The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-05
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House.

Bills were introduced and referred as folows:-
BY MIR. Atwood, to establish the Western judicial
BY Mr.. Sargent granting TO the Yosemite Turn
pike Road Company the right of way over the public
BY Mr. johnson. memorials OF the San Francisco
Chamber OF Commerce in relation to steam commu-
nication between San Francisco and Australia, and
against the fur seal monopoly in leasing the seal
islands of Alaska
BY Mr. Crebs granting the Evansville and South
ern Illinois Railroad Company the right TO build
bridge across the Big Wabash river.
BY Mr. Wilson lMinn.l, amendatory of the act OF
July 2, 1865 to protect the rights OF actual settlers
on the public lands.
BY Mr.. Van Wyck authorizing the First National
Bank OF Delhi. N Y, to change its location
The bill which wa9 mp In the morning hour last
Thursday in reference to the Bureau of Education
and dscontinuing the Freedmens Bureau was taken
up and passed yeas 10t, nays, 81.
Mr.. McNeely moved to amend the title Of the bill
by striking out the word discontinuing," and sub
stitutinR the word "perpetuating so as TO make it
read 'Perpetuating the Freedmen's Bureau" Re-
Mr.. Hoar, from the Committee on Revision of the
Laws, reported complete revision of the statutes
relating to patents and copyrights. Referred to the
Committee on Patents
Mr.. Poland, from the same committee, made seve-
raj adverse reports on the bill referred to it to
amend bankrupt, revenue, bounty, and pension
He also reported bill to amend the Bankrupt act
by providing that the jurisdiction conferred
Supreme Courts in the Territories may be exercised
petitions regularly filed in such by either OF the
judges thereof and shall have the same supervisory
Jurisdiction is conferred United States Circuit
Courts over proceedings in the District Courts.
Passed
The arrangements made for the memorial services
IN the House hall this evening, IN honor Of Major
clerks desk. According to them admission to the
hall is to be by ticket
The House then, at half past O'Clock, went into
committee on the Tariff bill, Mr.. Wheeler in the
chair, the question being on the clause proposing a
duty OF cents per pound clarified sugar. which
MIR. Allison had moved to amend by reducing it to
Mr.. Allison withdrew the amendment
Mr.. Wood sent to the Clerks desk and had read a
letter from Moses Taylor Co., sugar importers OF
New York, in favor Of uniform rate OF duty all
| sugar, excepting only refined stove-dried sugar
Also, letter to the same effect from Peter " King
| * Co.
between the raw and the refined sugars.
Mr. Allison argued that the difference OF 2 cents
| per pound between raw aud refined sugar was too
great. Ii took 1876 pounds OF raw sugar to make 100
| pounds OF refined 2H cents pound on the latter
would therefore be equal to cents on the former
| Mr.. Wood argued that all the rates proposed in
the bill on sugar in the interest, not OF the
consumers but Of the refners, class who had re-
| allied two hundred per cent on their capital
Mr. Sheldon Q4a.) declared that reduction OF duty
on the clarified sugar would be the unkindest cut OF
all to the sugar producers Of this country.
| cation contained In the bill.
| Mr. schenck defended the action OF the Committee
Mr. Lynch stated that the business of renners was
| Improbable, and that many OF them had failed in
| business.
Mr. Kerr said that from what ne had heard, in the
hall and out OF IL, he had obtained positive convic-
ton that the classd cation OF sugar In the bill was
not at all in the interest OF the consumers, but OF
the Tefners, and that the law at present existing
was better both for the people and for the Govern
Mr. Kelley thought that the real question was
whether the work OF refining should be done at
home or by foreigners IL IL was to be done at home
then this diferentia duty was absolutely necessary
At the close OF the debate which was participated
In further by Messrs Burchard, Judd, Paine, and
other members, Mr.. Allison renewed the amendment
to reduce the duty on clarified sugars from to ~
cents per IT pound ana & the amendment was agreed to
the billion clarified sugar ~ cents per pound.