The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-30


senate.
Mr.. FHELINGHUYSEN IN. j. moved to amend
nuts bolts or rIvets. wholly or partially
nnlshed, from two and half TO three cents per
pound. Agreed to.
Mr.. FRELINGHUYsEN moved to amend by
changing the duty on steel carriage springs
1rom . to 8 cents per pound. Agreed to. Yeas II,
Mr.. FRELINGHUYsEN moved to amend the
paragraph above amended by including rail-
way car, locomotive and truck springs, wholly
or In part finished In debate on this point.
Mr.; WILLIAMS said that, If the rates on such
articles as these were increased much more, he
should vote against the whole bill, though he
was one of the committee who reported it,
The amendment was disagreed to. Yeas, ~
MIR. DAVIS CIy.l moved to amend by increas-
ali other hemps, from SIS to $50 per ton; on the the
ton of flax or hemp, from 80 TO $40 per ton; on
Jute ana @ Sisal grass from from 20 10 nv per ton; on
or less per yard, from to 10 cents per pound:
lover 10 cents per yard, from 4 cents per pound
10 cents per pound and 80 per cent ad valorem.
Mr.. DAVIS said he believed the whole bill was
ia game of grab, and as each Senator was grab
terest he had offered this amendment to get
his share, lie should move to recommit the
bill to the committee to be considered i'm con-
nection with the Internal Revenue bill, for the
purpose Of reducing the taxes of the country at
least q hundred millions year.
While MIR. DAVIS was proceeding with his re-
marks, the Presidents Private Secretary ar
rived with the veto of the bill to admit Ne
The question at the conclusion Of MIR. Davis
speech was upon his motion to recommit, with
instructions.
Mr.. GRIMES, Iowa), asked for a division OF
the question on reCommittal and instructions.
He would like to see the bill recommitted. If
it could not be recommitted, he would like to
see it postponed. He was in favor of the first
clause of Mr. Davis Instructions but he was
unwilling to bind the committee to reduce
taxation by specific amount. He moved to
strike out the clause of the Instructions
MIR. DAVIS accepted the modification pro-
posed, and the question was upon reCommit-
ting, with Instructions to the Finance Commit
fpp tn pnD q ia 10 In
ternal revenue laws &c.
Mr. SHERMAN hoped this would be a test
vote. To refer the!bill at this stage of the
4 sion was to kill it. If men who were opposed
to the bill hoped to kill it by loading il down
\ with amendments, they might as well kill it
4 After debate by Messrs. sherman, Hen
derson. Brown, Grimes, Fessenden and Hen
= bricks, the vote on recommttting was taken, as
follows:-
Norton, Patterson, Riddle, Salisbury, Sumner,
Trumbuil and WilsOn-l5.
Cragin, Creswell, Dixon, Edmunds, Fessenden,
Fogg, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Harris, Howe,
B Johnson Morgan, Morrill,, Ramsey, sherman,
= Sprague, Stewart, Van Wrinkle, Wade, Wiley,
Williams and Yates-25.
4 ABSENT OR NOT NoTING-Messrs Anthony,
Cowan, Fowler, Guthrie, Howard, Kirxwood
McDougal, Nesmith, Nye, Poland, Pomeroy and
Il So the Senate refused to recommit the bill.
Mr. DIXON offered an amendment to put
duty of forty per cent. ad valorem on lenses for
81 stereoScopes and in addition one dollar per gross
II pair when pot ashed on both sides. Agreed to-
Mr. GRIMES Qowa) moved to amend by put
81 ting q duty of 20 cents per bushel on barley,
Instead of 10 CENTS in the bill. Agreed to. Yeas,
81 %; nays, 13.
Ajustlce in this bill to which he wished to call
a the attention of the Senate. He alluded to the
Mduty on camel coal, which he wished reduced
n MIR. Johnson lMdJ said that subject had al
Mready been acted on.
sert1ng provision for duty of so cents per ton
ON coal mined not more than 30 degrees east of
Washington. This was in the bill as reported
from the committee. but, as amended, the duty
y Is $3.50 upon all coal, no matter where imported
Afrom
After debate MIR. SUMNER modified his
Mamendment so as to make the duty on all i'm
Il ported coal so cents per ton, but subsequently,
by request, withdrew the modification, and Mr.
+ CREsWELL said II the views of Mr.. Sumner
prevailed the bill had better be voted down.
MIR. Wilson (Mass.) said he would not be
sorry to the bill voted down. II was not
Z NosSachusetts tariff Massachusetts did not
demand it. There was nothing in it to compen-
safe for the high duty on iron, wool, coal and
4 steel. He wanted others to take the full re-
4 sponsibilitY Of this bill upon themselves, and
he protested against the report that New Eng
land demanded it. 1t was not called for by
Massachusetts. If he voted for the bill 1T would
be on grounds general to the country, not
' Especial to his own state
- Mr.. HENDRICKS CInd.), at five o'clock p. NJ,
{ MIR. FEssESDEN (NIe) called for the yeas and
The vote resulted-yeas II, nays 10; so the
e Senate refused to adjourn.
W Debate on Mr.. summers Amendment was re-
+ sumed, and was continued by MessrS. Sprague,
4 ConnesS and WILSON,
Mr. WILSON said there was oprinciple what
N&|ever in the bill. Put II principle in it, and you
Twill blow 1t to atoms.
Mr.. CoNNEss (Cal) thought it strange that the
Opposition to this bill should come from state
that had grown great on high tariffs,
Mr.. WILSON said he noticed that the general
4. drift of amendments to the bill was against the
4 linterests of the State he represented He was
ready to take his share ofthe edenunciatiOn that
might follow the passage of this BILL but he did
hot want it asserted that Massachusetts lived
on the tariff bounty of the government
At 535 Mr., BUCKALEW moved an adjourn
'F mir. FEssENDEN called for the yeas and nays,
hut no quorum voted, and Mr.. FESSENDEN then
moved that the Sergeant-at- Arms be instructed
TO request the attendance of absent members
Mr. GRIMES moved to add the words "at two
o'clock tomorrow" Uaughter.
The motion was not put, and the Senate adj
iourned at $50.
House of Representatives.
The Speaker announced that he had appointed
Mr. Falnsworth to fill the vacancy on the Joint
Committee on Reconstruction, caused by the
leave of absence granted TO his colleague, Mr.,
WashDurne
Mr. BIDwELL (Cal), Chairman of the Commit
tee on Agriculture, announced that he would,
& az an carly day, introduce bill to reorganize
the Agricultural Department
Mr. RITTER (Ky0, from the Committee OH
Agriculture, reported bill to restrict the Agri-
8 cultural Department to the purchase for distri-
's button only of such Seeds plants and flowers as
are not common in the United States.
The bill gave rise to discussion, Messrs. WASH
& &BURNE Qnd) and HILL opposing the principle
of the bill, and Messrs RITTER, WENTwoRTH
and KELLEY advocating it, the latter support
and radical, and would lead to reorganization
Of the Department
r ON motion of Mr. HILL the bill was laid on
the table.
q On motion of Mr.. DoNNELLY (Minn.) the Sc
" cretary of the Interior was requested to furnish
nIormauon IelatlVe TO Ine laGe massacre OF