The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-21

Congressman Shelley, of Alabama, GOeth
the Way Ofall Democrats whose
Seats are Contested by
Stalwarts.
The Senate Considers the Subject Of
the Reduction of Taxation
Little Effected.
Senator HIPS Daughter is Hastily
Called to Her Fathers Bedside
by Telegram.
The War Cloud in the East is Not
Yet Dispelled.
General Nehemiah Curtis is Mulcted-
lie Protests.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Other Foreign and Domestic News


WASHINGTON, July 90 After some unim-
portant business Mr.. Morrill, moved to pro-
coed with the revenue tax bill and Mr..
Hale supplemented with motion to take
up the naval appropriation bill,
A protracted, rambling debate followed
upon the order of business.
The revenue bill retained its place as UNI
finished business of the morning hour
hereafter, and Mr.. Morrill's motion to lay
aside all pending orders to take up the tax
/ bill prevaicd-yeas, IS; nays, %.
The pending amendment was that OF Mr..
Voorhees,, to strike out the provision re-
pealing the taxes on bank capital and de-
posts, bank checks, drafts, etc
Mr.. Jonas, in some remarks upon the
fourth section, repeating the additional 25
per centum levied by the act of 1873 on all
| imported sugars, said he had voted for the
tariff commission in the belief that it was
safe to have the sugar interest con-
sidered in connection with the gen
eral subject Of tariff revision. He
preferred tins to any partial or halfway
action. He quoted u statement that the
! reduction of the sugar tariff would be Il
calamity to the planters of Louisiana and
other sugar-growing states, particularly
after the great loss sustained by them by
the late floods, and submitted hEures show
ing the small profits realized from the cul-
ture and manufacture of sugar. One of the
| best crops of late years amounted to 2iO,-
900 900 pounds. which at y cents realized
! $lS,0OO,0OO. Molasses from this sugar
would be worth 100000 more, making
the value OF the product OF the crop ST.
100000. The cost of making this crop was
$50 600 600, which left 81 900 600 net profit on
q per cent. on the capital invested. Any
serious reduction of price would entail such
| loss in receipts as would wipe out entirely
the profits if the proposed cut OF 70 per
cent. was made, and when the tarili is re-
vised and another reduction OF - per cent.
made, this would destroy the planting i'll
terest altogether. He argued that 1t was
fallacious to assume that modification of
the sugar tariff, or an abolition of the
duty cheapened the cost 10 the consumer.
What guarantee was there that the re-
| finer would sell at lower rate? Con-
corning the reduction upon cigars and ciga-
rettes, he said the agitation of the proposed
change had unsettled the market and he
insisted that the trade should be protected
either by the restoration of the house
clause allowing rebate, or the postpone
meut of the time at which the act shall
take effect from October, the date liked for
law, to take effect until January or May
next.
After some further debate Mr.. Voorhees,
amendment was rejec,ed--l5 to Al.
The senate committee amendment To the
| first section and amended by the reduction
of the tax on tobacco was then agreed to
80 too.
The question REQUIRED on the remainder
OF the section.
The portion adopted places the tax on
manufactured tobacco after January, 1883,
at II cents per pounds and provides that
the repeal ofthe taxes on capital ana banks
and bankers shall effect such taxes as are
now due and payable, and that the repeal of
the stamp tax on bank checks, drafts, Or
dcrs and vouchers shall not take effect UNI
I'll October LIST.
Adjourned.
Page, of California, sub mitted the con-
ference report upon the river and harbor
nppropriation bill, but rs there were indi-
cations that it's consi dcration would con
sumo the larger portion of the day, IL was
withdrawn The house then resumed con-
sidcratiou of the Alabama contested cleo
llion ease of Smith vs.. Shelley.
| Ranncy, OF Massachusetts, presented the
case Tor the majority reviewing, the facts rs
shown by the testimony, asserting that
there was not fair and free election in the
| fourth district of Alabama, and urging
that inasmuCh Us the contestant who had
been legally elected, had recently died, the
seat should be declared vacant, The case
of contestant was presented and argued by
Bcllzhooyer, of Pennsylvania, who quoted
from the record to strengthen his assertion
that the sitting member was entitled to re-
tain his seat,
Curtin, of Pennsylvania in brief speech
dwclt upon the necessity of members
determining election cases as judges, not
as legislators, or rs partisans, and advo-
Gated the adoption of some system whereby
another tribunal should be charged with
The duty of deciding on these eases,
ANera speech by Oats, OF Alabama, in
favor of the sitting member, the previous
question was ordered-yeas, liS; nays, /,
ltHardenburll ,
CAlkins then closed the debate in support
of the majority report.
The resolution declaring the scat vacant
was then adoptcd-yeas, li1; nays, l.
ON n question OF precedence of business
the democrats rcirained from voting, lcav.
INK the house without quorum.
= Adjourned.