, 1875-02-21
4 Variety Of Original Ideas On the
Subject Of Taxation.
Several Reports Expected from the
Louisiana Committee.
Prospects Of Compromise In That
State Again Encouraging.
President 0rton's Testimony in the Tel
egraphin Investigation.

Sp<c,xl Nspatch to Tho CA.ccgo Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. O., Feb. 2o.-The debate On
tbs tax bill waa more like general deoate upon
protection than any that has preceded H. IL
deod, tho purpose If the bill seemed TO nave
been in spuae moasure lost, so the arguments
we're directed in favor OF protection or 1'ee
t1ads. The debate, which Was ofsen rerJ eploy'
eurions1v exhibited the different theories sClS-
mar. 4 pannsylyanis Democrat, refused to vote
for the bill except the 10 per cent protection
v.a kent On. Tadsworth, Of Ohio, want
ed the bill to pass; because it would
he1n mska In his district the best rails in
tha world. Smith, Of Pennsylvania. another OF
the haley school, wanted tho hill to pass because
Jenezsou WIS in favor Of protecting American
industries Horace Maynard was for the 10 per
cent restoration, which he believed would be
paid By foreign manufacturers, and not by tho
the American consumers. Todd, Democratic
pfotectionis+ from Pennsylvania, wanted tho 10
par cent restored, and = protection policy adopt-
cd. spie1, another Pennsylvania Democrat, who
waa hissed out Of his OVID Convention because
OF back-pay, wanted the tariff increased because
other States had river and harbor ap-
propriations aud interior Pennsy1vanta could Rot
= grab out Of the Treasury in no other way.
Field, of Michigan, the chief apostle Of protec-
don,:.in = suit, rs he said, made by American
tailore OF Michigan wool, dyed brown. thought
the bill did not sufficiently increase the tarlf.
Scudder, of New Jersey, like Col sellers, was
TOT the bill because he saw in It tho honor OF the
old fag, Sunset Cox lost all the peunsylvanls
votes tor the Bpetkership by Boosting that he
bought the suit OF clothes he hid on IN Canada
for S2t, duty free. Dobbins, Of New
Jersoy, who had bean practical
farmer for forty years, and who
ia the only Eastern Granger in Congress, thought
that high tariff made happy farmers, and
knew that it he paid tax on his plow, that tax
furnished = better market for his produce.
Fort, OF Illinois, ridiculed the Democrats for
talking fras trade and voting for protection, and
said thxt the people OF his county were cou~
vlnced that tariff should BE- levied for revenue
only, and not for protection Iou7hr1dee, OF
loFa, opposed the 10 per cent restoration: which
he said Would come out Of the Western farmers
and only benefit Pennsylvania iron men. There
VIZ
RATHER BITTER PASSAGE
between j. D. Ward and Dawes Ward moved
to ame1d the bill By e1empting emery
ore from duty. It was ruled out of order BY
Dawes. Ward said he would, neyeethsless, ad-
dress himsolf to the point He desired to call
attention to the fact that slo duty Oh emery i1oo
which WAS an article of universal use, was Kept
up solely to benefit bed OF era in Dawes own
district. He WIS not surprised. therefore, that
Dawes should dea.re to have such
= zzte Of duty rs would keap all for
eign orea out. Dawes said alr4 Ward had
characterized his brief Congressional career,
which began and ended with this Congress, by
induiginG mainly in personal mattsrs. He ra-
gretted that tie gentlemans constituents did
not mpye thoroughly appreciate him and aend
him back to Congress- The gentleman says thnt
there has been discovered bed OF ore in his
Da1es) distrios. The gentleman Rot that in
formation from the New York Sun, and if any
man wants to ASCERTAIN every thing but the truth.
be ueed only consult that interesting paper. He
Dawes) never moved to tax emery. The House
did it 70 protect bed Of uIein North Carolins, and
smother in Maine, and TO emancipata the United
States from the grasp Of the Rothsclilds, who
owned nEar1y all the emery ore in the world. Afe~
Fant1emen in New York, who owned some land in
Western Massachusetts,, thought they discovered
some emery ore, hut they have neEer been able
to vatify tho discovery. The New York Sun got
hold OF this, and, with its usual truthfu1ness,
made the charge which the gentleman from Illi-
nois now repeats. He implored the gentleman's
constituents not to let that brilliant light 60 out
in the night Of 4 single Congress-
1ha bill contrary to general expectation,
SEEMS TO GROW N sTREsaTH.
rhe 7ute on striking out tho fifth section, re-
aung to horizontal Or 10 per cent11na duties, |
eas cunsidered u something of test Tote upon |
the hill ttaalf. II that section had been stricken
out the bill would havo most certainly failed. |
fhe fAot that 1t WIS retained indicates the pos
1ble passage Of the measure. The motion to |
ltEke ont was defeated by the very close vote Of
n Yeas to los NAYS.