Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-31
SATURDAYS CONGRESS.
The Lead Schedule Completed-The Braw
ley Iilll Ia tie IInnae.

The Lead Schedule Completed-The Draw
ley IiiIi In the House.
WAsmNGToS, May 2s.-1he delay In
securing a quorum in the senate shut
out the consideration of the Hawaiian
resolution on Saturday. The first par
agraph Of the tariff bill taken up was
t5G, relating 10 the duty on wheels OF
iron or steel, car and locomotive
wheels. etc. The original Jones
amendment increased the rate in the
house bill from 30 10 40 per cent. ad
valorem. Mr.. Vest moved 20 substi-
tute specific rate Of ~ cents per
pound The Mckinley rate is "a
cents per pound. Agreed 90.
Mr.. Shoup (rcp.) Of Idaho, made
quite an elaborate argument In favor
Of duty on argcntiferous lead ore.
lie contcndcd that the miner OF the
west could not compete with the labor
Of Mexico, and said II silver lead ore
were admitted free Of duty from Mexico
almost every silver lead mine in the
United States would be closed
Mr.. llill moved 10 place lead ore and
arRcntiferous lead ore on the free list.
lie said he realized ns lSeonly as any
other senator the necessity for early
action on the tariff bill. The country
was anxious and eager. While the bill
was not satisfactory 10 him, and would
not he satisfactory TO him as long as IL
contained one remnant OF the income
tax, he was now and and always had
been in favor Of its prompt disposition.
Mr.. Vest replied 10 Mr.. Hill.
a.. a L. Ia.
vote on Mr. Hills amendment, upon
which the yeas and nays were called.
As the vote proceeded II was seen that
Senators lrby and Mills were TO cast
the only votes except Mr.. IIill, In favor
of the motion, u smile spread over the
senate which was apparently at the
New York senator's expense. The re-
suit showed that the amendment had
been lost by vote of 80 10 %. The
committee amendment fixing the rate
on lead ore at x of u cent per pound
was then agreed 20 without division.
Mr.. Power moved 10 increase the
duty of pig lead from TO I X cents per
pound; lost-2O 10 %. A new para
graph, fixing the duty ON nickel and
alloys OF nickel at q cents per pound
was agreed 10. Mr.. Dubois offered an
amendment To change the duty ON type
metal from - per cent. to three
fourths Of n cent per pound on the lead
contained therein. IL was defeated
~ to 20.
The duty on zinc in block or pigs
was on motion OF Mr.. Vest changed
from 20 per cent. nd ynlorem 10 seven.
eights Of - cent per pound; ON sheet
zinc from - per cent TO / = cents per
pound; and on old zinc, iit only 10 he
manufactured, from 10 per cent, 10 five
eighths of n cent per pound. This iin-
ished the schedule and the senate soon
adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WAsnNGroN, May as.-The Brnwlcy
bill TO remit the 10 per cent. tax on
clearing house certificates and other
notes issued by private and state bank
ing associations between August /,
1893, aud October l5 1893, being the
period OF financial depression. had the
right-of-wny in the house Saturday.
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, chairman Of
the committee on banking and cur.
rency, made II speech against the total
repeal Of the state bank tax laws, while
he favored the remission OF the tax
on notes issued during the financial
stringcncy.
Mr., Galusha II. Grow, of Pennsyl.
vania, said he did not see any wisdom
In abandoning system which had
been almost universally accepted and
return to an abandoned system OF
wildcat banking. lie reviewed the cx-
isting laws and showed how much
safer and better guarded was the issue
of national banks than the issue oi
state banks. The bank notes gave q
uniformity OF currency which could
not be obtained with the issue of stat,
banks without rcsorting 10 degree o
paternalism which would be objection
able.
Mr.. Lawson's speech was plcJ
against financial monopoly, and h,
wanted home rule in everything wheI
II could be obtained, and for thi
reason he preferred state banks to ma
tional banks. The house then ad
fournad