Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

he House amendments to the Texas

WasHtsefpS, Apriso.
IN THE SENATE
The House amendments to the Texas
Pacific railroad bill were eOncurred in.
4 The House bill authorizing the Com
missioners Of Claims to make further re-
ports Of their proceedings whenever they
shall deem it expedient OF advisable,
was taken Up, but postponed.
Senator Ramsey, from the Committee
on POstoffices and POst-rOads, introduced
I a bill authorizing the construction Of a
4 bridge over the Mississippi river at Fort
Madison, Iowa.
/ Senator Patterson, from the Commit
/ tee on Foreign Relations, reported the
House bill authorizing the President to
/ appoint a commission to inquire into
the depredatiOns committed by Indians
and MeXicans, and moved its immedi-
ate consideration. Passed.
Senator Sawyer called up the bill ex-
tending for two years the time within
which States may avail themselves of
the act Of 1866 granting lands TO aid in
establishing agricultural colleges, and ii
was passed. 1t
Senator Casserly offered a resolution
directing the Secretary of the Treasury
to send to the Senate all the information
in his pOssessiOnTelative to the accounts |
of the Pacific railroads.
The Senate then resumed the cOnsid- Z
Grafton Of the deficiency bill. The pend /
ing question was on the motion TO lay /
on the table the motion to reconsider the /
vote by which the amendment of sena- /
tor Morrill,, of Vermont, restricting the |
Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims in /
suits for the value of captured or aban-
dOned property to cases commenced two
years after the suppression Of the rebel
lion, the claimants proving affirmative
ly that they never gave aid or comfort
TO the rebellion, which was rejected;
yeas p, nays p.
The vote on recOnsideTing was taken
as follows: Yeas-Ames, Anthony,
Boreman, Buckingham, Cameron, Car
penter, Chandler, Corbett, Cragin, Fer
ry of Michigan, Flanagan, FTelinghUy-
sen, Gilbert, Hamlin. Howe, Morrill, Of
Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Morton, /
Nye, Patterson, Ramsey, Scott, sher-
man, Sumner, Window, WTight-26.
Nays-AlcOrn, BayaTd, Casserly, Clay
ton, Cole, Davis of West Virginia, Ter
~ of Connecticut, Hamilton of Indi-
ana, Harlan, Hill, Upton, Kellogg, Kel-
Iy, Norwood, Pomeroy, Pool, Rice, Sails
bury, Sawyer, Spencer, Sprague, Ste
vensOn, Stockton, Trumbull, Nickers,
Vests. The Vice-President voted
in the affirmative, so the motion to re-
consider was agreed to-.
The question was then on agreeing to
Senator MOrrilPs amendment, and it
was adopted by twenty-seven to twen-
ty-siX, the Vice-President giving the
customary vote in the affirmative.
The deficiency bill was then passed.
On motion of Senator Scott the bill to
repeal the duty on coffee was taken up.
He said that he would amend it pro- ]
vided that it should 90 into effect on the
first of July; that tea and coffee in pub I
lie stores and bonded warehouses on the !
first of July shall be exempt from duty, '
and that duties paid on it shall be re- 8
funded
Senator Sherman said the Finance ,
Committee had agreed on the first Of !
July as the time which the bill should I
take effect. The bill he thought ought ?
to be amended so as to make it free f
list, and he would vote to add other
articles, the duties on which ought to be
repealed as well as the duties on teas :
and coffee.
The amendment offered by Senator
Scott was agreed to. 4
Senator Morrill, Vermont said that
ne thought it unwise to repeal :
wholly the duties on tea and coffee, be-
;ause it would leave us dependent for =
'evenue on silks and other articles of
luxury, the importation Of which would
)e greatly reduced in case anything \
hould occur to curtaiI our foreign trade, o
IS was likely to be the case in a wear or L
VIC. He then moved an amendment I
o the bill by adding the free list con- L
aimed in the tariff bill passed by the /
senate some weeks since. II
Senator Trumbull said that there was P
10 more reason for repeating the duties Il
N coffee than for repeating the duties y
n salt and coal. The Senate had de- d
ided that the bills should not, in any L
ase, take effect until the first of July, E
nd that it ought to relieve the mer- ;
hants from the uncertainty of which
hey complain, and that the fact that
he bill was not to take effect until Ju-
y, was another reason why it should
lot be pressed through hurriedly now,
,ecause it was probable that before the
irst Of July, a general tariff bill would d
e passed, including these articles. He il
Wished to repeal or reduce the duties on
ther things, as well as on tea and cOf- T.,
9e, and he hoped that Congress would y,
.ot adjourn until it should have reduced .,
axatiOn by at least fifty millions and =
bolish every feature of the internal
evenue taxation, except that on ~
pirits, fermented liquors and tobacco. u
Senator Morton agreed with Senator u
rumbul that the reduction ought to
e at least thirty millions, and he was Il
ltisfed that we could afford to take off OF
ven sixty million dollars of taxation, L
lcluding the internal revenue reduc-
on. d,
Senator Bayard argued against piece Il
zeal and weathercock legislation on the II
lritf, and in favor Of postponing the
"a and coffee question until it could be A
Onsidered in the general tariff bill to n,
Ome from the House. u
The amendment adding to the free II
st was rejected-yeas II, nays 80. h,
Senator Irumbull moved to amend the m
i'll so as TO also repeal the duty on coal =
nd salt. Lost-yeas IA, nays 80. +
Senator Casserly moved to strike out "a
le first of July, so as to make the bill p
Ike effect Immediately upon its pass u y.
ge. Lost. u
The bill was then passed. 90
1t provides that on and after July lst, III
ext, tea and coffee shall be placed on
ie free list, and no further import duty W
lall be collected from the same; and JC
1 tea and coffee which shall be in public ~
ores or bonded warehouses on said first l1
July shall be subjected to no duty on OF
le entry thereof for consumption; and al
I tea and coffee remaining in said al
ores on said first Of July, on which wi
le duties shall have been paid, shall be W;
ltitled to q refund of the duties paid. tn