The morning call., 1890-08-20
HOAR'S AMENDMENT.
The Election Bill to Come
Before the Senate.
Proceedings in the House for The Present
Week Decided Upon.
The act to Assist Agricultural Colleges
The Act TO Assist Agricultural Colleges
PaSSed-The Native Sons Invitation to
Be Presented 10 Harrison To-Day.
Special Dispatches to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON, Aug 19.-In the Senate
this morning the presiding officer presented
the resolution submitted yesterday by
Quay for a change of rules so as to
have the vote on the Tariff Bill taken on
the 30th of August. and to postpone till
next session all other legislative business
except the several classes of bills as speei-
fed therein.
Hoar said he desired to address the SEN
ate on the subject, but would prefer to do
so tomorrow.
The resolution went over till tomorrow.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Plumb, nstructing the Committee on Rules
TO issue orders that will prevent the sale or
drinking of SprituOus or malt liquors in the
Senate wing of the Capitol, was taken up,
and after some discussion went over.
The Senate bill granting the right of way
through certain lands of the United States
in Utah, and the House bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to procure and
submit to Congress proposals for the sale to
the United States of the western part of the
Crow Reservation in Montana, were taken
up, amended and passed.
The Tariff Bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on Plumb's amend
ment red ucing the duty on tin plate from
2-10 cents to l cent per pound, and allow
ing bounty of cent per pound on Ameri-
can tin plate.
After discussion the amendment was
withdrawn with the privilege of reintro-
ducton.
Mcpherson offered an amendment, the
effect of which would be to place tin plate
on the free-list. Rejected.
Spooner offered an amendment providing
that after the LIST of October, 1896, tin plates,
lighter in weight than siXty-three pounds
per hundred square feet, shall be admitted
free, unless it shall appear to the President
that an aggregate quantity of such plates
produced in the United States during any
Of the five years preceding has equaled one
third of the quantity imported and entered
for consumption in that year.
SpoonerS amendment went over till to-
morrow, and the next paragraph of the bill,
referring to sheet iron or sheet Steel, pol
ished, planished or glanced, taxing it pa
cents per pound. aud to taggers' iron, tax
ing 1t u cent per pound additional, passed
without amendment
The next paragraphs, referring to tin
plates, terne plates and taggers' tin, and TO
steel ingots, were agreed to with committee
amendments.
The paragraph as to cutlery having been
reached, Mcpherson moved an amendment
10 strike out the classification by value and
specific rates, and the market duty on PEN
knives and pocket-kniyes Of 45 per cent ad
yalorem.
Cullom made strong speech in favor of
the protective tariff system. AT the con-
clusiUn of Cullom's speech, the cutlery
amendment went over without action, and
the bill was laid aside.
Hoar gave notice of two amendments,
which he would offer tomorrow, to Quay's
resolution. One was a resolution for
change of rules, which he had offered on
the 9th inst, providing that when bill or
resolution shall have been considered q
reasonable time it shall be in order for any
| Senator to demand that debate thereon be
| closed. The other amendment was to in
| clude, in the legislative business to be taken
up this session. the Federal Election Bill.
and to provide that Immediately after the
Tariff Bill shall be disposed of, the Election
Bill shall be taken up for consideration and
shall remain before the Senate every day
for three days, after the reading of the
Journal, to the exclusion of all other bust
ness, and that September 9Th. at 2 o'clock,
voting shall begin thereon. and pending
amendment shall continue from day to day
to the exclusion of all other business until
the bill be disposed of. Adjourned.