The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-14
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There Scre no nominations or ex
ecutive session TO day
Senale-The silver bill occupied tn
day,
During the morning. hour MIR. Nor
rill called up the house Joint resoln
ton declaring that u reduction of Tia,
lax on distilled spirits Ia incxpeditnI
and said II was important and that u
should be ucled upon now, The dis
tilCrs throughout the country were
being ruined from the fact that they
were unable 10 dispose OF their stock
on hand on ac0Ouut OF the uncertain
" Nh TO what congress would do. lie
had numerous letters aud petitions
urging the senate To no, upon the reso'
luton.
Mr.. MerrlmOn, Of North Carolina,
said this matter was OF great Import
ance TO his constituents, and he had
understood that the declaration Of the
house on this subject was final. II
was II matter too serious 10 he passed
over without full consideration. He
thought the distilling and tobacco
int rests were oppressively taxed. lie
objected TO the present consideration
of the resolution, but the vice preai
dent decided single objection would
not prevent its consideration, II hav-
ing been reported yesterday. Mr..
Merrmon then demanded the yeas
and nays on its passage.
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, said he was
anxious that there should be n reduc.
ton of the tax on whisky aud tobacco,
believing that the true revenue point
was below that point now established,
but tobacco was not concerned In this
resolution. The action taken by the
house of representatives. had been such
US to satisfy him that no change Ia the
tax Oh distilled spirits would be made
at this session OF congress.
Mr.. Merrlmon said he was aware OF
the business being affected, on account
of the uncertainty AZ TO the action OF
congress, but the passage of this reso'
luton would have IFS weight in passing
a similar resolution in regard TO to.
bacc0. Many persons were anxious
for reduction of the tax and placing
1t on incomes.
Pending the discussion, the morning
hour expired and the joint resolution
was laid aside, and the Bland silver
bill was resumed.
Mr.. Merrimon spoke OF the imports
ance of the pending measure, and the
advantage to be derived from Its full
discussion. He condemned the de-
monetization of silver, and argued that
the act of 1872, was passed without he
ing properly discussed. He spoke at
length as to the peculiar fitness OF both
gold and silver to serve the purposes oil
money, and said the decentralization
of silver was the very acme Of folly.
The discussion continued to late
hour, without any action.
House-The tedious monotony and
dullness of the discussion on the mill
itary academy bill in the house to-day
was relieved by a personal aud politi
cal alteration, which brought In ques
tion the whole of the management o
the late presidential struggle, the al
legged bargain for the withdrawal of thu
troors from Louisiana and South Caro-
lima, the famous Wormley conference
and the pending prosecution OF tn
membera of the returning board ii
New Orleans. The discussion grew gu
of some unpleasant colloquy, few
days ago, between Mr.. Hewitt, of New
York, on the one side, and Mr.. Aiken
of South Carolina, and Mr.. House. O
Tennessee, on the other. Aiken la
on that occasion expressed the opinio
that West Point should be brought t
the hammer aud sold Hewitt had al
tributed that statement to souther
hostility to the institution which ha
tnrned out such gallant officers 8
West Point had, aud House stigmt
tizsd Hewitt az demagogue who hs
slandered the whole southern people
To day Hewitt brought the subject u
again, aud explained away any offer
siye imputa!ion against the soutl
which explanation House, of Tenne
see, accepted on his side and treated