Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-28
Most Stirring of All Scenes in the
House this Session.
G. o. P. Quarrel-A Double Fight-Vul-
gar Epithets Exchanged, the Lie
Given, Followed by Blows.
Prize Ring Rules Needed-Cannon and Mason,
Illinois; Wilson, Washington; Beck
with, New Jersey, Principals
Ii. CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The resolu-
ton heretofore offered by Mr.. Plumb in :
struoting the committee on rules to issu
such orders as Will wholly prevent the
sale Of spirituous, vinous and malt
liquors in the senate wing Of the capital
was taken up, the first question being on
Mr.. Buffers amendment directing the
sergeant-at-arps to make q daily in
spection Of the committee rooms and
other apartments.
Mr.. Hawley expressed regrets at But
ler's absence, because the amendment,
satire or joke. He protested against
putting on record anything so offensive.
The amendment was rejected.
The next question was on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Blair, to add the
words land their use as q beverage. -
Mr.. Blair said the great evil was not in
the sale of liquors, but i'll their consump-
ton. 1t was idle to talk of selling an oc-
casonal glass of liquor in the restaurant
while the real evil was omitted. The
real evil was the consumption of liquor
by senators in their committee rooms.
Mr.. Harris remarked the committee on
rules had complete jurisdiction over the
senate wing of the capitol, and he was
inclined to think the best policy would be
to let the resolution and amendment go
to the committee OH rules, which would,
he had no doubt, give prompt attention
to the matter and determine what ought
to be done.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Teller,
Sherman and Frye against the amend
ment, and then on motion of Mr.. Sher-
man the amendment was referred to the
committee on rules.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
question being on the substitute offered
by Mr.. Mcpherson yesterday for sched-
uld d, wood and manufactures of wood.
Mr.. Davis addressed the senate. He
thought the tariff bill was, IN its general
aspect, wisely devised measure, and
he should critIcise it, not in its entirety
but in the hope of modification of some
of its items. He thought 1t should be
amended IN the direction OF
reciprocity as to secure to Amer
lean farmers trade with foreign
nations, especially with South America,
Central America, Mexico and the West
Indies; but there was one item in the
bill of extraordinary Importance to the
people of Minuesota-that was the item
OF binding Irvine. In his opinion that
article should go on the free list, and
should be subject to no duty or tax
whatever.
Passing from this special subject, Mr..
Davis addressed himself TO the
"desirability of unrestricted CONNER
cial relations with our sister republics to
the SOUTH He would, he said, retain
the duty on sugar as an instrument of
persuasion to the enlargement of Amer
lean foreign trade, by remitting the duty
as consideration. Therefore he would
impose duty on coffee to the
same end. AS to wool, he would
give the American farmer the full
est protection in the kinds of
woods raised, but If it was found AmerI-
can farmers could not or would not pro-
duce the coarse woods of Argentine Re-
public he would retain the coarse woods
of South America as a basis of negotia-
zion Tor reciprocity that would create q
market in that country for the
product of farms and factories OF the
United States. He would adopt
the same policy as to hides, rubber,
cocoa, cabinet woods and many other
articles. He would also adopt q retalia-
tory measure against France, Germany
and England for their exclusion of Amer
icau meat productions. That would be
true protection to the American farmer;
1t would remedy mainly the objecrionaI
features of the bill; it would place the
measure beyond the reach of charge;
that there was not section or line in
the entire bill that would open
market for another bushel of wheat
or another barrel of pork. Reciprocity
with Central and South American states
would aid American shipping interests
more than all the lavish subsidies could
possibly do; it would aid them upon the
questionable basis of furnishing cRrgoes
for ships to carry. Why should the pro-
tective policy be limited to the home
market? Americans could not forever
live and grow rich off one another. The
home market was so completely pos
sessed that in a conflict of interests
every princlple of protection
had been in many instances self-thwsrt-
ing and contradictory. Americans were
now prepared to engage in a foreign
trade which would be greater than all
they had before the war, when they were
the foremost maritime nation in the
world.
Mr.. Mcpherson g substitute for the
wood schedule, and some amend
some of its paragraphs, went
over without action, leaving the whole
schedule still open. The sugar schedule
" as also passed over informally, and the
tobacco schedule F was taken up. Mr..
Vance offered an amendment to reduce
the duty on leaf tobacco suitable for
cigar wrappers, IL not stemmed, from 81
per pound to seventy-five cents, and IL
stemmed from S2.75 to 81 per pound.
Rejected.
Mr.. Pasco offered an amendment
to the proviso in paragraph 227. The
amendment is that if 10 per cent,
instead of any portion Of tobacco import
ed in any bale, box or package. shall be
suitable for cigar wrappers the whole
quantity shall be outiable as cigar
wrappers. Rejected.
No amendment was offered to any Of
the four other paragraphs of the tobacco
schedule. Schedule G., agricultural pro-
ducts and provisions, was reached. Para
graph ESQ in that schedule was, on
motion of Mr.. Aldrich, made to read
/" sheep one year old or more Sl.5o pc