Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-22
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THE TARIFF BILL PASSES.
Iced ahd wool All hight Spirited Scenes
in the House Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, MAY %. -- Immediately
after the expiration Of the moruing hour
tile house went into committee of the
whole for the considerations of the tariff
/ bill, and the scene which then nu,ucd
wounj be 1itiru5t 51 dts,,ir1 It Was
literally paidemOnit,ut.
Tie object of members on both sides
OF the house seemed to be to vie with
each other to see who could create the
most noise and confusion rather than to
give any consideration to the tariff Mr..
Mckinley tried to say something, but it
was impossible for the reporters in the
gallery to hear enough of what he said
to tell whether he was appealing for
order or defending his bill. Scores of
members were on their feet at the same
time, all shouting at the tops of their
voices and gasticulating wildly, but the
cheers, laughter and cries of ''louder," ,"
which came from every part of the house,
so completely drowned their voices that
it was impossible to understand a word
of what was said. No attention what
ever was paid 70 the recogDitlons of the
chairman, and no respect gwen to the
rules. General uproar seemed to be the
order of the house, and after an hour
spent in the midst OF Confusion worse
coniounded," the committee rose and re-
ported the bill back to the house.
The previous question on engrossment
and third reading of the bill and amend
ment was ordered by vote of yeas, 16l, ,
nays, l43. H. D. Coleman, of Louisiana,
and Featherstone were the only RepubIi-
cans voting in the negative. On the vote
ordering the previous question Adams, OF
Illinois, and Butterworth, of Ohio, re-
Trained from voting.
The house then resumed consideration
of the amendment agreed to in committee
OF the whole.
The committee amendment to restore
jute yarns from 80 per cent, as in the bill,
to 30 per cent, the present rate, was re-
jected; yeas, 49, nays 144. The effect
is to reduce the duty per cent by taking
advantage of misprint in the first Dem
Ocratic victory so far.
Amendments were then read in detail.
The first amendment on which vote vas
one changing the phraseology
OF the tin plate clause, was adopted by a
narrow margin yeas 100, nays l4s.
The next vote WAS equally close, but
this time the Democrats were victorious,
the amendment fixing the duty on jute
yarn at As per cent being defeated yeas
l43, nays 144. The duty as fixed by the
bill is so per cent.
The next amendment, that of bringing
Russia camels hair into class OF wool
schedules, was agreed to; yeas l43, nays
1888.
The amendment providing that the duty
on woolen and worsted yarns valued at
not less than 80 cents per pound shall be
two and one-half times the duty on I'M
washed wool in the first class and 80 per
cent ad valorem. Rejected; yeas 1877,
nays l4S.
The bill now fixes the duty at twice the
duty on unwashed wool of the first class
and 35 per cent ad valorem.
The vinegar amendment, adopted last
night in committee of the whole, was
adopted by vote of 164 to 1873.
Carlisle introduced resolution to re-
commit the bill to the ways and means
with instructions.
The Carlisle resolution was defeated,
l64 to 140.
The tariff bill passed by strict party
vote, with the exception of Coleman, OF
Louisiana, who voted with the Democrats
in the negative. Butterworth voted yea
vote. Yeas, 1862; nays. 142,