Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17


er amendments offered by Mr.. Aldrich
which were agreed to are the following:
Declaring that all special taxes shall be-
come due on July /, 1891, and on every
first day of July thereafter. Making
the proviso in paragraph 457 quitting
on the free list animals imported spe-
ciallv for breeding prrposesl apply only
to females. Filling the blanks for the
dates on which duties shall be levied
on articles exempted from duty as Octo-
Der l, 1890. Inserting paragraph plac-
maple syrup and duty of 10 per cent.
on glass beads, loose, unthreaded or
strung. The committee amendment, to
paragraph 7O3, placing upon the
free list all sugars not above
Is Dutch standard (which had been
passed over without action) was
ta~en up. The amendment to substi-
tute No. 13 for Is was agreed to-yeas
IS, nays %. Mr.. Plumb offered an
amendment for the appointment of a
commission Of five disinterested per-
sons, to be known as the customs com
mission, with a permanent Office in the
city of Washington. Agreed to-yeas
81, nays 30. The bill was then reported
TO the Senate, and all the amendments
that had been adopted in commit
tee OF the whole were agreed to in
the Senate, except those on which sep
arate votes were demanded. The first
of them was Mr.. Plumb's amendment
for a customs committee, which was
agreed to-yeas 81, nays 49, Mr. Daniel
demanded separate vote on the COM
mittee amendment striking out the in
| ternal revenue sections in relation to
! tobacco. The amendment was agreed
to, and the sections were struck out
yeas SO, nays %. The next vote
was on the reciprocity amend
the finance committee 1t was
agreed to-yeas 38, nays 20. The next
vote was on the amendment to para
graph 703, lowering the sugar standard
to be admitted free of duty from No. Is
to No. -. 1t was agreed to-yeas SO,
nays "a. The bill was read the third
| time and the question was stated to be,
"Shall the bill pass ?" Mr.. AldIch
| thereupon moved an adjournment. It
was ordered that hereafter the daily
sessions of the Senate shall begin at IL
A. NJ.
WEDNESDAY, Sept 1O.-The Senate
passed the tariff bill by vote of 40 to
20. A conference committee was APP
pointed, and there is little doubt that
the amendments made by the Senate
will be promptly agreed to by confer
ence of members Of both Houses, after
which the bill will 60 to the President
for his signature. The six hours clos
ing debate to-day was opened
by Mr.. Hoar. After speeches by
Messrs. Hiscock, Turpie, Gibson,
Vest, Vance and Jones New
the vote was taken and the bill was
passed-yeas 40, nays 90, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair,
Cameron, Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Da
Wis, Dawes, Dixon, Evarts, Frye, Haw-
ley, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Jones
New, Mcmillan, Henderson, Mitch
f Plum h00'y po Tsaa0'k ou nlsf0e s sn1l
ers, sawyer, sherman, spooner.
Squire, Stewart, Stock bridge, Teller,
Washburn, Wilson Qa.), Wo1cott- 40.
Nays-Barbour, Bate, Berry, Black
burn, BIodgett, Butler, Carlisle, Cock
rell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Faulkner,
German, Gray, Harris, Hearst, Jones
ARK. J, Kenna, Morgan, Pasco, Pugh,
Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest,
Voorhees,, Walthall, Wilson md. )-29.
The following pairs were announced,
first named in each couple being in ia
vor of the bill: Messrs. Dolph and
and Payne, Hale and Mcpherson,
Gibson, Pettigrew and Call. Mr.. AL
dricb moved that the Senate insist on
it's amendments to the House bill and
ask for committee of conference.-the
cOnferen ce to consist of seven on each
side The motion was agreed 20, and
Messrs. Aldrich, Sherman, Allison, His
Geek, Mcpherson, Vance and Carlisle
were appointed conferees on the part
of the Senate.
THURSDAY, Sept. lin the Senate,
to-day, on motion of Mr.. Plumb, the
conference report on the railroad land
forfeiture bill was taken up. Mr.. Nor
for the benefit of all the land grant
roads. A House bill for the sale of GER
tain lands for school purposes in the
town Of Pelican, Wis, was reported
from the committee on public landsand
placed on the calendar. Senator Plumb
to-day reported favorably from the pub
lie lands committee bill declaring that
railroad land grants shall not be held to
include land containing valuable depos
its of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, or
other metal, unless the same be speci
fed in the grant.
FRIDAY, Sept. 12.-Senator Morgan
continued his argument against the con-
ference report on the railroad land for
lecture Ull tuIS mOTulIlS. AltoI uo udU
spoken about two hours, the Senate was
addressed by Mr.. Sanders in favor of the
report. Without concluding his argu-
ment Mr.. Sanders yielded for a motion
to proceed to executive business. Sen
ator Voorhees, was put on the tariff
bill conference committee instead of
Senator Mcpherson, who is indisposed.
On motion of Mr.. Washburn, House
bill to authorize the construction of
bridge across the Mississippi River at
Winona, Mimi, was taken from the
calendar and passed with verbal
amendment). At the suggestion of Mr..
Edmunds, it was agreed that one hour
be given each day, after the routine
morning business, to bills on the calen-
dar unobjected to.
SATURDAY, Sept. 13.-Mr Quay offered
the usual resolutions of sorrow and con-
dolence in regard to the death Of Sam
uel J. Randall, and proceeded to ad-
dress the Senate. Further eloquent
tributes by Senators Daniel, Cullom,
Blackburn, Morgan, Gibson and His
cock followed and then as a further