The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-05-31

Branches.
Washington. May 24.-In the s. nate to-
day Mr. Teller moved to table the tariff
Till The motion was made to test the
sense of the Democratic majority, ana
see if the bill was to be the bill which
the Democratic party intended to pass.
The motion was defeated by a strict
party votes to So. MeSSrS. Hill, lrby
and Kyle voted against Tellcr's motion
Senator Germans speech was the
feature of tfC days session. Mr.. German
and Mr.. Brice have been cited by the
opposition with the joint authorship Of
the compromise amendments which con-
solidatcd the Democratic side, and Mr.
CONAN, especially, has been subjected
to much criticism both in and out of the
q measure to the attacks that had been
made upon him, explaining the necessity
fer the compromise and dehnnS the
theory upon which the modified BILL now
lefCrc the senate was constructed, at
tracted intense interest. 1t was regarded
as an exceedingly able exposition of the
position of the conservatives. Mr. Cor
mans speech furnished the texts for Re
pubicans for the remainder of the day.
HIS statement that a majority of the
senate would support the bill was put
to the test by Mr.. Teller whose purpose
was to "SmCke out any latent Oppose
tiOn on the Democratic side. Mr. Cor
mans statement was justified by the vote,
however, as the Colorado senator's mo-
ton to lay the tariff bill on the table
was met by an unbroken Democratic
front. Both Senator Hill of New York
and Senator lrby, whose positions have
been the subject of gossip from time to
time, voted with their Democratic as
Sociates, as did the three Populists, in
Guiding Mr.. PETER The rates fixed to-
day were as follows:
Railway bars, ""' rails, etc, 7-20 of
cent per pound; black taggers, between
10 and 2O-wire GAUGES, thinner than %,
. L cent; iron and steel plates coated with
zinc or other metals, except tin or terne
plates, IA cent more than rates in pre-
ceeding paragraph. Sheet iron or steel,
polished, l 81 cents per pound.
The house to-day defeated appropria
tionS for a portion of the work of the
civil service commission.
Washington, May 25.-In the senate to-
day the Aldrich amendment to increase
the duty ON tin plate to IL cents per
pound was laid on the tableJ36 to 26.
The Jones tin plate amendment was then
adopted, fixing the duty at l Is cents, as
was also the Jones amendment grading
the duty on steel ingots, blooms, etc, ac-
according to size, value, etc.
The following rates were adopted:
Anchors, II cents per pound; aXles, l ID
cents; anviIs, 1 3-4 cents; blackSmithS'
tools, l II cents; boiler tubes, l 81
cents; bolts, l IL cents; cast iron pipe,
6 of u cent; cast iron vessels, stove
plates, etc, s of cent; mallable cast
iEgs, 8 of cent; cast hollow ware, =
cents; chains, 80 per cent; cutlery, graded
according to value, and averaging about
25 per cent; shot guns and rifles, 30 per
cent.
After clearing the table of some routine
business the house considered the legiS-
lative appropriation bill. The Republic
ans were unsuccessful in their efforts to
amend the pension paragraph so as to
stlike out the 100000 appropriation for
special investigation of alleged frauds.
AIr. Anderson Dem, w. Va tried to
have struck out the provision for contin-
gent expenses of the civil service commits
sion, but was voted down. Mr. Stone
Dem., KGn.) offered an amendment
striking out the provision for assistant at
torneys to defend the government against
war claims. and it was defeated. The
Hayes anti-docking amendment was de-
feated-1O4 to 127. The amendment of
Mr.. EnIOs Dem, TENN striking out the
appropriation for the civil service COM
mission was lost-SO to 15S-amid Re
was then passed.
Washington, May 26-Tn the senate
fhn AlHpich tn SUhS i
tute the Mckinley tariff ON shotguns for
the 30 per cent ad valorem in the senate
bill was laid on the table, as was also
a motion to increase the rate TO As per
cent The rate on shotgups, rifles and
pistols was fixed at 30 per cent. Rates
were then agreed to as follows: Table
and carving knives and forks valued at
more than 81 per dozen, and razor blades,
scissors and shears, wholly or partly
finished, IS per cent; all other table
knives, forks, steelS, ETC., 50 per cent.
Files, file blanks, rasps aud floats of all
cuts and kinds four inches in length and
under, 30 cents per dozen; over four
inches and under nine inches, 20 cents;
over nine inches, 81. The house rate OH
engraved steel plates and railway Gsh
plates (25 per cent ad valorem) were not
changed, The rate on iron and steel
rivetS was Increased from % to 80 per
cent. The Jones amendments were
agreed to fixing the rites on cross-cut
saws at gents per lineal foot mill
saws, 10 cents per foot; pit and drag
saws, s cents; circular and other saws,
% per cent. The rates ON wood screws
were fixed at 80 per cent, and umbrella
ribs, made of iron or steel or other metal,
25 per cent. Paragraph 1856, "Wheels, "
was passed over. The duty on crude
aluminium was fixed at 10 cents per
pound; on bronze powder or aluminium In
the leaf, 40 per cent. The rates on gold
end silver leaf were fixed at 30 per cent.
The rate on metallic pens Except gold
was fixed at s cents; ON pins, and hat
shawl aud belt pins, commercially known
as jewelry, % per cent. The chrOnomH=
ter, 10 per ceut; watches and clocks, %
Ter cent: manufactured articles para.
gr ph I'D not specially provided for in
the bill, composed wholly or in part OF
metal, 80 per cent.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the house went into committee of the
whole for the consideration of 'private
bills.
Washington, May 28,-The senate took
MP the wood schedule to-day and EqaV
cCmpiste it in time to take up the sugar
schedule Tomorrow Late Saturday the
lead paragraph was taken up. During
the cou1se of the debate Senator Hill
made a speech The tariff bill, he said
had never met his views and did no
now. but he was in favor of speedy &C
ton upon it, Mr.. Hill in conclusion de
clared that he proposed to be consistent
to himself in his advocacy of free raw
material and he proposed to place thos,
who were not on record. Mr.. Vest IL
reply explained that the duty fixed was
the rate of the Mills bill: that the cues
ton of duty Oh lead ore was 2 question
between the. miners and the smelter.
representing the lead trust and that al
between the two the committee had dis
eliminated IN favor of the miners. The
vote HilltS rrlntinr, To rnlnno, lnnd