The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-10
ESTABLISHED, 1881.

amended, BY making the tax twenty dol
The paragraph relating to insurance
agents was. o. mo io9 OF sLarkweather,
Tnere were no amendments male 10 the
nara graph relating TO auctioneers, re AZ es-
tate agents, produce brokers and pawa-
The paragraph relating to claim aseats
and pa ent agents was, on motion OF NC
read, c aim agents and patent agents wnose
annual receipts from fees do not exeeed
81, 800. shaft pay ter odoIiars; II exceedlng
1000 aud not exceeding s20O0o, thirty DOL
10 an nd meats were made except as, to
yer 5iage to the paragraph relating to tl1at-
eat rigat- d. ralers. -inLe ligence office he 4p-
ers. express carriers, peddte :, lortery
nan s3srs gdeai ieIsi IA 10 terry uckets,sa e lad
breprietors Of gift enterprises,
IT ne consideration OF t.ae taxiblll was ze1
sulned in Committee, section 81, i'm posi-
ing specia tax being under discussion,
l1s m al ssaPief Ph is II saPeraf Sotgf
sneaonents were rs3ected, ahd finssly
{ sssveraiia hieudn,a1 70 the paragraph
relating u eosyey was amendSG Dy
exAs1i ping persons y hose gross 'annuai
reeeip.s as such a. shall not exceed s5Q,se}
IA the debate on tae paragraph relating
tn keepers OF hotal~.ehutser saia: Al this
sage OF sessloA 41 could not ne expect=
ed that the rflf would pass. The House
cuuld uo1 get through with y until the lst
o. July. Then Il ma to 20 ta the. senate,
Il would be Septein 5er before The anaend-
M1a1Itine they Should have lost all the
advantage Otjpassiuz some PROV Ylsions N
retation 10 the whisKy and tOoaeco tex.
He tbetefore gave mites thai to-morrow
he would move posi- 9oae'nenL o. t1e Dill
ratl .Dssemo Der, aud II Tue so1ne tiI1es
wouid offer n rsSol tom ! Instructir-g the
commit 70 on WaEs aNdf d leans % report
tae SECTIONS in reference 10 distilled spir-
is ahd malt iiuu0rS With such general
.f4Hr la =
t.-e laFys Elf ctiyvsfos q "a, was pract eaIiy
"a faat cou.d be donk this session. He
asked whe her these Was q member of the
House who expected tlsk bill could be
scieiiek SAID he W, \ very much afrSld
tae gelitleala fEeml Aassachusetts took
wisdom, a. 10 the possibility Of getting
-Ie bin through tn gentlemen had
5Sring the 6iFi:i tie COMMITTEE had
5tFsa a goo deal OF time to it. and was
10 ashamed Of tAe .gssult, but the delay
tle.e were other pacu far circumst fnees
0h ca protr cted the session, and which
tile sent4einan from Mass lehuSetts would
a ~ Ike to have referred 70. lLaugater.l
s.ace the btll had been brought into the
H0use, at the termination OF the delay
ar.sing from the impeachment, there had
been but three fun days of work on III
ystlt ne Committee on che Whole had gone
through nearly one-third of the bill. ~
seaenck-Wa nave gone through Los
pages out 81 l9h a9nsleeraoly more t4an
ou--fouTth. We have shown tnat thtsrO Dill
can be gone through within less than ten
eays.H II we really wish to pass the .biits
there IS no d.rieu4ty IN the house ol fsp-
resentat yes tor at least doing its shate OF
the tabor. and doing IT. properly. II the
senate takes The refp0nSipllity that IS
matt for. that body The committee Of
Ways and Means could not take the
bill, aud reeort " bach, asthe gentleman
from MASSACHUSETTS, ugge5tec, an muen
. ~ 0f WhAfp tn fhrOnRn
with the OIL. III this House, with o Re-.
pub lean majority, shrink nom meeting
a these questions. and providing Tor rev
euue. their con tituents will understand
that they have shrank from labor Whic4
kept at home individually, think, in
consequence of that failure to do DUTY
for which they were sent here, and think
they ought TO be kept At nome. think II
this House aud Congress. because OF any
supposed inconvenience in sitting week
2 es home without disposing of questions
Involved in this matter, It's members do
not deserve to come back again. or 10 re-
{ iin power In the country. speak plainly,
because desire TO be distinctly under
stocd.
ruled that it was not the question before
the committee. adding that he had only
allowed those statements to be made be-
cause there was no objection.
s COyOde moved a formal amendment
and was proceeding o say that while he
believed the bi i would 60 through this
HOUSE, ulQ hot OE4AGFt--
Before he cou finish the sentence,
Sctenck called him To order, and demand
ed that the debate BE- confined to the
am .sndment. l4a
The Chair sustained the point.
Covode said he would conf1ue himself TO
the question, but he wished to.make sug-
gestlon.
loud calls OF " Order" and he was not
allowed TO make his snggestioH.l
Butler moved formal amendment, and
was proceeding TO reply to Schenck, when
tie latter called him to order.
The Committee went on with the con-
sideration of the paragraph. when, at 10 :l5,
Schenck moved, in consequence, as be
said, OF the manifest indIspo-ftion Of mem
bsrS that the ON mittee rise. This done,
Morehead asked permission to report q
bill TO increase the revenue from duties on
i'm ports.
Brooks said he had no. objection to the
bill being reported, but not as from the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Moreh cad said he did not propose it as
from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Farnsworth objected.
At 10 80 the House adjourned. 58H