Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-19
MOVED SMOOTHLY.
Senate Affairs, for the First
Time in Weeks.
MUCH PROGRESS WITH THE TARIFF.

Rspublicans Secure an Advance In Duties
onsteae. Dressed and Observation-Disclosures
Paees u the Bin Completed and the
Metal Schedule Reached-House Not to
Put Tari1 Riders ON Appropriated Bills,
and the Reason Therefor.
WASHINGTON, May 19-White-winged
peace lowered over the senate. As
result OF the compromise reached at the
drawn battle Thursday night the resolu-
ton to inaugurate longer hours beginning
next Monday, commencing at 10 a. M,
was agreed to and then the senate for the
first time since the tariff debate began set
tied down to real earnest work on the
schedules Of the tariff. For five hours the
consideration was steadily pushed, the re-
suit being that eleven pages of the bill
were disposed gilmore progress than has
been made in the entire three weeks dur
ing which the bill has been considered by
paragraphs. The chemical schedule"
was completed and the ''earth, earthenware
and glass schedule" excepting items 81 to
92 inclusive, which were passed over by
agreement, was finished. Schedule C.
metals and manufactures of ircn and
steel' had been reached, when the senate
at O'Clock went into executive session.
Stone Taken On the Free List.
The Republicans won their first victory
in their efforts to secure higher rates than
those granted by the majority, They in
duced the Democrats to take rough build
ing and monumental stone, limestone,
freestOne, granite, sandstone, etc, from
the free list and place them on the duti-
able list at cents per cubic foot and to
increase the duty on this class Of dressed
stone from 20 to 30 per cent. nd valorem.
The feature of the day was the denial of
half a dozen Republican senators that
any agreement had been reached to allow
the bill to ultimately come to a vote, and
the bold announcement of Messrs. Frye
and Dolph that they stood ready to 90 any
length and Use any parliamentary meth
DDS to defeat the passage of the bill.
A Few of the Rates That Were Fixed.
Some OF the rates agreed on during the
day were as follows: Brick, unglazed, %
per cent; fire brick. 81 per ton; lime, so
cents per 100 pounds: plaster Of paris,
ground, 81 per ton; plaster of paris, cal
cined, s1.25; clays. unwrought, 81 per ton:
clays, wrought, g per ton; cast polished
glass, looking glass, etc, not exceeding "a
by 60 square inches. % cents per square
foot; above that, IS cents; spectacles 40
per cent; marble, rough, so cents per cubic
foot; marble. dressed, s. cents per cubic
foot; marble manufactured, 45 per cent;
granite and other building stone, rough,
IL cents; dressed, 30 per cent; grindstones,
IL per cent roofing states, p per cent.
No Tariff Riders in the Hous,.
The tariff managers of the house have
IN n Ca RI bar
ward offsett:ng the tariff increases in
sugar and other tariff amendments by
riders to appropriation bills. The purpose
had been to amend the legislative appro-
priation by a provision making sugar
free. Breckenridge of Arkansas, of the
ways and means committee. recently pro-
posed new regulation permitting tariff
amendments TO the appropriation bills.
Sayres, of the appropriation committee,
and Cary of Texas introduced similar bills
These various rules went to the commit
tee on rules, were they have not been
acted on. Notwithstanding this fact, the
Legislative appropriation bill is up. and it
will be passed without any tariff riders.
Doesn't Apply to Bonnties.
In deciding on this course the tariff Lead
ers in the house concluded that it would
be unwise to take any step which might
embarrass the tariff bill as whole in the
senate. They say, however, that the in
PRODUCTION of the Brock inridge rule had
the effect of influencing the Louisiana
sugar convention to take conservative
action. Having accomplished this much
the house leaders do not think it advisable
to openly contest on sugar until the senate
goes further along on the bill. This con-
clusion applies to sugar duties, but not to
the bounty. 1t is said that abolition of
the bounty may he taken up without a
new rule, as it is the privilege of any MEM
Der to Offer u bounty Amendment