The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-18
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D,rrS EDMCNDSs AMI oihHHS S'
wrTVsEs'S GREAT SPEECH FOR REpuCIlos-
THE TAX on TOBACCO AND SNUFF hhp.s.n
~" s,yrrry CENTS PER POUND GREAT
~ ,ropr FOR T,IS sENATE-PEEs0NAL
LANgoUS PARA6KAfhs' @o'
'''''' Tr,,,, our Regular Correspondent
i,,n-oy February 17.--When half
,ost u came the voice OF ee"a'of ." "aeis
rong ont, Regular order" .-
To the question OF Senator Dorsey the
c,.;r ro,Ipd. "The regular order is the
rn~snrc bill, which comes up as unfinished
business"
senator Dorsey then said that he had been
.ryinr for 4 week 10 get up the post-ofhce
concentration bill. and he now moved to
noStponc the regular order and take tnat up.
THE tobacco-senatorS at once showed that
they meant TO do no such thing ...
Mr. Morrill, got the floor, and in the
h'spdest manner possible suggested that
, fine conld be gained by laying aside the
revenue biz! until the postal bill was dis
posed OF.
Mr.. Beck said, in his robust way, 'Not
for a.moment.'
Mr. Bavsrd recalled the fact that the to-
ngcco-men on Saturday night wanted to go
On with it, and would have disposed of'lt
hit for one OF It's opponents, who moved
an Wiournment.
Mr.. Window said there were not more
than dozen members present when the
motion to adjourn was carried.
Mr.. Withcrs: There were more than
dozen in their seats, and the voice was
against adjournment, but the Chair ruled
differently. More than that, large num-
Der OF senators who bad been at work with
out intermis>ion since II O'Clock went to
the restaurant fer refreshments.
Mr.. Window thought the best way to ex-
pediie business was to postpone the bill, IS
suggested by Mr.. Morrill,. There were
only thirteen working days left, and six
important appropriation bills are not yet
disposed Of He asked il senators wanted
an extra session.
Mr.. WltbcrS: Ii senators will stop talk
Ing and proceed to business We can get
through.
Mr.. Whyte said that the revenue bill
ought to be disposed OF first, so that the Sem
ate nigh: know whether it could afford to
give tue proposed subsidy to Johnny Roach,
and whether it had not better be Just to
creditors before it was generous to the
lobby.
After further sparring, in which Mr..
Dawes participated, the Senate refused to
postpone-ayes, %; noes, 81. The reading
Of the bill as amended by the Senate com
mittec, and emitting the clauses stricken
out, was commenced at / O'Clock.
Mr. EdmundS came in just In time to vote
Tor postpouement. and locked as ii he meant
to do his level best against the bill. Mr.
Conoyer was one Of the twenty-five voting
in the affirmative. Commissioner Raum, bill
in hand. came into the chamber at half-past
l. from the retiring-room OF the Republi-
can senator's, and reminded me OF Dayen-
port as Sir Giles Oyerreach. II his COM
NeXiOn were bad the likeness would be
more striking. At twenty-five minutes after
. the clerk, who is the worst reader in
). America, completed his task, and Mr.. Bay
! ard proceeded 10 note the changes made by
the committee in the bill ms it came from the
House. With these changes the readers Of
these dispatches are familiar. In concluding,
tiols.
Mr.. MORRILL, MAKES MS PROTEST.
Dir. Morrill, said as it was evident that the
friends Of the bill meant to press ii to vote
to-day, though unprepared, he deemed it
best to submit his views. He proceeded 1t
once to the task OF opposing the reduction
Of The tax on tobacco. The Secretary OF the
Treasury, lie said, had informed the Senate
That, so .arfrom having surplus, be actually
has large deficiency: and yet it is pro-
posed 10 reduce the tobacco tax without
providing any means to meet the deficit 1t
VIII occasion. He read statistics furnished
oy Commissioner Raum for the purpose OF
saving that twenty-four cents is tue tax
"A'ch will bring more revenue than q
IHHt!-iwo-cent tax or q tWenty-cent tax.
necontended that the tax had nothing to do
"NAtAe evils the tobacco-plantcrs are now
'Aausing, and read from Mr.. Burchard's
Spetch in the House last session to prove
Il =
.na' the tax does not affect the price OF leaf.
iie treated tobacco as q luxury that could
oS'F taSation. He cotnplimeDted those who
!, ~ hot Use the weed, aud said those who do
< ~ uoubt deplore their weakness. !, If you
.1@he tobacco free it will not increase, in his
Judgment, the consumption and II you only
4euGee ihe tax eight cents per pound the
.''a's dealer will not lower his charges for
Il. ne had heard OF no consumer who
"'"'u reduction OF the tax. =. y .<.' -
/ :, equator Withers: The Senator is wrongly
LOTT Tor l have myself presented the
se,.a0ns OF at least three thousand. - as'sa.
{ a.. -" Aorrill resuming, said: But for
,ss s agitation Of this question the tobacco
cnSaa CITES would have been busy. and the
q, ,s.. Al'eat would not have lost $4,000 900
,,n. 'suae. The Government has to be
psnr, t~a' ne said, whether Democrats or
MI p ,a, are in power, and II taxes are
phs . sl one way they, must be another.
wM nv .m'se OF The manufacturers that they,
be aeslss saate for reduction for eightyears,
rers on,a isa delusion. and manniaetu-
lie read "a. pas tax on what they consume.
suu,oes IRON 10 an editorial in the Wig last
az min.. "aichsaid that a tax, OF 16 cents is
peoDls - 10 - ajax OF 90 cents, and that the
til tps y. y virginia viii never be content I'M
sbaw ~, .ss 7! Is entirely removed. PnisHas to-
the n, ,'la. .As agi.atlon. VIII not stop with
OF this bill. stI II @. f5 K II s.fsI