The Portland daily press., 1875-02-24

General debate on the pending amendment;
to strike out the 9Th or last section being limit
ed to one hour
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, from the select
committee on Louisiana affairs, submitted two
resolutions, the first from the whole committee,
recommending the house of representatives OF
Louisiana to reseat the members who were
thrown out under the erroneous application OF
a rule by the returning board, and the second.
which was not unanimous that Kellogg be rec
Ognized as the Governor of the State. He also
presented q report ON the subject, which was
ordered to be printed On the record
The majority report in the case of Alabama
was presented by Mr. Coburn, chairman of the
Select Committee, and the views of the minor
ty by Buckner. They were ordered printed.
Mr.. COburn made an effort to get up what IS
known as the caucus force bill, reported by
him last week, and Mr.. Smith of New York
made an effort to get up the Constitutional
| Amendments to regulate the election OF Presl'
dent and Vice-President, but Mr.. Dawes press
ed action on the tariff bill and succeeded.
Mr.. G. +. Hoar, chairman of the Special
Committee on Louisiana affairs, made report.
The majority and minority reports were order
| ed printed.
| The tariff bill was then considered.
| All the amendments to the 9th section were
| voted down, after whi ch Mr.. Dawes OF Mass.
| offered an additional section exemptng bolting
| cloths from duty and savings banks receipts
| from the stamp tax, which was adopted
| reviving the income tax and providing the ma
| cenery for its collection, which was adopted by
| the following vote, yeas Ill, nays ".
The section provides that three per cent shall
| be collected on incomes between $1,000 and
| $4,000, and five per cent-on incomes above S10,-
| 900. .s
| Mr.. Kellogg of Conn. moved to strike out the
| enacting clause which would have defeated the
whole bill, and it was rejected, ayes 1O2, nays
| 113
Mr. Cotton of Ohio offered an amendment as
an additional section providing for tax of ten
cents per pound on tea and two cents on coffee,
| which was rejected to.
After the adoption of an amendment pro-
| viding for the tax of one tenth of one per cent
| on all sales of gold and stocks, Dawes moved
| to strike out the enacting clause, which was
carried. He then moved that the conn mittee ol
the whole rise and that the bill be recommit
ted to the committee on ways and means WIFE
instructions to report it back with tax on whis
key at 80 centslwith sugar and tobacco clauses,
as amended in committee of the whole, and
with the ten per cent horizontal section retain
ed. Dawes subsequently withdrew the motion
to recommit and Cox moved that the House
concur in the action of the committee OF the
whole striking out the enacting clause
The House refused to concur with the com
| mttee of the whole in striking out the enactile
clause, by the following vote, ayes 106, nays
150, and the bin stands recommitted to the
committee on the whole.
| The House thereupon went into committee
the whole and resumed the consideration of tht
bill.
On motion of Mr. Harris of Virginia, sec
ton was added allowing tobacco manufacturers
to use licorce and other ingredients free O.
duty.
Amendments of various kinds were Offered
and Ill rejected. a.EF*l
Finally no more amendments were to be of
fered and the committee rose and reported thu
| bill and amendments to the House.
Mr. Dawes then proceed to address the Hous
on the necessity of providing for the deficit il
the treasury, and spoke of the lmpossibility o
framing any revenue bill that would satisfy al
sections and all interests.
He offered as a substitute on the bill for tax
| ing whiskey to be made SOC gallon, Tobacco
and sugar as in the amended bill, and restorin
the 10 per cent. on manufactured goods, and ol
this he moved the previous question. ...
This was seconded and the main question or
dered, yeas 1873, nays ia. ... ..--....
The substitute was agreed to, yeas 13l, nay
Ill.
The question then REQUIRED on ordering thu
bill to be engrossed and read third time, OF
which he moved the previous question.
The previous question was seconded by th
| necessary two thirds and the bill was theI
| passed, yeas 1913, nayS lib.