The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-05-29
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
Uproar and Confusion In the House on tho
Last Day Of BebIto ON the Tariff BiI-
Passage of the IIill.

NASUlNGTON' may e. Hc FN'h' u
the House yesterday was confusing
if not exciting one. The object Of mem-
bers on both sides seemed 10 be to out
vie each other in creating noise.
When ne House went into committee
on the Tariff hill Mr.. Baker. of New
York, offered an amendment providing
that all articles on importation into the
United States, whether embraced in the
free list or otherwise, shall pay no less a
rate of duty than may be imposed by the
country OF export on like articles ex-
ported from the United States.
Mr.. Anderson, Of Kansas, opposed the
amendment on the ground that it would
place it in the power Of the Canad an
Government to regulate the tariff OF the
United States.
Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, opposed the
amendment and said it would wreck the
interchange of commod ties between the
United States and every other country
and would work great hardship upon
the people. He regretted that there was
no opportunity to ascertain the consen-
sus of opinion on his own side Of the
House touching the bill. Democratic
applause. The Committee of the
Whole had proceeded along the lines
of the bill for number of days
and then the gentlemen on the
Committee on Ways and Means had
taken the floor and held it with amend
ments until nearly the last hour, so that
amendments which other gentlemen
might desire to submit could not have
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to determine what the conccnsus OF
opinion was. 1t was not fixed that the
ark of the Republican covenant was
committed to a few and he regretted
that there had not been that conference
which would enable members to prure
the bill.
Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, appealed 10
the House in these closing moments TO
adopt the amendment proposed by him
to gradually reduce duties which were
in excess of 80 per cent He said the
increase of 100 per cent. in the tax on
hops would be serious injury to large
class of industrious and intelligent Ger
man population.
During this brief discussion the House
was In a turmoil The demands of the
chair for order were unheeded.
In the midst of the confusion the hour
of noon arrived and Gn accordance with
the spec al rule adopted, and without a
vote being reached on Mr.. Bakers
amendment,) the committee arose and
reported the bill to the House.
Mr.. Mckinley demanded the previous
question on the bill and amendments.
The Democrats demanded the yeas and
nays and the prevo question was or
dered-yeas 16l, nays 143. Mr. Cole
man, of Louisiana, and FeathcrStone, of
Arkansas, voted with the Democrats
and Mr.. Adams, of Illinois, and Mr.. But
terworth declined to vote.
The amendments were then read in
detail. The first amendment on which
separate vote was demanded was one
changing the phraseOlogy of the tim
plate clause. 1t was adopted by the
narrow margin of 150 to 149.
The next vote was equally close, but
this time the Democrats were victorious,
the amendment fixing the duty of jute
yarn at 50 per cent. being defeated
yeas, 143; nays, 144
The amendment providing that the
duty on woolen and worSted yarns,
valued at not more than 80 cents per
pound, should be six and one-half times
the duty imposed on a pound of un-
washed wool of the first class and 35
per cent. ad valorem, was ejected-yeaS
1877, nays 14S. The bill now fixes the
duty at twice the duty of the unwashed
wool of the first class and s. per cent.
ad valorem.
The Republicans who voted with the
Democrats on the wool and worsted
goods and yarn amendments were: An
derson of Kansas, COmStOck, Dolliver,
Dunnell, Featherstone, Flick, Ilender-
son of Iowa, Kerr of Iowa, Lacey, Lind,
Struble, Sweeney and Taylor of Illinois.
The amendment providing that on
woolen and worsted goods and all man
ufacturers of wool AMI worsted, not
otherwise prov ded for, valued at not
more than thirty cents pound, there
shall be imposed duty of three times
the duty imposed on pound of un-
washed wool of the first class and of 40
per cent. ad valorem, was ejected-yeas
143, nays 146. THIS leaves the duty at
twice the duty on unwashed wool and 40
per cent. ad valOrem.
The amendment to the paragraph i'm
posing duty of so per cent. ad valorem
on all manufactures of silk, not especial
ly provided for, providing that all such
manufactures, of which wool or hair of
the camel, goat or other like animals
was a component material, should be
classified as manufactures of wool, was
agreed to-yeas l55, nays 142.
The vinegar amendment adopted in
Committee of the Whole was agreed to
yeas 1874, nays 13S.
This was the last amendment and the
engrossment and third reading of the
bill having been ordered, Mr.. Carlisle,
of Kentucky, offered the following
amendment:
Resolved, That the pending bill be recon-
mitted to the Committee on Ways and Means
with instructions to report the same back to
The House at the earliest 7, ssfble day, so
amended by substitute or otherwise as to re-
duce the revenues of the Government by re-
ducing the burdens of taXatiol on the people
instead of reducing the duties by imposing
prohibitory rates of taxation upon imported
goods.
The resolution was defeated, yeas,
140; nays, 100, and the bill then passed
by vote of 164 yeas to 142 nays, Messrs.
Featherstone (Ark.) and Coleman (La.) }
voting with the Democrats.
Sale of the Frisco.
New YORK, May 22.-J. & B. Selig-
man, who represent the control of the