Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19
REPUBLICANS GAINED A POINT.

Secured Higher Rates on Various Kinds o.
Stone Frye and Dolph Declare THAI
Their Party Will Fight the Bill to the
Bitter End-nouse In a Filibuster.
WASHINGTON. May A9.-White winged
peace lowered over the senate. Asa result
Of the compromise reached at the end OF
Thursday nights drawn battle the resolu
ton to inaugurate longer hours, beginning
next Monday, was agreed to, and then the
senate for the first time since the tariff de
bate began settled down to real, earnest
work on the schedules.
For five hours the consideration was
steadily pushed, the result being that II
pages of the bill were disposed of-mOre
progress than has been made in the entire
three weeks during which the bill has been
considered by paragraphs. The chemical
schedule was completed, and the earth
earthenware and glass schedule, excepting
items S4-92 inclusive, which We're passed
over by agreement, was finished. Seized
ule C-meta!s and manufactures of iron
and steel-had been reached when the SEN
ate went into executive session.
The Republicans won their first victory
in their efforts to secure higher rates than
those granted by the majority. They in
duced the Democrats to take rough build
ing and monumental stone, limestone,
freestone, granite, sandstone, etc, from the
free list and place them on the dutiable
list at cents per cubic foot and to increase
the duty on this class of dressed stone from
20 to 30 per cent ad valorem.
The feature of the day was the denial of
half a dozen Republican senators that any
agreement had been reached to allow the
bill to ultimately come to a vote, and also
the bold announcement of MesSrs. Frye
and Dolph that they stood ready to go to
any length and use any parliamentary
methods to defeat the passage of the bill.
The amendments agreed to fixed the fol
lowing rates:
Some Tariff Changes.
Cosmetics and like preparations, 40 per cent
ad vaorem.
CASTLE soap, perfumed, IS per cent
Bicarbonale of soda, = cent per pound.
Caustic soda, = cent per pound.
Bichromate soda, 25 per cent AL valOreE.
Sal soda, IS cent per pound.
Soda ash, a cent per pound.
Slicate soda. e cent per pound.
Strychnine. - cents per ounce.
Tartrate of soda, = cents per pound.
Brick, unglazed, p per cent.
Fire brick, 81 per ton.
Lime, 5 cents per 100 pounds.
Plaster paris. ground, 81 per ton.
Clays, unwrought, ST per ton.
Clays wrought, 81 per ton.
Cast polished glass, looking glass, ETC., not
exceeding "A by 60 square inches, 20 cents per
square foot; above that, 39 cents.
Spectacles, 40 per cent ad valorem.
Marble, rough, SO cents per cubic foot.
Marble, dressed, IS cents per cubic foot.
Marble, manufactured, As per cent I'D valo-
rem.
Granite and other building stone, rough, II
cents; dressed, 80 per cent.
Grndstones, 10 per cent ad valorem.
Roofing states, rs per cent ad valorem.
Filibustering In the House.
Soon after the house met it found itself
with filibuster on its hands, caused by a
motion to consider appropriation bills run
ming counter to private bills. The legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was taken up after an agreement was
reached to close general debate and that
the house would adjourn over Saturday.
The discussion of the bill opened up sew
eral interesting and important questions,
among them being the sugar bounty gues-
ton, the pension frauds investigation and
the deducting of members pay for alb
sence.
Considerable opposition to the mode of
docking members was manifested, the
principal opponents being Representatives
BOaCner ana ManOn, CnOugn DOUn men,
bers condemned absenteeism in the alb
stract. The discussion on the sugar bounty
question was brought about by the omis-
sion from the pending bill of the provision
for sugar bounty assessors.
Representative Cannon questioned the
propriety and courtesy of the house de-
claring by it's actions to senators that there
was not going to be any bounty in the next
fiscal year. Mr.. Bingham, taking as his
text the appropriation of 100000 in the
last appropriation bill for investigating
the alleged pension frauds, made an at
tack on the pension policy of President
Cleveland and Commissioner Lochren. A
recess was taken until evening.