Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-17
CONGRESSIONAL.

SnSATE.-Yesterday afternoon, when Mr..
Fessenden closed his speech on the bill 20 e1.
empt raw cotton grown after 1867 from taxa
Mr.. Morton gave notice that at the proper
time ne should move an amendment 20 tax ali
cotton grown after 1867 one cent per pound.
NJ. wilson advocated the bill n length.
Mr.. Willisms gave notice hat he would
move 10 amend BY providing that no cotton re-
naming unsoid should be taxed; also, that no
tax on cotton heretofore collected Shall ever be
refunded. He said 1t was our rnanIfest policy
TO l.sisiae for the material benefit OF the
ters from the South and from his own State
concurring in the view OF the chairman OF the
FINANCE Committee, mr.. Sherman.) A TAX on
cotton no ssre ss was premium on cotton in India
again, and argued that if the crop was un-
duly slim ulated the exporter would have 10
pay the tax, while other wise the importer paid
IL; lnstancipg coffee and other articles a. some
upon which the importer paid the TAX. IL
would be striking blow at the South 10 repeal
Mr.. johnson, after referring to the past action
OF Congress upon this subject, said he had be-
lieyed at, frst that the TAX was unconstitu-
tlonal, al1uding to the prohibition in the Con-
sttutlon from taxing imports. Since the war
with the immense burdens IL entaaled, II was
necessary TO consider how 10 make those bur-
dens as light as possible. The cotton tax was
ru1nous. The universal testimony was that
cotton could not be grown under such a tax
under the present system Of paid labor. Ii II
was Important 70 reinstate cotton into its for
mer mel condition, then it was the policy of the
Government act TO discourage 1t, but ather to
give bounty for ITS production.
. Mr.. Conkling moved TO so amend the bill as
to make It applicable only to the year lsos.
On motion OF Mr. Conness, the Senate then
held short executive session, and soon after
Rdjourned.
HousE-Yesterday afternoon, subseq uent TO
The House went into Com mittee OF the whole
on the state Of the nion, Mr Broomali in the
chair,) and proceeded to consider the defcien-
cy appropriation bill.
Mr.. Stevens (Pa.) offered an amend ment in.
ereasing by twenty per cent. for one year from
the goth of June, 1867, the compensation OF all
Of the Government at " ashinrton whose pres
ent compensation was less than $4,000 per an.
mum, the addition not to make the com penss-
ton Of any more than $500, He explained the
the incras to salaries below 5000 would di.
minish by one. half the amount required last
year under a like provision to increase COM
peneatb0n twenty per cent.
Mr.. Nicholson offered as substitute an
amendment continuing in force for one year
from the 3Oth of June, 1861 the Join resolution
Oh February 2s, 1867, giving additional COM
Mr.. Washburne (Ill.y desired it understood
that neither Of those amendments came from
the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. benjamin represented that the whole
subject was before the Committee or Retrench-
ment, and that no action should be taken in
the IN after till after the report Of that Commit
Mr. Nicholsop's substitute was rejected, ana
mr.. stevens amendment was rejected.
The Committee then rose and reported back
the bi ii 10 the House
Mr. Stevens then offered his amendment in
the House, and 1t was adopted-yeas 3, nays
20. rne amendment applies to all the civil
temporary, male and female, including the
navy yard, public printing once, coast sur
vey, the Executive Mansion, detailed enlisted
men, &c, whose compensation is less than
Mr.. BENJAMIN moved to lay the bill on the
table Agreed to-yeas %, nays g..
tNsv.h Bailey. Psler. BALDWIN, Bsaman, % Ben.
lamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Bromweil
Brooks, Broomaii, Buckiand, Cook, Covods,
,.,s: % D.Ts Dsnss Eli.
Jaiian, Kelley, ketcham, Koontz, Lafiin'
hecs1s 9cur o sSGsnss Muns ks.SoIs krs
Orth, Psrham, Pike, Pile, Poland, Polsisy.
Price Robertson, Ross, Sawyer, Sconeld,
Taylor. Troweridge, Upson, Van Aernan. Van
Horn IN Y.,) Ward, Washburns I'm, } Wash.
burn (Mass.,) Weiker, Williams PA vii.
liams ind,) Wilson Iowa,) and Wood
Nays Messrs. Anderson, Archer, Ashley
!O,l A1telI. Banks, Boyer, Burr. Gary,
Churchill, Clarke tO,) Clarks (Kan,) Cobb,
bridge, Eliot, Ferriss, GriswoId, Hill, Hopkins,
Hotchkiss, Hubbard (Iowa,) Hubbard wv
Ea.,) Hulburd, IngersolI, Jenckes, Jehnson,
Kerr, Lincoln, Loan, Logan, Lynch, Mallory
Marvin, Mccarthy, Moore, Morreil, Mungen,
Myers, Niblack, Nicholson, O'Neiil, Paine,
Peters, Phelps, Plants Pruyn, Randall, Rob-
inson, Schenck. Selye, Sitgreaves, Smith,
Spauldfng, Starkweather, Stevens pa
Thomas. Van Anken. Van Horn (Mo.,) Wash.
burn (Wts.,) Washburn (Ind.), Wilson co.
Window, and Wood-67
So the bill was laid on the table.
MIR. Washburne, OF Illinois, then moved TO
suspend the rules, that he might in troduce and
have considered the deficiency bill, as reported
from the Committee OF the Whole, without the
amendment for the twenty per cent. increase
OF compen sation.
The rules were suspended-s& TO 39-and the
bill was read the third time and passed with
out the amendment.
Mr.. briggs offered q resolution instructiuS
the Committee for the District OF Columbia 10
report bill requiring the Washington ard
Georgetown Railroad Company to furnish
ample and adequa accommodation to those
who may wish 10 ride in its cars, instead of
compelling them to wait and stand upon the
platform. Adopted.
Mr.. Hubbard w. Na.) asked leave to OFFER
resolution instrueting the Committee on Re-
trenchment TO inquire into the expedieHcy of
reducing the pay Of members Of Congress TO
81 900 and ten cents mileage.
Mr.. Highly objected.
The House, at4.f0, adjourned.