Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-06
AT THE CAPITAL.
The Congressional Mill Grind
ing Away.
Good Headway Made With the
Tariff Bill.
The Free List Disposed of-VariOus
Amendments Made.
The Breckinridge- Clayton Election Case
Decided-The Seat Declared
Vacant-Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches. l

consideration of the free list proceeded
with.
Vance moved to strike out the provis-
ion relating to animals imported special
ly for breeding purposes, and substitute
proviso to require that the animals be
pure blooded of a recognized breed, with
record of pedigree. etc. The motion was
defeated-yeas, %; nays, So.
The senate then went back to the
paragraph relating to gloves, which
Plumb had yesterday moved to amend
by striking out the additional rate on
mems gloves. The motion was defeated
-22 to 80, Plumb being the only Repub-
lican who voted yea.
Quay moved to insert in the free list
wild animals intended for geological col
lections for scientific and educational
purposes. Agreed to.
Plumb moved to strike hides, raw or
uncured, off the free list. Defeated
yeas, 10; nays, 20. All the affirmative
votes were Republican.
Hoar moved to insert in Paragraph
3S9 (allowing the free importation of
books for colleges, educational and re-
ligious societies, etc. the words: cor
by any college, academy school or sem
mary of learning in the United States, in
its own behalf or in behalf of any of it's
professors or teachers" Agreed to.
Paragraph 545, putting fish on the
free list, was laid aside without action.
Davis moved to insert binding twine
on the free list; and Vance moved to
amend the amendment by adding cotton
bagging. Vance's motion was defeated
Paddock being the only Republican
voting aye. The question recurring on
Davis amendment, Jones, of Arkansas,
moved to add the words: ''burlaps and
bags for grain. made of burlaps." Re
jected. The Republicans who voted aye
were: Allen, Mitchell and Plumb ;
neither Ingalls,, Manderson nor Paddock
voted. Davis amendment was then
agreed to-yeas, So; nays, Is. All
the Democrats, except Blodgett, voted
aye, in company with the following
named Republicans: Allen, Allison,
Cullom, Davis, ingalls,, Mcmillan, Man
derson, Mitchell, Moody, Pierce, Plumb
Power. Sawyer, Spooner, and Washburn.
The negative votes were given by Aid
rich, Blodgett, Cameron. Chandler,
Dawes, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Hawley,
Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Platt, Quay,
Sherman, Stewart, Stockbridge and
Wolcott. Paddock stated at subsequent
stage of the proceedings that he was un-
ayoidably absent when the vote was
taken on Davis's amendment, but if he
had been present, he would vote for it,
as he had done yesterday.
Vance moved to insert in free list,
timber, hewn and sawed, squared and
Csdod onI coxvaI hoo rIo ,11o be
other lumber of hemlock, white wood,
sycamore, white pine and Eastwood.
Manderson moved to strike out of the
amendment the words, "hemlock, white
wood, sycamore and basswood."
After considerable discussion, Mander-
sons amendment to Vests motion was
rejected-yeas, paddock, Plumb and
Washburn) nays, IS.
Vests motion was also rejected, In
gals, Manderson, Paddock and Plumb
voting yea.
Plumb moved to insert in the free list
lumber, sawed boards, planks and other
lumber of white pine. Rejected-yeas,
%; nays, SO; the Nebraska and Kansas
senators again voting with the Demo
Gratis.
Paragraph 211 in the schedule relating
to sawed boards was taken up. The
committee amendments were agreed to
also an amendment offered by Aldrich
to place duty of % per cent. ad valo-
rem on posts, railroad ties and telegraph
poles of cedar.
On motion of Plumb the duty on pine
clapboards was reduced from 50 to 81 per
thousand.
Consideration of the free list was re-
sumed. The committee amendment
putting mica on the free list was reject
ed. Mica was then restored in Para
graph 1876, at the rate of 35 per cent. ad
valorem.
Paragraph 625 and the free list was,
on motion of Carlisle, modified so as to
read: "All mineral waters not artifi-
cial."
Quay moved to strike out of the free
list paragraph 665, sulphate of quinia
and all alkaloids or salts of Cinchona
bark.
The motion to strike quinine out of
the free list was defeated-yeas, Is,
nays, 3S. Following is the vote in
detail:
Yeas-Aldrich, Cameron, Chandler,
Dawes, Edmunds, Hawley, Hiscock,
Mcmillan, Moody, Platt, Quay, Sawyer
Stewart, Stockbridge, Wilson, Iowa J
is.
Nays-Allen, Allison, Barbour, Hale,
Berry, Blodgett, Butler, Carlisle, Cock
rell, Colquit, Cullom, Eustis, Evarts,
Faulkner, Frye, Gibson, German, Gray,
Hale, Harris, Hearst, Higgins, Ingalls,,
Mitchell, Morgan, Paddock, Plumb,
Pugh, Power, Ransom, Sherman,
Spooner, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walthall,
Washburn-38.
The committee amendment placing
sponges on the free list, went over until
tomorrow.
Paragraph 703, putting sugars, not
above No. 13, on the free list, also went
over without action.
Paragraph 713, placing tin ore and tin
on the free list, was amended, on motion
of Aldrich, by adding the words: "Until
January l, 1892, but not thereafter"
Consideration of the free list having
been concluded, some of the preceding
paragraphs were taken up again and
modified.
Aldrich gave notice OF committee
amendments, including one imposing
duty (after January 1, 1922 of cents a
pound on black oxide of tin, and on bar,
block and pig tin.
Adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The Seat Of Breckinridge, of Arkansas,
Declared Vacant.