The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-03-30
rORTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March %, 1870.
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WASHINGTON, March %, 1870.
CADETsHIP SALES.
Mr.. RANDALL, by unanimous consent,
read letter from ex Congressman Leh-
man, denying for himself the imputation
contained in Mr.. Kelly's speech of yester-
day as to cadetship sales.
Mr.. KELLY disclaimed any reference to
Mr. Lehman or such others of his prede.
cessors as IHgersoll, Robbins and Moore.
Mr. WOODWARD stated that it had
been proven that Mr. Kelly's immediate
predecessor (Millward) had sold a cadet
ship at West Point for $4,000, but it was
untrue that Mr.. Kelly had anything to do
with it.
Mr. KELLY expressed qualification at
the statement of his colleague, and said
that between the time of his own election
and the time he took his seat in the House
there was a notorious sale Of cadetships in
his district, and he found that people held
HIM responsible for it. The man that he
believed sold that cadetship was some man
by name of Milward, who begged him to
confer an appointment on protege of his,
and huckstered the appointment through
the streets of Philadelphia finally selling
it for 81 900, and swearing he put no mon
ey in his pocket, except that he paid 5000
10 his GR6ul, WHICH his dR6uI 0cuiCSt 81
that he betrayed the friendship of Mr..
infamy, cheated his agent and pocketed
the $1,000.
TARIFF BILL.
The House at 2 D. m. went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Tariff Bill
Mr.. Allison continued the argument in
favor of q raduCtion of taxation, He
gave notice that he would move to recon-
NIT the bill to the Committee on Ways and
Means, with instructions to report a gen.
eral reduction of 20per cent, and this he
said would not fully compensate for the re-
duction made in Internal Revenue. This
reduction could be done in two days without
difficulty. 1t was but justice to the great
manufacturing interest of the country
which were not protected and to the great
consuming interest that reduction should
be made in the interest of consumers, and
not in the interest of special classes.
Mr.. SCHENCK asked Mr. Allison tC
state whether his proposition was to make
q reduction of twenty per cent. on iron Oh
on every thing. He subsequently stated
| he meant the same reduction to apply also
to wool and woollens,
Mr.. DICKEY asked him whether blank
cts were not now cheaper than before pro
teetlon duty was imposed.
Mr.. ALLISON replied in the negative
| and said that blankets which cost thre
dollars IN 1860 cost six dollars now. Com
ing to the question of iron and steel, h
claimed that the new classification of iron
though it reduced the duties on some class
es, was on the whole an increase of duty
He calculated that the present duty ol
steel most largely imported was 1856 a tor
and this bill proposed to increase that b
$22 to $40 ton The duty on Besseme
steel, of which rails are made, was abou
equal to 100 per cent. 1t was certainly
matter of great Importance to cheaper raj
road iron, which would have the effect {
diminishing the cost of transportation
He protested against this enormous dut
on steel rails. As to salt, he believed tn
duty onerous and burdensome on the couI
try, and it should be largely reduced, q
was also opposed to the new Classifcatio
= of sugar. Summing up his speech, he a
: gued an impossibility of getting up an e.
port trade manufactured articles so long
such burdensoms tariff is kept up, al
: declared it the duty of Congress to carr
. out the general system Of reduction
;. taxation
= Mr.. KELLY addressed the commit
in favor of a protective tariff, and some r
marks were made by Messrs Cleveland al
: Sargent,
Mr.. SCHENCK gave notice that
, would try on Monday to close the gene
al debate on the tariff bill.
J. The House, at 8 80 P. NJ. adjourne
4 The session tomorrow is to be for gener
debate only.