Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-29
F0Fty-SeCOnd C8ngTess
SECOND SESSION.

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bill passed settling the titles to certain
lands along the boundary between
Georgia and Florida.
The report of the committee OF con-
ference on the bill for the publishing OF
the debates in Congress was concurred
in.
On motion OF Senator Howe, COM
mittee of conference was appointed on
the Bayfield, and st. CrOix railroad bill.
The Vice President appointed Sen
ators Carpenter, POmeroy and Kelley.
Senator Casserly's amendment, Of
fered yesterday, was referred to the
committee of conference.
The bill to repeal the duty on tea
and coffee was taken up.
Senator Frelinghuysen moved to
strike from the second section the
manufacture of silk, now subject to a
duty Of six per cent, which was agreed
to-yeas 28, nays "A. This leaves the
duty unchanged.
Senator FreliDghuysen offered two
other amendments striking out items,
which were rejected.
The amendment adding to the bill
of free list Of the Senate tariff bill was
concurred in.
On motion Of Senator Wright, the
Senate concUrred in the House
amendment to the Chicago relief bill,
exempting lumber from the operation
of the act.
Senator Hamilton CMaryland]
moved to amend the bill so as to re-
duee the duty on steel rails ten per
cent. LOst-yeas %, nays 28.
The question was then taken on the
amendment made In the committee
adding to the second section of the
tariff bill reducing duties on cotton,
wOOiens, silks, iron, earthenWare and
glassw ware ten per cent. and it was con-
Cured iu-yeas 50, nays II.
The third section of the tariff bill
was then added.
Senator Hamlin said that the whole
of the tariff bill reported from the
finance committee had now been
adopted, except the first section of the
tea and coffee bill now under eOnsid-
Grafton. He would except, however,
from the first section of the tariff bill
the clauses relating to rice and to iron
wire cloth, so as to leave all the pres
ent duties on those articles unchanged.
After some debate Senator Hamlin
mOGifide his amendment so as to make
the duty on teas eight cents per
pound and on coffee One and a half
cents per pound.
Senator Edmunds moved to strike
from the amendment offered the par
agraph as to tea and coffee, and
to insert a positive provision
that after July first tea and
ch hn 4
q, nays 25.
Senator Trumbull moved to reduce
the duty on salt to three cents per
hundred pounds. LoSt-yeas 15, nays
20.
Senator HsmIin's amendment was
then rejected; yeas 10, nays q.
Senator TTumbuu moved the same
amendment offered by Senator Ham
lin, emitting the paragraphs relating
to tea and coffee. AdOpted-yeas p,
nays is.
Senator Scott offered an amendment
repeating all internal taxes except
those on whisky, tobacco, and malt
liquors. In answer to question ne
said he meant to include the income
tax for the current year.
Senator Conkling predicted that il
the bill as it now stood should be
passed by both houses there would be
no reduction Of internal taxes at this
session Of Congress.
Senator Morton favored large re-
duetion of internal tax, but thought
the amendment went too far. He did
not think that q tax which was al
ready due, like the income tax, should
be taken OF.
Senator Scott modified his amend
ment so as 10 provide that all internal
taxes on Illuminating gas, the income
tax, the taxes imposed by section ITO
of internal revenue act of 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, to-
baeco and cigars, be repealed, to take
effect July 1, 1872.
Pending the discussion to repeal,
motions to adjourn were made and
negatived.
Senator Sherman was opposed to
hssty legislation in this connection,
and said that it was diseourteOus to
the House of Representatives, while a
committee Of that body was labori-
ously engaged in considering the sub
jeet of internal taxes, for the Senate to
take action in the matter.
Senator COnkliDg said it was no
more discOurteOus than the Senate
considering the tariff bill while the
House committee was engaged on the
same subject.
Senator Blair moved to omit the
income tax from Scott's amendment.
LOet-ayes 10, noes 2l.
The question was then taken on
Senator Scott's amendment, when it
was carried; yeas Is, nays IL.
Senator Sherman then expressed
his opinion that the bill would be
killed by the adoption Of this amend
ment, and he believed 1t was 80 In
tended.
The bill was then passed amid great
confusion by a vote of thirty-1ve to
Messrs. Boreman, Han1lin, Freling-
huysen and Scott in the negative.
1t now goes to the House for concur
renee ia the amendments, which in
clude substantially the tariff bill re-
ported by the Senate finance commit
tee, and the Wholesale reduction Of
internal taxes involved Ia Senator
Scott's amendment, the first section
providing for free tea and coffee.
The Senate then, at 9:40, adjourned
until Monday.