Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
Action of the Senate on Taxation.
Tea and Coffee on the Free List.
Wholesale Reduction of Internal Rev.
enue.
SENATE,

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March I8.-On
motion of Mr.. Trumbull bin was passed
settling the titles of certain lands along the
boundary between Georgia and Florida.
Chicago Relieved.
On motion Of Mr.. Wright the Senate
concurrcd In the House amendment to the
Chicago relief bill exempting lumber from
the operation of the act.
The Tariff
The bill for the repeal of the duty on tea
and coffee was taken up.
The amendment adding to the bill the
free list the Senate tariff bill was concur
red.
Mr.. Hamilton (Md.) moved an amend
ment so as to reduce the duty GU steel rails
10 per cent. Lost-yeas, 25; nays, %.
The question was then taken on the
amendment made, the committee adding
the second section Of the tariff bill reducing
the duties on cotton, woolens, silks, iron,
earthenware and glassware 10 per cent,
and 1t was concurred in-yeas, 80; nays,
II.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen moved to strike from
the second section the manufacture of silk
now subject to duty ofsix per cent, which
was agreed to-yeas %, noes "a. This
leaves the duty unchanged.
MIR. Frelinghuysen offered two other
amendments striking out items, which were
rejected.
The third section of the Tariff bill was
then added.
Mr.. Hamlin said that the whole of the
tariff bill reported from the Finance Com
mittee had now been adopted except the first
section of the tea and coffee bill now under
consideration. He would except however,
from the first section of the tariff bill the
clauses relating to rice and iron wire
cloth, so as to have oil the present duties on
those articles unchanged.
After some debate, Mr.. Hamlin modified
his motion so as to make the duty on teas
8 cents per pound, and on coffee II cents
per pound.
Mr.. EdmuDds moved to strike from the
amendment offered, by the paragraph as to
tea and coffee and to insert a positive pro-
vision that after July /, tea and coffee
should be free. Lost. Yeas, p; nays, Is. |
Mr.. Trumbull moved to reduce the duty
on salt to 8 cents per hundred pounds.
Lost. Yeas, Is; nays, 20.
Mr.. Hamlin's amendment was then re-
jected-yeas, Is; nays, 81.
Mr.. Trumbull moved the same amend
ment offered by-Mr. Hamlin, emitting the
paragraphs relating to tea and coffee.
Adopted-yeas, %; nays, IS.
Mr.. Scott offered an amendment repeal |
ing all internal taxes except those on
whisky, tobacco and malt liquors. In an
swer to question, he said he meant to in |
clude the income tax for the current year.
Mr.. COnkling predicted that if the bill as
it now stood should be passed by both |
Houses, there would be no reduction of inter- |
nal taxes at this session of Congress.
Mr.. Morton favored a large reduction of |
the internal tax but thought the amend !
ment went too far. He did not think that |
a tax which was already due like the in |
coime tax should be taken off.
Mr.. Scott modified his amendmen. to pro- |
vde that all internal taxes on Illuminating !
gas, income tax, taxes imposed by Sec. 10 |
of the internal revenue act of the Both Of |
June, 1864, except the tax on banks and |
bankers, and all taxes by stamps except |
such as relate to distilled spirits, fermented |
liquors, snuff, tobacco and cigars, be repeal
ed, said repeal to take effect on the LIST of
July, 1872.
Pending the discussion Of the repeal mo-
tons to adjourn were made and negatived. |
Mr.. Sherman opposed hasty legislation
in this connection, and said it was discour-
teOus to the House of Representatives. while
a committee Of that body was laboriously
engaged in considering the subject of in
ternal taxes, for the Senate to take action
in the matter.
Mr.. Conkling said it was no more dis
than the Senate considering the
tariff bill while the House Committee was
engaged on the same subject.
Mr.. Blair moved to omit the income tax
from Mr.. SCOTS amendment. Rost. Ayes,
10; nays, p.
The question was then taken of SCOTS
which was carried-Ayes rs,
noes II.
Mr. Sherman then expressed an opinion
hat the bill would be killed by the adoption
Of the amendment and believed it was so
Intended.
The bill then passed
Amid Great Confusion
1y vote of So to Messrs. Foreman, Ham
i'm, FreliDghysen and Scott in negative. 1t
low goes to the House for concurrence III
he amendments which include substan-
tally the tariff bill reported by the Senate
Finance Committee, and the wholesale re-
luction in internal taxes involved in SCOTS
the first section providing for
rec tea and coffee.
The Senate then at $40 adjourned until
Monday.