The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-19
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! hOuse-biIl authorizing the president to appoint
a commissioner to attend the international
penltentiary congress, TO be held III Rome
next year. Passed -. Senate bill granting
the right of way to the sea to the Ute and
WaIla Walla railroad and transportation COm-
pany, snd for other purposes. was discussed
and rejected-yeas 10, NAYS The senate
then resumed consideration OF unfinished bus
mess. being the bill to provide government
for the District of Columbia. Pending dis
cussion the senate sdjourned-
In the House, on the 11th, the con-
sideration Of the post-ofiee appropriation till
was resumed in committee of the whole, the
question being on the amendment to allow the
transmission of public documents and seeds
from the agricultural department to pass free
through the mails. The amendment was
agreed tC-ayes 81, noes as. The amendment
to post Office bill, canceling the Pacific Mail
contract OF z1S72s as agreed to in committee OF
the whole, has been unanimously passed by
the house. A separate vote was demanded on
the amendment agreed to IN committee Of the
whole, on the bill looking to a partial restOra-
ton of the franking privilege, and the amend
ment was rejected--ayes 49, noes 125- Tue
house then went into committee OF the whole.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, in the chair, on the tariff
bill, entitled &" a bill further to protect the
sinking fund and to provide for the exigencies
of the government" Mr. Dawes. chairman
of the committee on ways and means, adj
dressed the house in support OF the bill He
made statement Of the comparative receipts
and expenses of the government since 1870,
as follows
lOfU-IeecolpJS SS+lls s'BU.uuU
Expenditures. .-.-.-...-..-- 3O9OOO.Uu0
1871 Receipts. s......-.........- 1888, 100000
Expenditures. s....-....-.... 304 000,O0O
lS72-ReceiPts. -..-...---.....-- S3l4UOU.OUO
Expenditures. ......-.....-. 2tt,UUO,UUO
1SE3-Hecelpts .GS53 OUB,DUU
Expenditures. .-......-.-.-- ZS0,UUu,UUU
1S74-Receipts. ts.............-..-.-S2 S2S9. .000,O0)
Expenditures. .........-... 2S1, ,OOOOOO
Evs4 Of
the last fiscal year were S168. 00O 600, and for
the corresponding seven months Of this year,
Si65, 600, 600, being falling OF of three nil
lions. mr. Dawes went on to give statistics
as to the manufacture of whisky, and the
stock OF hand in distilleries and bonded ware
houses, and to defend and advocate the recon
mendation OF the committee of ways and
means. in regard to the taxation of whisky,
He estimated the increased revenue which
the government would derive from the bill as
follows: -...-
Tobacco. o.---.--- ..---- ----- ..----- 4,6oO'OoO
The restoration OF 10 per cent. on
manufactured goOds.-....-..... 5000, O00h
In all about S37, $50, O0O, From this was to be
deducted about two and a half million loss by
the repeal of the tax on matches, leaving n
net increase of S35, 437, 900, which wOuld just
about meet the estimated requirement. of the
government. Without action on the bill, the
house adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the vice
president laid before the senate the report Of
the engineer in regard to the surrey and cost
of extending the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
from Cumberland, Md, to Pittsburgh Or
dered printed and Ieferred to the committee
on transportation routes. The seuate, by a
vote of yeas 2, nays 26 refused to order to n
third reading the Portland, Dallas and Salt
Lake railroad bill The senate RI sumed con-
sideration of the bill to provide a government
for the District Of Columbia, the pending
amendment being that OF Er. Sargent, to pro-
vide for the election of a delegate to congress.
Rejected q to 20. After debate, Mr.. Sar-
gents amendment to provide for one com
missioner, instead OF two, was agreed to
yeas "a. nays %. The senate then went into
executive session, and shortly afterwards ad-
jOurned.
In the House, On the 18th, after the
reading OF the journal, motiQn of Mr.
Dawes, the house went into committee of the
whole on the revenue bill. Mr.. E. Il. Roberts
obtained the floor and made an elaborate
speech The further consideration OF the
revenue bill was postponed, and the house
took up the pension appropriation bill, but
objection WAS made to the consideration Of
the bill. and the private calendar was taken
mp and number OF private bills acted on.
A bill for the relief OF certain loyal creditors,
whose moneys were con6scated by the t0nfed-
crate congress IN Louisiana providing for the
distribution of 5203 334 pro rata, was reported
by the committee Of the whole. Much cppo-
sition was manifested to 1t, and finally, with
ont taking a vote on it, tho house adjourned.