Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-09
would not vote to substitute it for the amnesty

would not vote 10 substitute it for the amnesty
bill.
Mr.. Morton withdrew his amendment.
An agreement was made that general debate
on the bill and amendments should terminate
AT three O'Clock tomorrow; and that the bill
shall be sat out.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house this morning Mr.. Mercur called
up the supplemental appOrtionment bill report
ed from the committee OF judiciary some DAYS
ago. The bill was passed. Ii allows an addi-
tiOnal representation over the last appOrtOn-
ment to each Of the states of New Hampshire
Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana
Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, aud Florida.
This will leave Vermont and New Hampshire
with three representa- tiVes each instead of two
as was proposed by the last apportionmeut bill.
The house early went iuto committee Of the
whole on the tariff bill, and Mr.. Dawes present
ed a statementas TO the amount of reduction in
the bill which he reported yesterday, in accord
ance with the order of the house Mr. Dawes
said the pending bill would make the following
reduction:
Customs duties, So, 6s9 500 40; free list, nclud-
ING ten aud coffee ST. 800, 1861 internal rev
enue, S13,9SS 900. Total, $40, t2S,S3716
He said that he hoped TO secure in committee
of the whole, a further reduction on internal
revenue on stamps and other minor taxes, the
ANNOYANCE OF which exceeded the amount re-
ceiyed from these sources. This he thought
would reduce the amount ten millions more
which would make the reduction fly millions,
which was all the revenues could stand. He
moved to strike out the clauses relating TO tea
and coffee and TO put them ON the free list. This
opened up the whole range of discussion on the
subject which continued for over an hour under
the five minute rule
Gen. Banks charged upon the democrats that
they were responsible for the high tariffs by
their persistent opposition to the abstract uu eS-
tiOu of DrOtpptiOu The mptipne IN sfrika puf
tea and coffee were agreed to, and they are
therefore on the free list.
Mr.. Richie moved TO increase the duty on
bituminous coal aud Shale from fifty cents TO 81
per ton.
Mr.. Foster of PENNSYLVANIA moved to strike
out the whole paragraph.
Alter long discussion Mr.. RitcLie's amend
ment was rejected.
Mr.. McGrew moved to make the rate seventy
five cents ton. Agreed to-S0 to IS.
Mr.. Fosters motion was rejected
On motion of Mr.. Dawes, a new item was in-
serted, as follows: On culin of coal fifteen per
cent ad Yalorem.
MIR. Duel moved to amend the item of salt by
making the duty twelve instead of eight cents
per pound.
The salt question gave rise to another long
discussion, which was not closed when the COM
mittee, at hal-past four, rose; and the house
took recess until halfpast seven.
AT the evening session, the bill before the
house at the adjournment last evening, to enable
honorably discharged soldiers, their widows and
orphans, to acquire homesteads on public lands,
came up first in order, and was recommitted.
The house bill to amend the act to establish and
protect national cemeteries, passed. The house
bill providing that all retired officers of the
army shall be retired at their actual-not brevet
rank, and with the pay prescribed for retired
officers of the same rank in the regular army.
The bill gave rise TO a long discussion, the oppo.
sition being on the ground that it was intended
| to apply to existing cases instead of being con-
| fined to the future. AT the close of the discus
| sion, Mr.. Hale moved as an amendment that
| the bill should not apply to cases of officers
heretofore retired under the provisions if the
law is negatved. The bill passed.
The senate amendments to the house bill to
provide that minors shall not be enlisted with
out the consent of their parents Or guardians,
was concurred in.
The senate bill to prohibit the retention of
soldiers discharges on land warrants by claim
agents and attorneys was passed. with an
amendment TO the senate bill to enable the pres
dent to appoint the paymaster general OF the
army, was reported and gave rise to considera-
bic discussion on the point whether this bill
should he amended by making the pavmaster
generals rank that Of colonel. The amend
ment was agreed TO, and The bill passed.
The house then adjourned.