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WAsnlxarox, D. C, Jsly 6, 1881. .
On Monday the senate disDosca q
the paragraphs relating % hides, which
have been the source Of ouoh eootro-
yerey. The discussion Wa0 proe1acee0.
The dnal agreement Was . duty @
twenty per centum ID valoeen inseeea
Of the one and oDe-haR cent? Ree
pound, originally fePoftsA ~ ene
finance committee. The ameedmcos
was agreed TO BY . vote Of thisty. nine
to twenty, one Democrat, kawnne OF
Utah, and several PoPulit:s and silver
Republicans voting With the Republi.
cans in the Affirmative.
Tha House. carrying out its Pro.
xrsmme Of inactiOn, met and arJourneo
without transacting any business.
There wss an interesting disc ussi IN
in the Sen. te on Tuesday over Sena-
cor TiHman's resolution providing for
an import duty Of one hundred dollar
DER head on all immigrants coming
into this country, either By land or sea,
to compete with our home labor. The
amendment was offered to test the sim
certify of the Republicans in their pro-
fessed willingness and desire to pro-
teot the American laborer. Senator
Tiilman made one Of his characterize
tic speeches in support Of the amend.
ment. The amendment was voted
down, however, forty-eight voting in
the negative and three in the afiirma-
tive. The three voting in the afiirma-
tive were Aessrs. Tillman, Butler and
Quay.
Another evidence Of the unjust dis
elimination against the farmer in the
pending bill, especially the farmers Of
North Carolina and Virginia, WAS In
voting Wednesday to put . duty Of
one dollar per ton on plaster rock or
gypsum, crude, and one dollar and q
| half per ton If ground or calci0ed.
This plast.r or gypsum is used to no
little extern: by the farmers of Wiz
| sinia and North Carolina for fertili-
Ter, especially for grass, peas, potatoes
etc. Senator Butler, in protesting
against this extra tax on the class Of
people who receive none of the bene
| ats, stated that the plaster 10 now de-
llivefed, under the free list provision
at our seaport towns from Nova So0tia
at about 81 per ton, and that II q duty
of 81. 80 is placed on 1t, it will Of course
raise the price to the consumer tC
$3.50. He made the point that west
ern deposits we're fully protected By
freight rates. His motion to strike
out the paragraph and insert under
the free lis. was lost BY q Vote Of "a
to 30.
In the House. Thursday, Hon. Edwin
.. Burleigh, who was elected from the
Third Congressional district of Maine
% fill the vacancy caused by the
;eath of Hon. Seth L. Milliken, wal
sworn in.
| Congressman Knowles arose to .
point of personal privilege to rsfute
the charge of one Ratemsn of Maine
that he had stated that the POpulisl
National committee had received
money from Mr.. Bryan, and denounced
it as unqualidedly false. On the Other
hand he said he had stated in Mr.
Batemal's presence that the offer Of :
part Of the money received BY Mr.
Bryan a. royalty on his book, MAIDS BY
Mr.. Rrysp to the Populist committee
was refused.
Curing the discussion In the 8enat&
Thursday on that part of the tariff
bill relafinE to duty on coal, Senate,
Butler introduced some matter con
tanning very interesting information
with reference to the treatment of tn,
miners in the Fan Handle (Aannai
mfnes) and other mines. He ofFeret
to be printed In the Rec0fd /,
copy of contract which the opera
tors of these mines force their EN-
ployees to sign (known among tn,
miners ~ the "iPon.clad contract"
which stipulates that the miners, il
addition to submitting to the CON
stantly decreasing wages, must ali,
permit the companies to retain Q par
Of their salary In case they should qui
the employ ment Of the comp1nJ
without giving reasons satisfa6t0Fj
to the superintendent for leAvib1
w0rk," thus forcing the alternative o
selling themselve outright to the com
panies or starving to death.
Cotton bagging. burlsps, ETC., which
had been previously stricken from tn
dutiable list, was Thursday put upoi
the free list by 4 vote Of So to Is.
Friday the Senate adopted by vot
OF s. to 10 tn. retaliatory clause of til,
tariff bill, providing that whenever an,
country pays bounty on any article
then upon the importation Of that ar
ticle into the United States there shall
be levied and paid in addition to tn,
duties ttherwiseimposed by the act 81
additional duty equal to the ne
amount Of such bounty or grant. Th,
reciprocity section was also asreed t
to-day.
Hon. Ainsworth r. Spoffard, WIN
has for thirty five years filled the oflcl
OF Librarian Of Congress, has ten.
dered his resignation to the President
He gives as his reason for resisnins
MS advanced term OF life and his de.
sire to preserve good health. which On
account of the 0neH0na hnedons Of ~