Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tuesday .Illlv %

Senate.-Mr. Sawyer from the postofice
committee. reported back the senate bill to
establish a limited postal and telegram
service. Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill to
establish department of communication,
and said it was prepared by and intro
duced at the request of the Wage Workers
alliance The tariff bill was taken, up the
pending question, McPherson's amend
ment, offered yesterday to reduce the duty
on acetic acids. was rejected by party
vote Mr.. Mcpherson then offered an
amendment reducing the duty on borac
acid from 81 cents, which was rejected.
Is to 80. Mr.. Jones ark addressed the
senate in opposition to the bill, which, he
said. was declaration On the part of the
republican party that war tariff was never
to ~e reduced Coming to the question of
bounty on sugar, Jones asked why not pro-
tect the wheat grower by bounty as we'll
as the sugar grower? The proposition to
take the duty of raw sugar and pay a
bounty Oh American simply meant sugar
free for refners, sugar free for the sugar
trust; sugar taxation for those who con-
sumo it as food Mr.. AIdrich pleaded
that the republicans permit of no more
delay on the tariff bill. He believed the
democrats were simply seeking to cart the
action of a long session on the republicans
Mr.. Hiscock repealed the general charge
that the republicans success at the last
election was the result of the influence
of manufacturers or monopolist and as
serted in the state Of New York
whenever democratic majorities were
rolled up, steps of the whiskey interest
could be marked In reference to the
statement as to the refusal of the finance
committee to 81 I'VE hearings to persons in
terested, Hiscock said it had refused to
give hearings to representatives of manu-
facturers of Germany, France, England
and Belgium. The place for them to be
heard was where the democratic members
of the COMMITTEE were In conference He
did not know how much money had been
contributed to the democratic election
fund by those interests; but he knew every
day the tariff bill was delayed was largely
to the profit of foreign manufacturers
They were interested in it's defeat Mr.
Voorhees, congratulated Mr.. German on
his great victory in breaking the prede-
ternined silence ON the republican side of
the chamber. As to the speech Of the SEN
ator from New York, which had been eX
torted under the lash, it was the same old
trade of calumny and abuse against the
democratic party. After further debate
the bill was laid aside and the house joint
resolutions to continue appropriations I'M
der the existing laws up to the 18th of
August, was presented discussed and pass
ed.
House.-In speaking on one of the SEN
ate amendments to the civil BILL Mr..
Struble. of Iowa, made bitter attack up
on speaker Reed for his action toward the
gentlemen having interest in the public
building bills. He was indignant because
the speaker had refused to recognize him
and others who were pressing public build
ing bills. Mr. Cannon GIL defended the
conduct of the speaker, which he believed,
was above criticism. Quite a discussion
ensued on an amendment, which was fin
ally rejected, appropriating S800,00e for
the purchase of suitable site for build
ing for the supreme court.
WEDNESDAY, Jul 80.
House-The tariff bill was discussed
briefly, and numerous amendments offered
by Mr.. Mcpherson in the line of reduc-
lions were all rejected. The only change
made in the schedule was reduction on
cholotorm, form 40 to Is cents per pound.
Mr.. Vest moved to reduce the duty on iodo-
10TH S1.oU W oil per pOuuo DuI Gue prop
osition was defeated.
HOuse-Mr. McCombs, of Maryland
called up the conference report on the Dis
trict Columbia. appropriation bill. Mr..
Mutchler Of Pennsylvania, opposed the
report on the ground that according to the
statement of the district commissioner, if
the bill is passed in its present form, there
would be deficit in the revenues of the
d,ctr NJ ba4u-oa,, cOTS 000 an1 S/O0 000
After the debate, the conference report
was agreed to, and the house went into
committee of the whole on the senate
amendments to the sundry civil bill Mr..
Cummings made an attack upon the direct
or of the geological survey, and favored
the senate irrigation amendment. no
action was taken. The speaker announce
ed the following members on the
committee to investigate the charges
against commissioner Raum: Morrill,,
Sawyer, Smyser, Goodnight and Martin
(Idn.).
THURSDAY, july 81.
Senate-Mr. Frye stated that the river
and harbor bill would be taken up next
Friday. The conference report on the
District of Columbia bill was agreed to.
The tariff bill was then taken up and
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to make the rate
on extracts of icorice four cents a pound,
the amendment of the finance committee
being to reduce it from six to five
cents. The usual political discussion fol-
lowed. in the course of which Mr. Aldrich
said that the Mills bill originally pro-
posed a duty of four cents on licorice
paste, but when it was found that the men
engaged in that business were democrats
the rate was increased to five cents
Mr.. Vest denied this statement Nc
Pherson 5 motion was finally rejected by
the usual party vote and the committee
amen 1ment was agreed to. Mr. McPher-
son wanted The duty on castor oil reduced
from so to % cents FER gallon, but Mr..
Plumb asked that it be increased to 50
cents (present duty and this was agreed
to. The paragraph relating to cI.ium was
amended as recommended by the finance
committee to make it read twelve instead
of ten dollars per pound. Paragraph
AZ as to barytes was amended on recon-
mendation of the finance committee |
making the duty on the manufactured
article 81 per ton, instead of 81, as in the |
house bill, and on the manufactured, Il |
cent per. pound instead of s. per ton |
Mr.. Mcpherson continued to offer |
amendments to several other aragraphs, |
but all were voted down. Some other |
committee amendments were agreed to and |
four pages of the bill having been disposed !
Of, the senate adjourned !