Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-22

senator Aaxey (Iexas) moved to
take up the senate bill to provide
for the settlement of accounts with
certain southern railway companies.
He urged the Importance Of the
bill, and hoped there would be no
further delay on it. .s8i
Senator Withers WAY moved to
take up the army appropriation bill,
and after some discussion this was
agreed to. The senate then ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, April 81.
The morning hour being dis>
pensed with, Mr.. Mcmahon (Ohio)
moved that the house go into COM
mittee of the whole on the special
deficiency bill, and pending that,
moved that all general debate on
the bill be limited to five minutes.
Mr.. Conger moved to amend by
extending the time to two hours.
The motion was defeated; yeas LOT;
nays la.
The republicans then continued
yesterdays filibustering to prevent
a vote on Mr.. McMahon's proposi-
tion to limit the debate to Gve Minis
utes. After a desultory debate and
a number of roll calls, Mr.. McMas
hon withdrew both his motion to 90
into committee of the whole and to
limit the debate.
The house then proceeded to
consider the business on the speaks
er's table The senate resolu-
tion directing the committees
on agriculture in the two
houses to inquire and report
what the government should do to
encourage agricultural interests.
Mr.. Reagan (Texas) offered an
amendment directing the committee
to inquire also as the effect on the
agricultural interests Of the sdops
tion of revenue tariff, in place of
the present protective tariff, and as
to the proper revision of the laws
relating to internalreyenue taxation.
This led to discussion Of the tariff
question. MIR. Reagan said that
if Congress intended to do ANYTHING
to lift the burdens from the
shoulders of agriculture, this reso>
luton might be made to furnish
it with the necessary information.
Some special means should be de-
vised to relieve the agricultural in
terests of the country by transfers
ring the vast burdens which it bore
to the shoulders of the many. Ag>
riculture was being crushed out
while fortunes were being piled up
in the hands of few. This was
being done by means of
protective tariff, discriminating in
ternal revenue laws and monopolies.
He argued that the tariff imposed
for the purpose of revenue only
would greatly promote agricultural
prosperity, and bring about more
general and equal distribution
of wealth. In conclusion
he said: "Give us reve-
nue. tariff; place it, if you
please, at 20 per cent, which is
higher than any revenue tariff from
the foundation of the government
down to the present time,
and you will receive, by
increased foregn trade, by in
creased imports and by increased
exports as much revenue as now. l
believe that besides doing that you
would save no less than $800,000,-
600 a year to class which con-
sumes, and to the very agricultural
class fattered by the vague platio
tudes of this resolution.
Mr.. Kelley pa replied to Mr..
Reagan at some length, contro-
verting the latter's statements, de-
Tending the protective tariff and
arguing that protection is especially
a benefit to the wool-groyers Of
Texas, in that it gives them, through
domestic manufactures encouraged
by protective tariff, the best mar
ket in the world for such wool as
Texas grows.
Without disposing of the subject,
which will come up again when the
house next goes into business on the
speakers table, the house took q re-
cess till 7:30, the night session being
for the consideration Of the bill
to establish code for the District
of Columbia. e