The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-19
THE CONGRESS.
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE REvE.
NUE. BILL IN THE SENATE.
The House Considers the Legislative AD-
propriation RlIl-Amendments Repeal
ing the Test Oath and Election Law
Presented and Debated.

preparation RlIl-Amendments Repeal.
ing the Test Oath and Election Law
Presented and Debated.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-A number Of reso-
lutions were presented and referred, after
which the Senate resumed the consideration
of unfinished business, being the internal
revenue bill, and the question was on Mat
thews amendment putting a tax OF ten cents
per pound on tea and two and a half cents on
coffee. The amendment was reiected-yeas
A nays 81.
The Senate, by yeas 21 nays AZ, refused
Morrills amendment putting the tax on to-
bacco back to twenty cents.
Mr., Ransom moved an amendment exempt
ing small distilleries OF twenty gallons and
under In the discretion of the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue, from the provision re.
quiring continuous and sealed vessels. Agreed
to-yeaS Al, nays 10.
Mr.. Sargent offered an amendment allow
ing drawback on all manufactured tobacco
on which q revenue tax OF over fifty dollars
had been paid Lost-yea IL, nays A.
A disposition exists on the part OF the Re-
publican senators to demand the yeas and
NAYS upon every amendment to the bill.
BY yeas 80 and nays 80 the Senate defeated
the committees proposition to put back the
tax on friction matches, which the House has
stricken out.
On motion of Mr. Whyte May / instead Of
April was fixed as the date when the Dill
shall take effect. This amendment will allow
3zU,UUU licensed 10 uiBpOSS VI JiltS SOoch
on which q "a per cent tax has already been
paid. There are about HOO manufacturers.
Other amendments to the revenue bill,
made In committee OF the whole, were agreed
TO In the Senate and the bill passed. Yeas 45,
nays 81.
On the passing Of the internal revenue bill,
the yeas were:
Messrs Bailey ,Barnum, Bayard Beck Bruce.
Cooke Conover Davis of West Virginia, Dorsey,
Eaton, Eustis. Garland. Gordon, Grover Harris.
Herford, Hill, ga'ls, Jones of Florida; Jones
Mcdonald, ,McP Pherson, Matthews, Maxey. Merit
mon. Morgan. Paddock. Patterson. Randolph.
Voorhies. wallace Whyte and Withers-45.
Nays-Messrs. Allison. Blaine. Booth. Game
ron Of Wisconsin. Davis of Illinois. Dawes. 70
Mcmillan, Morrill,. Plumb. Rollins Sargent,
Sanders, Teller Wadleigh and Windom1,,H.
Just before passing the revenue bill, on
Mr.. Morrills motion the Senate struck out
the section relative to lucifer matches, leav-
ing the tax as 1t is
After passing the internal revenue bill,
sentative Sehlecher, deceased. The Senate
then adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Wood, of New York, demanded the
regular order, and the Speaker announced
that to be the consideration, Of reports from
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, raised the question
Of consideration. He wanted to get up his
census BILL
The Speaker submitted the question to the
House. and it was decided by vote OF 81 yeas
to 135 nays not to take up the Ways and
Means Committee business.
Mr. Cox, of New York, then claimed the
floor on the census bill, when Mr.. Hale, OF
Maine, raised the question OF consideration,
and moved to go into committee OF the whole
.Qn the Legislative appropriation Dill.
Mr.. Cox claimed that his order for the CEN
sus bill to-day was peremptory one
The Speaker ruled that twas In order to
move to take up the Legislative bill
Mr.. Hales motion was rejected by yeas III,
nays l23.
II was agreed that the House should take a
recess at O'Clock this evening until 30.
and that legislative bills should then be con-
Sidered.
The House then, on motion Of Mr. Cox, of
New York, went into committee Of the whole
on the census bill, Mr.. Goode, of Virginia, in
the chair.
Mr.. Cox then made an elaborate speech on
the subject of the census generally and ex-
planned the provisions OF the pending bill.
He earnestly protested against the sugges
ton to take the census under the law of
1850
Mr.. Garfield, OF Ohio, also opposed the cry
that the census could be taken under the ma
,chinery Of the law of 1850. He took issue
with Mr.. Cox as to the appointment Of super
visors of the census, and argued that it
would be a violation of a constitutional pro-
vision to tske the appointment from the Fed
.eral authority and vest IL IN the Governors
of States.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, argued that there was
no constitutional impediment in the way OF
the appointment OF officers as proposed in
the bill.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, also opposed
that feature " hich vested the appointment OF
census officers in governors, out there was
another feature of the bill which ne would
like to amend and he would offer to amend 1t
at the proper time, and that was to remove
the appointment OF census takers as far as
possible from party politics now. He would
have the census takers appointed one rom
each party. Then IL a Republican oolporoeur
went through the di6triet with Republican
literature, DemofG.' would go tnIougn 7
also with DemocNliipell literature, ana the
thing would he Sortatis. anded.
Mr.. Frye-Hofy trib Hreenoaek party I
Mr.. Butler 4 landin Adneman need not
be disturbed al of cott VIM Ii we can 8eI
the Republcabg the MIhiSDemocrats ana
the Democrat is now ,rr c1fpublicans, lhe
success of 4 prospect nI1ty would De
secured. IF country ADE TO another good
would come dy of toeuvaraa II party dldn :
need watchit We cost sirs msda we wanted a
correct eens4nse Of --epointed Wlth-
out reference1eibili onne stress
Mr.. Ryan, Ie commitoee