The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-13
TARIFF IN THE SENATE.
,,y,rTEE AMENDMENTS BEING
PRKSENTED BY MR. JONES
..,-,oh,s Amendments Voted Down oy
Large Majorities-NS'aI Npp''p
don Biu in the House.

...suNGToN. d. c.. May 12.-it was
... tefore quorum appeared on me
@.r ,f the senate to-day, and the jour
81. uas approved.
Military Academy appropriation
.-.ei from the committee. Then
..s. the ,arir bill was taken up.
s question being to amend
.r.anic acid or taunin' seventy
-. instead Of thirty-nye cents per
ro.a- . 49,, oo,.-os
cnt. modified it by making
... sixty cents.
,l long political debate fol-
,-i ~ its close Mr.. Ndrich moved
.. .r, duty on fannie acid seventy
-,. a pound (as originally proposed
r. zones amcndmenO. The amend
. Was rcjectcd-Yeas. II; nays, y.
o.. .-.riment as modified by Jones.
..- Pho duty sixty cents pound,
,.s ftcn agreed to-Ycas, SO; nays H.
-,s rext item I'm the bill was, "Tataric
..s toertv per cent. ad Volorem.' The
r...s arrendment was to reduce the raie
o., -sr per cent. but Jones eNpressen
.t, wish that that amondmem SHOULD DC
,.,.,i down. That was done UNANIMOUSLY
e.. rate remaining at twenty per cent
q. tnIe uoint. 315 L. NJ. MIR. Platt an-
..,.l 10 .fr. Harris. I'm charge of the bill
..rso,t ~ an adjournment. pleading
.teeofoclsm was about equal on the t"o
.,.s of the chamber: that the Senate had
, bcaD I'm session four hours ana
...~.ar. that A. was a hot Saturday after
., and senators should have chahce
-.,,t,p into the omen air. This plead
,rr however. was not eihcacious WIN
-rr Harris. and the consideration OF 'ne
tll went on. A.. ITO
~ ldricb moved 10 make the rate
tertaric acid seven cents per pound
0rs vote on this motion reVeale1 lu'
the nth or sixth time to-day tle -, 49,
sonce OF q quorum. Finally 81 puo' ul'' ..I
was obtained. and the amendment was
tsotod-Yeas. 16: nays. y ..
The next item was alcohoic peri uin'i
e. rar gallon and twenty-five per cent au
,-,loren The Jones amendment was 10
,--o,eo tho al valorcm rate from twenty
e,.o 10 fftv per cent. Mr.. Jones. now
o,.or v,ithdroyr tho amendment ana MI
Al5rich renewed f. Before reaching
vote on NIr. Aldrch's amendment the
eo,a,e AT 3.55. adjourned until IL o'clock
Monday.
Honse - rUop~esentatives.
v-AsuTNGTON. May 12-H. W. Ogden
,,.ss SWORN I'm as the successor or MI
T'.nchard OaD. appointed senator.
Mr. Cox Dem, Tenn1 asked unanl-
mons consent for the consideration ol "
Senate Joint resolution providing lot Wy
comprouise and settlement or the cl3il'7
~ fhe state Of Tennessee against .NC
United states. and vice versa il,9
ON. NJ the transactions during the war
g.. oor,roi-sion. consisting Of the Sec
r...-.- NJ the Treasury. Secretary OF w ar
ana s+.ornev-Cancrai. After an eNPiaHa-
fior bv SIR. Cox objection was made,
An evort was r1ade bv Mr.. Baker 'fep''
". I'D 20 pass a private Dill but WI d
StaNines Oem., Alal demanded tnS IeS
lar order. and committees were calleu III
-enorfs THO foint resolution agreed upon
yesterday bv the Committee on LABOR
for an investigation into the cause ~
the idleness in the country was received
and placed ON the calendar.
The House then proceeded. in commit
tee of the whole Gichardson. or Ten
nessee. in the chair with the further
consideration Of the naval appropriation
bin.
Mr.. Black Dem. Ga) made point OF
order AGAINST the provision in the hll
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy
TO use the appropriation Of 100000 mace
March s. 1893 for a submarine boat Tor
building "a torpedo boat. Ii changed the
existing law. said he and Chairman hicH-
ardson agreed with him. thus striking IHe
provision out of the bill
TO the paragraph making provision io'
cadets NJ Annapolis. Mr.. Maddox dem,
Ga) offered the following amendment:
Provided That no part of this appro-
rrlation shall be expended on behalf OF
eDv naval cadet. who. when appointed
was not an actual resident of the district
or territory which he was appointed 10
represent.
This was intended to correct the prac-
tlce that has grown up in the Navy De
par-ment of appointing young men from
one uart OF the country as cadet from
district in another part, I'm cases where
the congressman had failed 10 nominate
a. candidate. Mr.. Maddox had read
list OF these appointments, numbering
over seventy-nve between 1876 and 1893,
o. these about thirty are still in the
Academy. Mr Cummings offered as a
substitute the bin heretofore offered by
Nr Mooney, and now on the calendar
proposing 10 amend the lazy by directing
u- Secretary Of the Navy. when he shall
appoint 20 fu a vacancy caused by the
failure OF a congressman 10 nominate the
candidate. 20 name a person who shall
ba an actual resident Of the district In
which the vacancy exists.
Oa Mr. Cummings substitute for Mr..
Naaloxs amendment the vote on division
was. Ayes. %. noes. n; and Mr.. Maddox
mad. 'he point Of no quorum. a vote
ly 'eIars was ordered, pending which
te committee rose, and at 450 the
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