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what was the general feeling Of the country; but
he (Mr. H. understood the opinion OF the country
! to be different.
Mr. BROOKS said. let US separate and reserve
the business Of the people from the excitement o!
the Presidential election.
Mr.. HALL. That 10 just what want 7 ish
| the tariff to be modified to answer the wants and
wishes of the people, and not those OF the manu-
Mr. BROOKS replied, the party To which The
gentleman is attached has a majority OF sixty in
the House, and when the subject should come be-
fore the for their action IL for them to shape
| a tariff. He (Mr. b was one Of tn" humble mi
nority, with power to propose. He had asaled
himself of the earliest opportunity To bring before
twenty millions Of dollars in the treasury. and 10
show the ma jorty well as the minority int they
should act upon the subject.
Mr.. MILLSON remarked, that even small re-
duction OF the tariff would greatly 'ucrcose the
surplus.
MIR BROOKS replied, that depended upon the
mode and manner of reduction, which h. did not
propose to discuss. He knew that the tariff might
be incr eased by reduction, but it was not his pur
| pose to enter upon the subject at present
| Mr.. CLINGMAN said he was willing TO AXE ~
the whole subject of the tariff, believing that the
| duties too high. There was no reason why
millions He would be satisfied TO see the revenue
reduced to thirty mlions. He repeated he was
| in favor Of reducing the duties; but when they
| come to specify in what manner it shall be done,
there was difficulty Tue gentleman was in favor
Of taking off the five per cent. du'y on dyestuffs
and SO was he; but he (Mr c. was for going
step further Forty per cent. is too mu n Tor Tar
mers to pay on manufactured articles; and the
| duty raw wool ought to be reduced; but he was
not willing to reduce on the manufactured article
He opposed to the tariff of 1916 when 1t was
passed. II was too great and sudden reduction;
but six years have gone round, and now il is at q
point where it ought to become more gradual, and
should be reduced in such way as to impose the
least burdens upon the people. His friend would
| etoip he dntv lrOad w he he ed
| that the whole country demand repeal Of the
duty. While be was gratifed that the proposition
to reduce came from gentleman who is identified
with the protectonist party he did not wish to be
underwood agreeing with the remarks uttered
| by the gentleman to day.
Mr.. BROWN, of Mississippi. said he had listen
ed TO the remarks OF the gentleman from New
York. as he always did, with some degree of plea =
sure, but at the same time Nth SOME degree of
surprise He recollected, when the tariff OF 1916
was being adjusted, the gentleman aud his
friends were confident in the opinion that il would
go cut off the revenue partially to cripple the
| Government. distinguished gentleman from
Ohio Mr.. VIsToN) was confident that it would
not produce eighteen millions of dollars. and his
party friends were equally confident that such
would be the result; and now, when the act has
been fairly tested, the gentleman from New York,
mir. BRooKs,) speaking ny authority of his party,
said that the tariff Of 1916 not only supplied n
needfui revenue to the Government, but such a
surplus that do not know what to do with it.;
and that it was calculated to create waste and
| travagnnce We have, not twenty millions, but
fourteen millions of surplus, it is true; but are
in debt sixty seventy millions Of dollars. This
| is a capital way to dispose of your surplus reve-
nue.; pay your debts with it. Besides this, he bad
yet to learn that the appropriations Of last session,
and those necessarily dependent upon them, N
future, had been provided for. We have, too, de-
cate relations towards Mexico, which may in
volve us in large sums. There have been viola
outside rumor fixes the amount at fifteen twenty
| millions of dollars. So far the tariff ia con-
cerned, he was not disposed to enter into discus
sion of it, but the subject was before tie House,
he knew of no reason why it should not be dis
cussed now at any other time. He was satisfied
with the tariff Of 1876. He was utterly opposed to
a return to minimums and specifics. Before he
could vote for a reference of this subject he must
know the purpose Of the gentleman who intro
| duced the resolution and what sort of a modihca-
ton he desires. Was it his purpose to reduce the
tariff on all importatons, or only on part! II
such ia the purpose. will the gentleman ny this
means increase diminish the revenue? Repre-
senting planting constituency, he knew that they
prosper under this tariff they never did before.
His constituents produce more cotton and get bet
| ter prices for it than ever.
Mr.. DEAN was astonished that his colleague
had brought forward a proposition to reduce the
tariff. Throughout the New England States, dur
ing the Presidential election, the party to which
| his colleague is attached distinctly made the issue
in favor OF increasing the duties and encouraging
| home manufactures. The question, he repeated,
was there raised in relation to the tariff of 1876
| the '.odious free trade tariff''-and now the gen
| tlemnn says he ia in favor of a reduction Of the
tariff of 1876! If he would tell how he wants to
make a reduction then the question could be fairly
met. There ia already committee, whose special
duty is to inquire into the Of the revenue
He would ask his colleague whether he was not
| member of the Committee Of Ways and Means.
nue., and whether he (Mr. BRooks) Or any other
| member OF the committee, had prepared bill T."
reduce the revenue. and whether they had made a
| report upon that subject.
| Mr. BROOKS rep led that the Committee were
not at the last session aware that the first Of
| July there would be a surplus of fourteen millions
| Of dollars, and by the first of January probably
twenty millions. H. would be happy to reply to
his colleague and tell him what he would do If he
had the appointment of the Committee; but it is
for the majority Of the House to say as the Speaker
Mr.. DEAN was willing at the proper time to go
into discussion Of the tariff As TO changing or
modifying the tariff in principle, he, as well as
majority Of the House and the country, was utter:
ly opposed. There being already committee
whose special duty it is to inquire into this very
subject, he was opposed to raising n select com
mittee at this time As we have debt of sixty
millions, the surplus should be applied to this
He then moved the previous question. which was
seconded, and unders its operation the anne ndment
Of Mr. BaooKs was disagreed to-yeas 10, nays 90
as follows
haus, Bovine, John H Boyd, Brenlon, Briggs,
Brooks, E. Darlington Cabell, Chandler. Chap
man, Churchwell, Cingman, Cottman, CulIon,
Disney, Dockery, Doty, Eastman, EdInundson,
Gaylord, Gentry, Harper, Haws. Hascall, Haven,
Hebard, Horsford, John w. Howe, Thomas M
Howe, Thomas Y Howe, jr., Hunter, James John
son. George G. King. Kuhns,. Mesch.m, Miller,
Milson, Miner, Molony, Henry d. Moore. John
Moore, Morehead. Nabers, Orr. Outlaw. Samuel
w. Parker, Penniman. Perkins, Porter. Price
Rose, Sackett, Savage, Scherner horn ,Schoolcrat
Scudder, Smith, Stanly, benjamin Stanton, Alex
H Stephens. Stratton, Taylor, Thurston, Wal,
bridge, Walsh, Ward, Watkins WEIGH. Alexan.
der White, Williams; Woodward. and Yates 10
NAYS.-Mcssrs. Charles Allen, John Appleton
Averett. Babcock. Bocock, Bowie, Bragg. Albert
G.. Brown, BUELL. Joseph Cable,-Lcws D. Camp
bell, Cartier. Caskie, Chastair, Clemens, Cleve
land, Cobb, Colcock, Curtis, Darby. John G Da
Wis, Dawson, Dean, Dimmck. Edgerton, Fauik
ner. Florence, Floyd, Freeman, Thomas J. D.
Fuller. Gamble, Gilmore. Goodenow. Goodrich
German, Green, Grow, Hall, Hamilton. Isham
Harks, Sampson W. Harris, Hart, Hendricks
HEM. Hillyer, Holiday Houston. Ingersoi. Ives
Jackson, Jenkins, Andrew johnson, John johnson
Daniel T. Jones, George w. Jones, CLANCY
Jones, Preston King, Kortz, Letcher, Lockhart
Mace, Mcdonald, McLanahsn, McMullcn, Nc
Nair, Mcqueen. Mesde, Morrison, Murray, Penn
Phelps, Polk, Powell. Richardson, Riddle, Rob
bins ir- ROBBIE. David l. Seymour. OriQen s.