Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March Is.

Il
The Chair submitted resolutions of the
Constitutional Convention of North Caro-
una, expressing indignation at the cours,
OF the Presidhnt in opposition to Congress.
ana thanking Congress for the stand it had
taken; also thanking Gen. Candy and off
GERS under his command for their fearless
ness In carrying out the reconstruction
law. l1
Mr.. SALISBURY objected to the res.
olutions on the gronnds that being adj
dressed to the Senate, that body, being also
a high court of impeachment, having thu
matter, under consideration. could no:
properly receive such communication.
The chair put the question and it was
| received.
After the morning hour. the PRESI
DENT announced the special order to br
the report of the standing committee OF,
Rules.
The report was taken up,slightly amendI
ed and adopted = 2 er ~
The Senate took up the veto message at
aquarter before three.
discussion sprung up, the Democratic
Senators desiring to have it postponed for
better preparation to discuss it, which
ended by postponement until tomorrow.
with the understanding that vote will be
then reached. ~ 5LA AZ =
Z The Senate went into executive session
at 4:l5, and soon after adjourned.
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HOUSE OF KESENTATIvEs.
Mr.. STEWART L introduced bill to pro-
vide temporary and provisional govern
ment for Alabama. Referred to Judiciary
committee.
Mr.. BANKS, on behalf of Mr.. Shellabar-
ger, introduced bill to provide for the re-
moval home of the remains of Mr. Cogge-
shall, late Minister of the United States
Referred to the committee on Foreign AT
fairs.
Mr.. INGERSOLL asked leave to offer a
resolution reciting the scarcity of notes OF
small denomination, and requesting the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue United
States notes of the denominations of ones
and twos. sufficient to supply the deficiency.
Objection being made. Mr.. INGERSOLL
withdrew the resolution, saying he would
offer the same when his State called for res
olutions.
The House proceeded to consider the Sem
ate amendments to the. House bill to ex-
empt certain manufactures from internal
tax.
The report of the committee on Wavs
and Means was read, and its recommends
tlOns were explained by Mr.. Schenck. He
closed by moving the previous question.
providing that the hour which would be
left to him to close the discussion. he
would yield to any gentleman who desired
to speak.
The previous question was seconded, and
the hour to which Mr.. Schenck was ienti-
tied to close the discussion, he parcelled
out to all the members who desired tOspeak
on the amendments. Y 2 ~ GtGd
& Mr.. SCHOFIELD appealed to the House
to concur with the Senate in the first
amendment, reducing the tax on petrole-
um. He would as soon vote for taxing
spelling hooks as for taxing the light by
which, the poor boy studies his. spelling
book by night.
sense by Spaldng, Hubbard. OF West Vir-
ginia, Banks, Moorehead, Ju IL, Ingersoll
and others.
Messrs. Niblack and Pike spoke on op-
posite sides relative to the Senate and
concerning the tax on machinery under
contracts with the Government.
Mr.. 1NGERSOLL favored the removal of
the tax from coal oil and putting it on ben
zine and naptha, which are the explosive
ingredients in the poor mans light, and
which make it really the poor mans mur-
derer.
Mr.. SCHENCK admitted those explosive
materials might be taxed out of existence.
and the general bill would take care OF
them, but the Senate amendment did not
touch that difficulty, and therefore the
greater reason there was for rejecting it
Mr.. GARFIELD spoke in reference to
the provision for tax on sales. He prefer
red the amendment of the Senate to that
by the committee OH Ways and
Means. To the various objections made to
the bill he defended the proposition of the
in saying the committee pro-
posed, in its general bill, to tax all manu-
facturers on their sales.
Mr.. GARFIELD thought that was the
reason the whole matter should be recon-
mitted to the general bill. r3s
After short speeches from Messrs. Alli-
son, Kelly, Dawes and Maynard, Mr.. Alli-
son yielded the floor and the discussion was
closed by MIR. Schenck, who declared that
the committee on Ways and Means had
made its recommendations after full
thorough and, earnest consideration.
The House concurred with the Senate in
the amendment reducing the tax on coal
oils one half. 1t nonconcurred in the Sem
ate amendment as to tax on machinery
contracted for by the government. It'll
agreed to the proposition of the committee
ON Way and Means in reference to the tax
OH sales.
The amendment reported by committee
on Ways and Means as additional section
in reference to whisky brands, was agreed
to.
The bill then passed.
Adjourned.