The New York herald., 1868-03-20

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that was in question. About three quarters OF the
| whiskey manufactured In Kentucky were taken to
California and Oregon to supply the market there.
Mr.. WILLIAMS was glad to know that his section
contributed so largely to the support OF Kentucky
TO fifty cents in order to keep the citizens Of Ken
tucky honest It would be well 10 call this bill to
promote prom honesty in Kentucky. Gaughter.l, ,.,,..
sent from his State to New York, Boston and else
where was manufactured into three barrels OF "red
eye"-Caughter)-and 1t was there that these great
| frauds were committed.
Mr.. WILLIAMS would leave that question to be set
tied between that Senator and the Senator from New
MI; Mr. MonRILL trep;l Of Vt, opposed the amend,
been shown by the chairman OF the Finance Commit
tee. He called 1t another species OF reputation He
would at proper time offer an amendment to retain
/ the duty on raw sugar also.
AGAINST the amendment OF Mr. Morgan and then
thought all the manufactures OF the country should
be exempted and that the result would be greater
| revenue ultimately.
The amendment OF Mr.. Morgan was lost by the fol-,
| lowing vOte:-
sss Sssns
wnss q K,%ssy S%sSsu
Edmands. Ferry Fesseaden Fowler Frsinshuysn Crimes
Norton. Pomeroy Ross sherman Upton, and
Mr.. MORRILL,, Of w. then offered his amendment
striking out the provision In reference to refined
sugars &C., and inserting one including all sugars
| except those produced from sorghum or imphee.
Mr.. VAN wINKLE, (rep.) Of w. Va, opposed the
amendment as taxing product OF the earth and one
! requiring protection
The motion was lost.
Mr.. CoNNEss moved to strike out the amendment
OF the committee to section one leaving as passed
by the House, striking out the tax on turpentine,
Mr.. SHERMAN reported the amount Of revenue to
| be derived from these taxes.
coffee and Its substitutes, refined sugars, Spices Jew
The amendment was adopted by the following
vote-
ling Conness Davis Dixon, Ferry, Frelnghuysen, Howe
ssy ss%.ssy idmSa % %nfs VsGsss 1sTi Wiley, VII
NAysTMessrs; Buskalew Chandler, coroett Drake, Ed
Morrill, Of ys Morton, Pomeroy, Ross, Sherman Upton,
| The question required on the amendment Of Mr..
Van Wrinkle, adopted ON Tuesday in & the Committee,
| reducing the tax on petroleum one-half
| Mr. SHERMAN again urged the necessity of retain
heretofore In regard to the inequtabe nature Of the
| tax.
| Mr. SHERMAN said his people were as much inter-
ested in recovering the tax on petroleum the
people OF New York In regard to refined sugar. and
this was high rate OF tax, whereas that was low
rate Nevertheless as 1t was an article that could
bear It, he would vote to leave the tax as left by the
| House.
Mr.. FEssENDEN, (rep.) Of Me-, said the Secretary
OF the Treasury had very properly paid portion Of
the public debt from the surplus revenue He not
responsible but Congress- for that surplus Congress
| had acted rightly In Immediately upon the close OF
the war removing the burdens OF taxation; but they
still must carry on the government and not legslate
| to make q good showing to people at the coming
| Presidential election. The true principle was to
calculate on surplus of revenue over expenses; and
because they had surplus in times OF prosperity
| they could not calculate on the same result
In season of depression. The chairman Of
| the Finance Committee (Mr. Sherman) had shown
| on q close calculation deficit Of fifteen
| sixteen millions, even on the supposton OF an
Year, In This his opinion % tn the estimate c Senator tor Morr %
| Of Vermont, OF forty millions would fall below the
truth: He looked with alarm upon the coming year
| We shake our credit II we proceed upon the hyp0-
| thesis that there would be q deficiency. In his
judgment they should first endeavor to restore the
| currency to better condition before they incurred
| this danger. Taxation was always offensive, but
the government must be sustained, and they gained
only involve the country In dilcuty. He could not
| In view of the probable deficiency, vote to relieve
petroleum from tax when he had voted to continue
| 1t on sugar.
Mr.. CoRBErr, rep.) of oregon also felt obliged to
| vote against the removal Of these taxes
Mr.. BUCKALEw, (rep.) of Pa, thought they could
safely repeal the Whole internaltax Petroleum was
an article OF export ana very derent M es from ron n most OF
| one Of necessity and general use Senators should,
in spirit of fairness, not discriminate against the
article merely because Its production was confined
to two or three States, and was not more generally
distributed
! with this amendment petroleum was not taxed
higher than any other artcleY
The amendment Of Mr.. Van Wrinkle was agreed to
by the following vOte:-
YEAsIMessrs Mess Bgckalsw, Cameron, Csttell conkng,
R5s, saT y sy s
Van winSe Vatsfs% aV sy wilson and
NArsMe.ss: Anthony Chandler. Cole cenness Ccree:,
ovt, Pomeioy Ramsey, sherrnsn rpton, Wade and VIII
| on the amendment OF the committee providing
that no drawback shall be made on the expectation
Of any article Of domestic production after the first
i OF April next, Mr.. MORGAN moved to amend by
inserting after the word drawback the words "on
| account OF internal taxes paid" which was
The remaining amendments were also agreed to.
Mr. EDMUNDs moved to substitute the following as
| q substitute for the first secton:-
Of taxation provided in section nineyfou
act entitled An act provide internal and sup
por! the and 70 pay tho interest he public
ss a ssa GsssT ~ .
ON IN
i:1f Mr. GRISEs moved TO adjourn. The motion was
Mr.. Edmunds' amendment was lost by 10 TO 80
Mr. TRuMBuLL ofrered the following amendment,
which he thought would meet the anticipated DELL
ciency:-
now Imposed there shall be levied collected paid the
poo sp he brandy
| from grain or other material
| Mr.. TRUxBULL advocated the amendment in Q few
Mr. Mr. SIBERIAN thought the true way to meet this
aIy was e y s session On coe however
there would be bill before the Senate for this pur-
/ pose He thought 1t should be left until then.
| Mr. DAVIS offered substitute providing that from
and after the 3Oth day Of June next there shall be
paid by the disers on whiskey, OF any proof, fifty
cents on each and every gallon thereof Distilled and
no more.
/ Both amendments we're lost.
| Mr. HENDRICKs, (dem) OF Ind, moved to amend by
| adding at the end OF the first section the words,
"on diamonds, emeralds, precious stones and imita-
i tons thereof and on all Jewelry."
/ The amendment was not agreed to-
| The bin was then passed by the following vote:--
YEAs.-Messrs; Anthony, Buckalew, Cameron, Ca..el,
Chandler Cole, Conkng Conness, Cragfn Davis, Drake,
Ferry freiinghuysen, Henderson, Hendricks, Howard,
Howe McCreery, Morgan, Morrill, OF Me-. Morrill, OF W.,
Nye Patterson OF NJ H. Pomeroy Ross, sherman sumner,
Tipton, Trumbull, Van wnke, vickers wade Wiley, wa.
| liams, Wilson and Yaes-S6.
| NAYs.-Messrs Corbe,, Fessenden and Fowicr--3
Mr. SHERMAN said Messrs Grimes and Ramsey,
/ who were absent, had paired off, the latter would
/ vote for the bill, the former against It.
il he ns Senate reads fnnWa-