The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-26
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The Proceedings Open With a Little
Humor. but Soon Become Dry.

Humor, but Soon Become Dry.
Washington, May 25. There was more
time spent in the Senate today
in voting than in talking, consequently
there was fair amount of business
transacted. Still, there were some
speeches Of more than average interest.
Mr.. Blanchard dem. of Louisiana,
talked against the republican senator
from Delaware, Mr. Higgins. and accused
him of phariseeism in thanking God the
other day, that he did not get his ideas
from the sCslth, He also tried his lance
upon the rules of the Senate, which
he characterized as a legisla-
tive unuch. But the main point
of his speech was in defense of the sugar
schedule in the bin On that point he
was met by Mr. Aldrich with the re-
minder that he had voted recently in the
House to put sugar on the free list and to
abolish the sugar bounty, and 1t was in
| sinuated by the Rhode Island senator
that the two Louisiana senator's would,
under party eXigeucies, vote again for
bill that would do these things
THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
The amende honorable was made by
Mr.. Hoar to Mr.. Harris for having dis
! respectfully referred to him the day be-
! fore as "drum major, ," not a general.
! An earnest and impassioned speech
was made by Mr. Teller, rep, Of Colo
! RADIO, who took the position that the tar
i'll bill would neither benefit nor injure
| the country to the extent that its friends
or enemies predict and that the only
remedy for the present depression was
return to the double standard, with the
mints open to gold and silver at a ratio of
| 10 to /. The actual progress made in the
! consideration of the tariff bill was
! greater than on any previous day, some
thirty-tive paragraphs having been dis
| posed Of.
THE METAL SCHEDULE CONCLUDED.
| The metal schedule (C) was concluded
with a reservation till tomorrow, Of the
| paragraph as TO lead, zinc, and watches,
and the wood schedule (D) was reached
! The first half hour of the session was de-
| voted to Mr. kyle's resolution in relation
| to Hawaii, but that subject was cut OF
abruptly at l0:30 o'clock, when the tariff
bill became the regular order. The duty
on breech-loading shot guns paragraph
| l48), remains at 30 per cent. ad valorem,
as in the House bill
Paragraphs l40 and 14l, which had been
! passed over yesterday, were then taken
up and acted upon. Table and carving
! knives and forks, valued at or more than
81 per dozen pieces, razor and razor
blades, scissors and shears, were placed
| (paragragh l4O) at 40 per cent. ad valorem,
and all other table knives, forks, etc, at
35 per cent.
Files, file blanks, etc (l41), four inches
| in length and under, were placed at so
cents per dozen: over four inches in
length and under nine inches, 60 cents pei
dozen and nine inches in length or over
81 per dozen.
In paragraph 144 sheets, plates, wares
or articles of iron, steel or other metal, en-
ameled or glazed with vitreous glasses,
were placed at 35 per cent, as in the
| House bill.
IN paragraph l45 the duty on cut nails
and cut spikes of iron or steel, was put at
22l5 per cent, as against % per cent. in
the House.
On horse shoe nails, etc paragraph
146) 20 per cent, ad valorem.
On wire nails made Of wrought iron or
steel paragraph l47), 25 per cent.
On spikes, nuts and washers and horse
shoes, etc. paragraph 14S), 25 per cent.
On cut tacks, brad or spikes para
graph l49), % per cent.
On needles for knitting or seating ma
chimes, etc. paragraph 1907, 25 per cent.
On steel plates, engraved, stereotype
plates, etc. paragraph 1911, 25 per cent.
On railway fishplates paragraph 1922,
% per cent.
On rivets of iron or steel paragraph
1881 % per cent. instead of 30, as in the
House bill
On crosscut saws paragraph 154),
cents per linear foot; on mill saws. 20
cents per linear foot; on pit and drag
saws, cents per linear foot; on circular
and other saws, % per cent. ad valorem.
On screws, commonly called wood
screws paragraph 1867. more than two
| inches in length, cents a pound over an
inch and not more than two inches, +
| cents half inch ana not more than an
| inch, cents; and half inch and less, II
cents In the House bill the duty on
screws was 30 per cent. ad valorem.) On
| um brella and parasol ribs and stretcheI
frames, tips, runners, handles or parts
| thereof, made in whole or chief parts OF
iron, steel or any other metal, 80 per cent
ad valorem.
The duty on aluminium was fixed at 1C
cents per pound; on argentine and Ger
man silver, manufactured, 10 per cent.
| on brass in bars or pigs, 10 per cent.
on bronze powder and bronze, 40 per cent.
on copper in rolled plates, 20 cents; or
bullions and metal threads of gold, silver
and other metals, 25 per cent. on gold
! zeal ~ per GENT, on SILVER ledI ana silver
powder 80 per cent, and on type meta
10 per cent.
The paragraphs referring to lead wen
over till to morrow, at the suggestion o
| MIR. Jones, also the zinc paragraph and Tho
two paragraphs as 10 watches.
The duty on metallic pens, except golC
pens, was fixed at cents per gross; OF
penholder tips and gold pens, 25 per cent.
on metallic pins, not commercially known
as jewelry, % per cent, and on manufac
tured articles and wares Of metal moi
specially provided for in the act, at 30 pei
cent. This concluded the metal schedule
except as TO the paragraphs reserved fol
action tomorrow, and led up 10 the wooC
| schedule (D).
Mr.. Jones, in charge Of the bill, did not
care to begin that schedule so late in the
day, and after short executive session
the Senate adjourned at $40 p. N. Until
| tomorrow morning
GOLD FOR EUROPE.
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