The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-28
In the House.

WASHINGTON, May 27-McKinley, of Ohio.
submitted a conference report,upon the customs
administration bill.
McMillin, of Tennessee, one OF the conferees.
said he declined to agree to the report for the
reason that he believed the bill would increase
taxation. Outside of the sugar schedule the
tariff bill increased the duties TO an average OF
So per cent. The pending measure would raise
the average to between go and 20 per cent. This
would result In preventing imports, closing the
custom houses and the destruction of com
MERGE
Mckinley said the measure was substantially
the bill recommended by the secretaries Of the
treasury for the last three administrations and
practically the same as the Mills bill. 1t was
bill not to increase the rates OF duty but to pre-
vent frauds upon the revenue. The conference
report was adopted, yeas, II; nays, IL, the
speaker pro TEN. counting a quorum. The
Democrats as rule refrained from voting. The
House then went into committee of the whole
on the river and harDor appropriation bill.
| Some minor amendments were offered and re-
! jected.
Mr., Creary raised the point of order against
| those portions of the bill which prescribed a
penalty for the maintenance of obstructive
bridges across navigable streams.
| Pending decision the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
! Culom offered a resolution calling on the
secretary of the treasury for information as to
the authority under which merchandise in bond
| appraised or unappraiSed and goods of domes-
! tic origin. are permitted TO be forwarded be-
| tween the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the
| United States over the Canadian Pacific rail-
| ROAD, etc. Also 10 report Dy Wn9t authority
merchandise, other than the products of con-
tiguouS countries. is permitted to enter the
United States under consular seal and proceed
| to its destination without entry or examination
at the port of first arrival. There was, he said
/ evidence of Irregularities and that the country
was probably losing some of its revenue. The
resolution went over until tomorrow. The
Senate then resumed consideration Of the i'm
ported liquors bill, the question being on the
substitute reported yesterday from the judiciary
committee.
Coke argued against the constitutional right
| back to the states
| George supported the bill.
Eustis said the effect of the passage of the bill
would be the states would be coming to Con-
| gress soon and asking permission to exclude
cotton seed oil, dressed beef and other articles,
and thus finally build up an impenetrable wall
about their borders against products from for
| eign countries and other states. He was a
states right Democrat of the strictest sort and
| in favor of the states exercising to unlimited
extent the rights which they had reserved, but
the powers which they had lodged in the federal
government, and lodged wisely, he wanted the
federal government to exercise exclusively.
| After further debate the bill went over until
tomorrow.
| The Vice-President announced the appoint
ment of Blackburn as a member of the commit
tee on appropriations and Carlisle as member
| of the committees on finance, territories and
woman suffrage.
| A conference report on the bill to simplify the
| law in relation to the collection of revenue was
presented and agreed to. After executive ses-
sion adjourned.