Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28

,ondinv rim Uouse resolution Eis2 Uhe
internal-revenue bilD, reported from the
Committee on ways and Means: mat
said amendment shah be open 10 genera
debate during Monday ana Iuesoay. anu
thereafter 20 consideration under the ave
,,to,,,e rule Wnless sooner disposed oD
urtn tho bill. House resolution 1854, shall
no renorted TO the House. and that All
,,roytslous Of the original bill as 20 inc
daiiv hour OF meeting. as 10 nEht scs-
oiona and all other matters not neon
ststen, sith this amendment are contin-
ued up 20 and including Thur"eay' Fep-
ruary l.. 1871" -, ~ vo-L
MIR cochran Democrat OF New ,o tx
,,| a,,oiseaman Of the opponents OF the
'.eor,c1,ax rim. asked that debate under
49, T,,c',njnute rule begin at 2:SD O'Clock
,1,',osdav and last until the same houf
Wednesday. objected 10. aa,.a
IN ,'rcyious question being ordereo'
,,- roaoIut,on was agreed 10. but one vote
IT,, ,,ivcn against it-that OF MT. CoCH-
ran. -, r,ts,r,c, ~ Columbia
,,',,o,ll,tion bills were reported from 'le
t',',','nrlat,ons Committee and reierred "
the calendar.
TIE TARIFF BILL.
A. 1t:G A. NJ. the House went M ~
l,.sr.1i,,oe Of the whole TO consider the
wilson tariff bill. and Mr.. klcharas.h
(pemocraD. OF Tennessee, TOOK 'he , 49,.
,rbore was pending wheh 'hc ~. -,
,ook q recess yesterday an aihenui'.
offered by SIR. I3Ouieile sups',' ~, 90 60
,,,.,,t'or erbellile Of the Mckinley bul lor
, ~, o1,rnr,ond,ng section Of the Wilson
IN. cleo one offered by Mr. oates as
49, ,hc a,,tv On lumber. Both Were ue-
rl,,c6 the oates bill by 81 to % ana MI
Uoutclle's by 1l2 TO -. 1a,.,
In pursuance Of the special ORDER auoi'-
n ,ioe,or1av the House took up the
ia and zinc schedule. Mr.. Morgan "
49, - ~ Missouri offered series OF
a.,,,.r1rnants reducing the duty on wfltc-
Ia 1aad-ore. and lead-dross, ana manu-
t,ct,r.d lead I'm It's various forms 10
uniform rate 81 cent per pou"', IA
Guiding tho lead contained IN slvtr-
Mr. Chuds Gicpublican) OF IHiiloIs'
fered an amendment to the zihC 80, ~
at,o,,,i,y the duty on zinc In BLOCKS .,
W., I'm On uer cent. advalorem 10 l
oa,t rcr Mound; on zinc In sheets rom
a. 49, cont adyaIorcm to / II cents per
- and ON old zinc from - per cent
10 "a Of "a cent per pounl.
me- aud several other amendment
g. 40 lead and zinc schedule were an
,.oteJ down hv round majoritios. -
A.. v,ueon offered an amendment rais-
, r,o duty on morphine from % 10 %
c,,,ts NOR ounce. The amendment WIS
oao,ted without the Formally OF No.-'
Jr simpson PopulisO' OF N '- a." ~,
moved 10 put barbed ana renee WHO VII
the free list. ~ oc1o ,,eiana.
- IN rut cotton-bagging on the ree
re- and arelod in support of that aHleh"-
mont. ,,>..or,N ~ Tom
- moved an amendment To increase
Tho rate on scrap-rOn ana scrap-Sloei W
g per ton. -,.,o, a., offer some
amendments The following were una .,.,
,,nuelv agreed TO without DEBATE anu
without a Vot": a. ,o- con,
Gn choral hydratc rate OF - PEI
M valorcm was inserted. s.,ood
The duty on cigarettes was
from $40 to 81 per thousand.
Currauts. Zante. or other were tiNrn
from the free list and duty OF ~ per
cont M valorcm imposed.
, Eoracic acid-20 per cent. al VaioieiH
was ms rtcl
IRON AND STEEL.
Mr. Drecldnrldre. Of Arkansas. for the
Committee on Ways and Means theh
offered a sweeping amendment 10 the ron
and stc.l manuactures schedule. manly
I'm the lire Of reduction 1t proposes 10
reduce the duty on pig-iron from - -
nor cont TO % per cent; on har-uon, roll-
od or hammered, from 30 per cent. 10 -
per cent: forgiucs OF iron or steer nom
30 10 - per cent, boilcr-lron OF sI''i'
except saw blades from ~ 10 - -
cent: hoop, band. or scroI-lroh OF s'e'i
from % 10 . per cent; faliWay "" -
made of iron or steel, and railway bars
,-oflg and nine ned
iron or steel rails from % 20 - per cent;
wire. rods from 80 to - per cent; iron or
steel wire. or strip steel. commonly known
as crinolinc wire, corset wire, arm rouS'
needle wi1y. and iron or steel wire cloths.
and iron or steel wire MEETINGS, from 70
per cent. 70 30 per cent; horseshoe haliS,
hob nails, and other wrought-iron or steer
nails. from p 10 30 per cent ana on
wood screws from 90 to 80 per cent.
As soou as this amendment had beh
reported. Mcsars Payne, Of New York;
hopkins. of Illinois. and Dalzoll, OF Penn
svlvania, on the Republican side OF the
House were on their feet In an instant
irving 10 get recognition. II was finally
known that they wanted TO know the why
and the wherefore of such a wholesale
amendment To such an important schedule,
and Mr. Rrccknridgc sought TO cnlghten
them. going over the Amendments. para
graph by paragraph, and explaining the
reasons which had actuatod the WAYS
and Means Committee in proposing the
changes IN the bill.
Mr.. johnson DemocraD. OF Ohio fore
closed any possibility OF further amend
mrnts being offered 10 the steel-rall sched-
ulo by himself offering an amendment TO
the pending amendment. a substitute. ana
an Amendment to the substitute, STRIKING
ont the duty Of - per cent. and providing
for one Of per cent, 10 per cent. ana
10 per cent. respectively.
Finally the debate ended, and with II
the Hood Of amendments. All amend
mcnts offered on behalf Of the Ways and
Means Committee Oy Messrs. Wilson and
Ercckinrldgel were agreed to, ana all
others rejected.
Then Mr. Wilson offered amendments
fixing the time at which the wool schedule
shah go into effect as the 81 OF August,
1851. and the woollen-good schedule as
December ., 1891. The point OF order was
made against them that the committee
had already voted en- similar propositions,
but the point was ovcrrulcd by the Chair
man. and the amendm nS were agreed
TO- all the Republicans uniting with more
than half the Democrats. so That the
vote was l22 ayes Republicans and Demo-
crats). and n nays @ll Democrats).
Mr.. Wilson then offered an amendment
Increasing the proposed duty on barley
from 20 per cent. 10 25 per cent and 30
per cent, ana Mr.. Payne moved TO make
ths cate 80 cents busheL
Finally. as the hour for recess drew
near. leaving the amendments as TO bar
lev undisposcd Of, the Chairman decided
that in his opinion. these amendments
would Gene up for action on Monday, but
he declined 20 admit any other amend
ments to be offered although many mem
bers were striving for u chance of Offering
them.
The committee then, at $50 O'Clock,
took a recess till =. NJ.
MR.. HOLMAN SPEAKS.
There was a falling off in the attendance
I'm the galleries Of the House at the night
session, as well as on the floor.
Mr. Holman was the FIRST speaker. lie
took as his text the subject or taxation
on mXuries. particularly on diamonds
which was the burden of his remarks In
the House a few days ago. He favored
a tax OF 30 per cent. on diamopIs, ana
he was gratlncd at the action OF the
House in voting 10 put that duty on dia-
monds. showing as II did that the Demo
cratic doctrine Of taxing Injuries instead
OF necessities had overweighed their de-
sire to sustain the Comc.ittee on ways
anc Means. lie spoke in the name OF
the comon people of whom he claimed