The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-11
Washington News and Gossip.
WASHINGTON, Marcl

| WASHINGTON NEWS fiiIu UVooiPs
WASHINGTON, March l.
The bill to lay additional taxes on the people
| of the United States occupied the Senate all
day and during the evening. Senator Sherman
opposed it as unwise and unjust, and desired
the restoration of the tax on tea and coffee;
But it is now so late in the season that radical
changes are not easily made. The Secretary OF
the Treasury who has not appeared very anx,
ious about the Tax bill before, to-day remained
quite a while in the Senate Chamber. The
| friends of the bill are not sanguine OF Its pas
sage.
The Force Bill was read for the first time in
the Senate this morning amid some excitement.
It will not come up until Wednesday for dis
cussion. Meantime every effort will be made
! to finish the business bills.
In the House, after struggle the rules were
suspended and the two Louisiana resolutions
were passed. The vote on the suspension OF
the rules was very close, and to the astonlsh-
ment of most people Alexander H. Stephens,
Georgia, voted with the Republicans and his
vote secured them success. His conduct did
not please the opposition. An attempt will be
made tomorrow to get up the Arkansas reso-
lutions. and Mr. Ward, who made the minority
report, will attempt to pass his resolution de-
claring Brooks the rightful Governor OF the
State. His success is doubtful.
WASHINGTON. March 2.
The force bill was read last night IN the Sen
ate second time by its title, but objection was
made to third reading, and it was laid over,
no motion being made to refer it to any COM
mittee.
The tax bill being taken up, an amendment
to tax tea and coffee ten cents per pound was
lost. yeas 6, nays Sc. Mr.. Johnson's amend
ment excepting tobacco already manufactured
from the operation of the increased tax was
adopted by % to 26. Mr.. Jones then moved to
Law the bill on the table, which was carried by
80 to 26. The Senate adjourned at l2'3O A.
NJ.
The House, at 81 A. NJ, passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill, having been IN session
upon it from half-past seven 2. NJ, and then
adjourned. To-day the House had before it
the tax bill for the District of Columbia, and
passed it, fixing the rate of taxation at one and
a half per cent on real and on personal proper,
ty, and abolishing representation OF the district
by a delegate in Congress. go, ,,
The House. in evening session, closed the de,
bate on the Arkansas question, and proceeded
to vote. The substitute offered declaring Jo-
seph Brooks Governor was rejected, yeas, ~;
nays 1853; and the resolution of thespeclal com
mittee that interference with the existing state
government is not advisable on the part OF any
department of the United States Government
was adopted, yeas l49, nays &c..
In the Senate the credentials OF MaXcy, OF
Texas were presented. Logan called up the
bill to equalize bounties, and it was passed by
the casting vote of Vice-President Wilson. 1t
was claimed during the discussion, that 1t takes
not less than S3O0,OO0,000 from the treasury
The river and harbor bill was reported without
amendment or recommendation, and put on the
calendar. The political disabilities of Charles
Fl. Smith. of Virginia, and Robert h. Anderson,
of Georgia, were removed. The Senate is in
session tonight on the tax bill, which was
taken from the table.
The Star says: "The President, with several
members of the Cabinet, including Secretaries
Bristow and Robertson and Attorney General
Williams, was at the Capital to-day, and while
there had conference with leading Republican
Senators relative to the tax bill laid on the ia,
BILE Yesterday The President, and members OF
the Cabinet present, urged the imperative ne,
cessity of taking the bill from the table and
passing it, and it is understood that ne received
the assurance that an effort in that direction
would be made"
WASHINGTON, March 8.
A canvass was made in the Senate, this
morning as to the feeling of that body with
reference to proceeding with what is known as
the "force BILL" The result was that major
ity of the Senate was opposed to taxing 1t up
until all the appropriation bills are disposed OF,
and indeed, so solicitous were the senators ogo
on with the latter bills that they requested MIR:
Morrill, to report the sundry civil bill, and
waived the usual reading of the journal. 1t IS
verv doubtful now whether the force bill Will
ever be called up.
The tariff and tax bills passed the Senate at
ter midnight Tuesday without amendment by
a vote of thirty to twenty mine, and the 6oun-
ty bill goes to the House for concurrence in the
amendment that the government be allowed TO
borrow money to meet the wants OF the Pill.
There is another amendment, that soldiers
shall not be charged with the bounty
paid them by the States, which, it is claimed,
will swell the drain on the treasury fabulously.
The Senate has been engaged all day to-day
in the discussion of the sundry civil approprl-
alton bill. A large number of amendments
we're agreed to and the bill passed. The river
and harbor appropriation bill was then taken
IN. and one of the amendments reported by
the committee on transportation routes were
agreed to. -.
In the House, the conference report on the
post Office appropriation bill has been presented
and agreed to. 1t contains partial restora-
tion of the franking privilege as to the Con-
gressional Record, and other public documents,
up to next December; and permanently as to
seeds and agricultural reports. The deficiency
bill was passed. A resolution of thanks to
Blaine. as Speaker, was offered by Potter, of
New Y York, and unanimously adopted a mo-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the bills for
the admission of Colorado and New Mexico as
States was defeated-yeas, 1854; nays, 81; not
two-thirds in the affirmative 1t was almost
The President has nominated Henry Il.
Peasc now United States Senator from Missis-
sppi, to be postmaster at Nficksburg; Robert
Steward for postmaster at Macon, Miss, and
Alonzo Webster postmaster at Orangeburg,
S. G.
The Louisiana election cases have been de-
cided by the House with very little discussion
was declared duly elected, and was sworn n'
Cynbar was declared not elected and Lawrence