The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-05-31
FlFTI-FIRST CONGRESS.
House.

W EDNEsDAY. MAY 2l.-ImmedlatelN
after the House met it went into COM
mittec of the whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Baker N.Y. }, offered an amendment
providing that all articles Of importation
into the United States. whether EN-
braced in the free list or otherwise.
shall be subject Ia, and pay no less rate
OF duty than is or may he imposed by
the country of export on Ike articles
exported into the | nitcd States. This
amendments he saiti. was in the
interest III good government. Mr.
Farquhar n. ", protested upon
the amount Of protection given to bar
ley; and Mr.. Bliss Mich character
lied the bill as the best measure which
had ever been presented to Congress.
During this brief discussion the House
was IN a turmoil The demands of the
chair for order were unhecdcd, the
rules # the committee were Disregard
ed, and each speaker as he arose w;iS
greeted with calls uf "fiou.lcr." and
with laughter, The chairman ustd his
best cndeaNuf 10 secure quiet. but
he was absolutely unable TO qucll the
uproar. In the midst of the confusion
the hour of noon arrived, and in accor-
dance with the special rule adopted.
and without a Vote being reached
on Mr. Bakers amendment, the com
mittee rose and reported the bill to the
House. Mr.. Mckinley demanded the
previous question on the bill and amend
ments. The Democrats demanded the
yeas and nays, and the previous q,icS-
ton WAS craercd--vcas l6l, havs rs
The llr,ist then considered the amend
mentS agreed To in committee of the
whole. The first amendment upon which
aseparate vote was demanded was that
changing the phraseology OF the tin
. late .I, ,,,I - nj.
lN; NAYS, l49. \ committee amend
ment to restore jute yarns from 80 per
cent as in the bill to - per cent-the
present rate-was rejected; yeas, 1i:i
nays, Ia. BY a vote Of yeas 143, nays
IS, the House agreed To the amendment
which embraces Russian ,,amels'
hair in class ; uf the wool schedule
The amendment providing that on
WOODEN and Worsted goods and all man
ufactures of wool and worstcd not 9th
erWisc provided for. valued at not more
than 80 cents per pound, there shall be
imposed Il duty of three times the duty
imposed on pound of unwashcd
wool of the first class, and 40 per
cent. al Va!orem, was re lectcd-ycas
l43; navs, l46. This leaves the
duty at twice the duty on un-
washed wool and iOrcr cent. ad Nii"rein.
The amendment To the paragraph i'm
posing Il duty of ~ per cent al yalorem
on all manufactures of silk. not special
~ provided for, providing that all such
manufactures Of which wool or hair Of
the camel goat or other like animals is
a component material shall be classi
fled as manufactures Of wool, MAS
agreed to-yeaS. l15; NAYS. ~ The
vinegar amendment adopted last night
in committee Of the whole WAS
agreed to-yeas. lt4; nays. l3S. Thlf
was the last amendment, and the en-
grosSment and third reading of the bill
having been ordered Mr.. Carlisle KY
offered the following amendment: Re
solved that the pcutlin" bill he recon-
mittcd to the committee on ways and
means, with instructions to report the
same back to the House at the earliest
possible day, SO amended by substitute
or otherwise aS to reduce the rev
enues of the government hy re
ducing the burden of taxation on
the people, instead Of reducing the du
tics by imposing prohiht"ry rates of
taxation upon imported goods. The
resolution Was dcieated--yeas, 40; nays,
lO4. The bill was then pass"d--ycaS.
l6i; nays. l42-anid applanS" on both
sides of the house. the Democratic al-
plausc being l"rl-iyc in its character.
The speaker appointed I. i. Taylor
o.. Stewart VT. AMI E!aml rs coli
tcrces on the antitrust till.
THrRsDhY, May .2-Thc House in
committee of the whole considered the
river and harb"r appropriation bill. Mr..
Henderson III. J. chairman of the com
that it appropriated $50 9:,2 eco. based
upon the estimates ag@rcgatlng $50, Nn,-
600. After a short debate tn"
committee rose Mr.. Quinn n
W, Introduced bill re-
ducing to | cent an ounce or fraction
thereof the postage on drop letters in
cities of 100000 inhabitants or over.
Mr.. nunnelI Mimi. from the commit
tee on census, reported blti amend
atory of th" census act, and il WAS
ii was passed. 1t prcscrihcs Il penalty
on any supervisor or cnumerator Nho
shall receive, or any person shall
pay any fee or other consideration
in addition Ia the compensation of such
supervisor or cnumerator.
FRIDAY, May 23.-Rcprcsentatiyr Nc
Crcary. of Kentucky. to-day introduced
Il bill to provide for the survey OF an in
] tcr-contincntal railway. 10 connect North
and South America. The river and har-
Dor bill was considered in House com
mittcc of the whole. When the lxra
@raphs appropratlng S.NU.hp for the
construction of the Illinois x Mississippi
4 tllcnnepin1 Canal were reached. Mr..
Turner tGa. made the point of order
that the committee on rivers and har-
bors had no jurisdiction over canals.
Pending Il decision the committee rose,
4 and the House then took Il recess, the
evening session Ia be for consideration
of private pension bills.
SATrRptl. Nav 24-RcpreScntativc
4 O'Nicl, Of Pennsylvania, to-day reported
TO the House tayorably the bill proV!d
+ ing for the erection Of Il monument at
+ PUTIN BAY. O.. commemorative of Com
rlodore Oliver Hazard Perry and those
/ who participated IL the naval battle ot
I Lake Erie >eptcmher 10. lSl5. Repre-
sentative Wade. Of Missouri. to-day IN
! troduccd Il bill providing that the pay ol
. lettcr-carritr~, after three wears service
+ in first class pu~t-otiicvS. snail bc SI.2Ou
/ per annum. and after two wears
service in second, lass post-oticc. 81 .e1N
/ per annum The House in committee
4 Of the whole considered the river and
harhor bill. The pending question being
+ the point of order against the llennep!n
/ canal proposition. After an argument
by Mr.. Rogers Ark IN opposition 70
the point of orlei tne chairman rem
dered his decision, oVerruing il. Mr..
Turner GA moved to strike out the
provision for the Iiennepln canal. Ait"r
debate the motion to strike
out was lost-5o 10 l22. On
motion of MIR Henderson tEli.t an
amendments was adopted reducin" from
So.oon,rn to 81 .o00.Hr the appropriation
for the Improvement OF the Mississippi
River from the head OF the passes to the
mouth Of the Ohio River. Pending fur
ther action The committee arose. Pub
lie business was then suspended and the
House proceeded IL pay tribute To the
memory of the late David Nilhcr. of
New York. After eulogi~tic addresses
the House adjourned.
NoNDAY, May II, The House Was
called To pr,tvr br Clerk Mcpherson.
and on motion Of A'r. Mckinley Mr..
Burrows Mich Wa- elected speaker
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