The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-22
THE TARIFF BILL.
The House Passes it by a Strict
Party Vote.
CARLISLE OFFERS A RESOLUTION
To Recommit the Bill to the Committee on
Ways and Means-The Ayes and
Nays in Detail.

WASHINGTON, May 21-When the House first
met this morning and went into committee of
the whole on the tariff Baker, of New York,
offered an amendment providing that all arti
Giles on importation into the United States
whether embraced in the free list or otherwise
shall pay no less rate of duty than that imposed
by the country of export on like articles ex-
ported into the United States.
Butterworth opposed the amendment and
SAID he regretted there was no opportunity to
ascertain concenSuS of opinion on his own side
OF the House touching this bill. Democratic
applause. The committee of the whole has
proceeded along the lines of the bill for num-
Der OF days, then the gentlemen in the committee
of ways and means had taken the floor, held it
with amendments until nearly the last hour so
that amendments which other gentlemen might
desire to submit could not have the considera-
tlon necessary to determine what the concensuS
OF opinion was. TWAS not fixed that the ark of
the Republican covenant was committed to a
1eW and he regretted there had not been that
conference which enable members to prune the
bill.
Brewer, of Michigan, said the time for debate
had been frittered away by the other side He
was IN favor of the bill because it was carrying
out the pledges made to the American people.
lApplauSe.1
All this time the House was in the greatest
| confusion, in the midst of which the hour of
noon arrived. when the committee rose and re-
ported the bill to the House
MCKINLEY demanded the previous question on
| The bill and amendments The Democrats de-
| manded yeas and nays and the previous cues
ton was ordered. Yeas 16l; nays, 49,
The amendments were then read in detail.
ina trst amendment, on which separate vote
was demanded, was one changing the phrase
| ology of the tin plate clause. Adopted by mar
row margin, yeas, $50; nays, 149.
The next vote was equally close, but this time
the Democrats were victorious the amendment
hxlng the duty on jute yarn at 45 per cent.
being defeated, yeas, 143; nays 144. The duty
| as liked by the bill is 80 per cent.
me next amendment, that bringing Russia
camels hair into class of the wool schedule,
was agreed to- yeas, 143; nays, 1873.
The amendment providing that the duty on
wooden and worsted yarns, valued at not more
| than 80 cents per pound, shall be two and a half
| times the duty on unwashed wool if first class,
ana ID per cent. al yalorem, was rejected yeas,
| l37: nays, 14S
The bill now fixes the duty at twice the duty
on unwashed.wool of first class and 30 per cent.
| ad valorem
An amendment providing that on wooden and
| worsted goods and all manufactured wool and
| Worsted, not otherwise provided for. valued at
not more than 30 cents per pound, there shall be
| imposed duty three times the duty imposed on
| pound of unwashed wool of the first class and
| 40 per cent ad valorem Rejected, yeas, 143
nays, IA This leaves the duty at twice the
| duty on urwashed wool and 40 per cent. ad
| valorem The Republicans who voted with the
| Democrats on the wool and worSJed goods and
yarn amendment We're: Anderson, of Kansas
Comstock, DolllVcr, Dunnell, FetherStone
| Flick, Henderson, of Iowa; Kerr of Iowa:
Lacey, Lind, Struble, sweeney and Taylor, OF
/ Illinois.
| An amendment imposing duty of so per cent.
| ad Valorem on all manufactured silk not spec
tally provided for, providing all such manufac-
lures of which wool or hair of camel goat OF
otner like animals is component material ii
shall be classified as manufacturers woods
| Agreed TO, yeas, 155; nays, l42.
| The vinegar amendment adopted last night in
committee of the whole, was adopted, yeas
| l2i; nays, 50. This was the last amendment
| and the engrossment and third reading of the
bill having been ordered Carlisle offered the
| following amendment:
Resolved. That the pending bill be recon-
mltted to the committee on ways and means
| with instructions to report the same back u
| the House at the earliest possible day, sc
| amended as to reduce the revenues of the gov
ment by reducing the burdens OF taxation or
the people, instead of reducing the duties BY
imposing prohibitory rates of taxation upon i'm
ported goods" Democratic applause. De
feated 40 to 1854. Republican applause1
The bill then passed, yeas, 1874; nays, 142
Following is the detailed vote: