, 1869-01-23

cc!ved tho s&Lc lon Of both bou,rs In ;It
bills Which hsd been recommended by ~
Cnmtltes Of Wa,stnd Means tuat ses.,os
ard recently by C-muiss,oner Melies IN h.:
rport. - a'a
NJ: CoNHEss suggested sbat h.lr-r,,,.
eou,d @ hs59'y bo regarded IS within The sconr sr
Mr. SUMNER though, i. had tn do vtrb M,
ohi eecanee y had to do With the interest.
commerce and ,ol the public, 8""s' eSSs
Mt. CHANDLER .aId be- had h.cn ,,r ..
" tGe chairman Of the House Commtt,.s
that II AMI thing nut germ me to t,nn.- shn,fs
be put into tnls b,l! hy the Senate + ui WouIt
hill the bill In the House. "'1'u
Mr. ANTHONY did not see how tht b,u
could oc killed by putting IN pyovj.,nn e.,
which had already rece,yed thc san 1;,,'oa t;an -
both fous's and Of Commissioner II, ,ns. -
the bull. aug
A yoie By yeas std nays was taken y, ~.
amendment q, and 1t was los:-ye4s, il; Law
Mr.. FKRRI moved to reconuit til, ,,u
and asked the yeas and Ray j IN the rnot:an' ~
1hr vote vas 70 taken and the n,o,s'
lSst- yeas, Is; nays, g. @''''a
Nj. COLE sAld he Mould ypFe for ,hc 4,;,,
" eaust he thouehElt Won atF.rd SIM ~. -.
ma,.1 ne, 70 .ne ;eoplsr M Interest; bu. tie hoped
:, Nj. WILSON supposed tua: to in,.rt.. ;,
the country was satisfied With ;n rs,st,na
tar!n. Congress bad II, ed two war, s"o =,
maEc new general tar,t, hut II, Il, 4 war.
o. ina9stsy, Or eapaci ;. or somethlas e!s..
nao !aNea then. l be wool Interest lad
Itgt4a'iou, fem which great ,htn.s h.i
oetn 1pf cleo, bnt the result bao mt i7:.i-
aea the Expectation. Now j. was nr,, ,S.,
20 tl' Gle y; another iDtere-r, n d,nt,s ned.
ins pro- .ion, I'D leel.lase specially Tor It.
tneo'eat'ts nes "aot Of c,pacify oa the psEs ot
~: ~, ~ 10 ceal insel'i:eut;y ~th the ger.
~, ,lal interests "i the country, or, also. .u-
lMEnees TO favor sp. cia1 in eresfs. i be ten.
oehey u oil such teei-1ltion must be to .aise
up ana strengthen The enemies Of our wh, Il.
tAlu ysteu', and he ~as opposed to IL still.
because Of What he believed 10 be H. rrn,
Tor 1t. 'o'-
Mr. ConpEtT was IN favor Of protect;r., al,
emer1can taserests, aud thought til, b,li
would do something to TINT eud, and hr w.,
prepared at the earliest po.:lDle aumtn. to
SUPPORT grnrral foea~ufe which worlI pre-
yent e1cessfya in porta1ion.
Mr. WILT renewed It's amendment t. allow
the tnrprtat on free II duty Of ierri:r c,--
btpates, 10 be used in smelling. in tn. p:o-
porttCn OF aue ton to twu tons OF native ORE,
Mr, s1eEEns moved 10 amtnd the amend
uenf, 30 Us to teava such casboEa,es .;il
subject 10 dutg OF five PIT ceut at r,l.usa,..
Mf: hnITE accepted the am ndmtut, aud
then his auendmenG, 30 mudi1ed, WAS voted
down.
Mr. WHITE offered another amendment,
e1eepl1 fri N the prayi-fous OF the bill ali
COPPER IN corrse Of traLslE tn this country.
and nctuals5 on shipboard ut the tim. OF lts
passage.
Mr. MORRILL,, OF Vermont, thought TIL,
inst.
Mr.. SHERMAN thought It wiser 10 III
cel tain reGstnable time when the b,li ct .uii
take ELECT and let importers take their
cbSncts.
sfa. CuAspLrR said there were millions Of
ldas ere always lu store in Llndou aud else
pheIe, Whsc:i, by the use Of The telegraph.
would be al on sh'pboard before the act
could take eject.
Ir FlEl1SGnCTsES suggested that The
amendment be IL ooiitu so Is to only except
copper actually thIppcd On The 18th ot Jauu-
art, 1sG3.
-. Wnr7E 50 modified The npea,rent.
and u wss then adopted By vo.e OF yeaso5,
nays ~.
Mr. MORRILL,. OF Vermont, said that this
Dill would raise the eury upon Imported
copper bftS SN per cut, and would strike
to~n our existing c-n,meIcr Ia lhat article
but ne vas, nevertheless, II favor of It,
Nr. SCMAKi: WIS curious to know why the
SENATOR sIom Vermont Was IN favor Of i bill
which would destroy . portion ol our COM
mtrees
Mr.. MORRILL, replied. because he ucder-
stood tha: lne Lake superior 1utnera ~ere
alr. GRIMES Inquired whether be thought
that 4 good reaGuu for taxlng heavily .ycry
ar1ictc made wholly. or in part, Of cappug IL
use Throughout he county,!
Nr. MokE1LL decliu-i to 20 into that ques-
uun.
Mr. sHInaAS thought tho increas. OF .uty
b. Nlne staaior.. 1tsou7ded very I,au 10
say that 1t IVES an inc: :caso Of :;o) per ce.t,
WE!el MAS Il uc hnly because there had pre-
ytnuslr been a verY small duty on copper ore
Ms. GRIMES called attention 10 The peculiar
chasartcr ot this 1a1f hT:l; that X was
q desire to a'd tie starving m1ncri Of I,k-
Superior. lie thought better ind caeA,rs
means Of relieving them wou1i he bF e..a.-
l-hin2 there sranch Of he Frccdtucu's 6u-
rsau.
MIR. DAVIS was 20 touched by ,he de;-i,u-
offered TO tra1.sfrr to thrm IL: Kentucky
brunch ol the Ffccdllsn'a Bureau. Laugh
t,r.f
Air. GRIMES had hteu informed TINT GER
tain persrus had large quantities. OF copper
or haod. ar i wouli ,eap great pr "a. Il this
Lived The enaetu,cut of the Wnu1 Tariff bill.
ard would fnll"T every bill ltcrea-t ling tta
tartH upeu special articic. b cause dealers
would be able to cone nitrate tke1r c4pi ii
Tor Investment IN that article In antic. patlyn
Of the iDcfease.
MIR. DAvis remarked. al the interests of
thc couLtr} are as tho iatrrrsts OF ona xr,.4.
tain!I: he was opposed to Discrimination Ia
favor OF my ono 1ncUher OF the taniiy.
Nr. WHyJE asked the Senatt. In liz the
time when the art should take elect, and
moved that It l,e on the 1t OF ApriI proxtno.
Mr. CHANDLER hoped the ameadnen:
would not prevail
The yeas and EaYs were ordered. md the
en- ndrottt ~as last-yeas, 10 nays, -.
Mr.. kotruS stated that he ult have
voted against The bill had he not paired OF
v lib the Senator hon, Indiana.
The bill wns iaen paxted, nj: the s n2toss
rrc- ent tot.u. In the Affirmative, except tia
SIes.ra. Davis. Dixon, Bury,
Ee=: e.,dtn, GEim:s. McCreery. Snmnsr,
T7Inbull, YauWInkle. F1ckcrs and Why a.
II Eays.
Besides the provisions In the amendments
above reported, the bill Imposes on al cop
Fer lnltttt in the rm of ores, . cents on
cxch pou. d ef fine copp-r 'nttiued therein,
OF alt rcku'us Of coPycr, l cents on each
Pound OF fse copper con afaed therein On
crnts per pound Oh ali copper In p1atrs.
bars, incots. pt2e, anu In other forms not
n anufart u:ed. or Lereln enumerated, 5 ceu1
rce puund.