The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-02-19


u the amendment agreed to in committee of the
a a whole on the bill looking to partial restora-
: ton of the franking privilege, and the amend
u u ment was rejected-ayes SO, noes 125. The
a a house then went into committee of the whole
; Mr.. Hale, of Maine, in the caAir, on the tariff
bill, entitled ga bill further to protect the
sinking fund and to provide for the exigences
: of the government" Mr.. Dawes. chairman
: of the committee on ways and means, ad-
: dressed the house in support of the BILL He
made a statement of the comparative receipts
: and expenses of the government since 1870
as follows:
IofU-Recelpts. .$4ll ,O0OODO
! expenditures. ............. 3U9. OOD,OOO
1871 Receipts. ts................. 1888. 200 900
, Expenditures. ............. 304 OOh,0
lo72-Recepts. .................. $374.0OO,O 900
expenditures. .............. E7TOOu,O0O
1915 hecelpGs. $3.50, UU,UUU
- expenditures. .s.......... 29D,OOO.OOO
, 1874-Receipts ts..................S2 S289, 600, ,O0)
! Expenditures s........... 287, 900 900
The receipts for the frat seven months of
, the last fiscal year were $168 600, 900, and for
the corresponding seven months of this year,
$l65, 000, 600. being falling off of three mil
lions. Mr.. Dawes went on to give statistics
as to the manufacture of whisky, and the
stock on hand in distlleries and bonded ware
houses, and to defend and advocate the recon
mendation of the committee of ways and
means in regard to the taxation of whisky.
He estimated the increased revenue which
the government would derive from the bill as
follows:
Whisky. Observation-Disclosures .$16 $40, ,00G
Tobacco. o.....-......... 1000 100
sugar. I,Z43, ,UUO
The restoration of 10 per cent. On
manufactured goods s............ 8,0000 900
In all about $37. $50, 600, From this was to be
deducted about two and half million loss by
the repeal of the tax on matches, leaving
| net Increase of S35. .437 O0O which would lust
about meet the estimated requirement of the
government. Without action on the bill, the
house a6journed.
In the Senate, On the 18th, the vice
president laid before the senate the report of
the engineer in regard to the survey and cost
of extending the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
from Cumberland, Md, to Pittsburgh. Or
dered printed and referred to the committee
on transportation routes. The SCI ate, by
vote Of yeas 2 nays 26 refused to order to d
| third reading the Portland, Dallas and Salt
Lake railroad bill. The senate re sumed con-
sideration of the bill to provide a government
for the District of Columbia. the pending
amendment being that of Mr.. Sargent. to pro-
vide for the election of a delegate to congress.
Rejected 21 to 49, After debate, Mr.. Sar-
gents amendment to provide for one COM
missioner, instead OF two, agreed to-
yeas q, nays %. The senate then went into
| eXecul i've session, and shortly afterwards ad-
jOurned.
In the House, On the 18th, after the
reading of the journal, on motion of Mr
DdNeE, JL3 uOuS6 N0DJ IIlCO committee Oh Il6
whole on the revenue bill. Mr.. E. Il. Roberts
obtained the floor and made an elaborate
speech. The further consideration of the
| revenue bill was postponed and the house
| took up the pension appropriation bill, but
| objection was made to the consideration of |
| the bill. and the private calendar taken
| up and number of private bills acted on !
| A bill for the relief of certain loyal creditors
| whose moneys were cnnfsc4ted by the cOnfed- |
! crate congress in Louisiana, providing for the |
distribution of S203, ,334 pro rata, was reported
! by the committee of the whole. Much oppo-
! sition was manifested to it. and finally, with |
| out taking vote on it, the house adjourned |
In the Senate. on the 18Th, Mr.. Bogy |
introduced a bill to establish a mint of the !
| United States at st. Louis. Mr.. Dorsey in |
| troduced joint resolution authorizing the |
! secretary of the treasury to admit, free of
! duty, the diamond necklace presented by the |
| Khedive of Egypt to Minnie Sherman Fitch. |
| Ordered printed and referred. =. The senate |
resumed consideration of the bill to provide |
| government for the District of Columbia.
| Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary committee, |
| to whom was referred the resolution of Mr.. !
| Bogy, instructing that committee to inquire
| into the expediency of repeating the law grant
| ing a subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship
| Company, reported the fol owing substitute:
ReSOtred, TUat the committee on Judiciary be
and hereby is instructed to inquire and report
whether the . tied States or any department
OF the government, is legally bound to now
carry into effect any contract made pursuant
to the act of June ], 1872, respecting addi-
tional mail service between San Francisco
China and Japan. Agreed to . After a num-
Der of amendments to the bill to provide
government for the District of Columbia had
been offered the senate, on motion of Mr.
Edmunds, adjourned, without definite action
on the bill.
In the house, on the 18Th, the bill to
TDTOTida for ba oil Of Of
ors whose moneys were conhscated by con-
federate congress, pending vote on which
the house adjourned yesterday, WAS defeated
by vote of 143 to A 4 Mr.. Cessna intro
duced q blll amendatory of the act for adj judi- I
eating the Alabama claims. Referred. d. The j
bill making compensation for supplies taken
by union soldiers during Morgan's raid was !
considered and defeated, after which the house
went into committee of the whole for the pur- |
pose of taking up the pension and military | I
academy appropriation b lls. After the pas | I
sage of these bills the bill for the equalization ,
of bountes was taken up by vote of 96 to
4S. Mr. Myers moved to amend BY making
the bill apply to sailors and marines. Messrs. t
COmiDgo and Parker advocated the amend :
ment, which would make the bill apply to the :
eleven Missouri regiments mustered into SER |
vice, and who served three wears as home t
guards. The debate closed and the house pro-
ceeded to vote on the bill and amendments. 6
Comingo's and Myers amendments we're :
agreed to; also an amepdment offered by Mr.. ,
Shanks, to include Indians. The bill then |
passed, yeas ut, nays 80. Mr.. Lawrence, t
from the committee on war claims reported I
the bill to pay the claims allowed by commis- ,
sioners of claims, and moved the previous !
question ON its passage, but pending the vote :
and amid great confusion, arising from the l
efforts OF dozen members to be recognized,
the house, at o'clock adjourned .
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Ed :
munds, from the Judiciary committee, reported, |
without amendments, the civil rights bill {
which lately passed the house of representa- '
tives, and gave notice that he would call it up L
at the earliest possible moment which would i
be in day or two. Placed on the calendar. q
Mr.. Chandler, from the committee on Z
commerce, reported back tho steamboat bill, :,
with amendments Placed on the calendar. I
MIR. Scott, from the committee of conference L
on the disagreeiDg votes of the two houses on L
the bill to amend the national bank act fixing I
compensation of national bank examiners q
made report which was agreed to. MIR.
Robertson introduced bill to secure deposit u
ors in the Freedman's Savings and Trust Com C
pany from ultimate loss The morning hour |
having expired, the chair announced that the
unfinished business before the senate was
bill to provide government for the District
of Columbia. Mr.. Morton moved to postpone I
the pending and all prior orders, and proceed
to the consideration of the resolution reported .
by the committee on privileges and elections {
from Louisiana. Mr.. Morton said as the SEN q
ator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) desired to 2
divide the motion just made, he would now
move to lay the bill to provide government q
for the District of Columbia on the table, and z
he did so for the purpose of then moving to L
proceed to the consideration of the resolu- r
tion for the admission of Pinclback. The =
motion to lay the District government bill on
the tahle was agreed to, yeas 81, nays g. 4
Mr.. Morton then moved to take up the resolu- I
ton for the admission of PInchback. Agreed 7
to. A message was received from the house q
announcing the death of the Hon. Samuel
Hooper, member of that body and inviting J
the senate to attend his funeral IN the hall of {
the house tomorrow afternoon. Mr.. Bout n
well sent to the clerks desk resolution ex- i
pressing the regret of the senate at the death 6
of Mr.. Hooper, and accepting the invitation :
to attend the funeral tomorrow, and declaring
the senate adj j0urned as mark of respect to 7
his memory. Tae resolution was agreed to, c
and the senate adjourned
In the House on the 18th, Mr.. Dawes
offered a resolution, which was agreed to, G
directing the Judiciary committee to inquire '