The New York herald., 1870-05-01

II was 80 entirely consistent with m, Offering Of the
res ution that he might he pardoned II he th0ug
there was me connection between them. lie dii
know wnat the gentleman s (Nr. Logan's views
IN relation TO tarlif were except what hai ben
prop seq the Committee Of ways and Means nv Ga ia
co a ction with the tariff Even when he dar.
scheme had offered, the other evening an amend
sl 'tsS ss or s. oa sYss Sns gar. ns
aa unu an .aose " o were opp sing the bll Voted
ass.hst ,a nne a'oendment. wat al that mean
wnt was IN ae Ill no matt what was
ploposed IN reaiion to he bill there were hose WHO
were III their way, ana who desired 10 clear he way
80 . .ne country might spring u2 with prosperity
ppose the resolution prevailed. 1t would set ash lie
not mere the pending Ia In bil but also the La err
nal Taxation bni; ana why2 BE ause tile geale-
man lMr Judo had said 1t was very long bill ana
nNer cOulu Dc acted upon. This was not the first
lme tlat sucL an enoit as that had been made ir
nao Deen made IN 1865, when there was substantially
tue same general bill cOndensnS into one law and
codii Ing all .he contradictory and ambiguous mat
tels III the then existing laws, ana when that bill
was nearly through II had been set aside IN order 10
ins III Dill N reference TO spirits and tobacco
alone. Aud the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
, would now ", gentlemen that many millions
Woulu nave Deen saved 70 the government II the
general Dl nad been passed at that me. The in
rnti rev Q tax was special order in the cou-
ini Cec ana wOud be reached whenever the ariH
biil was oispose a of Wnen It was reached the Com
mittee OF Wa s and Means would have a substI ute
p epared ior IL which substitute he believed wou.d
minehu itsclf To general acceptance because n
would contain striking IN OF ABOUT thirty millions
per ann IN; Du! t did not suit The gentleman from
LIMOS (Mr. Juddl to nave taxes reduced or to nave
any reform IN reference ei her 10 the Internal
ns OF the tLrlr uness was according TO his pat.
fern ana uldefhs guidance. At all events II looked
very .uu n Ike tina IN Concus IN h re pea ed tnat
he reg rued the resolution IN no o her light than a
prop 81 lou % set aside tn Committee of Wa,s and
Means IN order To give charge OF Lne ter to other
gentlemen, who volunteered 10 lake charge OF the
inte .sts OF the count y.
MI COX said he would like to see the business OF
the Houss forwarded, but at the expense Of tie
people or OF puDllc welfare. The tarin should nave
tle iuliesl discussion ssOle lie did Not believe
tle dlsuussln would be shortened lDta by adopt
ing the Proposition Of the gentleman from Illinois Tor
his b wouli orlng up again the questions that hal
al eiuy been passed upon IN reference 10 the duties
on tobacco, sGar, iron, the free list, &c When the
gentleman from ONO (lr. Schenckl spoke OF tie in
sects mbDling his blll in deta he had reference 10
gen lemen on ms own side OF The House.
Mr. SCHENCK-Ihad reference to them
Mr. cox sAd ne knew tn It very well: but if the
Dill 80 vulnerable that even the lit e insects
could PICK 1t Item by ienl AMI atom by atom, and
almost co sumo IL IN face Of tine cou .try he thought
no. based upon reason, economy, justice or equaht}.
lie wosglld 10 see The republican parry IN lne
House was bel g di ded. Ii was one Of the nappest
things In his le Co stand III the midst or them speak
ing from al quit 81 Sc u Mr.. ScnencK and
mt mere were me great ee.erJus hearted men
among the IL. evenue Z lormer who were lighting
the od 1 ssils, such as his venerable friend from
ONO (Laugnter) He wanted the House and the
country to understand that even the m0use couli
gnaw the net OF he iion, and that
the little insects could do some WORK when
the large 6al dogs could no. possibly undo.
TIA ghter.) The en,leman tMr. Schen X had made
reference to n,m last evening, sort OF second iand
Jok taken from very bad sou ce ana ne was NOR
tilted tna he slOul have uOne II. The pe0 le wanted
reduction OF taxation ana the republ, an pa ty
was responsible lOr not giving IL to them. Their
whole administra ION, from beginning to end on
the sub ect Of tariff ami internal revenue as
signal failure, and was confessed to be by the gen
tleman from Limos (AIr.Judd), and IL would DC so
c0nleSsel Dy all the members ana by the country.
Mr.. LOGAN expressed MS great surprise that tae
chairman OF the Committee OF Way and Means the
leader Of the House. who ought TO De he courf eous
to his coleag es the epithets OF nlbb ers ana
''pigmies." lie intended to act on his own judgment
without diotaton nom the chairman oil the Com
miitee oi Ways ami Means anybody else. lie
had opposed the 1arin Ill., paragraph by paragraph,
III connection win others, on the subject o ron,
because he believed that the bill was monstrous
enormty. He believed, On the subject OF IRON, the
committee had been dec ived by men who under
stood ali the machinery OF iron maklng anu that
il there was TO be led action OF twenty millions of
dollars Oh revenue under the bill, lt was becaus 1t
would prohibit tie importation OF such articles ana
in rease tie burdens o. tie Ie pie.
Mr.. SCHENCK sald tlat there was nobody in the
House and nobody in the country VINO had wat he'd
the progress OF the Oil in Commitlee oi the Whole
n Mna did not Know t4ai n M taa boon .e,snv ,n.n by
pers stentiy with lgnt attack AMI heavy at
tack-anl more freqnently the iatter-w.th a
view, apparently, to decat the bill by dilatory prac-
tice. In the Of his oescr ION OF that here
happened to Occ 10 his mid while he was talk
Ing an eXempifc ti)n OF 1t. In saying ihlt II It's
epltaph We're TO be written 1t might he said o he
Dibol ed to death by pigmies he did not mean by
that to call gentlemen gnies. But he meant what
wac ds stIOi ", COARSE anu uuD COW-
ing figure OF speech to describe he charac er of
the warfare to which the bill had Leen subjected
He might ha, e used another western phrase VIII ch
would possibly have pleased the gentlemen better.
and said that 1t was kicked To ath by grasshop-
pers T" but he wOul not nave iniendei by that any
more han in the other case to compare gentlemen
10 such insects.
Mr.. BECK dem) Of KY, said that while he had
opp sed the Tariff bill, section by section, he was
very much opposed to the resolution offered by the
gentlemen from Illinois Mr.. judd. lie believed that
1t would De confesson and would be so regarded by
nDt Rl nAnif y a nuh
to understand the details Of the bill, aud was, there
fore, willing to give IL up and lump it.
Mr.. SCHENCK moved the previous question, refus-
ing to yield To Mr.. Judd for further remarks.
The previous question was seconded by vote Of 90
to 80 ana the resolution was rejected without di.
vision.
The House then, at four O'Clock, adjourned.