Evening star., 1897-03-31
The House to Vote on the Measure
This Afternoon.
an AMENDMENT FIXING THE Date
Adopted After a Spirited Debate
on Both Sides.
MATTERS IN THE SENATE

4
iefies were crowded early 10 wtne,s IN.
maneuver!ns leading 70 u TIE .;i.nsx 81
the ten days hattie. Mr.. Dinsiey nrd h;r
Bailey, the opposing leaders. were ~ their
places when spssker Reed called tho Hou,e
| TO order et 10 O'Clock. MIR R.chArJreu
(Tenn.) called attention 10 the fact th..
there wss rlsf.ifcstIy no quorum r,r.,eu,.
puf declnea, en- account OF the brief tim.
| remaining Tor the conside. alton 81 he b.,i
TO make the point. Paragraph Gs. making
phenacet.ne. etc. dut!ab!e at y l~uts nm
ource was stricken out on motion OF Mr..
| DalzeN lPaD. This send. the articles IN
| the paragraph to the basket clau.. mek
| ing them dut.able ct - per cent
| MI GrosNenor offered co-,,rni,te,.
a'hehoment which was adopted. making
the rate on dates ard currents cents prr
| pound.
Date of Gcing Into Eject
Mr. Grosvenor then presented the aaicra-
| n,ent about which there has heen SO much
discussion during the last fcw days rxiug
April as the date on which th- hlI shall
| go into effect. The amend,acnt In full
vas follows:
Section c1-That all articles mentioned
| In the several schedules Of tais act which
snail be imported into the C.,iteI States
| between the Ist day Of -.prll. 1877 and the
| date of the passage Of this act and which
were not purchased and directed by ~
Owner TO be skipped for inrrort into Tie
nited States by any citizen thereof prior
10 April 1. 1877, shall bear the same Duties
| TO be charged upon similar articles IN tile
| act, and such duties axe hereby r:laae a
lien on sucn articles wherever and IN what
sotNef hands found, except in he hands
or persons holding them for f-.il -crsnmn
tlon and have no purpose 10 sell or part
| Win the same or any part or product OF
| the same, and except also In the hands of
persons shown to have obtained such arti-
cles without notice OF the provisions 81
| the act. and any person. not a final CON
| suner or holder, without notice having
obtained an interest in or possession OF
any such article or articles so subject to
duty except as common carrier or ware
hcuseman shall be liable for tbs. payment
| OF such duties thereon. and the same NAV
| he recovered with interest but without
penalty, ia an action or suit oy the United
states against such person OF persons In
any district OF circuit court ther .of.
And all persons liable under III s act for
scch duty or amy Part thereof in respect Of
any shipment cargo Or lot OF any article
or ARTICLES may We Joined in h. came ac-
tion fol recover without ,ega'd 10 NUT
ldlltH or nature OF interest or dcrtrsa. and
such joint or several Judgments .,r decree es
may he rendered therein. Including ihe en-
fGrcement of ans such lian justice and
equity may require In every :,l.ch case
the process of the court in The district
where the action suit is brought and
where one defeniInt resi- les ana is se-,,d
shall run TO ami may be serg"i OF any de
tendant in any other district. II fs ne-esy
made the dutN OF th,. Secretary of the
Treasury 10 prescribe ana enforce suitable
regulations 70 carry out the prov isons Of
tflS section. iuclu.iuS the retention in ;b,,
bonded warehouses Of n. l-nl.ai States or
any other place whore such goods ar, de-
pcsited of samples Of such goods uhtIl re
qutred for evidence on arv such trial.
Mr.. I;aiIc>'- Potn, OF Order.
Mr. Bailey Immediately made the po.nt
that the amendment was ont Of order
He proceeded 10 argue that tne amend
| ment could not he hcll IN or Ter after the
| amendment OF Mr.. Docbery relating 10 the
Suspension of duties on articles had been
declared out of order. The latter amend
ment proposed 10 exempt articles from
taxation in In" future. ne said: TINS ;ro-
posed to so back and tax lhSTn in The
past. 1t obnoxious TO TIN. oldest and
best rule oil law that 10 statute should be
retroactig
Mr.. McMilin of Tennessee made the ad-
ditional point of order that the amend
ment regulated The practice Of The courts
and therefore was not in order on this
bill
MIR. Dalzcil in response pointed out the
difference between the Dcckery amend
| ment and this amendment. The former
was an invalid amendment and only in
order when Sermane. This was "A commit
tee amendment.
Mr.. Bailey denied that the amendment
was that of the fun committee. He waS
a member of the committee and had never
heard OF it He admitted he had been
absent for a few minutes. But" said he
If the gentleman will say The amendment
ratified by the fun committee | will
frankly admit that any point does not
hold
Mr.. Dalzeil replied that the substance OF
The amendment was agreed upon. but a
subcommittee had been instructed 10 draft
1t.
After some further debate The chair an
ncunced that his ruling would depend upon
question of fact namely. whether the
committee had authorized the subcommit-
tee TO report this amendment.
Mr. Dngley, the floor leader of the ma
jority, put end to the discussion by
saying that as there was q question about
the facts and he had not himself been
present at the meeting of the committee
the amendment would be withdrawn. Il
give notice." he added. smiling. as he sur
Veyed the other side, that there will be "A
meeting or the ways and means commit
tee at 1055.' 1t was then within three
minutes of that hour. The members or
the ways and means filed out OF the hail.
The Homestead Strikes.
The Homestead strikes furnished ten
minute diversion. Mr.. Sulzer IN. Y.) de-
clared that everything I'm the bill was I'm
favor of the manufacturer and trusts and
syndicates, who contributed TO the cam
paign fund. They were now receiving
what they contracted for. Then the mem
bers of the ways and means committee
filed back into the House and Mr.. GrosVe-
nor again sent up the amendment fixing
the date on which the bill was TO go into
effect saying he was directed by the COM
mittee' to do so.
Mr.. Dockery tMoD Immediately offered
as an amendment his proviso to suspend
the duties on articles controlled by trusts.
Mr.. Dingley made the point that the
amendment was not germaEe.
Mr. Dockery and Mr.. Bailey argued that
the amendment to the amendment was in
order on the ground that II was in haI-
mony with the general purposes OF the bill.
The chair sustained the point OF order
against the Dockery amendment.
Mr. Grosvenor, who had charge of the
original amendment, took the floor.
Debating the Committee Amendment.
An arrangement was made by which fir
teen minutes on a side should be allowed
for debating this proposition, Mr.. Bailey
stating that the opposition was extremely
aExions to reach two schedules in the bill
ard cid not desire to consume more time
on this amendment. In opening, Mr. Gros-
venor remarked upon the alleged attempt