Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-27
Observation-Disclosures

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.
MONDAY February ia bill to
provide for the constrvotionzef ssbridysJ
4cross the Missouri river ct Qscatur, Neb.,
vas passed. bill to a,ash the iutd HAL
evenue laws containing a1glmendmelt to
'educe the tax on tobacco .Uls then conaid.
,red. An amendment making the reduction
axe place April !, 1879, was agreedto. The
question tiisn being On Sconourrinx In the
proposed by the committee on
finance, to tax snuff a cents per pound, it
WAS disagreed to, yeas II, nays 80, thus leav-
ing the tax on snuff IL cents per pound, az
proposed by the house bill, the same rate Of
tax also being retained on tobacco. The
senate then voted on the amendm ents pro-
posed by the committee and struck out the
tax proposed Oh cigars and cigarettes,
leaving the tax RS under the existing law,
and agreed to the following amendments:
Dealers in leaf tobacco except retail, shall
pay special tax of SIS. Every person who
manufactures tobacco or snuff Of any de-
scriptiou without first giving bond as re-
quired by this act, shall be fined not less
tn II 81 900 nor more than IS 900, and i'm.
prisoned for not less than one nor more
than five years-an allowance OF drawback
Oh tobacco, snuff and ci CARS Oh which tax
has been paid by suitable stamps affixed
thereto, before removal from the place Ut
manufacture, when the same are exported,
equal al amount to the value OF the stamps
found to have been so affixed. The amend
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peal Of the tax on luciicr or friction matches
amendment was submitted irnpo>in.: that
GA and after July l, 1879, lhc)c shall b.
levied duty Of 10 cents per pound on tea
ana 212 cents on coffee After some de-
bate it WAS agreed to ad journ with the in.
tention Of voting on the amendment and
bill Tomorrow.
TUESDAY, February iS.-On motto
the vote by which the house bill passed 70
authorize the issue Of certificates Of dtposi,
III aid OF rciuuding the public debt was re
mitted aul agreed to providing that the
money received from them sh IL be applied
to the payment OF bonds bearing interest al
the rate OF not less than . per centum pei
annum instead of the $50 bonds only, which
bear 8 per cent. us ut first authorized $3.50. AT.
ter the morning hour, business consideration
was resumed of the bill to amend the inter.
nal revenue laws. Amendments taxing tes
10 cents aud coffee 215 cents per pound, and
raising the TAX on tobacco fro;u II to 20 cents
! per pound were rejected. An amendment
was agreed to exempting from certain prnvi
sions of the existing law small disiillelics
whose daily capacity does not exceed 8
gallons. The bill having been considered
in of rho yCh c1a ortD
| back to the senate. An amendment wa:
submitted that the act take effect the 1st OF
May instead Of the 1st of April as proposed
by the committee. Agreed to-yeas 81, nays
so. Al amendment to strike out the whole
clause repeating the tax o. friction matches
was agreed to-yeas SO, nays q. So til,
law il regard to tax on matches remains 81
at present The other amendments mad.
in committee of the whole were agreed t.
without division. The bill Was then read
third time and passed-yeas As, nays 21.....
of Representatives Schleicher and Quinn
.....Adj ourned.
WEDNESDAY,, February 19.-Th'
house bill to fix the pay of iettcr.carriers
and the senate bill to incorporate til,
! United States Railway Mail Service Mutua
! Benefit association, passed.. When tn
Brazilian mail steamship subsidy amend
ment on the postot1ice appropriation bill
; was reached quite discussion surung up
Several amendments were offered and re
+ jected, whereupon the senate, without fna
action adjourned.
: THURSDAY, February 20.-The senate
bill to appoint Spruille Broden ensign il
the United States navy was passed. Brods1
is the young man who took the prize TO-
excellence in the English nautical school
but refused a commission in the English
| navy as it would have compelled him to re
nounce his American citizenship. ....T The
senate laid aside temporarily the postofics
appropriation bill that Shields might speak
in favor of granting pensions to surviving
soldiers of the Mexican war. At the con
clusion of Shields remarks consideration
was resumed of the postofice appropriation
bill, and debate on the Brazilian mail sub
sidy amendment was continued. Al
should be considered in force of the service
or either line be abandoned or discontinued
was adopted. After the rejection of mum
Der of amendments the committees amend
ment in relation 10 the Br2yilian mail linz
was agreed to-yeas "a, nays II. The othe1
amendments of the committee were agreed
to. The bill was then reported to the senate
the amendments concurTed in and the bill
passed, yeas %, nays 15.....Adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 2l.-The senate
bill to authorize the president temperate,
to transfer the custody, control and man
agement of certain Indian tribes from thu
interior to the war department, was reported
without amendment and placed on the cal
endar. The senate bill for the relief O.
homestead settlers on public lands was
passed. go. Cameron, Wis, presented petit
ton of citizens of Wisconsin, praying fol
all amendment to the constitution OF tht
United States, providing that after the veal
1890 all male citizens over the age OF 81
shall he possessed OF certain educational
qualifications before being allowed the righ
of suffrage. Referred The senate bill re
lating to the transportation OF animals wa:
passed after being amended, so as to pro
vide that animals soall not be kept in car
more than IS consecutive hours, although
they might be fed and watered .. e. ii,
senate then proceeded with consideration
of the army appropriation bill. Pending
discussion On the section referring to lht
recognizing Of the army, Ferry called ~
| the house resolution in memory OF the lat.
Gen. Alpheus Williams, member of tn.
house from Michigan. Appropriate re
marks upon the life and character of th'
! dece ased were made by Ferry, Dawes
Cock,ell, Plumb and Maxey; suitable reso
lutions were adopted, and the senate, as
further mark of respect to the memory o
the deceased adjourned until tomorrow.
SATURDAY, February 22.-The vice
president submitted communication from
the postmaster general in regard to the bill
recently passed.: fixing the pay of letter
carriers. He states that in addition to tn.
estimates Of 100000 for the pay OF car
! riers for the next fiscal year, S353,000 viii
be required under the new bill, and thai
$7' GOO additional will be required to pay
these salaries for the remainder of the pres
ent fiscal year, should the bill take effect or
approval by the president....:. The creden
tals of Senator Zachariah Chandler having
been presented and read, Chandler was es
courted to the vice-president's desk by hi
colleague, Ferry, and the oath of Office ad
ministered. Chandler occupies the same
seat as when in The senate several years
ago. The credentials of Senator In
gals, re-electeds from Kansas. were also
fled: The army sppropria>iu bill was