The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-05-31
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Second Session.


WASHINGTON, May 22.-SENATE.-The tariff
bill was under consideration Monday. Senator
Jones' on behalf of the democratic majority OF
the senate finance committee, Monday intro
duced the committee revision of the cotton
schedule. The revision changes the rate in
paragraphs $50, 253, 254, 255 263 and 26i. Just
before the senate adjourned a vote was taken
on Senator PETERS amendments to make iron
ore free, and 1t was defeated-46 to 4. All the
republicans and every democrat, Mills and
Vest included, except Hill, voted against it,
while the three popuiists and Senator Hill
voted for it.
HousB-Hon. Paul J. Sorg, Of Middletown,
Mouday qualified as representative in congress
from the Third Ohio district, to fill the unex-
pired term of the late George w. Houk, Of Day.
ton. The house went into committee Of the
whole on the legislative appropriation bill
Mr.. Hayes (dem Ia.) offered an amendment,
which declared that the section which allowed
the docking of members salaries had been
heretofore repealed. Mr.. Dearmond, Of Mis-
souri,, made point of order against the amend-
ment.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-SENATE.-At 1890 q.
m. the tariff bill was taken up in the senate,
the pending question being the amendment Of
fered Tuesday by Mr. Platt Rep., Comm to in
crease the duty on iron ore from 40 to 60 cents
ton. Mr.. Platt advocated its adoption. Mr..
Harris Dem., Tenn..) moved to lay Mr.. Platt's
amendment on the table, and that motion was
carried-yeas 81, nays 21. The question recur-
red on the amendment of the finance committee
placing iron ore on the dutiable list
at forty cents per ton. Agreed to.
The next question was on the Jones
amendment to Paragraph 10, making it read:
Iron in pigs, iron in kentledge, spiegeleizen,
ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, wrought and
cast scrap iron or scrap steel a per ton"
Agreed to. The next item was No. Ill, taxing
oil iron in slabs, blooms other forms more
advanced than pig iron and less finished than
iron in bars, % per cent. ad valorem. Amended
and passed. Items 1l2-115 were also amended
and passed.
HousE-Representative William A. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, of the house judiciary commit
tee, presented Tuesday favorable report on q
bill introduced by him some months ago to
place marshals, district attorneys and clerks
of the United States courts salaries and
abolish the system Of fees by which they have
been paid. The bill fixes the salaries for mar
shals and district attorneys throughout the
United States at $4,000 each and leaves the
compensation of clerks at such sum as the at
torney general shall decide, not exceeding
81 900 per annum.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-SENATE-The senate
made good deal of progress with the tariff
bill Wednesday, When the senate adjourned
the tin plate paragraph was still under discus
sion, and Senator Jones said Wednesday that
he would cut the duty rather than increase it.
The rates fixed were as follows Railway bars,
TallS etC., s--U OF u c6nu per pOunu. DlaCK
taggers, between 10 and 20-wre gauge 7-l0 of
one cent per pound; between 20 and 25-wire
gauge. $40: thinner than % lilo cent: iron and
steel plates, coated with zinc or other metals
except tin or terne plates, Ia cent more than
rates in the preceding paragraph sheet iron
or steel polished, 3-4 cent per pound. The
twenty-ifth page Of the bill was reached, leav-
ing two hundred more to be got over before
the end is attained
HoUsE-No business of Importance transact
ed Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-SENATE--Thursday'
movement in the senate on the tariff bill was
from page % to page 32. The one on which the
portion Of the debate took place was the tin
plate paragraph, and the result was to leave
the duty on tin-plates 1-5 cents per pound
the same as in the house bill. A less extensive
discussion took place over an amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Allen (pop, Neb.) to put barbed
fence wire on the free list. The amendment
was accepted by Mr.. Jones (Ark). on behalf of
the fiaance committee and was incorporated in
the bill with the understanding that it will be
| framed hereafter by the committee in such
| language as will admit all fence wire on the
| same terms. During the morning hour there
| was q discussion Of the resolution offered by
Mr.. Kyle (pop S. D. } on Wednesday announc-
ing policy of non-interference in the political
affairs Of Hawaii The resolution went over
without action.
! HousE-Consideratio Of the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill at the
present stage of legislation was finally con-
cluded in the house Thursday When reported
to the house by the committee of the whole the
changes made had increased the total of appro-
priation carried by the sum of S1S,3A This
was exclusive of the appropriation for the pay
ment of the salaries of members and clerks of
| the civil service commission, amounting to
| S39, $40, which the committee ordered to be
stricken out. That made the amount carried
| by the bill $21 ,lO5, 247 When the bill reached
| the house all the amendments adopted in COM
mittee of the whole were agreed to, and the
| bill was passed. The vote on striking out the
appropriation for the civil service commission
| was rs to 1853.
| WASHINGTON, May 26.-SENATE-In the sem
| ate Friday Senator Kyles Hawaiian resolution
| was called up and discussed until the tariff
| hour, when Senator Harris insisted upon the
regular order Senator Frye protested against
| cutting of debate on the resolution, and Sena-
tor Hoar urged immediate action. Mr. Harris
broke in and declared that the tariff bill was
| before the senate. and further debate on this
subject was out of order. Mr.. Hoar protested
| in vigorous terms against what he termed these
| repeated "angry and discourteous lectures"
from the senator from Tennessee. Good prog
| ress was made on the tariff schedules.
HoUsE-Col. Berry called up in the house
Friday his bill to have the general government
turn over to the city of Newport, KY, the
| property known as the Newport Barracks, to
be used as public park. 1t was laid over for
| consideration at some later time. The bill has
been reported favorably by the committee hav
| ing it in charge. The day was given up to the
consideration of private bills. The committee
on war claims reported batch of thirty-seven
bills, nearly all of which were claims for losses
of cotton in South Carolina during the war
WASHINGTON, May 2s.-SENATE-The para
graph relating to the duty on wheels Of iron
OF steel, Car and locomotive wheels, ETC., was
falya Safn r1np ha nriU m d
ment increased the rate in the house bill from
80 to 40 per cent. ad valorem Mr.. Vest moved
to substitute specific rate of II cent per
pound. Mr.. Quay supported the Vest amend
ment as preferable to an ad valorem duty. 1t
was agreed to- The committee amendment
fixing the rate ON lead ores at
three-fourths of cent per pound was
then agreed to without division. Mr..
Power moved to increase the duty OF
pig lead from / to Ia cent per pound.
Lost-2O to %. A new paragraph, fixing the
duty on nickel and alloys Of nickel at cents
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