Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-09
The Senate Voting on Tariff Bill
Amendments.
THE RECIPROCITY AMENDMENT.
to Get Up the Langston
Contest in the House.
A VANISHING QUORUM PREVENTS 1T.
SENATE.

question being on Mr.. Gibson's amendment to
to reduce the sugar test from 80 degrees by
the polariscope to rs degrees. The amendment
was rejected.
WITHOUT DEBATE.
Mr.. Edmunds inquired whether the under
standing made as to voting on a.endments
without debate would prevent Senator offer
ing an amendment from stating (not to occupy
more than two or three mlnutes) its object or
prohibit the asking or answering question.
The Presiding Officer (Nir. Ingalls, s)-Unless
the chair be otherwise instructed by the Sem
ate he will hold that the understanding is that.
beginning with the consideration of the bill
this morning, the action of the Senate will be
without debate and that the asking or answer
ing an inquiry would be debate, and is, there-
fore, inhibited.
Mr.. Edmunds-I do not think that it ought
to be that way, but can bear it as well as the
rest.
REJECTED AMENDMENTs.
Mr.. Gibson offered two other amendments to
the sugar section, which were rejected.
Mr. Carlisle moved to strike out of the sugar
section all the paragraphs relating to bounty.
Rejected-yeas, %; nays, "a. A party vote.
MIR. Gibson moved to strike out the sugar
clause of the Mills bill. Rejected-yeas, 25;
nays, 35.
Mr.. Eustis moved to insert provision in the
sugar schedule that the bounty shall apply to
all sugar produced in 1890. Rejected.
Mr. Pasco moved to amend the paragraph
oranges imported in December, January, Feb
ruary or March. Rejected.
RECORDED ERRoNEoUsLY.
Mr.. Pugh stated that he had been recorded
enormously in the vote on the hides paragraph
last Friday He had voted in the negative,
not in the affirmative
Mr.. German moved to reduce the duty on BIZ
chromate and chromate Of potash from 3 to 21S
cents per pound. Rejected.
A PRovIso.
Mr.. Aldrich moved to insert q proviso that
imported merchandise, deposited in any public
or private bonded ware house prior to the LIST
OF August, 1890, may be withdrawn for con-
sumption at any time prior to 1st November,
1890, on payment of the duties in force prior to
the passage OF this act.
Mr.. Plumb moved as q substitute for Mr.. Al
drich's amendment q proviso that goods in
bonds at the time OF the taking effect of this
act may be withdrawn therefrom at any time
within one month from that date on payment
Ut the duties existing at tho time Of their i'm
portation. Rejeeted-yeas, 28; nays, "a.
Mr.. Plumb moved to insert the lst of jan
uary, 1881, instead of the LIST of November,
1890. Rejected. Mr.. Aldrichs amendment was
agreed to-yeas, 80; nays, 27.
THE RECIPROCITY AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Aldrich then moved, on behalf Of the
committee. the reciprocity amendment pro-
posed by him on September /, and accepted a
verbal modification of it suggested by Mr..
Hoar.
Mr.. Evarts moved, as substitute for it. the
amendment proposed by him at last nights
session and which merely directs the President
n IN hc fncf tn
Evarts amendment was rejected-yeas, 80;
nays, "a. All the democrats voted in the af-
firmative, as did also Messrs. Dolph, Evarts and
Sanders, republicans.
Mr.. Edmunds also moved a modification of
MIR. Aldrlchs amendment liz a similar sense
Rejected-yeas, 6; nays, 50. The Elk afirma-
tive votes were given by Messrs. Cameron,
Davis, Edmunds, Frye, Paddock and Plumb.
MIR. Edmunds moved to strike sout of Mr.
Aldrich's amendment the words ION and after
the first day OF July, 1891" Rejected-yeas,
20; nays, "a.
Mr.. Gibson moved to insert wool in Mr.. Aid
richs amendment. Rejected-yeas, 10; nays, 50.
MR.. onAYs SUBSTITUTE REJECTED
Mr.. Gray moved as substitute for Mr..
Aldrich's amendment o section directing the
President, without further legislation, to de-
clare the ports Of the United States free and
open to all the products Of any country
on the American hemisphere upon which no
export duties are imposed whenever and 30
long as the government of such country ad-
mitted to the ports thereof free of all national,
provincial, municipal and other taxes the flour,
corn meal, preserved meats, fish, vegetables,
rice, lumber, agricultural implements ma
chinery, vessels or boats of iron steel or wood
&c.. products of the United States. Rejected
by party vote-yeas rs; nays, 3S.
MR.. ALDRIcHs REcIpRoCIrY AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
Mr.. Aldrchs amendment was then adopted
yeas, 81; nays, %. 1t reads: Section 2-That.
with a view to secure reciprocal trade with
countries producing the following acticles; and
for this purpose and after the first day OF July.
1891 whenever, and 80 often as the President
shall be satisfied that the government of any
country producing and exporting sugars, mo-
lasses, coffee, tea and hides, raw and uncured,
or any of such articles imposes duties or
other exactions upon the agricultural or other
products of the United States which in
view of the free introduction of such sugar.
molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United
States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal
aud unreasonable, he shall have the power, and
it shall be his duty, to suspend, by proclama-
tion to that effect, the provisions OF this act
relating to the free introduction of sugar,
molasses, coffee, tea and hides, the
production Of such country, for
such time as he shall deem lust.
and in such case and during such suspens ion
duties shall be levied. collected and paid upon
ooSoAs "oidSSoSs Souec, tcu uuu ulueS, the
product OF or exported from such designated
country as follows, namely: All sugars not
above No. 13 Dutch standard in color shall
pay duty on their polariscopic test as fol-
lows, namely: All sugars not above
No. IS Dutch standard in color, all tank
bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet Juice.
me.ada, concentrated melaia, concrete and
concentrated molasses, testing by the polari-
scope not above IS degrees, seven-tenths of
one cent per pound; and for every additional
degree or fraction OF degree shown by the
polariscopic test two-hundredths Of one cent
per pound additional.
All sugars above No. IS Dutch standard in
color shall be classified by the Dutch standard
OF color and pay duty as follows, namely: All
sugar above No. IS and not above No. l6 Dutch
standard OF color, cents per pound; all sugar
above No. 16 and not above No. 70 Dutch stand
ard OF color, lX cents per pound.
All sugar above No. 20 Dutch standard Of
color, q cents per pound Molasses testing
above 56 degrees, 4 cents per gnllon. SUGAR
DRAWINGS andr sugar sweepinGs shall be sub-
ject to duty either as molasses or sugar, ss the
case msy be, according TO polariscopic tes..
On coffee, 8 cents per pound. On tea, 10 cents
per pound.
Hides, raw or uncured. whether dry. salted
or picked, Angora goat skins, raw without the
wool, unmanufactured asses' skins rav or nm
manufactured, and skins, excepting sheen
skins, with the wool ON, one and one-haK cent?
per pound 4
Ali tbe democrats voted against Mr.. Aldrichp
reciprocity amendment and only two republi.
cans-Edmunds and Evarts..