, 1890-08-27

WAsHINGToN. Aug. 26.-The mem
orandum offered yesterday by Aldrich fix
ing the time for the consideration Of and
voting on the tariff bill was presented.
After some discussion it was agreed to by
unanimous consent.
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill wes read,-the
paragraph in regard to reservoir sites,
which reserves from entry all such sites,
was criticised by Sanders, who thanked
the senate conieTees ironically for having
sacrificed the interests of the people of
Montana II the Unsuitable NAV of the
house.
Allison defended the action of the senate
conferees aud explained the extreme
difficulty which they encountered in deal
ing with the subject. He reviewed
briefly the history of the irrigation survey,
and charged that the house was RESPONSE
BILE for engratting the reservations in arid
lands provision on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill in 1888,
thereby causing all the trouble. He
avowed it as having been the intention of
the senate c1nierees TO have the whole
irrigation survey wiped out OF existence
as far as possible but they had been con-
irouted By people who insisted that the
survey should go on and become a part of
the settled and permanent policy of the
government. The result had been the
provision now proposed to be inserted In
the sundry civil bill. That provision
was not what he would have wished it to
be. IL was not what the senate copferees
wished, but was the best solution they
could secure.
Reagan defended the past action OF
congress in the matter OF reserying reser-
yoir sites from settlement, and said that
II 1t had not been for that reservation
those lands would have been seized by
spectators and syndicates.
After some debate the conference re-
port was agreed TO and the tariff bill was
again taken up, the question being on the
lead paragraph to which Coke had offered
an amendment to make lead extracted
from silver ores free OF duty. and Plumb
had offered one reducing the duty on lead
and lead dross from one and one-half TO
three quarters of a cent. Before proceed
Ing with the paragraph Plumb gave no.
tlce OF an amendment to the bill which he
would offer at the appropriate time. The
amendment was read. 1t is, with some
lew notifications. the bill for reciprocity
with Canada introduced by Butterworth
IN the house. Plumb proposes to restrict
Tue operation OF the reciprocal arrange-
I1ent TO manufactured articles and miner.
ais. Plumb then spoke in favor of his
amendment.
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
iourths oil a cent per pound was voted on
and rejected. Coke's amendment. max
ing lead extracted from silver ore free of
dnty was then voted on and also rejected.
NO other amendment was offered to the
paragraph and none to the next Two para
graphs-lead in pigs two cents per
pound, and lead In sheets two and one
halt cents per pound. The paragraph re-
iatlng to metallic mineral substances
IN crude state, not specially provided for,
having been reached, Blair spoke against
'ne amendment reported by the finance
committee, striking out the duty of IS
per cent. on mica. 1t vent over without
action.
The next paragraph. putting a duty of
three cents per pound on crude nickle.
was stricken out on the recommendation
otthe finance committee.
Inc next paragraph, relating to nickle
and nlekle oxide, was amended under the
!ieport OF the finance committee by reduc-
ing the duty from fifteen to eight cents
per pound.
The paragraph relating to watches was
amended on the recommendation of the
nnance committee by making the duty on
all watches rs per cent ad valorem.
III Paragraph relating to zinc in