Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-12

| mittee on territories to proceed to Ari-
IONA and New Mexico and inquire into the
social. educational, financial and moral
| conditions existing in those territories. and
to report whether they are prepared for
! statehood. Also TO visit Utah and inquire
| into the extent OF celestial marriages in
that territory. Objected to. The house
then proceeded to further consideration of
the acknowledgement case. Mr..
Bergen, OF New Jersey, assumed his
argument in favor of the unseating of
| Breckenridge. Among others, Mr.. Kennedy,
of Ohio, spoke to the question. and took oc-
casion. from a republican standpoint. to de-
nounce Senator Quay for not having de-
Tended h.nself against the repeated charges
of wrong in the conduct OF the last fresi-
Dental campaign. AT the conclusion of
Mr.. Kennedy IS speech the Breckenridge case
went over and the house adjourndd.
| In the senate on the 4th the tariff bill was
taken up under the agreement limiting the
discussion on each subject to five minutes
| for each senator. Senator Gibson withdrew
the amendment offered by him last Thurs
day to sugar schedule (there being a mis-
| take in it) and offered another amendment
| striking out that schedule and substituting
for it the sugar provisions of the Mills bill.
The presiding officer. Senator Ingalls,. an
| nounced that general debate on the tariff
bill had closed with the exception of the
reservation OF the day when a final vote is
to be taken. and when three hours is to be
\ allowed each side. The sugar schedule was
laid aside informally and schedule I. of
COTTON manufactures was taken up. All
| paragraphs in schedule l having been
| disposed of, schedule j was taken up. re-
lating to fax, hemp, jute and other manu-
| features. The finance committee had re-
ported an amendment reducing the rate on
| flax not hacked or dressed. from 1-2 cents
per pound to $40 per ton. On this amend-
ment Senator Washburn demanded the yeas
| and nays The committee amendment was
agreed to by a vote of 80 to IA. The next
| amendment was that of the finance COM
mite to paragraph 341. 1t was to
from cents a pound to $40 per ton.
| 1t was agreed to, yeas SO; nays 16. The
| democrats all voted for the committee
amendment. The committee amendment to
reduce the duty on flax or hemp tow from
S25 to $40 per ton was agreed to- The COM
| mittee amendment increasing the duty on
yarn made OF jute from 30 to IS per cent.
and striking out the words ''sisal or
manilla," was reduced to 25 per cent.
on motion of Senator Carlisle. In the
next paragraph, imposing duty of
1-2 cents per pound on cables, cordage
to insert the words ..binding twine'' and
strike out the words '.binding Irvine, IA
cents per pound" Senator Davis moved an
amendment to strike binding Irvine out of
the paragraph in order to have it after
wards placed on the free list, After debate
OF the dutiablc list was gone over, the COM
| mittee amendments being generally agreed
| to. 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 q
question of privilege protested against the
"blacklisting' by the Cannon resolution
| and provoked discussion of con-
siderable duration. AT its conclusion
Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, called up the Breck-
inridge election case. Mr.. McRae, Of Ar
| kansas. made an attack upon Powell Clay
ton, and the case then went over. The SEN
ate bill was passed authorizing the secre-
| tary OF the interior to survey the eth stand
ard parallel between the states of North
and South Dakota. The house then adj
/ journed.
In the senate on the 5th the tariff bill was
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, and not for
sale or profit. Agreed to. On mo-
/ tion of Senator Henderson, "art
educational stops, composed OF glass and
metal" (aninvention used in kindergartens)
was inserted in the free list. Senator
Plumb moved to strike hides raw or un-
cured, off the free list, but after some de-
bate the motion was defcated-yeas, 40;
nays. 20. All affirmative votes were re-
publican. Senator Davis moved to insert
binding Irvine on the free list. and Senator
| Vance moved to amend the amendment
by adding common bagging. Senator
Hance's motion was defeated and Senator
to by a vote of IS to is.
The democrats, except Blodgett, voted yea,
in company with the following named re-
| publicans: Senators Allen, Allison Cullom.
Davis, ingalls,, Mcmahon, Henderson,
Mitchell. Moody, Pierce, Plumb. Power,
Sawyer, spooner and Washburn. The mega
| tive votes were given by Senators Aldrich,
Blodgett, Cameron, Chandler, Dawes. Evarts,
cry, Hawley. Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Quay.
! sherman, Stewart, Stockbridge and Wolcott
Senator Hoar moved to insert in paragraph
$50 (allowing free Importation of books for
colleges, educational and religious societies,
| etc., the words cor by any college. acad-
envy. school or seminary of learning in the
United States in its own behalf or in behalf
| OF any of it's professors or teachers -
| Agreed to. Paragraph 545, putting fish on
the free list was laid aside without action
Senator Paddock stated at subsequent
stage OF the proceedings that he was un-
avoidably absent when the vote was taken
on the Davis amendment. If he had been
| present he would have voted for it, as he
had done yesterday. Senator Plumb moved
to strike Off the free list in paragraph $40
''hides raw or uncured whether dry saited or
picked" Rejected-yeas, IS; nays, 90.
Paragraph 211, in schedule d, relating to
sawed boards, ETC., was taken up and the
committee amendments agreed to- Also
the amendment offered by Senator Aldrich
to place a duty of 25 per cent. advalorem
on posts, railroad ties and telegra oh poles
of cedar. On motion of Senator Plumb the
duty on pine clapboards was reduced from
So to 81 per 1000. Consideration of
the free list was then resumed.
| The committee amendment putting
mica on the free list was rejected.
| Paragraph CPS in the free list was. on mo-
| ton OF Senator Carlisle, was modified so as
| to read ''all mineral waters not artificial, %
Senator Quay moved to strike out of the
free list paragraph 667, sulphate Of quina
| and all alkaloids of salts of cinchona bark. %
The motion to strike Quininc out of the free
| list was defeated-yeas, IS; nays, IS.
Consideration of the free list having been
| concluded. some of the preceding para
graphs were taken up again and modified.
| Senator Aldrich gave notice of committee
amendments, including one imposing a
duty (after Jan. /, 1922 Of cents a pound
| on black oxide of tin and on bar, block and
| pig tin. Adjourned.