Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-22
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
THE SENATE IN AN INDusTRT-
Gus MOOD.

The House Recess Resolution Rejected
discussing Appropriation BiIs-The
Tobacco Tax Question-The Pendleton
Civil Service Bill to be Pressed To-
Day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The overly in
dustrious Republicans in the Senate were
awfully good to-day. They refused to
take holiday recess. As neither House
can adjourn for more than three days
without the other consent, the prospect Of
much of Congressional holiday is slim.
The Senators say they win not back
down like the House did after refusing a
holiday recess. They say they will ''stick.v
There Will be no quorum of the House.
and very likely none of the Senate, if a
holiday sitting is persisted in. Already
seventy-seven members of the House have
been granted leave during the holidays,
and about thirty more are absent without
leave. The holiday session will be farce.
The Senate is determined, however, if the
Senators can be believed, not to go farther
than three days adjournment at New
Year and Christmas.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, petitions were presented
by Mr.. sherman, Mr.. Miller, of New York.
and Mr.. Mitchell for the passage of bill
to give an increased pension to One-armed
and one-legged soldiers.
Mr.: Pendleton presented petitions for
the allowance of a rebate equal to auy re-
ducti0n that may be made in the tax ON
tobacco, and Mr.. Davis a memorial pray
ing for the repeal of all taxes on tobacco.
Mr.. PendletOn stated that he had re-
ceived telegraphic communications from
prominent dealers in whisky asking inn
mediate action upon the bonded whisky
bill.
Mr.. Sherman said he also had received
several communications by telegraph in
relation to the allowance of a rebate in
case the tobacco tax should be reduced
AT the close of the morning hour Mr.
Hale called up the resolution for holiday
recess.
Mr.. Garland offered an amendment Civ
ing the consent of the Senate to the House
taking the proposed recess. The House.
he said, thought it could afford to adjourn
for so long time, but the Senate, in his
opinion, could not.
The resolution was discussed at length.
Mr.. Garland's amendment was lost
yeas II, nays 45.
The question required on the resolution
reported from the committee to take re-
cess from December % to January 3.
On this the vote resulted: yeas %, nays
36.
The resolution was declared lost.
The civil service bill was then taken ND
at 2:15, but subsequently laid aside, and
the agricultural bill was taken up.
Mr. Davis stated that this bill appro-
priatd $4,000 less than the last one.
The amendments TO the agricultural
bill reported by the committee were agreed
to, and the bill was passed.
The Senate again resumed consideration
of the civil service bill, and at 8:45 D. M.
adjourned after notice by Mr.. Pendleton
that he would ask to sit out the bill to-
morrow.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House Mr.. Kelley, of PennsyI-
yania, Chairman Of the Committee of
Ways and Means, reported resolution
declaring it to be the sense of the House
that in case the internal revenue laws be
SO amended as to abolish the tax on to-
baccO, snuff and cigars, provision should
be made for allowing a rebate on the tax
paid on the stock on hand at the time such
law goes into effect, provided that such
stock be stamped and in unbroken pack
ages.
Mr.. KassOn, Of Iowa, in behalf Of the
minority of the committee, reported as a
substitute resolution declaring that in
the Judgment of the House no further re-
ductiOn of taxes on the manufacture of
1ODdcCO SNAIL now De maze than that pro-
yided for in the House bill to reduce in
ternal revenue taxation now pending in
the Senate.
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, objected
to the present consideration of the SUBJ
ject.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, appealed to
Mr.. Whitthorne to withdraw his obiec-
ton. The whole tobacco trade was
thrown into great trouble by the proposi-
ton to repeal the tax on tobacco without
any provision for rebate.
The resolutions were finally referred TO
the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Kelley gave notice that he would
ask their consideration to-day or to-mOr-
row.
At 12:45 the House went into committee
Of the whole Mr.. Townsend, of Ohio, IN
the Chair on the army appropriation bill,
which appropriates $24, ,6S1, 700.
After an explanation of the bill by Mr..
Butterw0rth, Of Ohio, Mr.. Hewitt. of New
York, addressed himself to the considera-
tion of the provision that for army trans
portation land grant roads, which have
received government aid by the loan or
guarantee of bonds shall be allowed a
compensation of not exceeding per cent.
of the amount paid by private parties for
the same kind of service. The entire af-
ternOon was consumed in the discussion
of this provision, and without action the
committee rose, and after granting
twenty-five leaves of absence the House.
at 4:30, adjourned.