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Show CONGRESSIONAL. - The Tariff BUI MM Continues to Engage the Clesest Attention. At-tention. ' THE BRITISH COMMONS AND PUBLICANS LICENSES. X HustUa Xldnife Confesses to ifae ITbolnale Jfnrder of Infants. A HIGH OPINION Or CHANCEL LOR VON CAPRIVI. Bate Culling on the Ita.Hroa.0j. A Coitdots' BitUe.-A Heroic He-roic Boy. Dj Ttletrara to tat Maws.! Mfc.XA.TE 1D nolsC Tbo Daja D.lncaln IbeTaio Chambers.. Cham-bers.. Yfaablnston. Washinoto-, May 12. In tie Senate, Hoar, from the Judiciary cammittee, reported back; the House amendment to tbe Senate antitrust anti-trust bill, with amendments. Vest and Coke stated that, as members of the committee, they dissented from the report. The matter went over till tomorrow. The Senate proceeded with the consideration of the bill authorizing the issue of treasury notes on deposits de-posits of sliver bullion. Il.aae. Wasihmitov, May 12. McKln-ley McKln-ley (Ohio) moved that the debate on the tarilT bill be limited to one minute. Agreed to. The House went Into committee of the w hole on the tariff bllL Xo one desiring to occupy the one minute limit tho clerk proceeded pro-ceeded to read the bill by paragraphs for amendments. Brcckeuridge (Ky.) offered an amendment providing that any citizen of the United States who manufactures or produces articles and sells them outside of the United States shall be entitled to admit, free of duty, any article of commerce which he may desire to use in his business to the value of the articles exported. After explaining that his proposition was a reverse of the action of the old principle of rebate, Breckinridge demanded tellers on his amendment; lost ST. to III. Anderson of Kan-as offered an amendment providing that tho President may suspcud the ra'e cf duty on AV IJIIVKTI 11 AIITKLI when, In his juJgtmnt. (he traduction, tra-duction, manufacture ir siles of such article- is moni'iailired or controlled con-trolled by an trust or combination. The amendment caused a 1I ely debate de-bate In regard to trusts. Grosvenor threw a firebrand into the discussion by repeiting the story in regard to the llavemeyers Influence upon the sugar schedule in tbe Mills bill. After this the debate-was plentifully -sprinkled with sucli phrases as "shotgun Policy," "Plantation Slogan," "Falsehood," etc Thematterwasflnallysettledby everybody apologizing, after which the amendment was adopted 87 to 73. Only two republicans voted In favor of It The announcement of tho result was received with applause ap-plause by the democratic side. Ou a vote by tellers the amendment was rejected ayes 91 nays 110 the republicans in turn gt-etlng the announcement an-nouncement with applause. Bland (Mo.) ollcred an amendment amend-ment proposing to admit free foreign goods when exchanged 10R AMERICAN IRODICTS. ltejected yeas, 72; na s. Oi. Breckinridge (Ky.) offered an amendment proposing to change the date upon which tbe bill takes effect from July 1st, next, to July 1, IS91. ltejected. The enacting clauc was passed over, and the clerk proceeded to read the dutiable sections. He reached the second Item, boraclcacid, when Xeldringbaus (Mo.) proposed an amendment, making the duty on commercial acid i cents, Instead of 5 cents. ltejected. Covert (N. Y.J moved to strike out the eiause Imposing a duty of a quarter of a cent on muriatic acid, hie debate became desultory in political, and sometimes bordering bor-dering on personality, after which Covert's motion was lost. . A motion made by Co vertTO strikeout strike-out the duty on sulphuric acid met with a similar fate. The committee ro-e and the House adjourned. |
