The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-02
Tariff Bill Out of Committee
Of the Whole Into the
Open Senate.
AMENDMENTS RAPIDLY PASSED,
Hill Scores a Victory on the Date
Of the Sugar Schedule by
Just One Vote.

ate and at the same time struck a new
phase of parliamentary procedure. Up to
this time the bill has been pending in Com
rnittee of the Whole, where bills receive
their first rough dressing, but now it is be-
fore the Senate proper There is little, il
any, difference in the forms, except that, as
a general thing, as the amendments of least
importance as adopted by the Committee OF
the Whole, are agreed to in bulk by the
Senate, the more important ones being re-
served for special action, and being also
open to debate and to the presentation OF
other amendments.
AT half past ten A u. the bill was taken up
and various propositions were made and dis
cussed in an Informal way as to the mode Of
procedure Ultimately it was agreed that
the amendments to which there was no
special objection should bs voted on in bulk.
Then Senator's indicated amendments on
which they desired special votes Mr.. Sher-
man rep, Ohio asked that the entire wool
and wooden schedule be reserved, and Mr..
McLauren dem, Miss.) demanded a sepa-
rate vote on the amendment excluding the
salaries Of the President aud United States
Judges from the income tax. Separate votes
were demanded by MI. Hale trep. MaInel on
the lumber schedule; by Mr.. Hyle, pop. s.
d. on the sugar schedule; by Mr. Gallinger
rep N, H as to hay; by Mr Chandler,
trep. n. H as to the date when the bill is to
go into effect; also as to beraX, lead, iron,
ore barbed wire. lead ore, rice brandy and
spirits, wine. silk and silk goods, the income
tax and reciprocity. When he had finished
giving these notices Mr.. Erie rep. Maine1
suggested, humorously, whether it was not
/ cas- er to reserve the whole bill.
For some time there was So much confus7
ion in the Senate Chamber that the Vice
President said that no attempt at transact
ing business would be made until order was
restored.
The provision as to paper was reserved by
Mr.. PlatL rep, Conn.,
Mr.. Jones dem, Ark for the Finance
Committee reserved the several dates mem
toned for the bill to go into effect; also as
to glassware, plate glass, nuts. laces waste
wool, ready made clothing, ingram carpets,
etc.
PASSING THE AMENDMENTS.
Then the residue OF the unreServed amend
ments adopted IN committee OF the whole
We're concurred in in bulk, and the amend
| n1ents as reserved by Mr.. Jones were acted
| upon as follows:-
Green and colored bottles holding more
than one pint, dnstead of quart 81 cents
per pound paragraph "a.
No. 94-Cast polished plate glass. % 1-3
cents per square foot instead of 90.
Insert -aS-a-aew paragraph lls0 1-2 TOOTH
picks, Of vegetable substance, 25 per cent, ad
Valorem.
Substitution paragraph 224the following:
| or unshelled, not specially provided for, 70
per cent, ad valorem.
No. 26a-Hemp and iute carpets, 20 per
cent. ad valorern, instead of four cents per
square yard.
No, 2io-Burlaps 20 per cent, instead Of
IS per cent.
Insert after the words faces edgings7
mo. 376>, the words MEETINGS and veilings,"
and insert 50 per cent. instead OF 80 per
cent. Insert after the words ''carhoEized
weol (279) the words ''i6 per cent. ad
valorem," and insert after the words 'rov-
Ing, roping or tops the words go per cent,
instead of Is.
Substitute for paragraph 3S4 new para
graph making the duty On ready made cloth
ing valued at more than $3.50 per pound, 80
per cent; and valued at less than Sl.50, 10
per cent.
Making the duty on aubussen, administer,
moquetts and chenille carpets ESQ, 40 per
cent, instead of IS; on Saxeny, Wilton and
tourney velvet carpets (228l, 40 per
cent, instead of 30; on Brussels
! carpets (289l, 80 per cent, instead
OF 35 on velvet and tapestry velvet carpets
C290, 40 per cent, instead of 81; on tapestry
Brussels carpets t3gi), 42115 per cont. instead
of So; and on treole ingrain carpets l2J2,
| 81 1-2 per cent, instead Of S5
Making the duty on dice, draughts. chess
| man. etc. t320l, 80 per cent, instead of 80
This disposed Of all the Jones' anlendnentSs
RESERVED AMENDMENTS.
Then the consideration of the reserved
amendments was entered on with the fob
lowing results
| Amendment inserting in the first para
graph of the bill the words of withdrawn
| for consumtion." Agreed TO.
Amendment inserting in paragraph SO,
after the word "sponges,n y the words sea
moss or iceland moss, 10 per cent. ad va
lorem. Agreed to.
Amendment inserting as a new paragraph
Q0915) the following - Iron ore including
Manganiferous iron ore also the dross or
residue from burnt pyrttes 40 cents per ton"
This amendment was antagoniZed by Mr..
Hill dem, n. NJ, but it was agreed to-yeaS,
IS; nays, 5, the negative votes being those
of Senators Allen, Hill, Eby, Kyle ard
PETER.
The next reserved amendment was 70
paragraph 134, ''east-iron vessels, plates and
irons etc, 10 cent per pound.
Mr.. PETER pop, Kan) moved to admit
those articles free of duty. Rejected,
The amendment made in the Committee OF
the Whole was then agreed to.
Mr.. PETER also moved to place ON the free
list all the articles i'll paragraphs 145 to 49,
nails. spikes. etc. The motion was defeated,
and the committee amendment making the
duty on cut nails - per cent. was
agreed to-
The next reserved amendment was to
paragraph l65 making the duty On lead ore
and lead drosS 81 cent. per pound, and pro-
viding that silver ore and all other ores con-
tanning lead shall pay duty of 3-4 cent q
pound on the lead contained therein. Mr.
hill Dem, N. Y said that he would nou
repeat his argument against the amendment,
but would ask for the yeas and nays.
The amendment was agreed to:-yeas, So;
nays, 3, Senators Hill, Irby and Mills.)
Mr. Hills amendment making the repeal
of the sugar bounty take effect "on the pass
age of the Act instead of on first of Janu-
airy 1885, has been agreed to. Yeas 80; Nays
80 Following is the detailed vote:-
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Chandler, Coke.
Cullom. Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Dubois, Frye,
Gallinger, George, Hale, Hawley, Hill Roar,
Irby Jones of Nevada, Lodge, Mcmillan,
Mcpherson, Mitchell of Oregon, Patton,
PETER, Perkins, Petuigrew, Platt, Power,
Pugh, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire,
Teller, Washburn-35
Nays-Allen, Bate, Blackburn, Blanch-
ard, Caffery, Camden, Cockrell Faulkner,
Gibson, Gordon. German, Harris, Hunton,
Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas. Kyle, Lindsey,
McLaurin, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Murphy.
Fasco, Ransom, Roach, Smith, Turpie, Vest.
Villas, Voorhees, Walsh and White-32
Hard to Please.