The Portland daily press., 1895-12-07
THE FIFTY-FOURTH.
First Blood for the Tariff Yester-
day.
A BILL TO INCREASE WOOLEN
DUTIES.

Another Day Prolific of Bills and Resolu-
tions-A Monster Petition in Behalf of
the Cuban Insurgents Which Has
Travelled the Country Over.
Washington, December Elm the House
today Speaker Reed announced the ap-
pointment of the following committee on
mileage: Messrs. A. B. Wright Massa-
chusetts, chairman; j. A. Barham, Cali
fornia; Orlanoo Burrell, Illinois, and
George G. Pendleton Texas.
Various executive documents and re-
ports form officers were laid before the
House by Speaker Reed and referred.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine, presented joint
resolution providing for the printing of
$500 copies Of the monthly summary of
imports and exports and other statistics
prepared by the treasury department. for
the use Of Congress and for distribution
abroad. He spoke of the important char
aoter of this publication and the urgent
necessity of these additional numbers.
After suggestion by Mr.. Cannon
that the printing law be overhauled by
some one, the joint resolution was agreed
to.
Mr.. Baker, offered a resolution asking
immediate consideration therefor, calling
upon the secretary of agriculture to report
to the House his action in regard to the
expenditure of the appropriation made in
the agriculture act for the purchase and
distribution of seeds and the printing and
publication of farmers bulletions.
Mr.. McMillinEsuggested that insamuch
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form of resolution of inquiry be referred
to an appropriate committee to be put in
proper shape.
The speaker said that the resolution
would be referred to the commit ttee on
agriculture when appointed.
Mr.. Walker asked permission to have
read q resolution to be printed in the
record.
This occasioned colloquy bewteen Mr..
Crisp and the Speaker over question of
procedure,
Mr.. Crisp said that suohF requests
would constantly be made and asked the
speaker whether or not, the reading of
the resolution, or whatever the docu-
ment was, would ensure it place in the
record, after objection had been made
to its consideration.
4 The speaker replied that circumstances
would have to determine the matter.
In som 9 cases the printing of the docu
ment might be necessary to explain the
action of the House. The request was
for reading and printing and objection
would keep it out of the record.
The resolution was on the Armenian
outrages.
Mr.. Turner expressed the opinion that
the resolution should not be presented
to the House IN its present condition
and therefore objected.
On mention of Mr. Canon the House
at IL. 80 adjourned until Monday.
Among the bills introduced in the
House today were by Mr.. Carton, Repub-
lican of New Mexico, granting statehood
publican Of Massachusetts, bills of the
last Congress amending immigration
and naturalization laws of the United
States repeating the interstate commerce
law.
Mr.. Russell, Republican of Ccnnecti-
cut, presented the resolutions of Con-
necticut state Legislature calling on their
delegation in Congress to urge legislation
in Congress that will guarantee negroes
in some localities justice and trial by
due process of law, and give them rights
guaranteed by the Constitution.
Mr. Morse introduced resolution of
the Massachusetts legislature asking for
legislation for the suppression of the
lottery traffic
troduced q resolution requesting the
President, if in his opinion it is not in
compatible with the public interest, to
communicate to the House all informa-
tion received by him or the State Depart
ment in regard to the arrest and trial of
John aller. d United States citizen by
the French authorities.
Mr. Harris of Ohio, introduced the first
tariff bill Of this Congress, which seeks
to revise the woolen schedule, and for
that purpose divides all articles under the
woolen schedule into three classes.
Glass 1.-Merino and woods of the
merino blood immediate or remote, down
clothing, woods, ETC., including such as
heretofore imported from Buenos Ayres,
New Zealand, Australia, Cape of Good
Hope, Russia and elsewhere, and all
woods not designated in classes two and
three.
Glass 2.-Leicestsr, Gotswold, Lincoln
shire down, com bing woods and others
usually known by these terms, also the
hair OF the camel. goat, alpaca or other
like animal.
America, Cordova,\ Valparaiso, native
Smyrna, Russian camels hair and all
woods OF like character imported from
Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Syria, etc., ex-
oepting improved wools
The standards for classification to be
provided by the Treasury Department.
Provision is made for fixing the
duties on made woods and all woods, the
value of which is sought to be either de-
creased or enhanced. Washed wool to pay
a duty twice as much as unwashed and
SECURE wool three times as muoh.
The duty fixed is: On all woods and
| hair OF the first class, eleven cents per
pound all wools and hair of the second
class, twelve cents per pound; wcols un-
der class three, and camels hair OF the
same class, valued less than thirteen
cents po und, to pay duty OF thirty
two per cent ad yalorum value, including