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Show TUTTWO ClIATmEILS. TheTarlrr mil Ajuln Ensncea AI trillion In (lie Senate asiiinoton, Aug 7. The tarifT bill was taken up by the Senate Paragraph 129 taxes bar jrou, round Iron, Hat and square iron from 5 10 of a cent to one cent per nound ac cording to the classification. Me-Pherson Me-Pherson stated that the avtrau duty In the paragraib Is 9 10 of a ci nl per jiaund, and that the dut on a ton of such Iron (In equal quantities) would be $20 10 lr ton ihoirou referred to was of tlio lowest low-est qual'ty, not charcoal iron, and the duty j roposed was altogether loo hlL.b He moved to amend b striking out the rates per pound and iusertiug a uniform rale of 50 I er cent ad aIorem He said tlio dut I roposed In tbo bill was equal to from C5 to SO per cjdL, Mr bberman questioned Mc-Phersou's Mc-Phersou's facts aud figures After further debate, McPhersou's amendment was rejected eas IS, nays ZS Another strict party vote. f Tbo next parspli (130) taxes round Iron in colls or rods, of certain shapes and sizes I I cents per pound There waa a provision that all charcoal iron sliall be suljett toa dut of not less thauSir ton The rovlslon does not a f 1 to Ig Iron McPherson moved to reduce thu arious rates in the paragraph Rejected Re-jected Vance moved to reduce tbe rate in laragraih 131 (beams, (,lnlers and otberstruttural shapes of iron or steel) from 9-10 ofoae ceut ler pound Gray nskeJ why thu dut on structural forms of steel and iron used for ships nnd buildings should not be removed, on such structural forms as were to be used in es-els intended FOKTIir KOREIdS TltAUl-That TltAUl-That coul I not injure) an domestic 1 usiness, because no vessels lor foreign for-eign commerco aru bring cuustruet eil in thu United --tates Aldricb remarket! thitroisiou for tbat iurjose had been made iu another (Kiragrai h , P nhlock a iealed t" Mdricli in thu Interest of agriculture to anree to a reduction of at least ont-ti nth if n cent tr inund on structural iron Mdricli hearkened to tlie aj peal and on Ills motion tliu rate was re duces! to eight tenths of a ceut, Mr Vance's amendment to make it six-tcntht six-tcntht having been rejectisl Tlie next jaragrapu (IIS) a plies to IioIIer Iron or steel aud lniKies dullesvaring according to clas-lfl cation from ouo cent per uun 1 to"..l cents srr pound, thu dut oil tlie highest class to be 1 jr i-eut a I valorem est moved to retlt.ee the various spetific rates In thu iara.ri lis to R I rr ft tt nil enlnrnni 1hi4 IihI ess 20, nas 201 strict (art vote Tbe tarifT bill was Umporarjl laid asldu to allow Allow Alli-on to I resent the conference reirt on the sumlr civ il a i roprialiuu bill The I 111, raid Allison, us It imscd the House, had SCO 000 OHO aud was then increa ed by the benati $.i,-000,000 $.i,-000,000 The net reduitiotisarel to ill the conference committee amountetl to 4-T,706 000, so that the 1 III tarried under the conference rt irt S20 Sonua Till AMEMUtENT lo thu ItlL Vnuri-au tnenioria) HI niry ha I U-en stricken out, also the ruvi-i ill for the expenses of the ad iitloiril Ian I ofllcis Tliearo-nna'iou Tliearo-nna'iou of il 0 OoM for inilit-in jw-Ls ha 1 Ineu luluced to $10 (Km All the enateameiidmetits relating t national e lib -' hoints (inrlud mga uiiuiug tuaiaigers) lial lieen stnnk out- TI e matter will ion gn to the twoniilitarj co iuiuttee of the two Hoiims. The ros l-ioua innlition ti the irrigation Mirvt li d ls it la-tjiomsl for further con ference The conference rejioi' was ordered riiiteti, uu 1 weul oertill toiihiirou without action Hon.- from the is uiniittee on irisitgcsatd ileetuus ftiorlisl a sulist tute for the Hun e i lection 1 ill, mi i it w as Iacei v It ah u d ir The miuoriU ot lie e limit tec lie sail, dissinteu from the te-j)rt te-j)rt I-re gave notice th t ie would not a-k tl c benato b lam uj the river and harbor bill until I-ri a of next week Mitchell txpresscil reitt at the IwstjiotienieLt of the livi r and liar Inr bill Imiioitaut works wire now sto lied in Oregon, an I he would t,ie irefirence to the n er an I harbor bill rather than to thu tarill bill Tin conft renct njiort on tlio for tiheatinu bill was ri-eutcd, but went ortr without ictlou Ilmtsr AMIINGTON, Aug 7 In tho Hou-e a resolution was a li pled calling on the Postmaster Geueral for co) its of agreemenb, for trans iKirtation of the mails between thu Uutted bLitesaud foreign countries, the conditions upon which the awards are made and the rates of jnymint Thu House then went into Committee Com-mittee of the whole on tbe Geueral Deficient bill I toners moved to striko cut the clause apj ropriating $0,000 to pa George Matthews in fill for the un txj iredtcrm i f the Fift tlrtt Con ress, for which ho was elected as delegate from the Territor of Dakota. 1-ost. Clunle otrered an amendment granting an extra month's pa to thu em)lues of thu benate ail I House Agnedto The bllldisiiosetlol, the committee ruse, an I all amendments were agreed to, save that granting an extra mouth's salar to tbe Senate and Hou e em loes, and then the bill went ovir until to-morrow |