Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
Proceedings of Congress.
House.

,nittee of the Whole All INC ai,o 49, ~
the eighth section were relecteu. 'ntine
ra,tir% cloth from duty, and savings bank re-
o oo;a,se from stamp tax. Adopted. Lough-
e ,iP ofJared an additional section relmposlng
III I,us ;nonme tay and providing the machinery
f tlr tie collection. Adopted-lli to 81. II
nrovides per cent. to be collected on incomes
between $1,000 and $4,000, ana 10 per cent V 90
incomes above $1,000. henogg lno'eu III
.irike out the enacting clause, when Woulu
s nne d.footed the whole bill Rejected. Yeas,
lob. NAYS 1l3. On motion OF Harris, tobacco
..,an,,fa1tnrers we're allowed to use ncorlce,
Dowes nroceeded to address the House on
the necessity of providing for the uencl. IN
the Treasury, and spoke OF the lmposssio.iiiGt
of framing any revenue bill that woulu sa.,' =.
all sections and all interests. ne reiel . W
tbe income tax as one most Just ana propei
in theory. but one which had proved opJec-
tionable wherever tried, because II was pro
motive of perjury and demoralization. nc
then as last effort to provide for the neces-
cities of Governments offered as substitute
tor the hill. one taxing whiskey TO be mere,
after made 80 cents per gallon, toDacco anu u
supar as in the amended bill, ana restoring wy
fen ner cent horizontal tax on manuiactuieo
goods, and on that he HWY" VIZ
question. oooo,dod the
main question ordered, 1873 to H. and the SUD-
stitute agreed to, l3l to Ill.
The question then required on ordering the
hin engrossed for third reading. on when
Dawes moved the previous question, when
was seconded by the requisite two-thiras iia-
iority, and the bill then passed, 10 10 10
The first section fixes the tax on future pro-
auctions of high wines at ninety Genus per
Gallon. The second section increases the tax
= tobacco from twenty 10
twenty. four cents per pound and on cigars
from Is to Sc per thousand; on cigarettes from
81 50 to 81 IS. Neither tax to apply TO any
of these articles on which the existing TAX
has been paid The third section increases
the tax on sugar, molasses, meiada, etc, 10 an
amount equal to twenty five per cent OF ihe
present duties. Section four replaces the Ten
Der cent horizontal reduction in the tarlh on
certain manufactured goods. Section hve
provides that the increase OF duties provided
by the Act shall not apply to any goods on
s6ipboard and bound to the United States on
the tenth of February, 1875, nor to any goods
in bond at the date Of the passage of this Act:
Section six provides for the free admission OF
boiling cloths.
On motion of Dawes the rules were sus-
pended, and the bill to regulate the selection
Of grand and petit Jurors in the District of
Columbia passed The object of the bill is to
secure the Indictment of William A. King, of
Pacific Mail subsidy notoriety, for perjury.
Bradley, of Michigan, from the Committee
on Public Lands, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill for the sale of timber lands
in California, Oregon, and Washington Terri
tory in quantities not exceeding 100 acres,
and in other Territories not exceeding 4Oacres,
at minimum price of $3.50 per acre, eXclud-
ing Indian and military reservations and
mineral lands. Agreed to.
Myers of Pennsylvania, from the Commit
tee of Foreign Affairs, moved to suspend the
rules and pass bill supplementary to Acts in
relation to immigration. Agreed to. This is
the Chinese and japanese Prostitution Bill.
The rules were suspended, and the bill for
payment of awards of Southern Claims Com
missioners, about $4,000 passed.
The bill to provide for the sale of desert
lands in Lassen county, California, passed.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
1t approprates S25, ,97S as against the esti-
mate, 1913 S75,256.
Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Ap-
propriations made general statement with
regard to appropriation bills and said the
committee had attempted this session to pur-
sue the same policy as it did last year, in keep
ing down appropriations. All :he appropria-
ton bills had now passed the House except
this Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill and the
Deficiency Bill He thought the reductions
on all the appropriation bills would be a little
over S7000,0O, When the item for SO 600 900
to defray the expenses of the United States
Courts was reached, a sharp debate arose,
Democrats attacking fiercely Attorney General
Williams and the Department of Justice. Re-
pubicans defended Williams, and Butler. of
Massachusetts, said if he had done ANYTHING
wrong let them impeach him, not black guard
him. The discussion finally drfted into the
question of political troubles in Alabama, and
dispute arose between Luttrel of the Ala
hama Committee, and Pelham, with regard to
the alleged use of bacon sent by the Govern
lnent for relief of sufferers by overnows, to
procure Republican votes Finally the com
mttee returned to consideration of the bill.
and after dsposing of 8 out of IS pages, rose.
scene Of some confusion then arose in the
House over personal colloquy between Sv
pher and Eldrdge about remark of the lat
ter in recent speech.
The House took a recess till evening the
session to be for consideration OF the Sundrv
Civil Appropriation Bill
Evening SeSSiOn-Garfield moved TO 90 into
Committee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil
Bill. Rejected-93 to 100.
Poland called up the report on the Arkan-
sas case.
Coburn wanted the caucus "Force RIP
taken up.
Considerable colloquial discussion ensued.
several Republicans declaring willingness to
+ ave an extra session of Congress rather than
! ermit the Caucus Bill to be left Enacted unon
Poand's motion was defeated, and Garfield
frneWed his motion to go into Committee Of
the Whole on the Appropriation Bill. Reject,
'd-4 to 1853; only 26 Republicans yotino
With the Democrats in the affirmative.
Randall moved TO reconsider the last vote
4 nd called for the yeas and NAYS
Cessna gave the Democrats notice that
every minute of time occupied by dilatorv
motions would be deducted from the time Irft
= II discussion of the bill; statement which
provoked general laugh among the Demo.
Gratis.
The Democrats refrained from voting,
Butler Massachusetts wanted ia Know N
lAe Speaker Blaine in the chair if there was
no power to compel members to vote, as there
vas evidently quorum present.
Inc speaker replied that it was the duty of
very member present to vote
nuller-ls there no way to compel them?
Inc Chair replied that he knew of no wav
4 make horse drink, though he NAV be led
10 he water Laughter
II mes said there was an attemnt TO defeat
the recent amendment to the rules to prevent
flibustering, and asked if members couId NOT
be compelled to vote
The Speaker asked if he could indicate a
MODE by which member can be comneIled IN
vote. " "
he thought he could and moved that Ran
Gail be required to vote. [Contemptuou.
laughter from the Democrats.
Hawley lllinois) sought the same informa.
ton from the Speaker asked for by Butler and
hynes, and received the same answer.
butler OF Massachusetts,, Maynard and
'thers, insisted that there ought to be some
way to compel members to vote
The Speaker replied that he knew of no way.
nd remarked that whenever majority of the
louise were willing to proceed to business. il
'uid do So The trouble was, that certain
embers OF the House, whose duty it was to
: present, were absent.
Finally, the roll was called, and showed 2l7
embers present; largely more than quo.
I'm.
Butler then moved to close the doo.s and
md for absentees. This opened new field |
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