The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-18

house bill authorizing the president to appoint
a commissioner to attend the international
penitentary congress, to bo held in Rome
next year, Passed. . Senate bill granting
tho right Of way to the sea to the ule and
Walla Walla railroad and transportation ON
pany, and for other purposes, was discussed
and rejected-yeas 15 nays 23. Tho senate
then resumed consideration OF unfinished bus
mess, being the bill to provide q government
for tho District OF Columbia, Pending dis
cussion the senate adjourned.
Ia the House, on the 1lth, the con-
sideration Of the post-oilco appropriation bill
was resumed in committee Of the whole, tho
| question being on the amendment to allow the
transmission OF public documents and seeds
| from the agricultural department to pass FREQ
| through the mails. Tho amendment was
| agreed to-aycs o. noes Is. The amendment
to post'ollice bill, canceling the Pacific Mail
contract OF 1872 as agreed to in committee Of
the whole, has been unanimously passed by
the house. separate vote WAS demanded on
the amendment agreed to in committee tf tho
whole, on the bill looking to a paI tiaI restOra-
tion Of the iranking privilege, and the amend"
ment was rejected-ayes 90, noes 1876, Tho
house then went into committee OF tho whole
Mr. Hale Of Maine, in the chair, on the tariff
bill, entitled "a bill further to protect tho
sinking fund and to provide for tho eygencies
Of tho government" Mr.. Dawes. chairman
OF the committee on ways and means, adj
dressed the house in support OF the bill. He
made statement Of the comparative receipts
and expenses Of the government since 1870,
as follows:
loU-Necelpts ..,....,,,.. .,?tll ,WVuUV
Expenditures. .......,,..,.. 3O0,ODOUOO
1871 Receipts. s................. $3.50, 900
expenditures. Ct.......,...,,, 0Ul UUn,lOJ
1S72-Receipts. s...,....,......... 1914, 600, ,0OO
Expenditures. ............,. GiTOOO,OOO
1873 Receipts ta...........,......?S3 1888. .00o, 600
Expenditures. es...,..,,...... 29n nOOO,UOO
lS74-Receipts. s...................s2S 1880 OO0,OOj
Expenditures. .......,...... 2SI, ,UDUUUO
The receipts for the first seven months of
the last tiscal year were ?1GS 000, 900, and for
the corresponding seven months OF this year.
5lG5, 900, 900. being a falling OFF Of three mil
lions. Mr.. Dawes went on to give statistics
as to the Manufacture of whisky and the
stock Oh hand in distilleres and bonded ware
houses, and to defend and advocate the recon-
mendaton OF the committee OF ways and
means in regard to tho taxation of whisky,
He estimated the increased revenue which
the government would derive from tie bill ~
follows:
Whisky y,,...................., SlGSiO,OO1
Iobacco. o..,.......,..... .'.''''''' t'OuV'noo
sugar. ........,...,...,..,. i,AiO,uSV
The restoration OF 10 per cent. on
manufactured goods S,OONOOO
In all about :37. 100000, From this was to be
deducted about two and n half million loss by
the repeal of tho tax ON matches, leaving
net Increase OF ?35, ,i37 900, which would just
about meet the estimated requirement OF tho
government Without action on the bill, the
hou.e diourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, the vice
president laid before the senate tho report Of
the engineer in regard to the survey and cost
of extending the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
fom Cumberland, Nd, to Pittsburgh. Or
dered printed and referred to the committee
on transportation routes The sera'c, by
vote OF yeas 2, nays 26. refu.od to order to
third reading the Portland, Dallas and SAT-
Lake railroad bill . The senate resumed con-
rideIation 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 delegate to congress.
Rejected q to 80. After debate, Mr.. Sar-
gents amendment to provide for one com
missioner, instead OF two, was agreed to-
yeas q, nays 80. The senate then wont into
executive session, and shortly afterwards ad-
journed.
Tn the House, on the 18th, after the
reading OF tho journal, on motion OF AIR.
Dawes the house went into committee OF tho
whole on the revenue bill. Mr.. j.. II. Roberts
obtained the floor and made an elaborate
peech The further consideration or the
evenue bill was postponed and the house
Dok mp the pension appropriation bllI Dnt
bjectiOn was made to the cOnsideratoh OF
he bill, aud the private calendar was taken
p and number of private bills acted on.
|. bill for the relief OF certain loyal creditors.
whose MONEYS were cnnirc atod hy the conied-
rate congress in Louisiana, providing for tho
hstributiou OF 1908, ,3A pro rata, was reported
by the committee Of the whole. Much oppo-
sition was manifested to il, and finally, wtth'
out taking voto on it, the house adjourned