The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDNGs.
WASHINGTON, July II.
SENATE.

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seven years, the benefits of an act grant
ing land for railroad purposes, and
called for its immediate consideration.
Objection being made by Mr.. Ed
munds it goes over.
The tariff bill was received from the
House.
Mr.. Fessenden: 81 move to take
and that it be printed and referred to
the Finance Committee"
Mr.. Grimes: 1 move to amend that
motion SO that the bill be referred to
the Finance Committee with instruc-
lions 70 report on the lsecond Monday
in December next
Mr.. Fessenden said, II this bill is to
be referred to the committee for consid-
GRAFTON it was very important that it
should be done at once. / wished to
submit one or two observations in con-
nection with the motion have made.
We are now in the eighth month of
very long and arduous session,
and the members of this body have
been laboriously engaged during that
long time on this bill, which affects the
prosperity of the country and the inter
estS of every man in 1t; reach it at this
period and undertake to say that the
members ofthis body are not prepared
to enter upon the consideration and dis
cussion of such subject as this, affect
y
1t does at this time. think a bill MAX
ing such radical changes as this bill
proposes to make, should be laid a SUIT
ticient length of time before the pc ople,
in order that there may be some re-
Spouse from them as to what their
judgment is respecting the merits of the
proposition. Another reason why 1
think it should be postponed is that We
should give time to our finance COM
mittee men, who have charge of our
finances in the Treasury Department,
and the people of the country
themselves, to see what may be
the effect of the Internal Reye-
nue. law, recently passed. am con-
WINGED that law affords sufficient pro-
lection to the industrial interests of the
country; protected by the advocates of
the bill now upon your table. Iunder-.
stand from n gentleman who has made
u most thorough investigation, gentle
man in whose Judgment 1 place i'm
plicit reliance, that under the proyis-
ions of the new tax bill, there will be
relief to the mining and manufacturing
interests of Pennsylvania alone to the
amount offrom 10 to 20 millions of dol
lars on articles of coal, iron and steel.
Another reason, Mr.. President, why l
desire that this should be postponed,
is that we may know whether it will
make changes, which some of its
sections of the country.
It may be possible, that after due con-
sideration and discussion of this meas
ure, they may conclude it will be to
their advantage to pass the bill butI
think it will be some time before we
shall be able to bring the people of the
Northwest up to the belief that it is to
their advantage to increase the duty on
steel thirty-three per cent. I have
shown three reasons why this measure
should go over till December. Accord
ing to its provision it can't go into eff
feet before the first of August. Do not
think the Committee on Finance can
give that consideration and investigate
1t as it deserves, and he able to report
to us in order to have it acted upon
before the first of August, The post
ponement until December will be only
four months. In the meantime, we
can learn what is the sentiment of the
in regard to the bill. Now,
sir, / do not really think we have any
right to neglect the consideration ofthe
best interests of the country. L don't
believe any of us are so entirely over
worked that we ought to shirk from
needed legislation. No one can be
more anxious than 1 am to get out OIL
this place. 1 would like very well to
go at large for while, but will never
consent to desert my post so long as
think there is "a material interest that
requires action or labor. There are
some great outside reasons why this
bill ought to be postponed for a
single moment. We know that for
eign importations under the present
tariff bill are pouring into the coun-
try to such an extent that our exports
have no proportion whatever to our
imports; tha5 the country is drained of
all its gold and silver the moment 1t
comes Inland with all the grain andpro-
visions we have, we have been import
ing wheat into this country for the sus-
tenance of our people. Something is
therefore wrong about it, and 1 don't
like to see this question spoken of as
sectional. If it Is sir, the northwest, TO
which 1 belong, more interested than
any other portion of the country. You
are endeavoring to hew out n channel1
by which you can transport your gross
materials to market / am told, where
corn has been burned for fire wood, and
sold for1O cents per bushel.1 You.are en-
deavOring to make channels for trans
porting it to market. That policy has
been tried long enough. 1t is utterly
absurd. The northwest will never
prosper under any such state of
things.
The House resumed the considera-
ton of the Senate amendments to leg
the recommendation of the Committee
on Appropriations, in regard to the
amendments was agreed to, and a Com
mittee of Conference asked. The ques-
ton in reference to the printing of the
majority and minority reports OF the
Reconstruction Committee came up.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, said he
understood that the matter was suscep-
tible of simple explanation, and if the
motion to refer to the Select Committee
was withdrawn, the chairman of the
Committee on Printing would explain
the matter satisfactorily.
Mr.. LIE Blond, therefore withdrew the
motion to refer to the Select Committee,
expressing at the same time his former,
convictions, that the motion to print
the minority and minority reports
was an electioneering dodge, because
the minority report was retutation of
the majority report. nF.t
Mr.. Latin, chairman ofthe Colnmit-
tee on Printing, explained that the tes-
timony taken by the Reconstruction
Committee was handed in and ordered
to be printed, $4,000 extra copies being
ordered on the 18th of March; after
wards the report of the majority was
handed in, and after being printed was
sent with the testimony to tho binder,
and that it was not for ten or twelve
days afterwards that the minority. re-
port was handed in. The House then
ordered the printing OF 100000 extra
copies of these reports to be bound to-
gether, and that the order was being
carried out.
Mr.. LeBlond inquired If the Chair
man of the Committee on Printing
could inform the House whether the
testimony and majority reports had
been sent to the printer before the min
ority report was received by the printer.