Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-27
The Sundry Civil Bill in Its
Last Stage.
The Senate Approves the Con-
ference Amendments.
Several More Sections of the Tariff
Bill Disposed Of.
Futile Attempts in the House to Get
Vote on the Lard Bill.-Bull-
doing Tactics.
Associated Press DISPATCHES.


WASHINGTON, August 26.-The memo
randum offered in the senate yesterday
by Aldrich, fixing the time for the con-
sideration of and voting on the tariff bill,
was presented this morning, and after
some discussion it was agreed to by
unanimous consent.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was read, and
after some debate was agreed to.
The paragraph regarding reservoir
sites, which reserves from entry all such
sites, was criticised by Sanders, who
thanked the senate conferees Gronically)
for having sacrificed the interests of the
people OF Montana to the Unsuitable
NAV of the house.
Allison defended the action of the
senate conferees and explained the ex-
treme difficulty which they encountered
in dealing with the subject. He re-
viewed briefly the history of the irriga-
tion survey, charged that the house was
responsible for the engrafting of reserva-
tions in the arid land provision of the
sundry civil appropriation bill in 1888,
thereby causing all the trouble. He
avowed that it had been the intention
of the senate congferees to have the whole
irrigation survey wiped out OF existence
so far as possible, but they had been
confronted by people who insisted that
the survey should go on and become
part OF the settled and permanent
policy of the government. The result
posed to be inserted in the sundry civil
hill Thof ,,rouicinr hot ho
wished it to be; was not what the senate
conferees wished, but was the best
solution they could secure.
Reagan defended the past action of
congress in the matter of reserving
reservoir sites from settlement, and said
if it had not been for that reservation,
those lands would have been seized by
spectators and syndicates.
After the conference report on the sun
dry civil bill was agreed to, the tariff bill
was taken up, the question being on the
lead paragraph to which Coke had
offered an amendment to make lead ex-
tracted from silver ores free of duty and
Plumb had ofeerd one reducing the
duty on lead ore and lead dross from one
and one-half cents to three fourths of a
cent.
Before proceeding with the paragraph
Plumb gave notice of amendment to the
bill, which he would offer at an appro-
pirate time. The amendment was read.
1t is with some few notifications the
bill for reciprocity with Canada intro
duced by Butterworth in the house.
Plumb proposes to restrict the operation
of the reciprocal arrangement to manu-
factured articles and minerals.
Plumb then spoke in favor of his
amendments.
Sanders opposed the two amendments
At the close of the discussion Plumb's
amendment to reduce the duty on lead
ore from one and one-half cents to three
fourths OF cent pound was voted on
and rejected.
Coke's amendment making lead ex-
tracted from silver ore free of duty was
then voted on and also rejected.
No other amendment was offered to
the paragraph, and none to the next
two paragraphs-leadi in pigs two cents
pound, and lead in sheets 212 cents
pound.
The paragraph relating to metallic
mineral substances in their crude state,
not specially provided for, having been
reached, Blair spoke against the amend
ment reported by the finance committee,
striking out the duty of thirty-five per
cent on mica. 1t went over without
action.
The next paragraph, putting duty
of three cents pound on crude nickel,
was stricken out on recommendation OF
the finance committee.
The next paragraph, relating to nickel
and nickel oxide, was amended under
the report OF the finance committee, by
reducing the duty from fifteen to eight
cents pound.
The paragraph relating to watches was
amended according to the recommends
tion OF the finance committee, by max
ing duty on all watches % per cent. ad-
valorem.
blocks on pigs, was amended on recon-
mendation of the finance committee, by
reducing the duty from 134c. to &c. per
pound.
The committee substitute for the para
graph as to metal manufactures, not
specially provided for, was agreed to.
The scheduled wood and manufacturers
ofwood having been reached Mcpherson
wished to offer substitute for the whole
schedule, but he reserved it until the
committee amendments should be dis
posed of.
The paragraph relating to sawed
boards, etc., was, on recommendation OF
the committee, amended by reducing
the duty from 35 per cent to 10
per cent, and by adding the words:
Imposing duty of 20 per cent on
veneers not especially provided for"
The next paragraph, pickets and
palings, was amended by reducing the
penalty from 20 to 10 per cent, and the
next paragraph, by reducing the duty
from 35 to 30 cents per thousand.
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