 10 make the rate "a
per cent, Rejected The committee
amendment was agreed 10, The next
question was ON paragraph lO2 l.2-
Glnsa and glassware, The committee
amendment was 10 strike out the para
graph IN the house bill fixing four rates
on bottles according % sizes, aud 10 sub
stitute for " 4 different classification
with two rAtes-unc cent per pound on
bottles holding not less than pint, and
on dcmiiohnR and cnrbOys, and 1 IL
cents pound on bottles holding less
than u pint Mr., Vance moved 10 amend
the committee amendment by substitute
ing for both rates one rate Of ID cent?
per pound, Rejected. The committee
amendment was agreed 10,
Several Other Amendments
proposed, reducing the committees rates
on different varieties Of glassware,
which, after some discussion, was ro'
jectod Mr. Blair expressed some dis
gust NJ the slow rate OF progress with
the bill aud made u suggestion looking
10 the adoption Of the previous question
rule, Mr. Plumb said 10 fur as he knew
the western people were specially
hungry for tariN legislation, He nd
mitted the tariff bill ought 10 pass, II
was bottcr not 10 pOss thrift bill than
10 pass one that was not right, II II
WIS meant that the senate should have
rule 20 cut off debate, that would DO q
poryCrion Of legislative power and
A blow ut Free institutions.
He had never heard from any other
interest than the manufacturing inter
est demand for increased tuiill duties
and VI that statement was hcNtical he
wished to add 90 II by saying that In hii
judgment Of the Republican platform OF
1883 had been supposed 10 mean tariil
revision by an increase Of duties, the re.
suit Of the election would have been
different, Whatever was done should b(
justified by debate and by facts, rather
than get up general hurrNh and pass 0
bill pell nell which no one would know
anything about and the responsibility
for which The majority would be obliged
70 dodge, Mr. Teller said that he
Dld Not Yield to Any senator
his devotion 10 the protective system
which he believed essential 10 the pros
perity Of the American people, He had
learned that hnsty legislation wns bad
legislation, and he had learned that amy
bill which deserved TO become n law
would stand the test Of discussion and
examination, The impatience, the i'm
petuoity with which the senate wa
asked 10 take hold of the bill and pass
H., was 10 him somewhat disgusting. He
was IN full sympathy with the purpose
of the bill, which he understood 10 be tc
raise duties wherever they were found
10 be too low, and to lower them wher
ever they were found TO be too high,
He was prepared TO resent vigorously
and as efficiently as he could any change
Of the rules for the purpose Of hNstening
the passage of the tariff bill or any other
bill. Several Democratic senators OBJ
served "That IL right A motion tt
adjourn by Mr., Plum was voted down
Various motions 10 reduce the rates on
different kinds of window glass were
made by Mr. Plumb and were rejected,
On motion Of Mr. Aldrich the ratel
were reduced 10 1 Id, 81, Id and
9 "a cents per pound, according TO size,
and the senate having disposed Of be.
tween eighteen and nineteen pages OF
the bill, adjourned ut 6p, m.
Proceedings In the House.
The house yesterday went into com,
mittee of the whole (Mr, Payson, Of
illinois, In the chair on the general de,
Aciency appropriation bill. Mr.. Hen
dsTBon, Of Iowa. explained that the bill
carried an appropriation Of 80, 100000,
The items Of deficiency submitted tc
Me committee ON appropriations, aggre.
gated l8,500,000, The house could see,
therefore, that the committee had care.
fully scrutnized all the proposed appro
printions. The Pacific railroad claims
were not provided for in the bill, While
he believed that the time was near al
hand when the claims would have to b(
settled, the committee had been prac
tically unanimous In refusing to provide
for their payment when they were still
pending In the courts Of the country,
Mr., Rogers, of Arkansas, promised his
remarks by an expression of gratitude
that the presence Of Mr., pOyson in the
chair wasa guarantee that he would moi
be taken off the floor. On two occasions
the speaker
Had Taken Him on the Floor.
The speaker had conceived and taker
IL into his brain, for IL had come out OF
his mouth Though IL seemed to him that
II was more gall than BRAIN, that ht
had right 10 take u member off the