Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Tariff Bill is Now Before the Sen
ate for Adoption as Amended.
The senate's Meeting Hour Changed to II a. m.
The House, After Several Attempts to
Secure Quorum, AdjOurns.
SENATE.

| bill was taken up, the pending
question being on Mr.. Gibson's amend
ment to reduce the sugar test from
eighty degrees by polariscope to seventy
six degrees. The amendment was re-
| jected.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to strike out of the
| sugar section all paragraphs relating to
bounty. Rejected-yeas, %; nays, 81
party vote.
| Mr.. Gibson moved to strike out the
sugar section and to substitute for it the
sugar clauses of the Mills bill. Rejected
yeas, 25; nays, So.
Mr.. Eustis moved to insert provision
in the sugar 81 hedule that the bounty
shall apply sugar produced in 1890.
Mr.. Pasc, y I'd to amend the para
graph relating IL oranges by fixing
special rates for oranges imported in De-
! cember, January or March. Rejected.
MIR. Aldrich moved TO insert provso
that imported merchandise deposited in
any public or private bonded warehouse
prior to the lst of August, 1890, may be
withdrawn for consumption at any time
prior to the lst of November, 1890, on
payment of duties in force prior 10 the
passage of this bill.
Mr.. Plumb moved as substitute for
Mr.. Aldrlch s amendment provIso that
goods bonded at the time of the taking
effect of this act may be withdrawn at
any time from that date on payment of
the duty existing at the time of the i'm
! portation. Reiected-yeas, %; nays, "a.
Mr.. Aldrich IS amendment was agreed
| to. Mr.. Aldrich then moved, on behalf
of the committee, that the reciprocity
amendment proposed by him September
l and accepted as a verbal modification
| of it, as suggested by Mr.. Hoar. Adopt
ed-37 to IS.
Mr.. Aldriuh offered an additional Sec
| ton, providing that the sugar schedule
and bounty paragraphs shall take effect
on the lst of March, 1891, and that prior
| TO the lst of February, 1891, sugars may
| be refined in bond without payment of
duty. Agreed to.
Various other amendments were offered
! by Mr.. Aldrich and agreed to, including
the following, declaring that all special
taxes shall beoomedu on the lst of July,
1891, and on every LIST of July thereafter,
making proviso putting free-list ami
mails imported specially for breeding
purposes apply only to females, filing
the blank for the dates OH which duties
shall be levied on articles exempted from
duty as the lst of October, 1890.
The committee amendment placing
upon the free list ell sugars not above l6,
duties standard A, which had been
passed over without action.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment for
the appointment of q commission of five
disinterested persons. to be known as
customs commission, with permanent Of
fee in the city of Washington. Agreed
to-yeas, 81; nays, 80.
The bill then reported to the senate,
and all amendments that had been adopt
ed in committee of the whole were agreed
to in the senate, except those on which
separate votes were demanded. The
first of them was Mr.. Plumbs amend
ment for q customs commission ,on which
Mr.. German demanded separate vote.
The amendment was agreed tc-yeas,
81; nays, %. The commission is to be
composed of FIVE disinterested persons,
to be appointed by the president, and
with the advice and consent OF the SEN
ate. The commissioners are to continue
in office six years. No more than three
of them are to be appointed from the
same political party. They are to have
a salary of $1,000, with travelling ex-
penses. Their permanent Office is to be
in the city of Washington.
Several amendments were offered and
rejected, and then the question was shall
the bill be engrossed and ordered to
third reading. On that question the
yeas and nays were taken and resulted
yeas, IS; nays, 2S-a party vote.
The bill was read third time, and the
question was stated TO be, "Shall the
bill pass"
Mr.. Aldrich, thereupon, moved an ad-
jOurnment. but withdrew that motion so
as to allow an executive session to be
held.
on motion of Mr.. Sherman it was
ordered that hereafter daily sessions of
the senate shall begin at II a. N.
After an executive session senate ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Tu the house
this morning Mr.. Haughen of Wisconsin
called up the Virginia election case of |
Langston against Venable.
O'Ferrall of Virginia raised question
of consideration. The vote resulted |
yeas, SO; nays, IA. No quorum, A call |
of the house was ordered. A bare quo
rum was disclosed, and the call and |
question returned upon the question of |
consideration, pending which O'FerralI |
adjourn was lost-yeas, 40; NAYS, 50.
Upon the question of consideration the
quorum disappeared. the vote Standing
yeas, 81; nays, land another call was
ordered.
No quorum appearing Mr.. Haughen
offered a resolution directing the SER
geant- at arms to summon the absentees.
Mr.. Buchanan of New Jersey offered |
an amendment directing the sergeant-at- |
arms TO enforce the provisions of section |
40, Revised Statutes.
MIR. O'Farrell-What is section 40?
Mr.. Buchanan-No work. no pay.
The speaker pro tenn (Mr. Payson) |
ruled the amendment out of order.
MIR. breckenridge of Kentucky moved !
TO lay MIR. Haughen' s resolution on the |
table. Lost-yeas, 46; nays, 80.
Mr.. Roughen moved that the house
The motion was agreed to.