National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-08
THE rARlrr coMMrss1oN,
Passage of the BIn by the House OF Rep
resrntatsvna ot, sotmrtiny

resentatives ON Saturday.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on Saturday on the turiff. commission bill, Mr..
Robinson, Of Massachusetts, in the chair. Anum.
Der Of amendments were submitted, read, and re-
jectcd The amendment recommended by the
Committee on Ways and Means striking out the
authority granted to the commission TO inquire
into the existing system Of internal-revenne law,
was agreed to-lyQ 20 II, and the committee rose
and reported the bill to tho House. Amer abortivo
efforts TO take up the Senate bill from heSpeakers
table and to recommit 10 the Committee on Ways
Mr.. Kasson closed the debate. Thebill then passed
yeas, Isl; nays, So At 5:25 the House adjourned.
The OTTO was as follows
NEAS-Aldrch, Anderson, Atherton, Barbour,
Burr, Bayne, Bingham, Bliss Bowman, Brewer,
Briggs, Browne Btumm, Buck Burrows OF Mis-.
souri,, Burrows Of Michigan, Butterworth, Calkins,
Camp, Campbell, Gambler, Cannon, Carpenter,
Ghace,, Chapman, Clardy, Crnpo, Cullen. Curtin,
DaIrgll, Dawes, Deerlng, Do Molte, Dezendorf,
well Of Illinois, Ford, George, Gibson, Godshnik,
Grout Guenther. Hall, Hammer, Harris of New Jer.
sey Haseltinc, Iioskeil Hawk, HaEelton, Holman.
ll'l. Hscock, Hoblitzell, Hogc, Hnbboll, Hubbs,
Humphrey, jacobs, Jones of New Jersey, Jorgenscu
Joyce, Kasson, Kelly, Kcnna, Ke,cham, Klo,z,
kinley McLanc, Miller, Moore, Morcy Morse,
Mtssroye, Murch, Mutchler, Neal, Nor
ST snd, S. 9'Se' ,Pocheco, Page, Prescott, Payson
Rice Of Massachusetts, Randall Ranney Rich,
kitohle, Robinson Of Massachusetts, Robinson OF
lonberger, Shelley, sherwin, schultz, skinner,
Smith ofPonnsylyania, Smith OF New York, Spccr,
spooner, Steele, Stone, Strait, Talbot, 1hompscn of
Iowa, Taylor, Thomas, Townsend Of Ohio, Tyler,
Updegrdif of Ohio Upson, Valentine Van Horn,
Van VoOrhis, Wadsworth, Wait Walker, Ward,
Watson, Weber. White, Williams of Wisconsin,
Wiotts, Wilson, Wise ofPennsylvnnia Wise ot Vir-
glnia, W. A. Wood Of New Io.k, and Young-l5l.
:, NArs,-Aiken, Armheld, Atkins, Beach, Belloid,
BuchanSn, Bnckncr, Caldwell, Carlisle, ClaTe''
Clcmcnts, Cobb, Culerlck, Cook, Cox Of New York
Cox gf North Carolina, Crnveils, Culberson, Cuts,
Davidson. Davis of M souii, DouSter, DlbGle,
DoNd, Dunn, Dunntll, Eyius, Furwell Of Iowa,
Finley, Forney, Garrison, Gunter, Hammond OF
Georgia, Hardenhcreh, Hatch Heibsrl Herndcn,
King, Knott, Latham, Lecdom, lie fevre. Man
ming, Matson, McCoid, Mt Kenzie, Mcmillan Mills,
Money Morrison, Monlton, Mudrow, Oates, oith,
Phisttr, Reagan, scales. ShnckeliOrd Singleton ui
Mississippi, Springer, Stoebslager,. Thompson OF
kentucky, lllim!m, Towilshend of illinois,
vSSSe WARMER hbnSF HBBasW G STS
Williams of Alabama und wills-S3.
The following is tho
FULL TEXT OF THE BILL.
To provide for the appointment of commission
to Investigate the question Of the tariff.
BE ~ enacted, dc., That commission Is hereby
Great d, to be called the "TarlT Commission 10 con.
SIC. . That the President of the United states
ate appoint nine cnmnssIoners from civil iiie one
OF whom, the first named, shall he president Of the
compensation for their services each at the Of
$40 per day when engaged IN active duty, and uCtual
travelling and other necessary expenses The cum-
mission shall have power To employ stenOgrnphcr
aud messenger, aud the ioregolng compensation
and EXPENSES to be audited Rnd paid by the Secretary
OF the Treasury cut orany moneys In the Treasury
not otherwise appropriate
sEC That II shnll be the duty ofsaid commission
10 10 ake & INTO ITO consideration and to thoronghy nycst
lurni, commercial mcrcnntile manufacturing
mining. and Industrial interests ofthe United Sia,e
so far rs the same mny bo necessary to the establish
ment OF judicotis tariff or revision ofihe existing
nrih upon scale fJuscc to ell interests, and for
the purpose OF fully examining the matters which
may come before IT. sald commission, in tile prosec
tOn Of its Inquiries Is empowered to visit such der
cnt portions aud sections of the country as II may
deem advisable.
SIC. T. That The commission shall make to Congress
iinal report ofthe results of Its investigation and
the testimony taken In the course of the same not
lat OF than the FIRST Monday IN December lss; and IL
shall cause tie testimony taken TO be printed from
time to time and distributed to members OF Congress
by tho Public Printer. and shall also cause to be
printed for the of Congress thousand copies
ofits final report, together with the testimony.