New-York tribune., 1870-04-23

state who wished him to accompany them 10 mol, ,n
Vernon, and he had Thought iii''Se" o"'''''' "
Mr. DAWES ep, Mas said he had stated S nd On ina, ra
pont precisely what was in the note when nc had ro
The House then went Committee OF the Whole on
~, u,oo,or Rep. n " in the chair-rcsuming the
bill at the following paragraph as y amended % "O q: wrought scrap
iron Of ever description sc per un Frorff ha no's m % @ %
@ a% Z, scrap crap iron S BE- tTPa sSuSsetu1s Slse Ss '
am MS % u" RITZ nv Err 0{ep Mass) withdrew his pending
amendment which was to substitute the word :" ior
the word "and," and offered another amcndeh, 10 III, ~
| actnaI use' He explained and advocated the amend
ment, which was opposed by Mr.. sCHENIk' ~. ondr,o,t
offered by Mr.. Butler, of the greatest iporla%he ne
10 the railroads and 10 the iron WORKERS an @ oe , ,
country The country needed more railroad IRON ,lah
! PENNSYLVANIA and the other rolling mills could supply.
Mr. KELLEY Nep, Penn said that there never & ~ tSt
mOnOsyllable used in way TO do more harm tnah nat
little one where the gentleman from MASSACHUSETTS PIo
posed it. The gentleman from New ork ana "a
| brain" Her interests however were not specially IN
volyed in this amendment but It was a iraud on 'H0
revenue and on the interests OF the country, , a
Mr.. JUDD (Rep, lllD offered general suDsttue; IN na
ing the duties on sugar. salt coal and pig ana %
at onethrd less than existing duties ana ON conUe & YEA
and all manufactures of iron, except railroad at
a pav less less aS 9 een s d all wooen
and cotton manufactures and on railroad IRON, az one
aOures shall pay less than IS per cent ad yaorem Also
TO reduce the income tax to 3pr cent on incomes over
5O0 and 70 repeal all special taxes on disers rect-
iers, liquor dealers, brewers manufacturers and deal
in tobacco cigars and snu and banks and bankers
offered now but could he considered voted until
all the sections on those subjects had been passed on
The question then taken on Mr.. Buffers amend
ment, and it was rejected-55 to 6S.
Mr.. CAKE Rep, PENN moved to add TO the duty on
amendment, which was rejected.
The paragraph passed over, without any further
amendment being offered
The next parag graph the following:
ell S@ 1DS @ % S Ss% SG finished G Si S barn and
va5Ied than PgrCS except cangS cent per pound o. ,o
Mr.. KELLEY (Rep., PENN opposed the amendment as
which would facilitate the commission OF frauds and
he spoke of it's being to the interest OF the people o
Means in this matter OF iron.
Mr. LOGAN (Rep., n resented the Pretensons OF the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr Kelley to represent
the people of Southern Illinois, and said he had been
talking Of what he knew nothing about There was & no
gentleman as representative in the matter OF tariff
peals ON behalf of the people of Southern Illinois.
After further discussion by Messrs. Randall COburn,
Beck, and Maynard, Mr.. Brooks's amendment was
Mr. ALLISON Rep;, IOwal moved to amend the para,
POUND" pound "a and inserting the words ''slS per tun."
Mr. MCCORMICK Demp MOI moved to reduce the
MIR KELLEY (Rep., Penn) opposed both amendments,
and said he had doubt that The House would revise
pig IRON In reply TO Mr. Logan he said that he
American citizen, and had right TO advert TO the great
Northern Kentucky and Of Southwestern Indiana and
Of Illinois without reproseh from any gentleman.
of MIR Kelley said that the wealth of Missouri IN her
iron mines was but as drop in the bucket compared to
her great agricultural resources As to the doctrine
about creating home markets, It was all nonsense Al Al
the ronwOrker in Missouri could be fed from one single
farm in his district All the iron manufacturers in the
United States with their wives and children, could be
fed from surplus products of his Congressional dis
| trict Wheat was selling to-day in the market of st.
Louis right under the shadow of the furnaces there,
After further discussion by Messrs sCHENCK, BEN
JAMIN, and MUNGEN, Mr.. McCOrinick'S amendment
Mr. BECK Dem, Ky) moved to reduce the duty to
Mr.! POTTER Rep PENN moved to make it SIC per
| tun. - A.,
A quorum of members answered to their names, and
quorum members having been secured there was any
way to keep them, while Mr. BROOKS On. -
na%S the SSS u '
told it was not while in committee.
The count by the tellers was again taken, and Mr..
Potters amendment was rejected-62 to 60,
dnfy n,y to 81 per tun Rejected-s4 to H.
Mr.. Alson's amendment was then agreed too 10 49,
to the paragraph the words on ends, clippings, and
ppdrH6L MT HOLMAN Dem, indJ moved to reduce the duty
TO SIS per tun and to add the words 0 ends clippings
and puncbngs of new iron, $40 per tun
Mr. MORRILL, Rep.. PENN opposed the amendment,
which was rejected-40t TO SO.
All further debate on the paragraph was limited to
M? Mr. MAYNARD Rep., PENN moved to strike out the
Mr. BUTLER Rep. Mass) moved TO add proyiso that
all ends clippings, punching tuTnngs ana borlngs
duty shall be paid of $40 per tun. Rejected-60 to g.
Mr.. BUTLER modified his amendment to $ll per tun
Mr CoNGER (Rep., Mich) moved an additional pro-
viso perfectng all such ends clippings or punchlngs
cut, stamped, or partially prepared Tor any articles o1
Pending count by tellers the Committee at ~ o'clock
took recess until u o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
On the reassembling of the Commit
tee Of the Whole at ISC O'clock; there e was s
rum not voting the roll of members was again called,
aud the names of the absentees were reported 10 the
A quorum not having answered, the names of the alb
sentees again called The result appeared TO be
that there were but Sc members present 80
regular call OF the House was then proceeded with
A quorum having answered, Mr. STILES moved that all
further proceedings be dispensed with Cres of No,
N9Y1 ..,n0,
The SPEAKER pro TEN. (Mr. Dawes) then directed
the be closed and the absenees to be called for
The first excuse made for Mr. Ames Rep, Mass),
his colleague Nlr. HOOPER, suggesting that he was alb
Mr. IS sCHESCK Rep ohio) said that If that
The SPEAKER pro TEN. said that the Journal did not
show that Mr.. Ames had leave Of absence; A.,
excused on account Of illness.
several members-Where is his doctors certifcaei
business and if he is well enough for that he is well
anOugh to be here. He is away making money some
where. lLaughter.l
Mr. Ames was not excused
number of the absentees appeared to have had leave
Of Several others were excused account OF
sickness but by far the greater number had no excuse
offered for them.
Mr. BROOKS Dem, n. " asked that Mr.. Cox be ex-
cused and read note from him saying, " am sick
gone TO bed up all night with the Ohio people"
Laughter Mr.. Cox was excused.
on motion Of Mr. RANDALL Dem. Penny, Mr.. Van
Trump excused he being engaged In work Of char
itydelvering lecture for the benefit of st. Josephs
| Orphan Asylum.
When Mr.. Davis Rep N.Y) was called, Mr.. RANDALL
| remarked that he was making money elsewhere.
| on motion Of Mr.. SCHENCK, the Sergeantat-Arms
directed to take into custody the absent members
| and bring them To the bar Of the House.
The Sergeant alarms after appeared with six
i in hiG
| ris, Clarke Kansas), Hamilton Floridal and Palmer.
| The SPEAKER having put to Mr. Fitch Uep, New
the usual question: what he had to offer for being