Show THE NATIONS SOLONS I The Senate and the Tariff Bill THE HOUSE DEADLOCK BROKEN Weaver BehavlngHItnsolF Confreres on the Nicaragua1 Canal Bill Appropriation BillEtc SENATE I WASHINGTON January 12After the usual routine morning busines the Senate resumed consideration of the tariff bill at section 2 41 the first of the administrative sections A few changes as to phraseology were made in administrative sections and the reading read-ing of the bill finished at 145 pm Then Allison went back to section Ci as to methylated spirits for the use in arts which had several changes mac e in its phraseology so as tJ indue e other substances for methylating spirits besides wood naphta Morgan sent to the clerks desk an amendment which he prop jsed to offer to the bill at the proper time It reads All laws and parts of laws which exempt from payment of duties any article of commerce upon which duties are imposed in this act when in transit through the United States to or from the Dominion of Canada or any province pro-vince thereof are hereby declared in operation ON MOTION OF ALLISON paragraph 7 schedule of chemical products pro-ducts was amended by increasing the rate of alcoholic perfumery including cologne water and other toilet waters from 2 per gallon and i5 per cent ad valorem to 2 per gallon and 70 percent per-cent ad valorem Changes were also made in paragraph 8 soluble oil 35 gelatine i 80 seal oil etc so as to include I in-clude herring oil 101 all other earthenware earthen-ware so as to include lava gas burner I tins 102 tiles and brick berate I be-rate from 20 to 25 per cent ad valorem 108 glass and glassware adding the words lenses of glaas or pebble and 114 plate glass unsilvered by striking out ttle provision for the smallest size par tliph 178 as to lead wan amended so as to road lead ore lead gross 14 cent per pound provided that silver ore contain ng lead shall pay aduty of IJs csnts per pound on the lead contained con-tained therein Allison moved paragraph G38 as to wool pulp making H read mechanically mechanic-ally ground pulp 259 per ton dry weight chemical wooJ pulp un bleacned 6 per ton i bleached 7 per ton Agreed to GRAY CALLED ATTENTION to the section which permits the importation im-portation in bond free of duty of lumber timber etc necessary for the construction and equipment of vessels built in the United States for foreign account of ownership or for employment employ-ment in foreign trades and he offered an amendment so as to include plates draw beams forgings composition metal and all structural shapes including includ-ing machinery and parts of machinery The existing law < he said as well as this section was mainly intended to encourage ship building in the United States but it only afiVcted wooden vessels ves-sels while his amendment would encourage en-courage the building qf iron and steel vessels Sherman objected to include machinery or parts uf machinery as that would interfere with American machine shops After a short denial and without disposing dis-posing of Grays amendment tbe Senate Sen-ate toon proceeden to executive business busi-ness and adjourned HOUSE WASHINGTON January 12The journal jour-nal of yesterdays proceedings was read without any obstacle being interposed by Weaver of Iowa 7ho sat quietly at his desk while the clerk read the record of his dilatory motions It is generally known tha dead lock will be broken today to-day and Weavers silence surprised no bony while it satisfied everybody The journal having been read the Speaker presented various executive documents for reference and appointed ap-pointed confreres on the Nicaragua Canal bill Springer of Illinois asked unanimous consent to have printed a substitute for the Territorial bill now pending which he stated he would call it up on Tues davBurrows Burrows objected Weaver stated he would make HO MORE DILATORY MOTIONS until he heard more from the committee com-mittee on rules The bill on which the previous question was ordered last session to increase the pension of Elizabeth G Scott to 50 per month was adopted Dibble of South Carolina submitted the conference report on the bill increasing in-creasing the limit of tbe cost for the purchase cf a site for a public building in San Francisco The conference gives the limit flt80 000 Agreed to The souse went into the committee of the whole on the general appropriation appropria-tion bill The military academy appropriation appropria-tion bill wasfirst taken up ana its reading read-ing was uninterrupted until Kilgoro raised the point of order against the clause appropriating 490000 for the erection of a new academy building at West Point IiJ ore moved to strike out the clause Defeated The motion of tf iffie to strike oat the clause appro priiag00030for a new gymnaseuiu building was also defeated The bill was then laid aside and consideration othe t DIlLOMATIO CONsutOR I a ro rl o I crald not allow the bill to pass without omphasizng what he considered tl e I II popular demand for abolishing United States ministers abroad One of the great countries of Europe was unrep resented by a minister in this country The British government has refrained from sending a minister to Washington for the purpose of resenting what it considered to be an insul It was the most absured thing to nis mind I that the United States should send a minister to the royal court The system sys-tem was absolutely unfitted to the character of a foeign country The committee arose ana the two appropriation appro-priation bills passed The committee resumed its session for consideration of tue fortification bill The bill appropriates SSOOOO Townsend of Illinois raised the point of order against all the items in the bill appropriating 100000 for the repair of fortifications that they were outside of the jurisdiction of the committee com-mittee on military affairs Pending decision the committee arose The Rouse then adjourned |