The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-31

amend the law concerning the appoint
ment Of deputy mArshals at elections.
The caucus unanimously decided that
the clause should be opposed upon the
ground that it Is rider and that all At
tempts Of the majority To- force Legislation
by such means should be resisted now as
they were resisted at the extra session.
TARIFF FMATTEEs.
The House Committee on ways and
Means took up the tariff question to-day.
Upon motion of Carlisle to formally
adopt the bill, the provisions which were
agreed TO at the last meeting Of the com
mittee to fix the duty on bichromate Of
potash at two cents per pound and place
chrome iron ore on the free list. Mr..
conger moved to amend by adding wood
pulp to the free list. Representative Kel.
ley moved to amend 30 that 'all nanufact-
ured paper, wood pulp, Jute butts, un-
Manufactured fax, straw and all other
fibre and fbrous plants fit for use in the
manufacture ofpaper be placed on the free
List" A vote was then taken on kelley's
amendment and resulted: Yeas, Tucker,
Morrison, Mills, Carlisle, FELTON,, Kelley,
Durrell and Wood, (chairmanl-S.
Nays, Phelps, Conger and Frye
Is. Representative Tucker then moY-
ed that the following articles
be inclnded In the bill: Flannels, blank
cts, hats Of wool, knit goods, balmorals,
wooden and worsted yarns, all manutac-
lures OF every description comprised
whole or in part OF worsted, the hair Of
an alpaca goat or other like animals. This
was agreed TO. Yels-Representatiyes
Tucker, Morrison, Mills, Carlisle, FELTON,,
Garfield, Kelley and Woods. Nays
Phelps, Dunnell and Frye-S. Represen-
tatiye Conger moved that the rate of duty
on the above named articles be fixed at
80 per cent ad yalorem. This was lost by
q de vote. Yeas-Phelps, Garfield, Kel-
ley, Conger, Frye and Dunnel-6. Nays
Tucker, Morrison, Mills, Cariisle, Fel-
ton and Wood-6. Representative
Conger then moved that the duty
be 45 per cent I'D yalocem, which yss
also lost by same the vote. Mr.. fuckers
motion that the duty be fixed 10 per cent
was agreed TO. Yeas-Tucker, Morrison,
Mills, Carlisle, FELTON,, Dunnell and Wood
- Nays-Phelps, Garfield, Kelley,
Conger and Frye-5. Mr.. Carlisle's bill
amending internal revenue laws relative
to distilleries, which was adopted by the
subcommittee yesterday was 10 have been
reported to the full committee to-day, but
at the request Of Mr.. Butterworth the mat
ter was postponed in order give hearing
Thursday to the parties representing the
rectifers Of whisky In opposition to the
bill.
EXODUS INQUIRY.
TheSenate Exodus Committee to-day
examined Jno. G. Lewis, colored resi-
dent of Natchitoches parish, Louisiana,
and an ex-member of the Packard Legisla-
tule. In answer to general question as
to the cause OF the exodus, Lewis began
by stating that the colored people in
Louisiana have had since 1874 very up
hill road to travel. As race they are
very Jealous Of the political and civil
rights recently conferred on them, and
whenever any Of these rights are with
drawn or denied 10 them, they naturally
feel discontinued. Their political rights,
he said, had been denied them, and this
was the prime cause OF the exodus move
ment. Another cause was unfair treat.
ment by the owners OF land and
merchants. Every possible advantage had
been taken Of them, and feeling aggrieyed
they looked around for relief, and the only
solace Offered Is to emigrate. Witness
thought the exodus would continue 70 IN
crease, but 1t would not assume greater
proportions TO the West than heretofore,
as great many would go to Texas and
the border. In the State OF Texas, he
said, there were great many Germans
and colored people, and he had more taith
in the liberty loving Germans than In the
white people OF Louisiana. In Texas, he
thought, the Germans would allow them
TO vote as they please, even II they do not
vote as the Germans might desire. The
election OF Democratic President in 1880,
he thought, would create conformation
among the colored people OF the South,
and they would endeavor 10 go, as they
want TO Kansas, pell nell anywhere where
| thew felt sure they would be treated bet
ter than In the South. =.
Mr.. Vance asked Mr.. Lewis whether II
the negroes behaved themselves this bull
doing would not stopR
witness replied that in the frst place
he thought they did behave themselves,
and as they had behaved themselyes dur
ling the war and before theY were emanei-
pated by remaining at home, working ior
Itheir masters, he asked the Senator II 1t
was reasonable to think they would not
behave themselves Is treemen.
Without concluding the examination
the Committee adjourned.