Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-29
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
FHE EIGHT-HOUR BILL
Passed by the House of Rep
/ reSentativeS.
the ONE MILE RECORD LOWERED.
Full Text of the Reciprocity
Amendment.
STRIKE ON THE LAKE SHORE ROAD
Eleven Incendiary Fires at
TOnawanda, N. Y.
STRIKE on THE LAKE SHORE ROAD.

TOnaWanda, n. Y.
THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Passage of the Lard and Eight-Hour
BilIs-Senators Discussing the Tariff
BiIl-An Amendment to Exempt
From Duty Sugar, MOlasses, Tea
and Hides to Secure Reciprocal
Trade with Countries Producing
Those Articles.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-After the read
ing and approval of the journal the speaker
stated that the pending question was the
vote on sustaining the chair, ruling that
the lard bill was unfinished business. The
opposition to the lard bill SO rampant yes
terday seemed to have disappeared and the
decision of the chair was promptly sus-
tanned by vote of 100 to 46.
The lard bill was then passed-yeas 1876,
nays 81. z
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee called at
tention to the scene in the house yesterday
and suggested that the gentlemen engaged
in the alteration should be allowed an OPP
portunity to explain their conduct, but the
suggestion was not needed and personal
explanations and questions of privilege
were freely INDUCED in.
The house finally proceeded to business
and in the morning hour resumed the con-
sideration of the bill for the adjustment of
claims of laborers under the eight-hour
| law.
Mr.. Kerr of Iowa said that while he was
in favor of and would vote for the measure
that would secure the strictest enforce
ment of the eight-hour law it must be re-
membered that these government laborers
were paid from taxes raised from the
| laborers of the country, and that they
should receive the same wages paid these
| laborers
The morning hour having expired the
| bill went over.
| Mr.. Lacy of Iowa gave notice that on
| Monday next he would call up the contest
| ed election case of Clayton against Breck-
| enridge.
The house then, under the special order,
| proceeded to the consideration of the bill,
called up under the special order by Mr..
| Cornell of Nebraska, constituting eight
hours days work for all laborers, work
| men and mechanics employed by or on be-
| half of the government, or by contractors
doing work or furnishing material for the
government, and providing penalties for
| violations of it's provisions.
| Brief remarks were made by Messrs.
| Cornell, O'Donnell, Atkinson of West
Virginia, Caldwell, Wade, Reilly, Cum
mings, McComas, Lawler, Farquhar and
| Mutchler
Mr.. Cutcheon of Michigan moved to
strike out the clause which provided that
| no contractor shall permit any laborer to
work more than eight hours.
| Mr.. Flower of New York asked leave to
offer an amendment extending the eight
hour law to clerks and employees in first
and second-class postoffices. Objection
was made.
| Mr. Cutcheon's amendment was agreed
| to-S7 to so.
| On motion of Mr.. McComas an amend
4 ment was adopted striking out the clause
| requiring contracts for furnishing ma
| terial to the government to be on the
basis of the eight hour The bill was then
passed. ..- r-
Mr.. Henderson of lava submitted the
conference report on the bill for the relief
| of the sufferers in Oklahoma and it was
| agreed to.
On motion of Mr. McMillin of Tennessee
| the senate concurrent resolution was
agreed to, authorizing the board having
| the matter in charge to select another site
for the Lafayette statue to be erected
in Washington. The house at $50 p. m.
adjourned. .4e
The conference report ON the railroad
land forfeiture bill waa presented and or
dered printed
Mr. Morgan suggested that instead of
having action taken on the conference
report tomorrow it should lie over until
the tariff bill was out of the way. He
thought it likely to lead to considerable
debate.
Mr.. Plumb said he would let the report
lie over for the present perhaps until the
tariff bill should be disposed of.
| The tariff bill was then taken up.
| Mr.. Aldrich, from the finance commit
tee, gave notice of two amendments he
would offor to the bill, which were read for
information.
| One of the amendments is in the shape
of new section, stating that the exemp-
tons from duty of sugar, molasses. tea and
hides are made with a view to secure reel
procal trade with countries producing
those articles and it authorizes the presi
dent to suspend by proclamation the pro
visions of law for the free introduction OF
sugar molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the
product of countries whose laws may b,
reciprocally unequal and unjust. The du
ties on sugar are to be fixed as under thu
existing law The duty on coffee is to be
3 cents a pound; on tea 10 cents a pound
and ON hides IL cents a pound. The sec
ond amendment is a proviso to the fist
paragraph and it subjects fish to duty OF
only Il cents pound when exported from
) or the product of any country whereve
and only SO long as American fishing yes
sells shall be admitted into all the ports o
: such country to purchase supplies, includ
e ing bait and to land fish for shipment il
D bond to the United States without re
= straint.
i The consideration of the bill was re
1 sumed at paragraph 246-page relating t
rice-the amendments reported by tn
finance committee being to reduce the dut
on cleaned rice from 2 to II cents pc
n pound; on uncleaned rice from 1t to
t cent per pound, and ON rice -four, ric
l. meal and broken rice from to t cent pc
{; pound.
+ Mr.. Gibson offered a substitute fxin
p the duty on clean rice at cents poun
g and ON uncleaned rice at II cents; o
& Paddy at cent and on rice flour, nc
q meal and broken rice at cent pound.
Finally the paragraph was amended b
- making the duty on cleaned rice cents
, pound; on uncleaned rice Ii cents; Q
\ Pady cents, and on rice flour, rice mel
r. and broken rice cents per pound, this b.
. ing modification of the cemmitte
:; amendment and Mr.. Gibson hoving will
W drawn.
70 mo amendments Were ouoiou w P"A'
ID graph from 247 to 253 relating to rye, ~
Of -four, wheat, wheat -four, butter, chez
and fresh milk.
= Mr. Carlisle moved to strike out of par
graph 254 relating to condensed milk Il
words "sugar of milk eight cents pound
70 Rejected-yeas 81, nays "A.
- The committee amendment to strike OF
- the proviso for a drawback on the sug
"a was agreed to.
-, At this point of the bill paragraph IL
~ which had been passed over in Its regui
81 order, was taken up. 1t relates TO raiiw'
~ =. bars and the committee amendment whit
!" reduces the rate from 6-1O to 5-fO cent
- pound was agreed to.
Paragraph 1874, relating to shotgun
which had also been passed over wltho
action, was then taken up-the questii
q being on the amendment of the finan
g. committee to substitute for the ad valore
lat rate of So per cent in the house specl
lis duties according to values with 80
ir- cent. in addition The committee amen
Ills ment, modified by reducing the duty
ed the first class of shotguns, valued at n
t more than SO, 50 to 81 80, was agreed to.
The regular course of the bill was
" sumed at the heading. farm and M
products on page So. No amendmel
lor were offered to paragraphs from 700 to y
vo' After agreeing to and rejecting nu
ave Der of unimportant amendments the !
'uy was laid aside, sixty paragraphs havl
Ger been disposed of to-day.