Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate and the R yer and HaF-
Dor Bil!-YesterdaY in the House
TilimRn and Shelley 80 be
BOunced-What Might Have Been
for Tobacco Dealers PIeasants'
Bond Approved

Senate bill repeating so much Of section
1886 of the Revised Statutes as imposed a
charge upon exports and stamps on tobac-
co. Placed on the calendar.
The conference report on the bapk char
ter extension bill was presented aud agreed
to.
The consideration Of the river and barber
bill was resumed. 4 large number Of
amendments. decreasing or wholly omitting
| items of appropriations, were lost. Con-
sideration OF amendments, increasing sun
| dry items, occupied the remainder of the
! day. These were almost invariably sue
cessful, and the proportions OF the bill were
| gradually swollen.
Finally, Mr.. Vest, in opposing an increase
Of $4,000 for Cumberland Sound, in Geor-
gia and Florida, appealed to the instincts Of
| self-preservation of Senators generally to
prevent the loading down of the bill to such
an extent as to make It's defeat inevitable.
Mr.. Van Wick replied that the Commerce
| Committee had loaded down the bill before
they reported 1t. This loading down had
been for the benefit of one end Of the coun-
| try. The effort In the Senate had been to
equalize this.
Mr.. Vest further protested against en-
dangering the material object of the meas
ure, among which was the Missouri river
| improvement scheme, by butchering 1t wish
innumerable smaller expenditures.
Mr.. Butler, in moving an adjournment,
said the fact seemed to be apparent that the
| Senate did not expect to get away from
| Washington before late in August.
! The motion was voted down. Debate
| upon the pending amendment then proceed
ed under the five minutes rule, and was
| subsequently continued upon a motion to
| postpone Indefinitely, which was made to
| afford the Florida Senators an opportunity
| for further remarks.
A controversy then arose as to an alleged
understanding which some Senators asserted
had been had, that the five minutes rule
was to apply to the pending motion, and in
| order to settle the question the official
| stenographer's records were referred to,
and, being read, were accepted without
| question as to their accuracy and as a set
| Element of the controversy.
| The increase for the Cumberland sound
| improvement was then rejected.
| After disposing of various additional
| amendments the bill was referred to the
| Senate from the committee of the whole,
| and separate votes were requested upon
some Of the amendments.
| Mr. Ingalls, thought the changes had been
| so numerous that no me mber could tell the
| exact status or total Of the bill. He would
| therefore ask that all the amendments be
reported to the Senate separately. He de-
| nounced the measure as the annual shame,
scandal and disgrace of American legisla-
ton.
Mr.. McMilan-Upon that there is differ
| ence of Osinion.
Mr.. ingalls, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES what
| ever. Laughter
Mr.. Mcmillan then stated that the present
| amount of the bill was $50, 247 SIS, and that
| the total of the items added by the commit
| tee OF the whole was S763 600. He insisted
! upon proceeding with the bill, but, at $50,
/ NHffh Fr1rNh
| prevailed-2S to 26-and the Senate ad-
| iourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Immediately after the reading of the
| journal the House went into committee of
whole, Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, IN the chair, on
| the sundry civil appropriation bill.
After completing consideration of 6S out
of the S5 pages of the BILL the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
The Tariff Commission this morning
adopted the following form of circular and
calling for information, and it was believed
that It could best be communicated
to the public through the Associated Press, |
which is done officially by direction Of the |
commission:
"TheiTarifs Commission, appointed TO in
vestigaJe all the various questions relating |
to agricultural, commercial, mercantile, |
manufacturing, mining and industrial in |
terests of the United States, so far as the |
same may be Necessary to the establishment |
OF judicious tariff, or revision Of the |
existing tariff upon a scale of |
justice to all interests, with the view |
to- arranging for full and |
complete examination of the matters re-
ferred to, invites correspondence from all |
associations, corporations and individuals |
interested in the subjects of It's irquiries, |
To furn ch Inf
monY for its consideration in the dis
charge Of It's duties. Communications on
the subject may be addressed to Hon. John
l.. Hayes, President Of the Commission, at
the West Fad Hotel, Long Branch, N. j.,
until further notice, and correspondents are
requested to mention specifically the sub
jects on which they desire to be heard, or
in relation to which they desire to offer
testimony. 1t is the intention of the COM
mission to arrange for the hearing of testi-
mony with the view to saving time, and
persons desiring to be heard will be notified
of the time and place at which the commits
sion Will hear the testimony which they may
offer"
GROSS ERROR DETECTED.
When the bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation was under consideration in the
Ways and Means Committee, an amend
ment was proposed by representative
Kelley to that provision of the existing law
which imposes tax upon the amount of
sales of retail dealers in tobacco in excess
Of one thousand dollars, fixing the license
at two hundred and fifty dollars, with an
additional tex of thirty cents for
each dollar on the amount of
their monthly sales in excess of
$500 The present law contem plates a
tax upon the amount of ANNUAL sales in ex-
cess Of S 900, and the intention of Repre-
sentative Kelley and of the committee was
that the tax should apply upon the excess
over $500 instead OF 81 900 annually, but
through some misapprehension the words
monthly" and. "of the rate" we're inserted
in the amendment, and their effect upon
the bill was not discovered until after its
passage by the House. The attention of
Senator Morrill,, Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, was this morning called
to the matter and the necessary correction
will be made by the committee. This
error, had 1t not been detected before the
bill became law, would have enabled re-
tail dealers TO sell up to $500 each month,
or nearly $1,000 per annum, without becom-
ing liable for the tax, ard the law so far as
it affected them would virtually have been
void.
PROBABILITY OF MORE BOUNCING.
There is growing sentiment among the
members OF the House in favor Of consider
ing at this session the contested election
cases OF Smalls VS.. IlllInan, from the Filth |
District of South Carolina, and Smith VS..
Shelley, from the Fourth District of Ala
bama. Sergeant-at.Arm Hooper says he can
obtain quorum of Republican members in
fortY-eight hours, and many members
on the Republican side of the House are of
tie opinion that If this can be done the
cases, which have been reported by the
Committee on Elections, should be disposed
of before the final adjournment Of the pres
ent session,
The adjourned caucus, which will decide
this matter, will probably b eheld tomorrow
or Thursday evening.
MORMON WAR CLAIMS.
The House Committee on the Judiciary
to-day decided to report to the House ad-
verselY the Mormon war claims, which
have been pending before Congress since
1859 The amount In Volved in the claims
aggregates about $4,000.
NOMINATIONS.
The President to-day nominated Edwin
Higgin to be Collector Of Customs for the
District OF ST. Johns, Fla, and Alvey A.
Dee, of the District o Columbia, to be
Third Assistant Secretary Of State.
The Deadly Toy Pistol.
NORTH EAsToN, MASS, July 11.-August
Llengren, Swedish boy, ten years old, died
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