The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-12

Sity Tor llulueululc tcllOn 10 toiltcl tuV
inconeruities and incilicacy OF the existing
tariff. he characterized IL us class legislation
for the benefit Of few. AS q provision OF
legislation he repudiated the doctrine that
what Is wanted is tariff for protection,
with incidental revenue, and argued that
taxation, to be Just, must be uniform, and,
to be unilOrrl must be uniyerai. The pura-
mount purpose in tariff OF taxation should
be to provide for the expenses OF the gov
ernment and the incidental result OF this IN
fostering our industry might be wisely CON
sidered, not as a controlling motive in say
ing taxes, but as one of its inevitable re-
suits He did not propose now to discuss
the principles of tarili taxation at any
length. They were soon TO be acted on by
the representatives Of the people. The war
taxes Of the present tariff were out Of date
in time of peace. In illustration Of this he
referred to the duties on various articles.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Dayard's re-
marks, the morning hour having in the
meantime been extended informally, MIR.
Sherman's, Funding Bill came up, but was
temporarily laid aside without volc, and
Mr.. Beck took the floor and delivered q long
speech in opposition to Mr. Morrill's bill.
Mr.. Beck opposed the bill as cunning
scheme of the monopolists for delay TO
which they had resorted not only as Il
means of preventing legislation by the pres.
enormities Of the high protective system.
He wanted to have Immediate action on
the tariff and asserted that all that q COM
mission would be likely to find out rs to the
basis OF iudcious reduction of taxation
could be presented by Committee OF the
! Senate and furnished to the Ways and
Means Committee of the House within six
weeks The nine men whom it was pro-
posed to have the President select might
refuse to hear whatever did not suit them,
and would not be accountable for
misrepresentation in their report.
hThc evident purpose of the so
called protectionists, as shown by the de-
clarations Of their organs and conventions,
! was to have commission which would be
committed to their interest The decara-
| ton of the Senator from VerIRont mfr.
Morrilll that the charges should be made
by friendly hands, and not by ill-informed
| and reckless revolutionists, was easily un-
derstood. This, however, was an impeach-
ment Of the integrity and common
sense of Congress, one House of
which was charged by the Constltu-
| ton with the duty Of organizing
bills for raising revenue or changing taxa
tion upon the theory that the accounta-
| bility of its membe 3 every two years
would make them careful The success Of
the infant Southern cotton industries has
| demonstrated that the protection of such
an industry, required to compete with old
| established ones, was not of so much benefit
as n nearness TO the raw material and the
market for the product. Georgia in this
direction was more successfully COM
peting with New. England than
| test in cotton products with Great
Britain, and he would cheerfully vote to
exempt all cotton machinery from tax. by
way OF encouraging home competing indus.
TRY, and he would also make iron cotton
ties free. He would do this in compcnsa-
ton TO cotton planters for the $6,0O0,O00 of
which they We're robbed by the unjust cot
ton tax of lS65-65, and to make them even
with New England manufacturers, who had
| for fifteen years the benefit of q war
tariff. After detailing at much length
the incongrG!ties and inequalities
| of the present system and advocating a
| tariff formed so as to be readily understood
and adjusted in adyalorem principles, as far
as practicable, Mr.. Beck closed
| by criticizing. with some severity
the recommendation of the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury for the Withdrawal of
silver certificates and placing of the Cur
rerlcy in the hands OF national banks. Tie
| incidentally referred to what he called the
absurdily ofany effort to abolish Internal
taxation in view of the present wants of
the Treasury,
Mr.. Beck occupied ihe floor for nearly
! threo hours, closing at 4:t0p. m.
hewas attentively listened to throughout
| by an almost full Senate ana some mem
| bers OF the House.
| Mr. Morrill,, rising to reply to q few Of the
points made by Mr. Beck, said he had not
| been ignorant OF that Senator's intention to
deal sharply with his argument and he
! (Morrl) now wished to say he was about
as well as could be expected that he
1 a.. ar
nor TO wait to find ammunition.
The Senator seemed to have jumped
into a controversy for the purpose OF
heading off the growing prosperity of the
South, which had now to some extent, ut
least embarked in the manufactures and
had 50 highly commendedall the chief adj
vocatcs Of free trade, that he would doubt
less induce his party to follow in tnat
direction. As to the cotton tax of which
the Senator complains, that was about the
only tax paid by the South, while the
North. East and West paid thousands Of
millions to support the govern
tmenI. AZ he (Morriii was u
southern man he would advocate a
policy to-day Of levying an internal reve-
nue tax upon every pound of cotton pro-
uured in this country, except for family
nse, and making a drawback Of an equal
amount on manufactured articles Of thread,
vaf.i. ETC., sent abroad. He believed this
would ina short time double the total of
southern exports.
Here the discussion, which had been
ontiuged By unanimous consc mt, termi-
mated, aud the Chair laid before the Senate
the unfinished business, the Sherman
Funding Dill.
At 40 D. IN. the Senate adjourAed.
HOUSE
benjamin Wood, OF NeY York, appeared
OF the bar of the House and qualified as q
meniber of the House.
As thc regular order, the House re-
snIned The Consideration Of the Utah CON
tested election case, the pend
ing resolution offered by Has.
kell Of Kansas, declainiing that
Alltn q. Campbell, delecslte-elcct
from Utah TerriiOrity, is entitled 20
be sgorn as a delegate on his prima facic
case.
Reed, Of Maine, offered resolution re-
ferring 20 the Committee on Elections the
question Of prima iacie right, as between
Campbell nnd cannon, 10 be sworn in az a
alitgaie frlfn Utah. together with all ccr-
tiiicatcs and fspcrs presented on each side,
nith Instructions - that committee 10 re-
nor rf Is early day - possible.
Aler spicy debate. in which Hlskch
aiii Crx were t.ie principal speaker Reed
flndihci bis substitute % 3s 10 reieg o. the
C1nlrhiiffe oI Elections noi pnly tlic deci-
-inr of Tie iiriiia tecie caa. ifut aiso toe
ifai dtition ui Do rvniesi. suid p-noeelissi
fa Hrrne ID fa.sr efhis rris si-iii.a.
.if.'nr.i. ci iuHa. sisI' % iIe q. era s dfst
aiHl bad F-si "a rc-.4lii1u UtitI lie saifi.
fia ir1fai efr rt ID. .rupor
finfr a. . s-fs-iI-ic iar the r,.rlin,
rl-1iniion. j. in.ie. af.i tn the eieti iini
:. if iH CQniesn0i 90 ilie r.rais aud dignity
of tlc Ii0llc talt tie Iersiiory 90 ltah,
rlrch a 30 frrruliy roBtrn!ied b. iustiiu-
lions uf palyeamr. should De cIniiled %
iterre-t .iaiiyf 90 the l01r oi The HOUSE.
iiaf delerstes claiming the seat From that
Territory are declared Disqualified. and
tiiat al papers in this case be rtffrrcd b
tire Committee o. Elections. Eiih instruc-
ri1ns 10 presrlt q hiiI declaring the judg-
rlenf Uffhc lIouse ns herein expressed.
Noi0rt rlaie an exhaustive argument
o. llVDr hisllruf osI.lOr.
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