Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-12

of this item had occupied the greater par'
OF two days, and he moved tolay on the
table Mr.. Perkins's amendment to MAKE
the rate OF duty cents per pounh.
Agreed to-yeas. 81; nays. -. Among the
affirmative votes were those or Mr.. Peher
and Mr.. White Oemocrap. OF CALI
fornia
Mr.. Aldrich moved TO amend the amend
ment by making the rate on boracic
acid 3. cents a pound. instead OF cents
as proposed In the Jones amendment.
This was also tabled on Mr. Harriss =
motion, by vote OF u 10 u, hessrs.
PETER and White again voting yea.
Mr. Uoar moved to amend the Jones
amendment by making the duty on boz
raclc acid 20 per cent. which Is equivalent
10 2 cents per pound. The amendment
was laid on the table by vote OF 81 10
1 Dolph. and then the Jones amend
ment was agreed TO by vote OF IS TO
/ (AfiIls) So the duty on boracic acid was
fixed at cents per pound.
The next item was chronic. acid. 10
per cent. ad valorem." and the Jones
amendment was to make II cents
pound. The amendment was agreed to-
yeas. IS; nays. 2 (Alen and Mills).
The next amendment on the bill was
citric acid. % per cent. al valorem. The
Jones amendment was to nN II at %
per cent. Agreed to-51 to l Mills).
The next item IN the bill was "Tannlc
acid. or tannin, 35 cents pound The
Jones amendment war TO make 1t 40
cents. In the course Of the discussion
which followed Mr.. Jones said he would
modify his amendment, and make the
rate % cents per pound. No vote was
reached UP to adjournment. which. after
brief executive session, took place at
GJ5.
House of Representatives..
After the massage of several private bills
and the call OF committees. Mr.. Loud
Republlcan). Of California, moved that
the House go into Committee OF the
Whole on the private cairii1sr; ..is,si, ou. pE "a
vote Of l0a to 10 this was refused: ana, on
motion OF Mr.. Cummings, chairman OF
the Naval Committee. the House proceed
cd TO the consideration Of the naval ap-
Mr.. Richarlson inetaoni snrIi cniI"!
propriation bill. Mr. Richardson In the
chair. A vigorous arraignment OF Re
publican management of the navy-yarus
by Mr.. Cummings. in closing a Inference
to the employment OF an cxtra force az
the Portsmouth yard for the benefit OF
e.sSDeaker Reed. and the sarcastic re.
io'nder of Mr.. Reed, were the principal
features Of the debate on the pliI, "mch
occupied most Of the days session.
for the Republicans. and was followed by
Mr. Baker PopulisO. of Kansas: VINO
spoke on the unequal accumulation ol
wealth in the decade from, 1870 to 1880 by
the manufacturing and the agricultural
States: by Mr.. Grain. of Texas. VINO spoke
in support of the bill 10 change the day
OF the assembling of Congress- 81 from t.,r n me
first Monday in December TO the ltn DAY
Of March. and by Messrs. Meyer Demo
craO; Geisenhainsr Democrap; OF NeT ley
Jersey: Talbot Democrat. ot Maryland
and Cummings. General politics and the
tariff more or less crept into all the
speeches.
amendment. and the House then took q
recess until o'clock, the evening session
10 bc for the consideration OF private PEN
sion bills. ....,
EVENING SESSION.
When the House met at the night ses,
sion there was fair attendance, and
only once was there demand. subse-
duently withdrawn, for quorum. SlX
private pension bills were favorably acted
on. and. at 1871 o'clock, the House adj
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