, 1890-09-06
THE WASHINGTON NEWS
Western Senators Help to En-
large the Free List.
Breckenridge's Seat in the
House Declared Vacant.
Croft Issues a Circular to Land
Office Officials.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The tariff bill
was taken up and consideration of the
free list was proceeded with.
Vance moved to strike out the Prov
sion relating to animals imported specially
for breeding purposes The proviso re-
quires the animals to be pure blooded, of
Il recognized breed, with the record of
pedigree, etc. The motion was defeated
yeas %, nays "a.
The senate then vent back to the para
graph relating to gloves, which Plumb
had yesterday moved to amend by strik-
ing out the additional rate ON mems
gloves. The motion was defeated, % to
30; Plumb being the only Republican vot-
ing yea.
Quay moved to insert in the free list
wild animals intended for geological col
~lections and for scientific and educational
purposes. Agreed to.
Plumb moved to strike hides, raw or
uncured, off the free list. Defeated
yeas is. nays 20. All the affirmative
votes were Republicans.
Hoar moved to insert in paragraph 489
allowing the free importation of books
for colleges. educational and religious So
%oieties, ETC. the words, ''or by any col
lege. academy, school or seminary of
learning in the United States, in its "
behalf or in behalf Of any of its professors
or teachers"
Paragraph 545, putting fish on the free
list, was land aside without aciinn.
Davis moved to insert binding Irvine
on the free list and Vance moved to
amend the amendment by adding cotton
bagging. Van6e's motion was defeated,
Paddock being the only Rep1blican vot
ing aye. The question recuning on Da-
Wis amendment, Jones of Arkansas
moved to add the words, 'burlaps and
bags for grain made of b~ullaps." Re-
jected. The Republicans who voted
aye were Allen, Mitchell and Plumb.
Neither ingalls,, Henderson nor Paddock
voted. Davis amendment was then
agreed to-yeas SO, nays ls-all the Dem
ocrats except Blodgett voted aye in com
pany with the following named Republi-
cans: Allen, Allison. Cullom. Davis, In.
gals, MoMahoD, Manderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Price, Plumb, Power, Sawyer,
votes were given by Aldrich, Blodgett,
Cameron. Chandler, Dawes. Edmunds,
Evarts. Frye. Hawley, higgins, Hisco,k,
Hoar, Platt, Quay. Sherman. Stewart,
Stockbridge and Wolcott. Paddock stated
at a subsequent stage of the proceedings
that he was unavoidably absent when the
vote was taken on Davis amendment. Ii
he we're present he would vote for 1t as he
had done yesterday.
Plumb moved to strike of the free list
Paragraph 579) hides, raw or incurred,
whether dry-salted or picked. Rejected
yeas IS, nays 20. Affirmative votes
we're given by one Democrat-Pugh-
aud by the following Republicans: Allen.
Allison, Cameron. Cullom. Higgins, Iu-
gals, Mitchell, Moody, Plumb, Quay,
Stewart, Washburn, Wilson (Iowa) and
Wolcott. The other Democrats voted in
Republicans: Aldrich. Chandler. Dawes,
Frye, Hale, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Mo
Millen, Pierce, Plat and Sawyer.
Vance moved to insert on the free list
timber. hewn and sawed, square and
sided, and sawed boards, plank, deals and
other lumber of hemloek, white wood,
sycamore, white pine and Eastwood.
Henderson moved TO strike out of the
amendment the words ''hemlock, white
wood. sycamore and Eastwood" After
considerable discussion, Maudersou's
amendment to Vance's motion was re
jected-yeas 3 paddock Plumb and
Washburn), nays 4S. Vance's motion
was also rejected, Ingalls,. Henderson,
Paddock and Plumb voting yea.
Plumb moved to insert in the free list
lumber, sawed boards, planks, deals and
other lumber of white pine. Rejected
yeas %, nays 80. The Nebraska and
Kansas senators again voted with the
Democrats.
Paragraph 2ll 10 the schedule as to
sawed boards was taken up and the com
mittee amendments agreed to. Also the
amendment offered by Aldrich to place q
duty Of IS per cent ad valorem on posts,
railroad ties and telegraph poles of cedar.
On motion of Plumb the duty on pine
clapboards was reduced from 80 to 81 per
thousand.
CONSIDERATION of the free list was re-
sumed aud the committee amendment
putting mica on the free list was rejected.
Mica was then restored to the paragraph
at the rate OF IS per cent ad valorem.
Paragraph-625 and the free list was, on
motion of Carlisle, modified SO as to read
all mineral waters not artificial.
Quay moved TO strike out of the free
list paragraph 665. sulphate OF quinine
and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona
bark.
The motion to strike q~uinine out of the
Tree list was defeated-yeas is, nays SO.
The committee amendment placing
sponges on the free list went over until
tomorrow.
Paragraph 703, putting sugars not
above No. l3 on the free list, also went
over without action.
Paragraph 7l3, placing tin ore and tin
on the free list, was amended, Cd motion
Of Aldrich, by adding the words until
January l, 1892, but not thereafter.
consideration of the free list having
Deen concluded, some of the preceding
fled.
Aldrich gave notice of committee
amendments, including one imposing a
duty latter January |, 1922 of four cents
spound on black oxide OF tin, and on bar,
block and pig tin.
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-The Clayton
breckenridge contested election case was