The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-03-11
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Senutc,

Senate.
Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin, called up his mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which the bill to
grant q site for the Peabody school in st. Au-
gustine, Fla, was passed.
! Mr.. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, said he WAS
opposed to the bill as it now stood, because it
excluded colored children from the school.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to
yeas, 81 nays, 25-Messrs. Foreman, Gilbert,
Lewis Morrill,, of Vermont Sargent Sherman,
Sprague and Upton voting with the Democrats
against the reconsideration.
The resolution to admit Mr.. Pinchback, of
Louisiana, to seat in the Senate was laid on
the table by vote of 80 TO 22-fifteen Republi-
cans voting with the Democrats to effect the
| object. This action practically kills the reso-
luton, and is looked upon as great victory by
the opponents of the President.
The Senate considered the Indian Appropria-
ton bill. The amendment Of the Senate com
mittee on appropriations. increasing tue
; amount to subsist and care for the Apache
Indians in Arizona from $500, coo to 1915, 600,
and for those in New Mexico from 500, 600 to
, S125G00, was agreed in.
During the discussion Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio,
; said these Indians should be made to work and
earn their living like other people. The policy
of giving them food and clothing would not re 9.
suit III good.
Mr.. Window of Minnesota, said the expense
of feeding the Indians might be great, but the
, expense Of fighting them was greater.
The amendment authorizing the payment of
S15G000 from the money i'll the treasury be-
longing to the Seminole Indians, for land on
, the north fork of the Canadian river, was
thrown out by the committee.
The Senate agreed to the amendment appro-
prating $780, 900 to liquidate such claims on the
Round Valley Indian reservation, California, as
are valid by virtue of pre-emption or home
stead entry.
The credentials of Messrs Angus Cameron,
of Wisconsin, and Joseph Z. Mcdonald, Of
Indiana, to represent those States for six years
from March, 4, 1915, were read and placed on
file.
The following bills were then read the third
time and passed: The Indian Appropriation,
the Military Academy, and the Pension Appro-
priation.
While the Post-ofiice Appropriation bill was
under discussion, Mr. Thurman offered an
amendment which was agreed to, providing
that the Congressional Record shall be carried
in the mails free of postage, which was still
futther amended by providing that all public
documents already printed by either House of
Congress may pass through the mails free,
upon the frank of any member Of Congress,
until December /, 1875.
An amendment reinstating the franking
privilege as it formerly existed, was voted
down by 80 yeas to 20 nays.
The following bills were passed For the re-
publication of the Patent office Gazette, to
print the report of Major Howell, and to print
$500 more copies of the memorial services Oh
the death of Prof. S. L. B. Morse.
An amendment to the Military Academy bill,
providing that hereafter one-half the number
of cadets be appointed. was laid on the table.
Mr.. Morton. in discussing the question, stated
that our theory of government was not intend
ed to keep standing army. Our theory was to
be prepared for war by having a large number
of properly educated officers, and the people
could he relied on to make up the army.
The Sc nate resumed the consideration of the
, Post-oAice Appropriation bill, the question be-
ing to strike out the clause in the House bill
repeating the act which authorized the contract
9 with the Pacific Mil Company.
0 The Senate refused to strike out the clause
by a vote of % to IL.
, The bill was then passed.
The House bill regulating the Quartermas-
= terz department was passed.
, The following amendments to the Army
= Appropriation bill were reported by the COM
mittee on appropriations, and were adopted
Increasing the amount for hire for quarters fol
: officers and soldiers, safe keeping of stores,
ETC., from 81, 100000 to 81, 100000 increasing
. the amount for the manufacture of small arms
II from $4,000 to 500, 600 appropriating $40
c 600 for repairing ordnance, protecting sea
= coast defenses, etc.
n Mr.. sherman submitted section which pro-
vides that where States were charged for issues
L of arms and ordnance to preserve the L 'iol
= during the war, the Secretary of War may
. credit the States with such amounts. Agreed
. to.
b An amendment was agreed to authorizing
Il the expenditure of S50,000 before the end OF
the present fiscal year for supplies, when i
may be found Of advantage to the government
Y The bill was then reported from the commit
8 tee of the whole to the Senate, and the bill
It passed.
=! :, The House in Committee of the Whole con
u sidered the Tariff bill.
s Mr.. Burchard, of Illinois, said he had no OBJ
h lection to see the tax OH tea and coffee REIN
=, posed, as it was equally distributed, and ever
- dollar collected went into the treasury. IL
q also did not object to the increased tax OF
If whisky and tobacco, and estimated that
! would yield $50, coo, 600. He did, however, oh
" ject to the restoration of the ten per cent. Of
e certain manufactured goods, and argued tina
k it would disturb all the interests of the countr
ID while it would only produce 96,0OO,0OO.
a. Mr.. Banning. Of Ohio, opposed the BILL an
particularly the proposed increased tax q
a whisky, which he thought would have tie et
IS feet Of increasing smuggling and Illicit distil
4 ing, and 20 reduce the revenue He state
> that the revenue was greater when the tax wa
d 20 cents a gallon, than when it was S200.
in Mr.. Chittenden, of New York, considered tn
% bill erroneous, and characterized the fifth sec
!, ton as bold and glaring fraud, like the 'lea
d. statue +" business.
m Mr.. Cox, of New York, in his speech i
le opposition TO the bill, stated that the people
n the country had paid $4,000 O00, 600 in taxes i
- the past two years, which amounted to abor
E. five per cent per annum on our whole taXabl
I'd valuation. He quoted Gov. Iilden, of Ne
in York, his authority for saying that ever
twenty years there is assessed for taxes a SUI
ls equal to the entire assessed wealth Of tn
to country.
rd In 1864 spirits were taxed twenty cents pc
gallon, and the receipts were s2S 43l eco an
IL when year later the tax was increased to 81 .5(
III tue receipts fell off to Sl0,C000O0. In 1SG
in the tax was raised to $500, and the receipt
ar ran up to S29, ,0O0 900, and in 1867, under tia
~ same tax dropped TO S2S, ,000 coo, and in 1876
ar went down to $l3 $4,000. Then the folly {
a high taxation WAS seen and the tax reduce
, to fifty cents, and that year the receipts wei
u doubled, amounting to $50, ,2S5, 0G0 In 1877
bt the same tax gave S3S, coo, 600 Dut a rise
d. seventy cents in 1871 gave but $50 1000, 900.
~ Mr. Niback, of Indiana, had thought fc
VI years that the tariff should be revised ; bI
u, opposed this bill now, as he could not see til
ne need of increased taxation at this time.
IN Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, thought that add
tional revenue was required, but argued aGaini
H. the increased tax Oh whisky aud tobacco, al
'r denounced the whole bill failure
no Mr. Ward of Illinois, thought the increas
of tax on whisky would be an injury to legit
y, mate dsters, inaemuch as it would encourag
IA illicit dIstilling.
in Mr. Garfield wanted to tax whisky eighty-fy
= cents per gallon.
y. The House took up the bill for the improve
ed ment of the mouth of the Mississippi river
er The bill authorizes James b. Eads, of s
4 Louis, aud his associates to construct such je
" ties AID other auxiliary works as to create an
''' maintain wide and deep channel between til
le southwest pass of the Mississippi river and I'll
I'd Gulf of Mexico They are to receive SS, 000
. 600 for constructing such works and obtainir
- depth of thirty feet in the channel, an
lie Sl5O000 a wear during twenty wears while sue