Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1883 — PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

' MONDAY, J*n. 29. I cjjtatAßi-Tl»« consideration of the tariff bill I -*«s ipfjiiwihil The bill was amended as to proI : iVii ffcjf f* 1 all kinds of iron and steel or articles I tn mannfaotnrere of eteelhereinbeforein this set 1 eanaaersted, except wire when galvanised or I ooated with any metal or mixture of metals, by IwjfymßH whatever, not including paint, there bepaid (excepting on what are known com* {■fireialiy as tin plates, term plates and tagger’s ] tin and hereinafter provided for) IMe per pound, jin addition to the rates provided in this act. The iMitff o*t steel in any form not especially enumerCS, Wds made 30 per cent, ad valorem, instead per pound. The copper paragraph was iMMed to as reported, Tne duty on nickel, in ore ller other erode form, was reduced to 15c. The on metalio pens, pen tips, etc., was made 40 ad valorem. The duty in the last PATS' relating to manufacturers, articles or wares Inot especially enumerated, was made 35 per cent. Hrivatorem, instead of 46.

II g , Jt7B*—The House went into Committee on the lEanff BQL The paragraph relating to the imporI lotion of meat, cattle and hides was amended so I|a to authorize tne Preeident to suspend the operlltioaot prohibitory laws at his discretion. The iMrafTaph prohibiting the importation of watches I which copy the name or trade mark of domestic Insnufscutrers was so amended as to cover any I (thee article. The clause repealing the sections Ilf the Devised Statutes which add cost of transit ortot ion and commissions to the dutiable value Ik articles transported from the seaboard was Ihksh from the end of the bill and inserted in the iMtifttt, in order to settle questions that might lilua »im arise in discussing the schedules. An Imeudment to make the duty on imported whisky I pubis the amount of the revenue tax, and a fur■Ler amendment to extend the bonding period of ■Husky in payment of interest at 5 per cent., proILked along discussion. Both were rejected.

■ Tuesday, Jan. 3L MBeNATß.—After the transaction of some unimILrtant business, the Senate |went into commitHg tei tfae tariff bill. A long debate ensued on jjH e proposition that all machinery for the manuof cotton or woolen goods, or goods comjfltaedofhemp or jute, shall pay a duty of 10 per ad valorem. It was advocated by. the New Senators and opposed by the Southern. Hma voted down—lt yeas to 39 nays— [and the ffl lmposition imposing the same duty on all meHknics’ tools was rejected by the same vote. ML sugar schedule was taken up. Debate on iHtliwas continued until the Senate adjourned Hkhoot action. |H|IoUBE —Mr. Calkins introduced a resolution to |IL the contestant and conteetee in the Third ■Meari District, their expenses. This gives Hteinghous $15,640, and Frost SIO,BIO. Mr. Cas§Hl reported the postoffice bill with eleven Benm amendments, rftoat of which were concurred IRH The House then went into Committee on the SHUff BtiL The duty on castor oil, after a long ■bate, was fixed at seventy cents per gallon. The jIHLy on glucose was reduced to 30 per oent.

*;< Wbdnespay Jan. 31. The joint resolution tendering thanks ' W. W. Slater, of Connecticut, for his great phi■f Sthropy toward the emancipated slaves of the ■th, was passed. The tariff bill was then taken 111 Pending debate on the sugar schedule, the JiHjlse resolutions relative to the death of RepreHjHatjveOrth, of Indiana, were reported. Messrs, Frye and Voorhees delivered eulogistic fl|HresAee,'and the Senate, at 4:35, adjourned. Bousb—Kasson, of lowa, made an effort to take ilHand pass the sugar ware-house bill, but Gib '.■ of Louisiana, objected. The Senate amendappropriating SIOO,OOO for the immediate the census burean was concurred in. The fljHtae at 11:15 went into committee of the whole ||Hie tariff bill. The California members made to secure a duty on boracic acid, but At 230 p. m., after having gone thraugh Mr-two lines of the bill, the committee rosemHrday, February 10, at 3p. m., was fixed for ■ Bamouncement of the death of Mr. Shackle |||H Hr. Brown, of Indiana, then announced of the lateGodlove 8. Orth, and offered IjHaistomary resolutions.

■ Thursday, Feb. 1.. i^^Hate—Joint resolution was reported to snsthe purchase and coinage of silver bullion. Hienate took up the tariff bill, The amendto the sugar schedule was adopted. It ima duty of Hie. per pound on all sugar not Igßs 13, tank bottoms, melada, etc., testing by not above 75 degrees, and five 'itlßredths of a cent per pound for each addidegree or fraction thereof. Above No. 13 to No. 16, the rate is 2 65c. per pound; ■Kilo. 16 and up to No. 20, 3.15 c. per pound; degrees, 6 cents per gallon; above fiftyHHegreee, 8 cents per gallon. The tobacco was next taken up. was offered making the duty on l|fl, cigarettes and cheroots, of all kinds, $3,50 ''Hand, and 25 per cent advalorem, instead of q pound. Tobacco in leaf, unmanufactured stemmed, used exclusively for wrappers, j pound; all other tobacco in leaf and not lijHed, Ssc. per pound; manufactured tobacco and stemmed tobacco no. enumerated or provided for, 40c., in SsH* 50c. per pound. On motion the duty was 9so. per pound for stemmed tobacco suita- ■ wrapping purposes. Tho remainder of schedule was left untouched. Tho Hon schedule, which was next in order, led ||Hetracted debate as to the policy of imposon articles of food. The vote to strike S|H paragraph taxing beef and pork one cent was rejected by 11 yeas to : 1 nays. The was agreed to with one amend-

I nth of July claims” bill was on the calendar. Mr, Hoar tor inquiry as to the expebv law that the United States iviot labor on public works, nee took up the tariff bill, en from the schedule. The jetate of lead, white, fit for nte was stricken oat. A dehe political features of the by Messrs. Bedford, Anderd others, The duty on oausy in the preparation of wood cent instead of three quarrand. The bill was further all salts of potash, not enum--25 per cent, advalorem to 40 Aniline oils and artificial don the free list, as was alfining sugar. Oxide of zinc «> reduced from 2 cents, and the ical use from 10 to 5 cents. Oils trvided for were reduced from All ground or powdered spices, were radioed from 5 to 8 cents. Fbedat, Feb. 2. tariff bill was taken up. The nd corn starch was increased re cents per pound. Tabor, as

Harris moved to mekothodwtir oa all cot*onynm 10 per cent. No quorum voted. Edmnnda moved that absent memben be amt for. After ooneid«pki» JrimiiAmya vote of to 13 was recorded in its favor, and the Bergaantiat-Arms was sent after the absentees. Another vote whs taken on amendments, bat, although forty-six Senators were present, lees titan a quorum voted—several h»ng paired—Adjourned. House— The House took np the tariff bill. The doty on extract of hemlock and other seta used in dying was raised from 10 to 20 per oent. A two hoars’debate sprung up on the pottery interest Haskell moved that the Committee rise, and that in the House the debate should be limited to ten minutes. The minority filibustered until a compromise was affected by making the limit of debate thirty minutes. Amendments to reduce the duty on each class of earthen ware were proposed, discussed and voted down. It was moved <o make the duty on green and oolored glass bottles 85 per OOnt. ad valorem. A substitute was offered, untiring the duty one oent per pound. The Committee rose to close debate. Before going into Committee again the legislative, executive and judicial bill was reported. The House again went into Committee,and the duty cm green and colored glass bottles was fixed at 85 per cent, ad valorem. , Satubday, Feb. 3. Senate.— The tariff bill was considered. The duties on cotton thread and yarns were filed as follows: On goods not exceeding 25c. per pound in value, 10c. per pound; valued at over 25c. and not over 40c., 15c. per pound; 400, and not exceeding 50c., 20c. per pound; over 60 and not exceeding 70c., 80c. per pound; above 80c. per pound 48c. A motion to reduce the duty on fine hosiery from 45 to 35 per cent, ad valorem, created a long disoossion, which was interrupted by a message from the House announcing the death of Bep. Lowe. Business was suspended. Adjourned. House.— The Senate bill to encourage an International Cotton Centennial Exposition in 1884 was taken from the Speaker’s table and passed. In Committee the tariff bill was considered, but no part disposed of. The Committee rose and the death of Representative Lowe, of Alabama, was announced, eulogies pronounced, and the customary resolutions passed.