Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-09-10

mittee amendments being generally agreed

mittee amendments being generally agreed
10. After brief executive session, the
senate adjourned.
In the house on motion Of Mr.. Struble; Of
Iowa, the senate bill was passed to estab-
lish a port of delivery at Sioux City, Ia
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, rising to a
question OF privilege, protested against the
by the Cannon resolution
duration. At its conclusion
Mr.. Lacey. of Iowa, called up the Breek-
inridge election case. Mr.. McRae, OF Ar
kansas, made an attack upon Powell Clay
ton, and the case then went over. The sem
ate bill was passed authorizing the secre-
tary OF the interior to survey the 9TH stand
ard parallel between the states of North
and South Dakota, Tho house then ad-
iourned.
taken up and the consideration OF the free
list was proceeded with. Senator Quay
moved to insert in the free list wild animals
intended for geological collections or scien-
tific and educational purposes, aud not for
sale or profit. Agreed to. On mo-
ton Of Senator Henderson, ''art
stops, composed of glass and
metal" {aninvention used in kindcrgartens)
was inserted in tho free list. senator
Plumb moved to strike hides, raw or un
cured, of the free list, but after some de-
bate the motion was defeated yeas, 40;
nays, 90. All affirmative votes were re-
publican. Senator Davis moved to insert
binding twine on the free list, and Senator
kan0esA Aa0s0d ~t6ls.y ynaasnld. \ uene1a
BY adding common bagging. Senator
Vance's motion was defeated and Senator
Davis amendment was agreed
to by a vote OF 3s to Is.
The democrats, except Blodgett, voted yea,
in company with the following named re-
publicans: Senators Allen, Allison, Cullom,
Davis, ingalls,, Mcmahon, Manderson,
Moody, Pierce, Plumb. Power,
sawyer, Spooner and Washburn. The Mega
tive votes were given by Senators Aldrich.
Blodgett, Cameron, Chandler. Dawes, Evarts.
Fry, Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Quay,
sherman, Stewart, Stockbridge and Wolcott.
Senator Hoar moved to insert In paragraph
$50 talloSing free importation OF books for
,educationaland religious societies.
etc., the words ''or by any college, ncad
emy, school or seminary Of learning in the
United States In its own behalf or in behalf
Of any of its professors or teachers
Agreed to. Paragraph 545, putting fish on
the free list. was laid aside without action.
Paddock stated at a subsequent
stage of the proceedings that he was un-
avoidabiy absent when the vote was taken
on the Davis amendment. Ii he had been
present he would have voted for II, as he
had done yesterday, Senator Plumb moved
10 strike Off the free list in paragraph $40
"hides raw or uncured. whether dry salted or
picked" Rejectcd-~ycas, Is; nays. -.
Paragraph 2fi. in schedule ID, relating to
sawed boards, etc, was taken mp and the
amendments agreed to. Also
the amendment offered by Senator Aldrich
to place a duty of 25 per cent. advalorem
on posts, railroad ties and telegraph poles
of cedar. On motion OF Senator Plumb the
duty on pine ciapboards was reduced from
81 to 81 per 1000 Consideration of
tho free list was then resumed
The committee amendment putting
mica on the free list was rejected.
Paragraph 625 in the free list was, on mo-
tion of Senator Carlisle. was modified SO as
to read ''all mineral waters not artificial"
Senator Quay moved to strike out of the
FREQ list paragraph 66T. sulphate of quina
and all akaloids Of salts nr cinchopa bark. F"
The motion to strike auinne out of the free
list was defeated--yeas, Is; nays, 3s.
Consideration of the free list having been
concluded, some Of the preceding para
graphs were taken up again and modiied.
Senator Aldrie1 gave notice of committees
amendments, including one imposing
duty (after Jan. l. 1892 OF cents pound
on black oxide OF Tin and on bar, block and
pig tin. Adjourned,
in the house the Clayton Beckinridge
case was again taken up and Beckinridge
was accorded the floor to argue in his be-
half. He charged the chairman of the COM
mittee on elections {Mr. Powclit with inn
propriety in judging the case. That gem
,lcinan In discussing another election case
had referred To the case from the Second
Arkansas district, and had declared that in
that district five political murders had
occurred. He called upon the gen.
tlemen to name the murdered men.
Mr.. Powell said that they were Benjamin.
Smith, Bentley and Clayton, while an at
tempt had been made to assassinate Wahl.
Mr.. Breckinr::dgc denied the correctness Of
the statement. Mr.. DalzelI, of Pennsyl-
vania, read in detail testimony bearing on
the theft of the ballot box at Plum
merviIle, and said the theft was
absolutely necessary to Breckinridge's
return. Yet he stood here and as
serted that Il had been stolen by republi-
cans--this republican ballot box. The de-
bate having closed. MIR. Crisp, OF Georgia,
moved to recomrnit the case with instruc-
tions to the committee on elections to report
which OF the gentlemen received a majority
of votes in the Second district OF Arkan-
sas. Lost-yeas. S3i nays, i0l.
vote was then taken on the minority reso-
luton confirming Breckiuride's right to
seat. Lost--ycas, ST; nays, 103. A resolu-
tion declaring the seat vacant was then
agreed to-yeas, l05; nays. 62. The house
then took a recess. until the evening ses-
sion. The house in the evening session
passed thirty pension bills and adjourned
The senate on the 9TH resumed considera-
tion OF the tariff bill, and on motion OF
Senator Mandcrson the amendment was
agreed to fixing duty on white pine shin
giles at 20 cents per 1000. The committee
amendment, placing shingles on the free
list. was lost. and the rate OF duty
OF 90 per cent. ad yalorem was restored.
A vote was taken on the committee amend-
ment to paragraph 545, and twas agreed to.
IL now reads: "Fresh fish caught by citi-
zens of the United States in the high seas
or in the open waters of the lakes forming
the boundary between the United States
and the dominion of Canada."& This
puts them on the free list. Tho
paragraph relating to fish on tho
dutiable list was then taken up. the ques-
tion being on the finance committees SUBJ
stitute for the house paragraph which fixed
duty OF l cent per pound on fresh or
saited. The committees amendment fixed
the duty at 1-2 cent per pound. The COM
mittees substitute slightly modified. As
agreed to, the paragraph now reads: Fish
smoked. dried, salted and picked,
fresh, frozen, packed in ice. or otherwise
prepared for preservation not specially
cnumcrotcd ur pruviSfeu for IN THIS act +
cent per pound" Senator s Gorman's s amend
ment To reduce the duty on hops to & cents
moved to place salt on the free list. Tho
vote was. yeas, 26; nays, 36. On motion OF
Senator Gibson, sorghum cane and sugar
cane seed was placed on the free list. Sem
ator Aldrich, for the finance committee,
offered an amendment imposing a duty
OF 4 cents a pound on tin. Agreed to.
All sections In the house bill from q to 40,
inclusive, were, on report OF the finance
committee, struck out. They related TO in
ternal revenue provisions as to peddlers Of
tobacco, taxes on tobacco and cigars and
vinegar factories. senator Aldrich Of
fcred an additional section. which
was agreed 10, declaring tho value
Of foreign coins, as expressed in
United States money OF account, shall be
that Of the pure metal In such coins and be
declared quarterly by the director Of the
mint. This closed consideration Of the tar
III bill except Ms to sugar action, reciprocity
and some few reserved paragraphs, which
Will como up on Monday when the speeches
are to be limited 70 thirty minutes In length.
The conference report on the river and
harbor bill was presented and read. The
presiding officer (lngalls, said that on q
measure involving 50 largo 4 sum OF money
and including SO many contested considera-
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