The National tribune., 1882-01-14

the ground he had taken heretofore in relation to
proposed special committees as uncalled for. He
preferred that their practical objects should be ac-
complished in a more direct way by providing each
Senator with clerk-a necessity which he thought
was apparent to every member.
a vote was then taken, and the resolution adopted
by yeas, 35: noes, %.
A message was received from the President trans
hitting various papers relating to the bill provld-
ing for right of way through the Indian Territory
for the ST. Louis and San Francisco Railroad.
The papers were temporarily tabled and ordered
printed.
Mr. Rayard stated he would tomorrow report
the Morrill, tariff commission bill, and would sub
NIT brief remarks upon 1t, and Mr.. Beck gave
notice he would speak at some length upon the SUBJ
iect
On motion Of Mr.. Sherman, his bill to provide
for the issue of per centum bonds was taken up
without formal vote.
Mr. Vest offered an amendment, which was
dered printed adding to the bill section identi-
cal with the fifth compulsory section of the
vetoed per cent bill of last session, but modified
to cover the provision for $500 100000. 1t makes
the bonds the sole basis for the bank circulation
After long debate, participated in by Messrs
Sherman, Voorhees, Vest, and others, the amend
ments to the bill reported by the committee were
agreed to.
Mr.. Vest here secured the floor, when, at 255
the Senate went into executive session. and at three
o'clock adjourned until Tuesday.
HODSE-Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, chairman
OF the Committee on Ways and Means, offered res
OlutiOn for the distribution of the Presidents
sage to the various committees of the House. and it
was referred to the Committee of the Whole, Mr..
Belford, of Colorado, reserving all points Of order
thereon.
Under the call of States large number of bills
was introduced and referred. There were about
675 bills introduced in all.
The House then lat 4:40) went into Committee of
the Whole (r. Hiscock, of New York, in the chair,
for the consideration of the resolution reported this
morning from the Committee on Ways and Means
A. ,ctr fhap rncI anv,ftf
Mr.. Buckner moved to amend SO as to refer to the
Committee on Banking and Currency SO much of
the Presidents message as referred to silver certf
Gates. This was adopted, and the original resolu-
ton, amended in this particular reported
back to the House and adopted
The Speaker announced the following appoint
ments
Mr. Reed as a member of the Committee on Rules,
in place of Mr.. Orth, resigned
MeSSrs. kaSsOn and Tucker, directors of the
Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
Messrs. Deering, Taylor, and Cox, of New York,
as regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
The Speaker laid before the House the following
message from the President:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
transmit communication received this day
from the late Postmaster General, to which invite
careful attention. Though the period limited for
the reception of bids under the existing advertise
ments expires the 9TH instant, several weeks
must necessarily elapse before they can be classified
and examined and the actual letting take place. If
therefore, Congress should be of the opinion that
change in the law is necessary it might, presume,
be made Immediately applicable.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Jan. 6, 1882.
Themessage and accompanying documents which
have recently been published were referred to the
Committee ON Post-Ofices and Post Roads, with
leave to report at any time, and the House then Cat
5.20) adjourned.
TUESDAY.
SENATE. Petitions were presented for an
amendment of the militia laws.
Mr.. Bayard, from the Finance Committee, report
ed with a recommendation that it pass, the Morrill,
tariff commission bill, and also with adverse re-
port, the Garland commission bill. He said he IA
vored the mode of constituting the commission pre-
scIibed in the former namely, from among civil
ans, as tending to the tariff question from,
the sectional partisan feeling, of the ex
istence of which congressman were fully conscious
He proceeded to argue the necessity for the imme-
date action to correct the ncongruities and nei-
cheney the existing tariff and argued that taxation
10 eust must be uniform, and to be uniform must be
universal The paramount purpose in tariff taxation
should be to provide for the expenses of the Govern
nent and the incidental result of this in fostering
Dur industries might be wisely considered not as |
he controlling motive in laying the taxes, but as
me Of its inevitable results. He did not propose
low 10 discuss the principles of tariff taxation at
my length. They were soon to be acted upon by |
he representatives of the people. The war taxes Of
he present tariff out of date in time of peace
In illustration Of this he referred to duties on var-
JUS articles.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Bayard's remarks the
morning hour having in the meantime been extend
I'd informally, the Sherman funding bill came up
1ut was temporarily laid aside without vote.
Mr.. Beck then took the floor and addressed the
senate at length on the subject of the tariff.
The speech of Mr.. Beck was attentively listened
o throughout by an almost full Senate and num-
)eT of members of the House were attracted by it.
After occupying the floor for nearly three hours |
fr. Beck concluded at 40
Mr.. Morrill, replied.
When the debate had terminated the Chair laid
efOre the Senate the unfinished Sherman funding
ILL.,
At APO the Senate adjourned until Wednesday.
HOUSE.-Mr. Page, under instruction from the
committee on Commerce, called attention to the fact
hat a BILL introduced yesterday by Mr.. Buckner,
To give American registry to foreign built iron and
teel vessels" had been referred to the Committee
il Ways and Means. This he claimed to be an i'm
roper reference, since the matter belonged to the
Committee on Commerce. A call for the regular
rder," however, took him off the floor and the
natter went over for the present.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, of Wisconsin, We'd
esday, the 9th instant, was assigned for the me-
lorial services in honor of the late Senator Mat
lew II. Carpenter.
MIR. Benjamin Wood appeared before the bar Of
DC House and qualified as member.
The House then, as the regular order, resumed
lie consideration of the Utah contested election
use, the pending resolution being that offered by
Ir. Haskell, declaring that Allen &. Campbell,
elegate elect from Utah Territory is entitled to
sworn in as delegate ON his prima- fdcie case.
Mr.. Reed offered substitute resolution re-
Tring to the Committee Elections the question .
the priiad tdcie right between Campbell and
ann0n, to be sworn III as delegate from Utah. =