Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-18
House of REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Mr. Thompson Of
fered preamble and resolution reciting the
depressed condition of labor and industry
throughout the country and providing for a Sc
lect committee to sit during the recess to in
quire into the causes thereof. and recommend
ing remedies therefor. Adopted.
Consideration resumed of the tobacco
bill, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, the pending
amendment being that by Mr.. Burchard impos-
ing tax Of one twenty-fourth of one per cent.
per month on the average amount of bank de-
posits subject to draft or check, being modif-
cation Of the existing law on the subject. The
amendment adopted.
Mr.. Cox of Ohio moved to strike out the sec
tion of the bill relating to banks and bankers,
together with the amendment cognate. Agreed
to, yeas 1874, nays lit.
Mr.. Buchard, the next section having been
| read, said the bill as originally reported was
one relating simply to the manner of collection
! of internal revenue taxes. He had been en-
trusted with the charge Of that bill, but since
| the provisions reducing the tax of tobacco had
been incorporated in it, he could not give it his
support. He therefore yielded the charge of
| the bill to the gentleman from Virginia,
(Tucker,) and moved to lay the bill on the
table. Defeated, yeas 49, nays 1856.
MIR. Phillips offered an amendment abolishing
the tax on lucifer and friction matches after
the lst of January, 1879. Accepted-yeas l78,
nays 66.
The last section of the bill having been read,
Mr.. Banning offered as substitute an amend
! ment providing that the word gallon when
used in regard to lager beer: ale, ETC.,
shall be held to mean wine gallon, the liquid
measure containing 213 cubic inches. Adopted.
Consideration of the bill having been COM
pleted, Mr.. Tucker demanded the previous
question on the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Harrison desired to offer additional
section, but he was not permitted so to do:
| calls for the regular order coming from all
parts of the hall. The previous question hav-
Foster, who opposed the passage Of the bill. He
believed that the condition of the revenues
would not permit with safety the passage Of
any such bill. It was claimed that reduction
| of the tax would increase the revenue, in
answer to which statistics showed constantly
Congress had increased the appropriations
this year at least $4,000, 900 beyond
what they had been last year.
The revenue was falling, and yet from that fall
| ing revenue it was proposed to take ST. 100000
more. No one would be benefited by the bill,
in the galleries, and who had lobbied it through,
that if the tax were reduced now it would be
| restored next year.
Amid great deal of noise and confusion
Mr.. Sayler stated that when the tax was lower,
| revenues were larger than at present.
| Mr.. Atkins to Foster-Did not you vote fol
| the 50, 900, 900 river and harbor bill, and fol
the payment of $4,000, 900 for illegal contracts:
| The bill was then ordered to be engrossed
and read third time.
Mr. White, pa called for. the reading of
the engrossed bill.
Mr. Sayler made dilatory motion on which
the yeas and nays were called in order to give
the clerks time to engross the bill.
Air. Atkins submitted the report of the con-
ference committee on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. Without any
| explanation the report was agreed to, and the
! House took recess