, 1890-08-05

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to the bill referred to.
Cullom said it had not.
Cockrell said that it was remarkable
that a body organized with one man for
the purpose OF transacting business will
not do 1t.
Payne said he did not know how deli
cate one had to be in talking about the
other house, but he was informed that
the bill had been approved by the river
and harbor committee of the house, but
that for several months past the commit
tee had not been able to get a hearing for
it before the house. That was where the
matter stood. Whether it would De an
act of humiliation for the senate to ask
the other house respectfully to act on
that bill he would not undertake TO Judge.
but something ought to be done.
Edmunds did not think it the proper
thing to spend time in discussing the con-
duct of the other branch Of congress. AL
that the senate had to do with it just now
was to consider the accident to the canal
lock. aud he thought as the a~ppropria-
tons made in the river and harboT bill of
two years g were still in force. the en-
gineer department had money enough at
its disposal to remedy the defect. If SO.
there was no benefit in the senate making
any extraordinary display of itself on the
subject.
Payne said the damage was being re-
paired as fast as 500 men could do it, and
it would be completed tomorrow or next
day. but the main object of the appeal to
congress was that provision should be
made for an additional lock.
After further discussion the resolution
was agreed to.
The resolution offered Saturday by
Plumb as to the reinterment of the re-
mains of Grant in Arlington National
cemetery was, at the suggestion of Plumb,
allowed to remain on the table, to be
called up at some other time.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on Vests amend
ment to the chInaware paragraph. re-
ducing the duty on decorated to so per
cent ai valorem, and on plain, undecorated
ware to 40 per cent, instead of 55 and so
as recommended by the finance committee,
aud instead of 60 and SIS in the house
bill. The matter was discussed at length.
Finally Vest modified his amendment
by changing the rate on plain white china
to As instead of 40 per cent. The amend
ment was then rejected-yeas 10, nays 25.
The amendment of the finance com
mittee, making the rates So and so per
cent, was agreed to without division.
The lei question was on the commit
tee amendment to paragraph l0l, as to
all other china, etc !" striking out the
house paragraph which fixes the rate on
decorated ware at 60 per cent and on I'M
decorated SIS per cent, and substituting
another designation on which the rate of
30 per cent was fixed. Agreed to.
The e question was IN paragraph
l024-glass and glassware. The com
mittee amendment was to strike out the
paragraph in the house bill fixing four
rates on bottles, according to sizes, and
substitute for it a different classification
with two rates-1 cent per pound on
bottles holding not less than a pint, and
II cents per pound on bottles holding
less than a pint. Agreed to.
The next question was on the amend
ment of the finance committee to strike
out paragraphs 100. ITO, Ill, ll2, lib
and ia of the house bill and substitute
for them one paragraph, l04, taxing glass
and glassware, cut and ornamented, As
per cent ad valorem.
Mcpherson moved to reduce the rate
in the senate amendment to 80 per cent.
Rejected.
Plumb moved to amend the committee
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and decorated glass and glassware from
As to 40 per cent. Rejected.
The committee amendment was then
agreed to.
The next question was on paragraph
LOG, fixing the duties on unpublished, cy-
inder, crown and common window glass,
the committee amendment being to re-
duce from .one and a half, two, two and a
half and three cents, according to sizes,
to n and three eighths, one and seven
eighths, two and three eighths and two
and sevel-eighths.
Vance moved to amend by fixing a
uniform rate at so per cent ad valorem.
A long discussion ensued. Plumb
said it was better not to pass the tariff
bill than to pass one that was not right.
Vance's amendment was finally defeated.
Various motions to reduce the rates on
unpublished, cylinder crown and common
window glass were made by Plumb and
were rejected on a yea and nay vote, al
though on the last OF them ingalls,, Man
derson, Paddock and Plumb voted with
the Democrats, Finally on motion OF
Aldrich. the rates were reduced to one,
one and three fourths, two and one-fourth,
aud two and three-fourths cents per pound,
according to sizes, and the senate ad-
iourned.