New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-01
WASHINGTON.
THE TARIFF.
.uralrB TO THE TRIBUNE.

aneral impression that inc 1aILA "iH 4"
hs;Iod Its friends are proved, on every Vo'e'
large majority in either House, yet an uii-
".rnnnlons minority says: You shau not
Sorfect n measure which has already passed
18th Houses, by over two to ONE ana the
,ooiority have allowed themselves to be placed
rbere they think they have no choice but 10
snccumb. The most unfortunate absence Oh
A. .hstin s. Morrill, at the bedside of his dy-
,0o mother and of Mr.. Roscoe Conklng IN
tendance as a lawyer at the late Oneida Cir
euit is the primary cause of this calamity, as IL
loft the Committee of Ways and Means iii the
hands of the open and secret enemies OF pro-
,oetion. who overloaded the bill with 200 or 800
omendments apparently on purpose to secure
NJ defeat. The master spirit of the intrigue is
Mr. Samuel Hooper of Boston, who aspires to
he Chairman of the Ways and Means Commit
400 in the next House. Should he be gratified,
NO NAV abandon all hope of Protection from
chat Congress OF the Republicans in the
Touse. but 90 voted with the COppcrheads
AGAINST Mr.. MorrilIs first motion to suspend
,5e rules. in order to take the Tariff bill out
&C Committee of the Whole, and this includes
Defrees and Stillwell of Indiana, with Kuy-
tondau of Illinois, who have been discarded
by their constituents as unsound. Every
man who was elected on Lincoln
ticket. who has gone square over to the enemy,
also voted against Protection, to wit, NOEL OF
Missouri, and Phelps of Maryland. Indiana,
tbough mainly represented by Wings of other
,avs. gives not one vote for Protection, the
Sneaker not voting except III case OF ue'
Missouri, with more mineral wealth than any
other State gave us two votes IN all, ana her
Senator, Gratz Brown, declares that no pro-
,eetiye tariff shall pass, even though he should
have to speak hence to the end of the session
70 preyent it, We are beaten, If beaten at all,
nv a minority of less than one-tmrd OF the
Senate and about two-fifths of the House, IN
ending two OF three who stab us as much IN
the dark as possible. But if defeated for this
Congress, another is just at hand. II. G.
5HB OMNIBUS BILL PASSED TIE SENATB-RKBEL ASSES.
soRs TO BE PAID-THE TAX BILL piSCUSSkD-SIHtNu.
Ous BUT FUTILE EFFORT N TIE HOUSE TO PASS THE
TIRVP BIIL-COYFERESCB COMMITTEES on THB
BANKRUPT AND LOAN BlLlS-THE VETO or THE RE
CONSTRUCTION ELL PROMISED IODA-lhb IN
PLACEMENT INVESTIGATION
The Senate Finance Committee reported the
smendatory tax bill at a late hour last night. The
amendments 20 the House bill are very few, except
rs 10 the administration section, which was nearly
all changed Tho tax on refined cigars is reduced
from TO l. per cent ad yaloTem All manufacturers
exclusively Of glass taxed per cent ad
valOrem. Bar, rod, hoop, band, sheet, and
plate iron and wire cloth placed on the
free list. Iron and lead pipe, sheet cad, shot,
steam engines leather and skins of all descrip-
tons and straw wrapping papers, are stricken
from the free list A provision is appended to the
House seeton in relation TO income taxes, that the
income tax for 1866 ba be levied the day this act
shall take effect. a clause is inserted exeinpting
.roffsAeGQe tax the rental of any homestead used
occupied 10y any person or by his family ID hiss
own right or the right of his wife Mr. Williams of
0rgon has given notice Of an amendment putting
lax OF 30 cents per gallon on brandy made from
srspes and furnishing by fine and Imprisonment any
yefsOn who shall make or sell, az brandy made from
grapes any compound which shall not really be
tuch.
In the Senate to-day JOINT resolution was passed
permitting Assistant Secretary Fox and the officers
Of the MantOnomah and Augusta to accept presents
from the Emperor Of Russia, and Import them duty
free One of the articles is a snuffbox set with da-
Inonds upon which the duty would be four thousand
dollars. The rest mostly valuable books, of
professional character. The Omnibus bill was taken
UP at o'clock The first business III order seemed to
heapologies for the incorporate language used IN de
bate last night toward the Secretary of the Treasury
was interrupted in a roundabout explanation with
20 earnest request not TO take up the time Of the
Senate in proceeding with it, and he acquiesced, and
let the matter drop. The amendment to pay the
Rebel Assessors was adopted by large majority and
the bill was passed at o'clock.
At the evening session of the Senate the Tax bill
was taken mp and read at length. Most of the Fin
Committees amendments were cOncuTed III.
The section of the House bill repeating the tax on
newspaper advertisements was stricken out. Shoes,
shoebindings and strings and shoes made from
leather or skins put the free list. section
putting tax of jOc per gallon on brandy madefIom
grapes, and imposing penalty for counterfeiting
the article, was adopted il was agreed to take up
the Colorado bill tomorrow and vote on the Pres
idents veto at o'clock.
In the House to-day there was little business
transacted in the morning hour, the time being
mostly occupied in private bills The Senate bill
providing for the allotment Of Judges Of the Supreme
Court and Of a Marshal, was taken mp and passed.
The House went into Committee Of the Whole at
20 on the Tariff bill, Mr. Morrill, having the floor.
lie spoke earnestly and logically forabout 20 minutes
~ favor Of taking the bill from the Committee and
submitting il directly 10 vote Of the House, beng
IN his view the only hope for the bill. lie admitted
That the bill, in many respects, was faulty,
that he was opposed TO many of its pro-
visions, and that the extreme rates in many
particulars were not inserted by him, and did not
have his sanction but the binlwasadmirable III many
respects and he hoped sincerely that it would DC
taken from the Committee and passed. lie relied on
the Presidents power Of instinct to sign the bill If 1t
should pass Several gentlemen followed, Mr..
Allison stating that the Ways and Means Committee
had worked assiduously on the bill Since IT came