Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-16
House Of Representatives.

STATES by ARKANSAS; house Dill IOr restoration
to market of certain lands in Utah,
Adjourned.
House Of Representatives..
WASHINGTON, June Decentralization of the
bill amending the internal revenue law was re-
sumed.
Mr.. Townsend moved to arAend 30 as to re-
peal the section of the revised statutes which
farmer who sells tobacco directly to the con-
pay special taxes.
Pending action Mr.. Conger moved to post
pone further consideration of the bill until
the second Wednesday in January next. On
division the vote stood 70 to 1O1, and Mr.. Con-
ger demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Sayler-I warn the gentlemen on the
other side that if they propose to fllibuster we
will delay the session as long as they want to.
They should not prevent fair test of this
question.
The motion to postpone was rejected, yeas
104 nays 146.
Mr.. Regain submitted the report of the COM
mittee on conference on the river and harbor
appropriation bill as agreed upon. 1t reduced
the amount appropriated by the Senate amend
ment $4,000. The total amount appropriated
by the bill in it's present compromised form is
$8.361, 900.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, endeavored to pro-
pound some inquiries, but his voice was lost
amid cries for the regular order, and in the din
and uproar that followed, with Atkins, Eden
and other members all trying to make them
selves heard, the question was seconded.
The conference report was then agreed to;
yeas $50; nays So.
Consideration of the internal revenue bill
was then resumed, the pending question being
on the amendment offered by Mr.. Townsend.
After discussion, the remarks for the most
part being inaudible in the confusion, the
amendment was rejected.
A message was received from the Senate an
nouncing the passage of concurrent resolu-
ton extending the session until Thursday
next Shouts of no, no.)
On motion of Mr.. Cole, the amendment
adopted some days ago on motion of Mr.. Vance,
repeating the provisions of the existing law
for the transfer of revenue from State
courts to federal courts, was reconsidered and
struck out of the bill. @
! Mr.. Sayler offered an amendment providing
! the reduction of the tax on tobacco shall take
| effect September lst 1878 instead of the pass
age of the bill as formerly provided. Adopted.
Mr.. Foster offered an amendment providing
| that the tax on tobacco shall be collected at
the rate of "a cents per pound until 1900. He
said it was perfectly evident that the bill could
not pass this season. If this matter were car
ried over to next year the result would be dis
l
gentlemen who favored reduction to settle
| the question.
Mr. sayler-We intend to settle it. We pro
pose to pass this bill before we adjourn.
| Mr.. Foster-It is impossible to pass it.
Mr.. Sayler-lt is not impossible.
The vote by tellers resulted SO to 81.
Mr.. Foster called for the yeas and nays.
! Mr.. Sayler-The gentleman means to carry
out his threat of defeating the bill by fllibus
tering. l tell him we will stay here all sum
mer if we have to pass this bill.
Mr.. Foster The Senate won't agree to that.
Mr.. Sayler-The Senate has postponed adj
! journment until the middle of the week.
Mr.. Foster-We won't agree to that.
Mr.. Sayler (shortly)-Won't we?
The yeas and nays were refused and tn,
amendment rejected.
i Mr.. Burchard offered an amendment to tn
former part of the bill, providing no specia
tax shall be imposed on vintors who sell win
of their own growth at the place where tn
same is made. Adopted.
Mr.. Turner offered an amendment permittin,
every producer who cultivated not exceeding
oneSacre of tobacco, to sell one hundred dollars
worth of leaf tobacco per year for 1878, 1879 an
1880, without taxation. Rejected; Yeas, II
Consideration of the bill was then suspend.
ed, and on motion of Mr.. Cameron the confer
ence committee on the post route bill was OF
dered.
Mr.. Wood called up the resolution of til
Senate fixing the final adjournment Thursda
next, and moved to non-concur. Agreed TIC
Yeas, 143; nays, 1O8.
Mr.. Knott chairman of the judiciary com
mittee presented his views in opposition to tn
report of the committee on the Kimmell bill
on the subject of the Presidential election. 81
said he would be content himself to have til
paper printed in the record, but some gentle
men desired to have it read, and if there wa
no objection he would read it. He then steppe
to the clerks desk and was about to read his II
port, quite voluminous, when Mr.. Tucker OF
jected to that consumption of time until afte
the tobacco bill should be disposed of.
Mr.. Springer moved to suspend the rules il
: order to extend that privilege to Mr.. Knott an
8 the motion was agreed to. Mr.. Knott there
upon read the paper, the tenor of which ha
| great underlying question to be determine
was not the one which the committee SCENE
e to consider paramount to all others. 1t wa
: not merely whether the present incumbents q
, the Presidential and Vice Presidential Office
should be disturbed, but it had wider RANG
J.. and reached to an infinitely profounder deptl
4 II was true it might incidentally affect th
E title of couple of citizens to the honors an
emoluments Of certain high and important Of
fees now claimed by them, but it also involve
: the dignity and sovereignty of thirty EIGHT il
l dependent and coequal States as we'll as til
e The conclusion of the report is in these words
/ Let the representatives of the people teac
the people by solemn resolution that posse.
4 sion is better than right, and usurpatio
stronger than law; that returning boards al
supreme and that the law is v,iceless, the1
indeed, will the people realize that the law hs
3 abdicated, and that force has been enthronec
and then will the country indeed become Mex
canized, force will be resorted to to redres
:. wrong as we'll as to sustain it, and recourse wi
s be had to the sterner arbitrament of the bulle
: and after usurpation shall have succeede
y usurpation, anarchy will come like night an
:. seal the fate of this great republic forever.
q MIR. Hewitt IN. W presented the report O
the conference committee on the army appr,
priation. He explained the report and said i
regard to the posse conaitatus clause, eve hav
+ this day secured to the people of this countr
! the same great provisions, which, after stru,
i gle of 200 years the commons of England secu
: ed for Great Britain. (Derisive laughter .
! the Republican side.)
The report was agreed to, yeas l42, nays SIS.
/ Recess.
EueniMO SeSSi0n.
f WASHINGTON, June 15.-At the evening Sc