Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-06

meant to indicate that q vote would
be reached to-day.
Mr. Kasson replied that that de
pended upon the three gentlemen
who were to speak, and that it was
not possible for him to say whether
. vote would be had until to>mor-
row.
The House then, at lilo, went
into committee of the whole, Mr..
Robinson, of Massachusetts, in the
chair, on the tariff commission bill.
MIR. Randall favored the pending
bill.
MIR. Curtain also favored it.
Mr.. Whithome opposed it.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia followed,
opening with a general discussion of
the tariff and internal revenue ques.
ton. He favored tariff for revenue
only. Mr.. Tucker spoke for two
hours, but it was only in the last few
minutes that he discussed the fea.
tures of the pending bill. It had
been well read he contended that
this commission bill was an affidavit
for the continuance of bad cause
| a cause on which the defendant dare
not go to trial before the people.
The proposition was that this House
shoald hand over to the President
and Senate the absolute power of ap-
pointing the commission which
should gather the facts on which the
verdict was rendered to-day, in
stead of voting to remit this whole
question to the commissioners use
ought to march up boldly to its du
ty and meet the issue before the
country. Applause.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the committee ON ways and
means, then took the floor to sum
up the debate felicitating the House
on the fact that long and tedious
discussion was about to be brought
to a close. He reminded the gentle
man from Virginia, (Mr. Tucker)
that If the commission bill was an
affidavit for continuance, the afiant
was Democratic Senator and that
he actedfor the Democratic Senate of
the United States. He was for this
bill. He did not believe that the
tariff could be wisely reformed in
many years with a controversy in
Congress between the abstract
free trade system allied
to national policy and national econ
| omy. The present discussion had
demonstrated the unftness of the
American Congress to handle the
subject, and had given the House an
insight into the condition of the
public mind on the question. He
denied that the tariff question was
one that needed overthrow and re,
construct: IN, it needed amendment.
He spoke for two hours and a quar-
ter, and then stopped not, as he
said, from any lack OF matter to dis
cuss, but by reason of fatigue.
His speech was listened to with
great interest, and at times with
considerable amusement, and re-
ceived much applause.
This closed the general debate and
the first section of the bill was read,
it being understood that debate
would only be permitted on bonifde
amendments.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, Of
fered an amendment providing that
the commission shall consist of two
Senators and three Representatives
and four civilian experts.
Mr.. McLane gave notice OF the re-,
solution which he would offer for re-
committal of bill, with instruction
to the ways and means committee to
report back the bill repeating the
internal revenue taxes, except on
spirits, fermented liquors and trbac
co, reducing the tax on whiskey to
so cents on the gallon, and on malt
liquor and tobacco 10 per cent. am
nuslly, and to report bill reducing
all existing duties on imports to a
maximum revenue standard.
The committee then arose and the
Houfe, at 4:30 took q recess until
7:30 tits evening, the session to be
for the consideration of the pension
bill.