Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-03

bills ana conference reports, TO ana
including September |, subject
to general debate, and during Sep
TENDER 2, 3 and 4, subject to
senator shall speak on any one question
more than once; and that on September
and thereafter the consideration shall
be continued on the bill oramendments
without debate to and including the
third reading, when three hours shall
be allowed to each side for general de-
bate, and then the final vote shall be
taken on its passage. 1t went over until
tomorrow, Mr.. Aldrich giving notice that
he would ask unanimous consent for it's
adoption in the morning. The tariff
bill was debated briefly, but was LAID
aside. The resolution heretofore Of
fered by Mr.. Plumb, to prohibit the sale
of spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in
the Senate wing Of the capitol, was
taken up, but in the absence of
Messrs. Blair and Butler, who had
offer red amendments, it went over
till tomorrow. The House joint resolu-
ton in relation to oaths in pension cases
was passed, authorizing them to be ad-
ministered by any person empowered
to administer oaths. The amendments
tackled OH to-day by the Senate to the
House bill for the erection Of a new
light tower on Smiths island, Va, are
as follows: Light and fog signal at
mouth of CoQuille river, Pacific
Ocean, $4,000; lighthouse tender for
Portland, Ore, district, $50, 900; light
house, st. Mary's Island, Alaska, $780,,
GOO; lighthouse the use Cape Disappointment,
Wash, 50,0C0; also a number of fog
signals, range lights and steam whistles
on the great lakes. The more import
art are as follows: Lighthouse at Old
Mackinac Point, Lake Huron, $25, goo;
beacon light and fog signal station on
Round Island, opposite the har
Dor of Mackinac Island, $4,000;
light and fog signal station
midway between Cheboygan and
Presque Isle, $4,000; a light and
steam tog signal at or near White Shoal
or Simmons Reef, Lake Michigan, $780,
COO in addition to the $50 900 already ap-
| Sturgeon Bay Canal $40, 600; light and
fog whistle on Squaw Island, Lake Mich
igan, :25 900; light and fog whistle. and
maintenance of light ship on Eleven
foot Shoal, off Peninsula Point, Green
Bay, Lake Michigan, $l02, 800; range
| lights and fog signal in Deaths Door
Passage Plum Island, Green Bay, Lake
Michiean, sd 900; thirty-seven range
lights, st. Mary's River, Lake Superior,
| $50 900.
TUESDAY, Aug. 26.-In the Senate, to-
day, the memorandum proposed yes
terday by Mr.. Aldrich, that on and
the tariff bill shall be continued on the
| bill of amendments without debate, to
and including the third reading, when
three hours shall be allowed each
side for general debate, and then
| the final vote shall be taken
on it's passage, was agreed to by unani-
nous consent. The conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
was presented and read. The para
graph in regard to reservoir sites (Which
! segregates and reserves from entry all
such sites heretofore made or hereafter
to be made) was criticised by Mr..
Sanders who thanked the SEN
ate conferees ironically for having
sacrificed the interests of the people of
Montana to the Unsuitable NAV of the
House. Considerable discussion follow
ed, participated in by Messrs Allison,
Reagan and Teller, when vote was talk
en- and the report agreed to: The tariff
bill was then taken up, and some pro-
gress made in It's consideration.
| WEDNESDAY, Aug 27.-The Senate re-
sumed consideration of the tariff bill,
to-day, the question being on a substi-
tute offered by Mr.. Mcpherson yester-
day for schedule d, "wood and manu-
substitute for the wood schedule, and
some amendments offered by Mr..
Plumb to some of it's paragraphs,
went over without action, leaving
| the whole schedule still open. The
sugar schedule was also passed over in
| formally, and the tobacco schedule (F)
was taken up. Mr.. Vance offered an
amendment to reduce the duty on leaf
tobacco over one-half. Rejected with
out the yeas and nays. Mr.. Pasco Of
| fered an amendment as to classification
of packages of tobacco, which was re-
iected by strict party vote. No amend
ment was offered to any of the four 9TH
er paragraphs Of the tobacco schedule
| Then schedule G agricultural pro-
ducts and provisions was reached. Par
agraph 235 in that schedule was, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Aldrich, made to read
'sheep, year old or more, $3.50 per
head; less than ] year old, Is cents per
| head" Mr.. Reagan moved an amend
ment making the tax on all live animals
20 per cent ad valorem. Re-
jected. Paragraph 237 (relating to bar
ley), having been reached, Mr.. Aldrich
withdrew the amendment Of the finance
committee to reduce the duty from 80
! W - CC1ilo a OuSIICl, 1CdF1lS5 IL tilO
House rate of 80 cents. The duty
on barley malt was left at 45 cents.
The rice paragraph was reached, and
then the Senate went into executive
| session.
THURSDAY, Aug. 2s.-When the tariff
bill was taken up Mr.. Aldrich, from the
finance committee, gave notice of two
amendments he would offer. One is
b reciprocity amendment. The second
subjects fish to a duty of only II cents a
| pound when exported from any country
only so long as American fishing yes
sells shall be admitted into ell
the ports of such country to
purchase supplies Including balt}
and to land fish for shipment, in bond,
to the United States without restraint.
The paragraph relating to rice was
amended by making the duty on
cleaned rice 2 cents a pound; on I'M
cleaned rice, Il cents; on paddy, : cents;
and on rice flour, rice meal and broken
rice, ! cent per pound-this being
modification OF the finance
committees amendment. Paragraph
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