The National tribune., 1894-05-24
CONGRESS.
Abstract Of the More Important
Proceedings of Both Houses.
TUESDAY, MAY Is,

In the Senate, the tariff bill was taken up.
The pending paragraph-12 of the second
section, page of the bill. "chloral hydrate. Is
per cent."-was passed without opposition
also, the next, "chlorofOrm," and the next,
"coal-tar colors."
Mr.. Quay suggested that oxide of cobalt
dutiabe at 90 per cent under the Jones amend
ment was now subject to a specific duty of 80
cents, the equivalent of 90 per cent Ho asked
that 25 cents specific be substituted for 20 per
cent. Mr.. Jones accepted the substitute.
The amendment restoring the House rate on
coloring for brandy, wine, beer and other liquors
| $50 per cent? was adopted, also the Jones
amendment transferring from the free list and
! making dutiable at 10 per cent. drugs, such as
| barks BEANS berries, balsams buds, bulbs, bull
| bous roots, excrescences fruit, flowers, dried
fbers, dried insects, grains gums and gum resin,
herbs, leaves, lichens, moses, nuts. roots and
stems, spices, vegetables, seeds aromatic seeds
of morbid growth, weeds and woods used ex-
pressly for dyeing, if not edible. but which are
advanced in value or condition by refining
grinding or other process Of manufacture.
The Jones amendments increasing the duty
on sulphuric ether from 80 to 40 cents, nitrous
ether from 90 to 25 cents, and fruit others, oils
or essences from 81 to So were agreed to.
On the next item-lcorice in its various
forms-the House rate was cents per pound.
The Finance Committee reduced it to cents
and the Jones amendment reduced the House
rate.
The following Jones amendments, placing
an additional duty of 30 per cent. on calcined
magnesia, placing duty on EPSON salts of ono
fifth of one cent and reducing the duty on
morphia from IS to so cents per ounce, were
also agreed to.
In the House, the Naval appropriation bill
was taken up.
The Chairman stated the pending question to
be the substitute offered by Mr.. Cummings last
Saturday to the amendment OF Mr.. Maddox, of
Georgia The 1atter's amendment provided
that no part of the appropriations for the Naval
Academy should be used for the support or
education of cadets who were not residents of
the district they represented, thus dismissing
from the Academy 80 or 40 cadets. Mr. Cum
mings's substitute for this amendment, pro-
viding that hereafter no cadet should be APP
pointed who was not resident of the Congress
sional District he is appointed to represent,
was agreed to-107 to 68.
Mr.. Cummings offered another amendment,
which provides that every member and dele
gate whose district is now represented at the
Naval Academy by cadet who is not a resi-
dent of the district should be permitted before
Aug ], 1884, to nominate cadet for the
Academy, and that such cadets when appointed
should be in addition to the number of cadets
at the Academy, except that but one cadet
should be appointed from the State of South
Dakota at large.
When the paragraph relative to armor plate
and armament was reached Mr.. Meiklejohn
offered amendment providing for the ap-
pointment by the Speaker of select commit
tee of nine members, with full powers to in
vestigate the alleged armor frauds by the Car
negie Steel Company, or Carnegie, Phipps
Co., and the assessments made against the
companies by the President.
The bill was passed.
Consideration of the Agricultural bill took
up the rest OF the day.