Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-29
Forty-Second Congressional Session
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2S.


DENA IL.
| The senate, after its business hour, resumed
| the consideration of the tariff. The amendment
adding to the bill the free list of the senate tariff
bill was cOncurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Wright, the senate con-
| CURED in the house amendment to the Chicago
relief bill exempting lumber from the opera
| ton of the act.
Mr.. Hamilton of Maryland moved to amend
| so as to reduce the duty on steel rails ten per
| cent; lOst-yeas %, nays %.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment made in the committee, adding to the
| second section of the tariff bill reducing duties
on cotton, woolens, silks, iron, earthen ware,
| glass ware, SC, ten per cent, and it was CON
| Cured in--yeas 49, nays II.
| Mr.. Frelinghuysen moved to strike from the
| second section manufactures of silk now sub
| ject to a duty of six per cent" which was
agreed to-yeas %, nays "a. This leaves the
| duty unchanged Mr.. Frelinghuysen offered
| two other amendments striking out items which
were rejected.
| The third section of the tariff bill was then
added
Mr.. Hamlin said the whole of the tariff bill
| reported from the finance committee had now
been adopted, except the first section, and he
moved that that section be adopted, as a substi-
| tute for the first section of the tea and coffee
| bill, now under consideration. He would eX-
cept however, from the first section of the tariff
| bill the clauses relating to rice and iron wire
cloth, so as to leave the present duties on those
articles unchanged After some debate, Mr..
| Hamlin modified the amendment so as to make
the duty on teas eight cents per pound, and on
| coffee one and half cents per pound.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to strike from the
amendment offered by Mr.. Hamlin the para
graph TO tea and coffee, and to insert the pos
tive provision that, after July LIST, tea and coffee
| be free; lost, yeas 81, nays 25.
Mr.. Trumbull moved to reduce the duty on
salt to three cents per hundred pounds; lost,
yeas Is, nays 20.
Mr. Hamlu's amendment was rejected yeas
| Is, nays 81.
Mr. Trumbull moved the same amendment
offered by MIR. Hamlin, emitting the paragraphs
relating to tea and coffee; adopted, yeas %
nays IS.
Mr. Scott offered an amendment repeating all
internal taxes except those on whiskey, tobacco,
and malt liquors. In answer to a question, he
said he meant TO include the revenue tax for the
current year.
Mr. Conkling predicted that if the bill, as it
now stands, should be passed by both houses,
there would be no reduction of internal taxes at
this session Of congress.
Mr. Morton favored large reduction of inter
nal taxes; and thought the amendment went too
far. He did not think tax which was already
due, like the income tax, should be taken off.
Mr., Scott modified his amendment TO provide
that all internal taxes on illuminating gas the
income tax, taxes imposed by section ITO of the
internal revenue act of June Both, 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
repealed; said repeal to take effect July 1, 1872
Pending discussion, repeated motions to adj
journ were made and negatived.
MIR. Sherman opposed hasty legislation in
thisl connection, and said ii was discourte-
GUS TO the house Of representatives, while a
committee of that body was laboriously en-
gagged in considering the subject of internal
taxes for the senate TO take action in the matter
MIR. Conkling saidlit was no more discourteous
than the senate considering the tariff bill while
the house committee was engaged on the same
subject
MIR. Blair moved TO omit the income tax from
SCOTS amendment. Lost-ayes 10, nays 2f.
The question was then taken on Scotts.amend-
ment, which was carried-ayes 2S, nays II.
Mr. Sherman then expressed his opinion that
the bill would be killed by the adoption of this
amendment. and he believed II was so intended.
The bill then passed, amid great confusion, by
q vote Of 35 TO Messrs. Foreman, Hamlin, FIRE.
linghuysen and Scott in the negative.
II now goes 10 the house for concurrence in
the amendments, which include substantially
the tariff bill reported by the senate finance
committee, and wholesale reduction Of inter
nal taxes involved in SCOTS amendment, the
first section providing for free tea and coffee.
The senate, ats 40 P. NJ, adjourned until Mon
day.
HOUSE.
Alter some preliminary business in the house.
to-day, the regular order was resumed, which
was the consideration Of the bill to locate the