Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-08

Mr.. Hawley, lin a louder and more angry
tone e)-Redeem the honor Of your nation.
Mr.. Dawes-Thank you, sir.
Mr.. Hawley-Where is your tax bill2
MIR. Dawes-There IL comes. The gen
tleman holds in one hand his show and IN
the other bis tax bill. Let him go TO the
country with that issue. sasf
Mr.. Hawley-I will.
Speeches in favor Of the bill were made
by Messrs Randall and LuIterell. The
debate was closed by Mr.. Hawley, OF Con-
necticut, who is President OF the Centen-
nial Commissioners. He reviewed the ac-
tion of Congress and the Executive, to
prove that the Government was fully COM
mitted TO the rational character OF the Gel
ebration. II Congress should forbid this
exhibition to go on, he would congratulate
the Secretary of State, and would take
sardonic pleasure in looking over bis shoul-
der, to see how he would
Excuse n Yankee congress
for backing out. He wanted the Chairman
of the Committee on Ways aud Means to
90 and tell the Secretary Of State how to do
il. The House had been just told that the
Government was $29, 100000 behind its OBJ
LEGATION, while Massachusetts man had
been Chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means for years, and while another
Massachusetts man had been Secretary Of
the Treasury for years, and yet the gentle
man (Dawes) had not dared to come before
the people with tax bill required to re-
deem the solemn obligations OF the Gov
ernment. Manifestations Of encourage
ment.1 The question with the people would
be not so much what the taxes are, but
whether the money is expended for honor
able and necessary purposes. He wanted
to see in the Centennial great Methodist
camp-meeting. He appealed TO the House,
For Gods sake,
not to throw away opportunity, to forget all
talk about the dollar.
This closed the debate.
The Millennium.
Mr.. Crittenden tried to offer an amend
ment TO the bill, but it was not received.
Ii was as follows:
Provided that the amount hereinafter
appropriated shall not be paid out of the
treasury until equal rights and privileges
shall be enjoyed by all the States of the
Union; general amnesty declared for all
political offenses; all test oaths abolished ;
and all citizens of the United States shall
be entitled to enter upon and appropriate
the lands of the government upon equal
terms.
The question was then taken ON ordering
the bill to the third reading, and it was
negatived, ayes 92 nays 13S. The bill was
rejected.
The Tennessee delegation voted as fol-
lows: Ayes-Butler, Crutchfield, Harrison.
4 4
Il. Not voting-Bright, Maynard, Atkins
and WhitthoFne-4.
Tight Squeezing.
Mr. Hale, of Maine, moved 10 reconsider
the last vote and lay the motion TO recon-
slider on the table. The latter motion,
which would have rendered the rejection Of
the bill final, was lost, yeas III, nays 120.
The changes of votes necessary to save the
bill were procured by the personal appeals
OF many of the Pennsylvania members, who
went around soliciting such changes and
succeeded to the extent requisite.
The question then required on the mo-
ton to reconsider the vote refusing to or
der the bill 10 a third reading. The vote
resulted in yeas ia, nays 112. So the
vote refusing a third reading of the bill
was reconsidered. The entire Tennessee
delegation voted aye, except Mr.. Maynard,
whose name does not appear. This result,
like that of the previous vote, was brought
about by the personal influence and per-
suasion Of the Pennsylvania members,
with the understanding that the bill would
be recommitted.
3Ir. Kelley then moved to recommit the
bill to the Centennial Commission.
Mr. Rack uaOyp1 ae anonrdmaVaf that
it be referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations. Rejected
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, then moved TO lay
the bill on the table as the only way to kill
it completely. Pending the vote on that
motion the House adjourned, and the bill
comes up again tomorrow.