The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-05-24
FIFTY. FIRST CONGRESS.



HI To r. per cent. stating that the "a per
cent. duty proposed, taken iii rUnnec-
ton with the package clause of the adj
lninI>tratlon customs bill. amounted To
considerable lntrcaS" from existing
rates. After long debate Mr.. McNi!-
I'm s motion was defeated. Various
ether amendments looking To a rcduc-
ton Of the duty on carthcu and glass
ware were made on the Democratic
side, but met no success. Having con-
sldercd sixteen of the l56 pages Of the
bill, the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
TuuE>p,Y. Mav l5-Nr. Mckinley 20. J
from the committee on rules. reported Il
resolution providing that hereafter The
ii"u>" shall meet at II % clock: and af-
ter the reading Of the Journal and the
disposal IF conference reports the
House shall 90 into committee Of The
whole on The tariff hil that the bill
shall be read through commencing with
paragraph III, and shall be open to
amendment on any part at the bill fol-
lowing paragraph 10, and that on
Wednesday next. al l., noon. the bill;
with pending amendments shall lac re-
ported to The House. After a spicy de
bate on the resolution the previous
question WAS ordcr.d-v.as l:si; NAYS.
ln2-;u'l the resolution was adopted
yc;i~, l29: navS !tt. McSSrs Morrill,.
sawyer and l"drr were appointed CON
teices on the Senate dependent PEN
sion bill. The House then went into
committee Of the whole on the tariff
bill. Ih" reading of the bill consumed
the remainder of the day. and al its con-
ctuslun the commute" rose, and The
House took a recess. the cVcnin" session
- le for consideration Of private pen
sion Bills
FEIp>Y. May l6-Thr House. lin COM
mlttec of the whole, took further action
on the tariff bill. Mr.. Mckinley offered
an imnnttmcnt specifically including
glass chlnncNs in the clat1Sc relative To
thin blown glass at 4 dutv IF 10 cents a
dozen and - per cent. I'd Saloren. The
amendment was adopted. Mr. Nckin-
ley then offered Il series of amendments
many Of them unima,ttunt. hich
We're all adopted The duty on sugar
OF milk WAS reduced from 10 10
5 cents Il pound. \ rebate WAS pro
vld"d of duties on Imported salt used in
curing meat for expectation. Til" duty
on ward lute Was Increased from 80 to
- per cent. Hd Naiorrn. Binding
twinc composed Of MANILA. lutte or sjs;i
grass NaS taken from the clause llnpns-
lIi- 4 duty OF ) cents !; pound and trans
tlrrcd to the | cents clause. The
clause relative To carpets was amended
so as to provide that carpets made Of
jute or other vegetable material shall
pay Il cents per square yard: and mats
rugs and screens. ) cents. The duty on
burlapS not exceeding sixty inches II.
width. was changed from II Ia |. cents
per round. The duty on bags for
grain made of lurapS was fixed al >
cents :; pound. Russian camel'S hair
WAS brought under the head of woois ui
class = The duty of - per cent. ad
yalnrrn was placed on the woods Of the
third class and on Russian camcl'S hair
Of the third class tn" value of which
shall b.; Is cents OF less pound. inClud-
imposed upon woods Of the thrd class
exceeding in value L. cents Il pound. 1t
is provided thai on wu,|eH and Worstcd
warns. valued IT rul moIC than 80 cents
per pound, the dlliy shall be 1W" and
unc-Ilalt times the duty i'm
posed on washed wool If tie
tirst-e;~S and in addition thereto -
per cent. ad laiurcn. \ long debate
cnsucd. principally devoted Ia Il cnns,l-
rration Of the subject Of farm mortgages
The discussion occasionally dritl.d into
politics and the House was kept in con
fusion entirely "od-humnred, but S"
great as To elicit from the Chair the re
mark that TIE recent presence of the
circus i'll town must lave had dctri-
mental effect upon The members. Mr.
MrMlllln. antaguniZlEg an amendment
offered by Mr. Mckinley. rroy;ding hat
nn manufactures of Wool and Wurstcd-
valued al not mor" than 81 cents a
pound. the duty per pound shall be
three times The duty imposed on 4
pound Of unWashcd wool of the first
class. and in addition thereto. 10 per
agreed TO- Mr. Mckinley offered IN
amendment tiNin. the duty on Oriental
and Berlin rugs IT so cents per square
yard. and 10 per cent. al valorcm
Pending Il vote the conm!tte" ro~" and
the House took recess. the evening
session To be for the consideration of
private pension bills.
SATURDAY. May I..-Iherc were unus-
ual scenes in the House to-day. over
unparliancntafv language used 10y Mr.
Bynum 10 Mr. Eaync The former re-
fused 10 apologize and was brought he
fore the speaker. on a Vote Of the House.
and severely rcnsurcd. ON account of
the uproar and dilatory action the se,-
sion was prolonged To a la;c hour.
MONDAY. May BIN the House to-
dav. which was IN committee of the
whole on the tariff bill. Mr. Wilson w
Va took the floor on Il question of per
sonaI privilege. He expressed his graft
tcation that the lapse of time since the
unhappy episode Of Saturday permitted
him To make thoroughly deliberate
and diSpassionate statement. Then
everybody ap"logized. and business was
proceeded with. The committee Of
the whole considered the tariff
bill, the pending amendment be
ing that Offered hv Mr. Funston
(kaSr striking from the metal sched-
ule the rroviSo that silver ore and all
other metals containing lead shall pay q
duy Of y cents per pound on the lead
contained therein. MIR. Funston :
amendment was defeated by IA vote of
1l0 to l3l. The amendments i,rcd
Saturday by Mr.. Mckinley to the inter
nal revenue clause Of the bill were
adopted They provide that on sample
boxes Of cigars. containing ten or twelve
cigars. the TAX shall Ice cents:
amend the administrative features
of the law, and provide that
wholesale dealers III olrnmargarlnc shall
keep such books and render such re-
turns as the commissioner of internal
revenue may require. The following
amendments were also agreed to. on
motion of Mr.. Mckinley: Providing
that the internal taxes on smoking and
manufactured tobacco and on snuff shall
be cents pound after October /. 1890.
or within SiXty days from the approval
Of this act. instead Of January l. 1891 :,
~ proposed by the bill: maxim" an in
definite appropriation for the pay
meuJ Of drawbacks; reducing the
bond of cigar Manufacture from
500 to Sltr: limiting Ia q minimum
ii - the amount of draw back claims on
tobacco in original packages when the
law takes effect Mr.. Henderson Ia
offered an amenlmcut restoring the
present rate Of duty on Wool and wool
ems Pending a vote, tho committee
rose on motion of Mr. Thompson o.
a resolution WAS adopted calling upon
the commissioners of the District oi
Columbia for information relative t. the
neglect Of the proper officer in not e
venting rapid driving in the streets ot