The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-10

The morning hour would thus be relieved Of
it,
Objection was made to the arrangement by
several gentlemen and for various reasons
Mr.. Reagan-Verv well, then, will keep it
IN the morning hour, and you will soon get
sick of that.
Mr.. Beebe, OF New York, thought this
good time to test the sense of the House and
he moved to lay the bill on the table. Re-
jected.
favor of the bill.
Mr.. Reagan again made his proposition.
modifying it to bring the bill up after the
morning hour, and as modified it was agreed
The rest OF the morning hour was taken up
with reports Of the Committee on Public
Lands.
Mr.. Patterson, of Colorado, from that COM
mittee, reported back the Senate bill author
izing the citizens of Colorado, Missouri and
the Territories to remove timber from the
public lands for family and domestic pur-
poses. Passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wright, Mr. Peter Cooper,
OF New York, was granted the privilege Of
seat on the floor.
Mr.. Lockwood, of New York, rose to per-
sonal explanation. I'm the Record Yesterday
he was recorded as not voting on the motion
OF the gentleman from New York fMr. Wood.
to go into committee OF the whole on Tuesday
on the tariff bill. The result was announced
as tO9 yeas to tO3 nays. He voted "No' dis
tinctly on that proposition.
The Speaker said the clerks at the desk in
formed him that they did not hear the gentle
mans response to his name
MIR. Beebe COrrobOrated Mr. IOekwDod'5
statement that he had voted no,
Mr.. Lockwood said it was nOs his fault LIZ
ne was not heard. He usually spoke In q
loud voice, and q gentleman on The other side
OF the chamber heard him vote.
The Speaker said there was no doubt the
gentleman voted no, but he was not heard
The House then again went into COMMITTEES
OF the whole on the tariff BILL Mr. Saylor In
the chair.
Mr. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, said that no
petitions had come up from business men Of
the country asking for revision Of the tariff
at this time The people of the country ask
for relief, but they cannot see any relief to
terest, OF foreign manufacturers. He pro-
| ceeded to- review the speech made by the
chairman OF the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
the other day, and declared that Mr.. Wood
did not understand the question involved.
Like Frankenstein, he had created q monster,
the nature OF which he was ignorant,
and the action of which he could
not control. Referring to the assertion that
the bill was opposed mainly by the extreme
prOtectionists, Mr.. Kelly denied it and re-
ferred to the fact that 1t was denounced at a
meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce.
In New York, which was largely attended by
Tree trade men, and was addressed by j. 8.
Moore, better known as the Parsee mer-
chant, an earnest exponent of free trade views.
The committee had refused to receive the
counsel and advice OF practical men In the
committee room, and the result was this
crude bill. II the committee had invited the
views OF practical men it would not have
been placed in the attitude OF reporting so
ridiculous an abortion, but 1t was said that
the evils Of the bill could be corrected BY its
consideration. He denied 1t. The principle
OF this bill was vicious and subtle 1t had
better all be blotted out and the House COM
mence anew.
All the industries Of the country stand an
palled at this proposed tariff The measure
was revolutionary in its tendency. The time
to revise tariff Is when the country Is pros
porous and when prices are rising. Is was
madness OF theory to say that this bill could
give relief now. Mr.. Kelly then ridieuled Mr..
Wood for incorporating In his speech the Oft
quoted anecdote OF Sidney Smith, of the way
in which the farmer was taxed upon every
thing he eat and wore and upon all his farm
ing implements. He had heard the story be-
FORE in 1864. The gentleman, then from Ohio
lMr. 5. s. Cox, but who had since carpet
bagged to New York, made it, and he had
heard others make it since, whenever a tariff
bill was under consideration. Mr.. Kelly cre-
ated much amusement by the reference to
these quotations from Sidney Smiths original
composition.
Mr.. Harris addressed the committee In ad-
vocacy OF the bill, arguing that it was de-
manded by the best interests of the country:
that 1t would reduce taxation and relieve the
people OF distress.
Mr.. Burchard, of Illinois, obtained the
floor, and then the committee rose and the
House, at 30 p. M. adjourned.