The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-21

president and vice-president-eleo:, and
all persons elected to either house OF
Congress, shall take an oath that they
have not procured or attempted u
procure their election by bribery or
fraud, and that t4ey will not, during
their term OF Office. permit any con-
Irritation or the employment OF con-
tributons, or of employees of the
United States, for election or political
| purposes.
By Stone, providing for double or
return postsl cards.
By Frost, amending the Constitu-
ton 90 a, to make the president in
eligible for reelection.
Calklns, from the committee on
elections, submitted a report OF the
majority in the Massachusetts, case,
declaring Loring entitled to the seat
instead of Boynton. Laid over.
Weaver will file minority report.
F. Wood said be would. to morrow,
call up the funding bill. and press il
10 vote before recess.
Price, from the banking commit
toe, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill repeating section 3,4l6
Revised Statutes, and abolish the
stamp on the ohecks named in that
section.
Mills raised the point that this was
O matter for the committee on ways
and means, and not the banking COM
NIT zee. The question of how money was
to be taken from the people to sup
port government. was q question for
the consideration OF the committee on
ways and means.
Price thought that it was a sufi-
cient argument to the objection to
state that the bill had been referred
to the committee on banking and
currency.
The Speaker-Did it go there by
bill or petition?
Price-By both.
After further debate on this point,
the motion to suspend the rules was
seconded, 102 to As.
Mills then opposed the bill. He
thought there were other subjects
more fit for a reduction OF taxation
than check stamps. Why not take
the duty of clothing. 1t was at
tempted to clandestinely smuggle
this bill through the House to pre-
vent the amendment taking away
from monopolists some of the IL
gotten gains which legislation robbery
gave them.
Buckue. wanted many taxes re-
duced, but because be wanted more
than he could have, be would not re-
fuse to take Of an annoying and |
" xatious tax. The amount raised |
by this tax was about $4,000. He
had no idea that republicans would |
reduce the taxes in the next Con-
gress, and he therefore favored the |
st every head of taxation
this session.
Hswley thought he knew that a
great majority of protectionists ia
vored a revision of the tariff.
Price said there were 100000 depo-
sitors in the banks OF the country
who could not draw dollar without
paying &c.
Warner opposed the bill. This tax
Was easily collected from a class,
better able to pay for it, than
any other. They needed the money
TO pay the $50. 000,0 pension just
voted and to reduce the maturing
iebt. He hoped the House would
hesitate before it passed this bill.
Weaver said it was part of the
scheme for funding the debt. It was
to reduce taxation 60 the
iebt could not be paid.
The motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill was rejected
yeas 129, nays 68. not two-thirds.
The speaker made the following
appointments: Mckinley,
o the committee on ways and means;
Jonger, to the committee on rules;
Taylor, OF Ohio, to the committee on
The speaker also announced the
appointment OF Wellborn, Scoville
IND Brown as visltors to the naval
academy.
Several leaves of absence were
but Wood gave notice that he
would object to further leaves.
The bill was passed to enlarge and
protect the San Antonio arsenal.
Stone, under instructions from the
on postofices, moved to
uspend the rules and pass the bill
the postmaster general to
esdjust the salaries of certain post
This bill, involving claims
o the amount of 100000, was OPP
posed, and on seoonding a demand
or suspending the rules, no quorum
'oted.
Adjourned.