Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-09-10
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The Senate Wrestling with the Tariff

, Bill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-In the senate the
.arlfi blll was taken up, the pending ques-
ton being Senator Gibson's Amendment
TO reduce the sugar test from 80 degrees
by, polariscope TO 70 degrees. Rejected.
III reply 10 question from Senator
Edmunds, Presiding Officer Ingalls, ruled
that under the arrangement cutting off
debate today by answering or asking
questions by senators will be prohibited.
Senator Gibson offered two other
amendments to the sugar section. which
were rejected. Carlisle moved to strike
out o.. the sugar section all paragraphs
relating to bounty. Rejected; yeas 80.
nays "a; party vote. Gibson moved to
strike out the sugar section and substi-
tute the sugar clauses of the Mills bill.
Rejected by 25 to IS. Estis moved to in
SCI, sert provision that the bounty, shall ap-
ply 10 all sugar prod duced In 1880.
Rejected. Pasco moved to amend
paragraph relating TO oranges
by fixing special rates for oranges i'm
ported In December. January, February
or March. Rejected.
Aldrich moved to insert proyiso that
imported merchandise desired in any
bonded warehouse prior to August |,
1880. may be drawn for CONSUMPTION at
any time prior to the first of November,
1880, ON the payment of duties in force
prior to the passage OF this act. Senator
Plumb moved as a substitute to extend
the time of withdrawal TO one year from
the passage OF this act. Rejected. Yeas
%, nays "a.
Senator Plumb moved to insert the first
Of January instead of the first of Novem-
Der. 1890. Rejected.
Senator Aldrich's amendment was
agreed to-yeas 81. nays q.
Aldrich then moved that the reciprocity
amendment proposed by him on SeDtem-
nod tn. x.sfs l. sl 4.
cation suggested by Senator Hoar. Sem
ator Evarts offered as a substitute the
amendment proposed bv him at last
nights session. and which merely directs
the president to communicate the facts 10
congress. Rejected-yeas 30, nays "a. All
the democrats voted In the affirmative, as
DID also Senators Dolph, Evarts and San
ders. Senator Edmunds moved to strike
out OF the Aldrich amendment the words
non and after the first day Of July. 1891"
ReJected-yeas 20. nays "a. Senator Glib
son moved to insert wool In Mr.. AID
riehs amendment. Rejected-yeas 10,
nays 80. Senator Gray moved
as substitute for Mr.. Aldrich's amend
me1t a section, directing the president
without further legislation to declare the
ports OF the United States free and open
TO all products OF any country Of the
American hemisphere upon which no ex-
port duties are imposed, whenever and so
long as the government OF such country
admits to the ports thereof free of ma
tional, provincial, municipal aid of ali
national, provincial. municipal and ali
other taxes -four. cOrnmeal. preserved
meats, fish, vegetables, rice. lumber. agrl-
cultural implements. machinery vessels
or boats, iron. steel eor wood. etc, the
products OF the United Stated. Rejected:
yeas 25. nays 30. Senator AIdrich's |
was adopted: yeas %, nays %. |
AT 3 o'clock the tariff bill was ordered |
engrossed and TO third reading closing /
the discussion. the next question being |
on its passage. The senate then went 1
INTO executive session and at 3:iO adj
iourned until tomorrow.
The following was received here this
noon from Cresson. Pa:
To Hon. T. H. Reed. Speaker of the
house OF representative 4 very heartily
you and your colleagues In
from Maine upon the generous
popular endorsement YOU have received.
tSigned) BENJAMIN HARRISON,