New-York tribune., 1875-02-18

liabiities of tue Government l. 1t Administration
that makes the expenditures No Tue Admlhls.Fott -
does not pay "a dollar Without the eohse W ~
OF Congress n the rehuke addressed any here II Is
addressed 10 Congress and not 10 the Executive @
will you reduce expendituresi Wll you sun lu
ther express your hostility TO your gallant ntte a
You nave struck IL 50 many blows wlthil tns ,'s .
wears that there Is not man Of hOnor NortI eyu'n,
East or West VINO does not feel that Won nave straihe
tue confidence OF that army IN Inc legisihuso ay
the Government TO lis utmost hmt. foI m SCI y y
that not for one legislative bloW aRans1 s, .s a.
my vote be obtained The other dhy eeT IAN Po Pras
OF TINS House objected 10 giving ItIIr pai ~
music TO the West Point Academy, where tne military
MUD is formed aud military spirit s cuItlVaeu.
never felt mortified at manifestation ol pe't1 y
rcnnomy Than ON that occasion. Will you eeonomze IN
the uuyyl vii you strike ut ~ Is there anl man
here WAC believes that We nave one snip 700 nIIs
there man who will maintain thai We a., ,giicn
the strength eticIcncy OF the nlyyf 4Adt Nv ,h
WAS once carried ~ prouuIy " tls Ia ha ,rJ ~ now
WAC once seen In the various poiiS "a t-o i r., ne
rarely seen IN many Of theIi No lHoIo O'I" uouId
struck at tne navy eyayvtaing use and own,
tlau 10 strike at these t"o great dihs u " - -
service which we rely AZ every peru " a T a,ai
honor and interests Of tne Ublird sates. lhen T
II you mIintIiI tat yOur civil lIst s 700 '.I4r' @ y
point place and let IL redn g H. ouI 10 % n.y. @
gPnerel language thdt the exp buiIu'es ar ~
unless at the time you pulnt 10 LDe plfo W. -
reduction eau be made believe tAat s!.ce % % n' n
duced cApenditures repurled oy tho ~
prJprIiion-, Will be difficult t0 get reiuctiou % ~
10000 the civ1l list You nave reulcei ~
expenditures on fOrdHcatons so 10" IN W 10 " r.
the House proposed 10 reduce then' WI 9uu, V
aCtne appropriations for rivers ana naIDots i 80
might tr.ke fne 10 some eXtehi nlt hot W o e' -
O even s. O10 COO eure bili is only jVOOOlJ u
So OJ0O00 Our rivers must DC Improved IL " nave 1Ie
uuudns do H. ana aiirn Tor one tuit we Ia .ie "'
would rat her suffer new taxes than nave the IN.
provements Of the Mississippi River stopped Ilen uu
ions can be and viii saved YOU must adult tl't
tnere necessity Tor more revenue Whl you pio'hi'
the def eucy IN the revenue, or VIII Won ~ VI
atoms OF the Government ~ lAdiViIuils Or 10 'Io
sluking fund 20 10 prOiestf 1911
Mr. kAsSON then went on 10 discuss the detalls oI
the b indicating Ills dstaste TO the restoration o Iae
ten per ceut reduction on manufactured goods, uuL III
mating tnat either that or the restOreu OF tne uu
on tea aud coffee had 10 De resOrted 10 La rgaTu 10
the increased tax on whisky, lie read ulspil'l
received hy hIm this morning from the Cls-
tiers OF Peoria. H., stating tHat they were Not
particularly opposed TO tine Increase, Ot ala not tnnh
II 10 iX the stock GA hand. IL concluded ny
appeau to House. II those WHO were opposed TO the
1,n~ieury or stI insisted on leaving sinking land
uunroyided for then he appealed thc RepuDur,n side
of the House, asked them 10 rrco-ct tnaL Oh one
accession m 1868 tner. was glow Of patriotism among
the eone when the CIcdgO Convention declared mat
the pu1c fath should he maintained ana ina1 'Ne ie'-
ter and spirit Of the pond gwen To Tue Iloc
required It's payment N god The people aIwdys su-
tanned EonOr tue good faith and the cTed4i Oi lIe
rne general debate was hero closed ana the Commit
proceeded consider the Dii under the A'c minute
Mr. sOUrHARD Dem, Oho) moved to strike out The
Mr sAYLER Dem. Ohiq) spoke in support Of that
notion As representative OF thc lot D7Iltt or OIi0
he protested against mat section OF TIE Dl because II
was an unfair and unjust discrimination against the see
tuu Of the country h Wultu he 'eu' dnu "d5 ~ u,
interest OF the OLcr sections OF the cud ry, winch dd
not bear equal burden. Tie burdens Or Ji&al1n
rru states to the Western and Middle states. To-day
Cincinnat Contributes from whisky aud tobacco be-
tween s7.O91NOU ana Sc1O,5O, Whcl s aD"u'
tyice as mucu a. pad DY all Ne~-h1g ana.
The Ist District Of Omo now PAID oncnieeutu
OF all tne ,se collected ID the country WAe me four
states OF OHIO, Indiana, Hlnols and Kentucky pat
three tns O all the eXst tax. lie IS sorry tnat the
bill had not been famed 80 a. 10 TAX the VAST incomes
OF c Ems Of Massachusetts Of tAe stOcA specd1OrS Vi
Ncw-York.
Mr. BANNING t.ib. Rep, Oho) spoke in the same
seurc snowug tuaJ us district ot Cincinnati pad over
S. OF last year, and increased tndt rev
S0O9J IN the pact I'VE months Ot Ihe present
fiscal year Iuu that the revenue collected under tIs
present 10 ceuts whisky u thrre times th col
under the a. Tax Tue sale OF WHISKY la hewf rA
at 73 cents wlrn 10 cou hOl ue pIodu,eu III Tue
West for hLu 70 cents, together with tue Ic tlJ
some districts mashed less grain ami PAID more Tax
than Otuer district. WhCh hdsh greater qidhiiS ol
arIn proved tad under the present tax spirits escape
taxdluu. II tIs was tHe case under the present a"
au OF tax would DE "A grrA er lhducehtuJ I'd
frAud Increase the % cents, and they wOUl nave
all the smuGger-, thieves, ana Illicit dfNtuers Al
WORK again. Ine 10 cents tax on Tue sock on nanG vas
utiu,t because It was an additional tax upon WHISKY
allrady taxed. The u5BOO gallons now on hdnd, Il
tne ill pissed would all ue soil 10 TIC 2OOOOJ m
dealers be ore the into operation. lAs clause
would pat money the pockets of ne brokers AMI
Tors bu vuld afford no ddtinnal revenue 10 me
IL was taxed as Inucn as u would bear. Tue Iu
rre;.s,, was a discrimination against Western toDaccO
and dld not Increase Connecticut leaf Cin
cAudtl alone PAID Almost lNlce a. nuch lhCerua rcVe
nue. TAX the SIX Ne"-Eugand S.ites; more tan the
slate OI PcnusYlvtuid, ana more tAdh any Eastern
STATE exeep New York.
MI DAN T. replied 10 Mr SlYler, and said the argu-
meut OF the iater went the Idea tat tax was PAID
by tne people OF the district where II VAS collected
"A ue In tact 10 was pat Uy cOnsuners The disti-
lers otiy advanced the lax, dnd charged p, 49,,
or 100 uer cent interest on IL IN tue way OF
,r IN y. H. MIR Dawrs'-J district was the only IN
tat us interest In the Df! did not dHr materially
fr1in tuat OF me gentleman from 40. it NOT
~, ctly logical To -ay tudt because Custom hose vas
IA Boston and Collector OF Internal Rtyenue'was ~
CiucnuatI Chicago these districts mad 10 pay the
Mr. GARFIELD tOhio) of ,red a substitute FOR the first
section, texnS w"isay % cens per ga.ou ou. not
e uad been aue CIV 10 thr subject hc was satlaned
tuat Congress vas bound IA LOnOr To DO Que OF Two
LnIugs eIJAer lBcreaso Lac aOuGt Of revenue Dy Au
ona Ldxttlon or feIusc - pass tHe RIVER anu @ "a @ o
ApprnpilduOn DIll, ana stop work Oh All the puOlc
bindings. Ii THESE Cvo things we're done tue appro-
pnd,i0ns FOX lhe coming yeaI Woud oe cat oM %Uo %
ii OOOO00 even then 1t Was doubtful whether there
DC enough left to make good tho sinking Inli
NJ man could nave lOieseeu q year aHU '"a1
Tor 80 long there NOdid Dc no rc'Ndl VI
business. Ine consequence had Deeu o,o tna 20
importation lad been teaLllI id!ll9S Oh tIon,
to SsCOOCOO month He waz therefore in favor oI soe
dGd Ioua tx - lGn ana iinpera'asG uu,' y" 1 S
part Ot the House Tie was lh fdFor OF ee't'hg as "
re frOm dstliers Of rprlts as codd Oe eot, o
were TWO ideas III the nrst section OF ,ne Hii 10
wuicD lie could not agree OLe was bdIIeroI poca4
ccuuOmy aud priUciplc. THAT was the taxing OI slOcA
on The Government had aeyer succeedeL IL COL
Iecing sucn iax. Ii mai been always reearu5a IS
against public puicy and violation OF puDllc ldll,
amd npr4ctcaDe mud impoliIt lie an not Ieei .n'
An a.tenpt to Tx stock on hand wOuid Oe SUE
cess La the next place. the amount OF tax
tnat could collected on WHISKY Wa
taX on whisky vac reduced lro,u q gallon to 50
cents the revenue Increased SOME soOOO SO thdI
he was satisfied mat there was point DelOud WHICH
tne revenue would diminished instead OF Increased
IL was hKe the d5w point Or the point OF SatufdVh OF
AR Wien GertIu amount Of mJIsGure was 'orceu InIO
a given quantity OF ar, ho hoIe Coulu Oo i''N0A ~ ~
u, anV amount Of pressure.
MI X AssON-WLat 10 tnat point IN whisky
MIR. GARF LELD-I do not believe mat you can cOIect
a uOar glliOn WHISKY bat believe that you can
euIrct 80 cents.
mir COX tDem., N. " moved TO amend the nrst sec
tiu py Increasing uuty Oh champagne ifOb 70 per
OF auarls 20 So from s. per dozen OF pluts %
ra.aI AT nm
E76 OOl ot revenue. The aDo uumrnt was agreed TO-
Al.. WAkD (Rs;p., LII said tnat ncoDe lax was tue
ouIy form uf Laxalun would reach Massachusetts
Mr E5-if the gentleman Will propose an lDcoIne
tax | win vote fuI Il. awal opposed IT'S repeal .
Nj. BURCHARD (R.p., It..) opposed Mr. GdIneIn :
aueuairnt aud gled III favor OF permanent eeteu
lax VI 81 "a gallon. . -, - -,