The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-01
42d CONGRESS.
r,es,.,r-'W WASHINGTON, April 80.
L3tg w HOUSE. .Cats-li.

trees and for the preservation Of IN,
woods on the public domain was taker
up and advocated. III T1-I7 w ~ TI' : :
Messrs. BANKS and MCC CoRM1cK ARMED
the same % oil others In the main points
All the argument was In regard to tht
beneficial effect Of trees on rain, the cli
mate and the fertility Of thesoii. Aitel
debate the bill was rejected-Sl TO SS
The tarif bill was then taken up.
Mr RoRERTs addressed the House and
said he was In favor Of the pending bill
with certain amendments, '7'9'7 :
Mr.. BECK followed In d speech In sun.
port OF the bill. He favored the retention
lot taxation on whisky, tobacco and
tax. 'Fffz7 % TT1TISs' :
Mr.. BRooEs followed and presented
tables to show what the programme Of
the Democratic, members OF the Com.
mittee on Ways and Means is In regard to
the tariff. Hg -,1r'b8 I
Mr.. DAWES inquired Of Mr. Brooks
whether L was his intention, and that Of
his two Democratic associates on the
Ways and Means Committee, BRcK and
| IAA91aAAt W oapHgAN atud ullE
MI. BRooKs-Whenever we see q re.
duction OF taxation proposition up we
will 60 for II. t. = sF-f1 : I
Nh. DAwEs-I want to know whether
you will support this bill.
Z Mr. BRooKs-Whenever you propose q
reduction Of forty per cent on taxation,
we will 60 for It hard, but when you
propose reduction Of only ten per cent
we will 60 for It soft. We intend TO vote
Tor every available reduction Of tariff.
for this bill? Itf7flsT-
Mr.. BRooKs-Let me ask the gentle.
man from Massach whether he in.
tends to vote for the bill he reported! <
Mr., DAWES repeated his question.
Mr.. BRooKs-We do intend to vote for
II, and now will the gentleman from Mas.
saehusetts say he will vote for M 97f
Mr.. DAwEs-I do not intend TO vote for
It In Its present shape, and unless It shall
6e amended IN some important particulars
l will vote against II, IN
Mr.. BRooKs-Does the gentleman think
1t right TO report bill which he does not
intend to support? N
Mr.. DAwRs-I reported itin accordance
with my public duties and with the ex.
press permission as stand before the
House, that Idissented most emphaticalIy
from its essential provisions. tFI
Mr. KELLY. OF Pennsylvania would
like TO enquire whether anybody Is re.
sp.o3nsible for this bill. ELaughter.l Whose
Mr.. Brooks, ! do not think the SPEAKER
couldhave made tairer possible Com.
mittee oi Ways and Means II he tried.
-Four and half on each side. Laugh
ter. BROOKS went on to say, thai BY his
experience in the Committee Of Wave
and Means, hehad been almost educated
up to point Of being free trader. n
Mr.. McNRELRY took position for free
trade and direct taxation. The direct
tax which he proposed was not a tax on
real estate alone, but on all property, and
on everything Of value Of which he meas.
ured by money. He would abolish all
tariff and internal revenue laws, includ-
ing taxation on spirits and tobacco. BE
argued that the tax on spirits was pecu.
liar hardship on his own State 1llinois),
which had last year paid a tax Of $40, ,O00,,
900 on spirits, being nearly one.third Of
the irerevenue from the service.
At the close Of Mr.. MCNEELY'sremark
tho committee rose. ysgggt 5~Y Il
Mr.. MAYNARD, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported Q bill lprovid-
ing for theisshe Of q. 8. bonds in cases
where bondslwefe Destroyed or deEaced,
without default on the part Of the owners,
under such rules and restrictions as the
Secretary ofthe Treasury may prescribe.
Passed.
The session ot tomorrow evening, was
set apart for the business Of the Commit
tee on Territories.
The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. HAY,
ofllEnois, CoBURN, Cox, CAMPBELL and
FNKLENBuRe, q acommittee to attend the
National Sharp Shooters' Festival at
Highland, Illinois, onpthe 10th Of May
next
SENATE. !
The House amendments to the Texas
Pacific Railroad bill were concurred in.
The House bill authorizing the Com
missioners Of Claims to make further re-
ports Of their proceedings whenever they
shall deem II expedient or advisable was
taken up but postponed. II
MIR. RAMSEY, from the Committee onI
Postottlces and Postroads, introduced o
bill authorizing the construction of o
bridge over the Mississippi river at Fort
Madison, Indiana. n -
Mr.. PATTERSON, from the Committee
on Foreign Relations, reported the House
bill authorizing the President to appoint
q commission to enquire into the depreda-
tions committed by the Indians and
Mexicans on the frontier Of Texas, and
moved immediate action. Passed. NJ
Mr.. SAWYER called up the bill extend.
ing for two years the time within which
States may avail themselves OF the act Of
1885, granting lands to aid in ablishine
Agricultural Colleges. Passed. .7e
Mr.. CAssERLY offered q resolution d.
recting the Secretary ot.t the Treasury to
send the Senate all information in his pos.
session about the accounts Of the Pacific
Railroads, - "a ''s.''.s'a' z 'H'5'l''''z 4
The Senate then resumed the consiaera.
ton Of the deficiency bill. The pending
graph dispatches, several items intended
question was on the motion to laylj
on the table the motion to recon-
slider the vote by which Mr.. NOR.
RnL's amendment was rejected, re.
stricting the Jurisdiction Of claims in suits
for the value OF captured or abandoned
property to cases commenced two years
after the suppression Of the rebellion, the
claimants proving afflrmatiyely that they
never gave aid or comfort TO the rebellion.
The motion to lay on the table was
rejected. Yeas, 225; nays, 81. ll}'
The vote on reconSidering was then
agreed to.
The VICE PRESIDENT voted In the af.
irmative, sothe motion to reconsider was
taken as follows: Yeas, 90; nays, 26.
The question was then on agreeing 10