The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-10
WASHINGTON.
'"e ways ma Means In.
A'r"cied 10 Report u Rin for
Tie Increase ofTaxaiion.
twenty Per Gent 10 Re Added
10 The Tariff On Sugar.

n WA W',.As'IlNIGToN, February O,-m the
an" Mr. CIPHER, OF Louisiana.
" Uttered the following resolution, which
was agreed to- ""''"
whereas, The expenses of the GOV
efillnenl require an additional reyenu,
" rom lhlIly millions TO forty mil
lions OF dollars aud, ~
whereas, By the act of the lith nj
july, 1870, the duty on Imported sum,
was reduced NJ the rate OF lhlrty.lhree
ana one'lhlrd per cent; aud,
whereas, Said reduction of duty dl.
'hlhlhned lhe revenue of the govern
lnent fourteen million dollars in gold
annually without reducing the price of
sugar 10 The Consumers; therefore.
RESOLVED, That the committees an
ways and means be directed TO lnouirc
mo the eXpediency OF restoring the
uuly Imposed by law previous 10 the
passage OF the aforesaid act.
MY Howe, OF Mississippi, introduced
= Oill toremoye the disabilities of lsaae
~; brown, OF Mississippi. Passed.
Inc sub committee on WAYS md
means have reported In favor of
twenty per cent Increase Oh the pres.
ent tariff on all grades of sugar, aud il
Il SAID the full committee have adopted
me report, and that their bin embraces
this feature.
IN the senate, on motion of Mr.,
johnson, of Virginia, the vote by
which the bill, referring 10 the court of
claims the claim of q. w. Gusts Lee
Tor the Arlington estate In Virginia,
was Indefinitely postponed yesterday,
was reconsldered, and the bill WINS
placed on the calendar with the ad.
verse report. Mr. Johnston gave no.
tlce That he would address the senate
at an early day in regard TO the bill.
Mr. Alcorn, of Mississippi, presented
memorial OF the members Of the bar
of northeast Mississippi, providing for
district court AT Aberdeen, Miss.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, moved
that the message of the president on
ARKANSAS he taken up and referred TO
the committee on privileges and cleo
ti0ns.
Mr.. Bayard, OF Delaware, said that
yesterday nm order was made to print
the message and accompanying d0cu-
ments, which had not yet been com
piled with. True, the message was
here, but the accompanying documents
had not been presented, He had been
Informed that IL was the intention of
the senate to adjourn to-day at the ex-
pirati0n of the morning hour as u
mark OF respect to the late Senator
Buckingham. He therefore, hoped
the motion TO refer would not be con-
sidered now, as il would lead to debate
and there were but five minutes of the
morning hour left.
Mr.. Clayton said that some days ago
he presented memorial from Hon.
Joseph Brooks, of Arkansas, to the eff.
feet that he had been unlawfully kept
out Of his office as governor As that
memorial was referred to the commit
tee on privileges and elections, he
CLAY tom introduced the resolution
calling oD the president for the infor-
nation received yesterday, after pre-
senting that memorial, and it seemed
to him proper that the message should
go to the same committee as the me-
mortal of Brooks.
Mr.. Thurman said that ordinarily
there was no trouble about referring a
message, but this was an exceptional
case. 1t seemed to him that If any
thing could be demonstrated it was the
fact that this message should go to the
committee on the judiciary. He did
not want to consume time in arguing
The matter, but he was sure that the
message could not be referred without
debate as it was the most eytraordi-
nary and astounding of all messages.
lie asked that the unfinished business
(the steamboat bin be taken up.
The vice president announced that
the morning hour had expired, and
laid before The senate the steamboat
bill, it being the unfinished business of
yesterday.
The senate then Cat l:l5 p. NJ, as a
mark of respect to the late Senator
Buckingham, adjourned.
There was u full cabinet meeting to-
day, except Jewell.
The senate committee voted on the
Southern Pacific railroad bill to-day.
The result was tie. Further action
will await the return of Senator Stew
art, who favors the bill.
Quartermaster Hodges has been re-
lieved from duty in the department OF
the gulf. Quartermaster Darby has
been ordered to Raleigh, North Car
DINA. Quartermaster Hughes has
been ordered to Charleston, South Car
Olina.
The ways and means committee
have agreed on tariff AID tax bill,
which will be reported o-morrow. The
duty on sugar and molasses is Increased
twenty-five per cent on present rates.
and classifications are not disturbed.
The tax on whisky is increased fifteen
cents per gallon Oh all in bond and IN
the hands Of rectfiers and wholesale
dealers, and thirty cents per gallon on
all future manufacture, and an increase
of duty on imported spirits to CORE
spond with the increase on domestic
the tax on tobacco is increased four
cents per pound on all manufactured
after the law takes effect. The act oil
1872 is repealed, and matches are
wholly relieved from tax. The com
mittee refused by II decided vote to tax
tea and coffee.