Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-05
stituting for it the sugar provisions of the Mills

sttutiug for it the sugar provisions of the Mills
bill.
Butler presented communication from the
State Department showing the relative expoIta-
lions of cotton goods by Great Britain and the
United States He thought that the inforina-
ton might be valuable in view of the recipro-
cal propositions. 1t showed how absolutely
Crest Britain had control of The market III
South and Central America, Asia aud Africa
Z ne value of cotton goods exported into those
countries by Great Britain last year was sl11,.
900 900, against S20,00O,000 from the United
etatss. He therefore asked to have the paper
printed in the Record. So ordered
he presiding officer tingalsl announced that
the general debate on the tariff Dill was closed,
with the exception of reservation OF day
VIII. n the final vote Will be taken, ana when
three hours time is TO be allowed 10 each side.
The sugar schedule was laid aside informally
and the schedules on lection manufactures
taken up The amendment 10 reauce the rates
in the various paragraphs Of the schedule
offered by Mcpherson, Carlisle and Vance were
uniformly rejected without yea and nay vote.
The cammitee amenr ments were agreed 10.
Mcpherson moved 10 strike out the paragraph
relating to stockings and hose and substitute
one making the rate OF duty Az per cen. ad
vaiorem. keiected-Yeas 20, nays q,
Paddock and Plumb voted with the Demo
Gratis in the affirmative. Neither ingalls, nor
Henderson voted.
All the paragraphs in the schedule having
been disposed OF, Schedule was tasen up, re-
lating 20 fax. hemp, jute and their maoufact-
amendment reducing the rate on lax, not
dressed from ~ cents pound to $50 a ton.
ON this amendment Washburn demanded the
yeas and nays The committee amendment
was agreed to-32 to "A.
The next amendment of the Finance Com
mittee, to reduce the duty on hacked flax from
cents a found TO $40 a ton, was agreed to-
Yeas SO, nays 10
The committee amendment to reduce the
duty on flax or hemp-tow from SIS to $40 was
Vance moved to strike out paragraph $40, so
as TO have cotton bagglDg placed on the Tree
list. Rejected
parag aph $50, relating to fax, gill netting
nets, etc., was, on motion of Aldrich. amended
by making the duty twenty cents per pound
and forty cents al yalorem instead OF twenty
five and thirty-fve per cent.
Schedules < and L (woolens, silk and silk
goods having been disposed OF, the schedule on
pulp papers ana books was taken up and the
committee amendment agreed to.
then schedule was reached. Under the
h-ading of sundries, Aldrich moved a number
of committee amendments as to buttons, etc.,
which was adopted.
Aldrich Withdrew the committee amend
ment to paragraph All reducing the duty on
cork-bark from thirty to five cents per pound,
and from fifteen to seven and g half ants per
pound.
Paragraph 42O, relating to feathers and downs,
was amended on report of the committee by
striking out the words "crude or not dressed, %
per cent. ad valorem, so us to have that class
on dressed feathers from 90 TO 40 per cent ad
yaiOTem.
Paragraph 4S0, relsting to precious stones. was
amended by adding the words, Limitations of
pre- ious stones, not set, 10 per cent
Paragraph 4S4, relating 10 cloves, was passed
over informally.
This closed the dutiable list, with the excep-
ton of the sugar schedule and of the paragraphs
that have been passed over informally without
action
Going back to paragraph 334, relative to plush,
velyets of cotton, etc., Aldrich moved to add TO
1t the proviso that none of the articles in that
paragraph should pay less than 40 per cent. ad
valorem. Agreed TO.
Paragraph 52l, relating to cotton cloth, not
bleached, was amerded by making the last line
read: Ten cents per square yard and 81 per
cent ad valorem."
AT er brief executive session the Senate ad-
journed
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. September 4th- in the House
to-day, Cummings of New York, rising 10
question of privilege, protested a-sinst his
blacklisting by the famous Cannon resolution.
The gentleman who offered the resolution made
unjust imputations, and in making these
imputations falsifed the record and blacklisted
himself. He then proceeded to make an attack
upon Cannon, comparing him to the noted
Tnnyille OF the French revolution. He then
proceeded to arraign the Speaker and the ma
jority of the Committee on kules. Cummings
was frequently interrupted with the point OF
order that he was not combining himself to the
question OF personal privilege Cummings pro-
ceeded with the arraignment of the Speaker,
but after frequent Interruptions asked unani-
nous consent to print the remainder of his re-
marks in the Record
Consent was refused by Kerr and Bunnell.
Cummings then proceeded with his speech.
and at the end OF an hour was stopped by the
eavel of the Speaker pro TEN. tBurrows).
Bland of Missouri made the point that in speak
ing TO question of privilege gentleman was
not governed by the hour rule.
The Speaker pro TEN. overruled the point.
Bland appealed.
and on this motion demanded the previous
question, but Bland protested that he was en-.
titled to the floor, amid applause on the Demo
cratic side.
The Speaker pro TEN. recognized Bland''
right TO the floor. and yielded TO Cummings
aud Notwithstanding protest from Kerr, the
Speaker pro TEN. recognized the gentleman
from New York. who proceeded with hi!
speech. BE was called 10 order by the Speaker
pro TEN. as not speak king to the point of order.
Cummi Is said Il may be muzzled tempo
raIily. but all tie machinery of the House can
not muzze me ete'nally."
After further debate the appeal was with
drawn.
Cannon said that so far as Cummings had re
ferred to bin, he would say il was the habit o.
some persons on the other side to lmpute false
hood against members on his (Cannons) side
| When he made a statement of fact it was JUST
| fed by the Record. Sometimes he thought the
| csnsure OF the gentleman from New York wa
| praise, and his praise was really censure.
| Lacey of Iowa then called up the Brecken
| ridge election case. The previous question vii
4 be called up al O'Clock tomorrow.
4 McRae of Arkansas made an earnest attacl
upon Powell Clayton. The case then vent over
The senate oil was passed authorizing th'
Secretary OF the Interior TO survey the seventh
S andard parallel between the States of Nortt
and Souh Dakota.
Il Tie House then adjourned.