The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-15
CONGRESSIONAL.


July s. In the Senate the stamp
amendment. as agreed TO. fixes the fol-
lowing rates on bonds. etc: Bonds.
debentures or certificates OF indebted
ness issued after September Is, 1897. by
any association, company or corpora
tion, on each hundred dollars of face
value or fraction thereof. 8 cents. and
on each original issue. whether an or
ganization or reorganization, of certifl-
Gates of stock by any such association.
company or corporation. on each hun
dred dollars of face value or fraction
thereof. cents; and on all transfers Of
shares or certificates OF stock in any
association, company or corporation, on
each hundred dollars of face value or
fraction thereof, 2 cents" Exemptions
from the stamp tax are made in the
case OF State. county and municipal
bonds. and the stocks and bonds of CO.
operative building associations.
July 6. Without any preliminary
business the Senate proceeded with the
consideration of the tariff bill. Mr..
Bacon made a personal explanation Of
his vote yesterday for Mr.. Mils's
amendment to impose a tax of s per
cent on nll manufactured products. He
had. he said, given the amendment his
vote without due deliberation. IL the
imposition of such n tax could be con-
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gantic concerns existing In open vio-
lation of the law, it would upon medi-
tation, commend itself to his judgment,
but as II would touch every village and
hamlet In the land, and lay it's hand
upon the most humble. he frankly
avowed his regret for the vote cast yes
terday.
Mr.. Bate then took the floor and de-
livered set speech against the bill.
Th.A .n,.tff Iii s.l.
and some slight changes were made
at the suggestion of Mr.. Allison. The
committee amendment to put a duty of
ten cents a pound on tea, which haI
rot heretofore been formally acted on,
was disagreed to. Mr.. Allison moved
TO strike out paragraph 55l, putting
raw hide cuttings and all other glue
stock on the free list which was done.
Mr.. Stewart. of Nevada, offered an
amendment for purchase and retire
ment of l. 5. bonds, with any surplus
In the treasury over and above the re-
serve of hundred millions. He said
that there was now and had been for
year and half $2i0,0OO 900 of idle
money In the treasury, entailing a loss
of between $4,000. 600 and 10000, 900 a
year interest. That certainly was bad
tnanciering, and it produced an un-
healthy contraction of the circulating
medium.
July s. The session of the senate
was uneventful, the deficiency appro-
priation bill being considered Among
its provisions Is one accepting the in
Nitation of France to participate in the
Paris exposition of 1900. The bill was
not completed up to the time of ad-
Journment. During the day Mr.. Berry
tArk) offered a resolution requiring
the president to demand of Spain the
release of Ona Melton, one of the Com
petitor prisoners. The resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
A new committee amendment was
agreed to, the appropriation bill APP
propriating $4,000 in fun indemnity to
the heirs of three Italians lynched in
Louisiana in 1896. as was also one APP
propriating To the widow of the late
Representative Cooke, of Illinois, So
900.
Mr.. Butler On. c. offered an amend
ment limiting the cost of armOr plate
for new battleships to $500 per ton and
providing for government armOr
plant If private bids were not within
5000. The amendment went over.
July IL. In the senate the general
deficiency appropriation bill was taken
up. the question being on point of
order against an amendment offered by
Mr., Foraker. of Ohio. for the payment
OF findings of the court of claims under
the Bowman act. Mr.. Hale took the
ground that these We're private claims
and not In order as an amendment to
an appropriation bill. After discussion
Vice President Hobart sustained the
point of order, and the amendment
was excluded.