The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-22

posing internal revenue taxes on
manufactured tobacco be repealed.
By MOultOn (Ills) and Wilson wv.
Fa.l, striking from the bill the clause
repeating the tax on bank capital.
BY Thompson (kyl, imposing a
graduated income tax.
The committee rose without
action.
WilIetts (Mich.l, from the COM
mittee on Judiciary, reported a resO-
luton directing the recommital of
the bill allowing Nebraska an
additional representative. AdOp ed.
The resolution states that the com
mittee had acted upon an incOr-
rectly certified census report and
gives the committee leave to inquire
into, this matter.
Dengley, Of Maine, from the com
mittee Oh banking and currency,
reported bill to provide for the is
sue of gold certificates.
KaSson, of Iowa, from the COM
mittee of ways and means, reported
bill permitting the use of domes-
tic materials in the construction of
steam and sailing vessels for foreign
account. Calendar.
Also permitting grain bought by
Canadian farmers to be ground at
mills in the United States, adjacent
to Canadian territory. Calendar.
Updegraff, Of Iowa, chairman of
the committee on law, respecting
the election of President and
Vice President, reported a bill, to
fix a day for the meeting Of elect
Ors for president and vice president {;
to provide for and regulate the
counting of votes and to decide
questions arising thereon, as a sub
stitute for the Senate bill on the
same subject matter. The Speaker
having ruled this was a privileged
matter.
Rice, Massachusetts, asked the
question of consideration, but the
House decided-95 to 54-tO proceed
with the consideration of Updegraffs
bill. The bill provides that a candi-
date declared not elected, might pro-
coed against his competitor by an
action in,the nature of quo aOaTTGnt0
but could not proceed against him
by Injunction.
Browne, Indiana, offered and ad-
vocated an amendment, striking
from the bill the sections providing
for adjudication of the presidential
title by a judicial tribunal.
Hammond, Georgia, opposed the
bill, and insisted that it ought to be
entitled, "a bill to organize a hell in
the United States"
Hewitt, New York, while favor
ing the measure, opposed the Sec
lions providing Tor judicial termi-
nation in a contested presidential
election. Hewitt alluded to the
electoral commission of 1877, and
said he did not care who chose tC
disavOw the responsibility for the
electoral commission he assumed it
He regretted nothing; if any man
charged that in the part which ne
had taken in that solution he haC
been governed or animated by any
other consideration than the gooo
of the country he should hurl back
the allegation as false; and if any
man said he had taken that part
against advice and without the
knowledge of the one that was
chiefly concerned IN it, he would de
nOunce the allegation as false. Nc
intimidation had ever been giver
him: anybody who had the right tt
speak had been opposed to the set
Element of the matter in the man
ner in which it had been settled.
Carlisle (Ky.) also opposed the
judicial sections, while agreeing tt
other portions of the bill.
Updegraff closed the debate in ;
brief speech, declaring that shoulC
the motion made by the gentleman
from Indiana (BrOWne) prevail, ht
would vote against the bill.
Brownies motion was agreed tx
without a division, and the question
then recurring on the adoption Of
the substitute as amended, it was
rejected-yeas 90, nays 100. Browne
and Calkins (Ind.), Dunnell (Minn.)
Smith (Llls.) and Smith IN. y voteC
in the affirmative with the demo
Gratis. The question then REQUIRED
upon the Senate bill. but the House
refused to order it to third read
ing, and it was TecOmmitted to the
committee on law respecting the
election of President and Vice
President.
Adjourned.
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