National Republican., 1882-12-20

never been five there on any one day, but
that they had got some of the women and
children to go in and look nt the pictures and
had entered them as pupils. The govern
.mCnt was also paying TO maintain farm -
ut The agency. He stepped the "f farm and
found it to be just ninety steps square and to
contain crop Of three rows Of corn.
Laughtcr.l He had also seen thirty-iivc
pounds of stone taken from one barrel of
sugar supplied for the use of the Indians.
Mr.. Saunders said he had had much expert
ence among the Indians, and that he believed
the present system would result in good to
the Indians and no harm to the whites but
he concurred in the view that the teaching of
| trades should precede the teaching of letters.
Mr.. Pumb's amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Dawes offered an amendment appro.
priating $1,000 to enable the secretary of the
interior to complete negotiations with the
Sioux. Agreed to.
Mr.. Beck offered an amendment directing
| the removal of the Crow agency to SOME point
cast of the Big Horn river, in the vicinity Of
Fort Carter, and read letter from Gen
Hatch in favor of such removal, and of sup
plying the Indians with cows in exchange for
horses, so as to get them to become stock
rnisers and farmers.
| Mr.. Beck said that the prompt carrying out
of these recommendations would settle the
Crow question forever, and would soon make
the Crows rich. Agreed to.
Mr.. Call offered an amend, which was agreed
to, providing that the Scminoles still remain
ing in Florida shall receive their share of tho
money appropriated to pay the interest due
that tribe under treaty stipulations.
Mr.. Logan offered an amendment providing
| that any disbtrsing officer, or other person
who shall present any voucher account, or
claim to any United States officer for ap-
proval or payment containing any material
Misrepresentation of fact shall not receive
n nj prn1it a ma nj nf nah lair
this being in addition to the penalties pro-
vided by existing law. Agreed TO.
The bill was then passed, and the unfinished
business, the civil service bill, came up.
Mr. Sherman obtained unanimous consent
to lay it aside in order to take up the bill
reported by him Monday from the com
mittee on finance extending the time for the
withdrawal of
DISTILLED SPIRITS IN BONDED WAREHOUSES.
Mr.. Conger thought the tendency of the
bill would be to encourage the over produc-
tiOn of whisky. 1t was n measure in the
interest of the whisky men, and at the end
of this extension another would be asked.
Mr.. ingalls, moved to amend the bill, add
ing provision that from and after the ex-
piration of three years from the entry of any
distilled spirits now in warehouses, per
cent interest shall be collected upon such
spirits to be computed down to the time of
withdrawal.
He asked Mr.. Sherman what effect the bill
would have upon the revenue for the next
two years. He understood that on the 30th
of June last there were 90,000,000 gallons of
whisky in bond, of which about 6O,000,0OO
gallons were held in Kentucky alone.
Mr.. Sherman said 1t was true that about the
amount stated was held in bond in kentucky,
but it was not owned there 1t was sold in
bond and owned all over the union.
Mr. Bayard said the applications for relief
by the passage of this bill had come quite as
much from other parts of the country as from
Kentucky.
Mr.. Ingalls, remarked as these spirits were
held in bond and not withdrawn for con-
sumption this bill must be for the benefit of
producers and spectators, not consumers
Mr.. Bayard thought the effects of the bill
would reach much farther than Mr.. ingalls,
supposed. There had been a great over pro-
duction of whisky so that there was now
five years supply in bond, and if it were
forced upon the market it would bring bank
ruptcy and ruin upon people engaged in that
business. .N
Mr.. Sherman said the revenue would not
be materially affected by the passage of this
BILL because only q certain quantity of spirits
could be consumed, and if that now in band
were forced upon the market other whis Ms
would be withheld. l3Ia. VI
Mr.. Beck said it was true that fifty or sixty
cause the whisky was produced there, and
could not be removed until the tax should
have been paid, but in fact more of it was
owned in Cincinnati, New York and Boston
than in the whole state of Kentucky.
Mr.. Morrill, said that, although the Ken
lucky distillers did not own much of these
spirits. the banks of Kentucky and Ohio
we're largely interested in the passage of this
bill. He would not speak against the bill, but
he predicted that at the end of the extended
period the same difficulty would exist, and
the same relief would be asked.
Mr.. ingalls, amendment was then agreed to
yeas 30, nays II.
Mr.. Window offered an amendment provid-
ing that the time within which distilled
spirits produced or manufactured after the
passage of this act are required to be with
drawn from distillery warehouses shall be
limited to one year from the time they are
entered for deposit in warehouse.
Messrs Sherman, Beck, and Williams op-
posed the amendment, and Mr.. Window ad-
vocated it. On a vote the amendment was
rcjcctcd-yeas II, nays 80.
Mr.. Window then offered another amend
ment limiting to one year the time for with
drawal of spirits produced on and after July
/, 1888.
Messrs. Conger, Hale, Edmunds and In
gals favored this amendment, and Messrs
Beck, Logan, Sherman, and Williams op-
posed it.
The amendment was lost-yeas "a, nays
27.
THE TOBACCO TAX.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered resolution, which
was referred to the committee on finance, de-
claring it to be the sense of the senate that, in
case of the reduction or abolition of the tax
on tobacco at this session, there should be
allowed q corresponding rebate of the tax paid
on stock on hand at the time the law goes into
effect provided such stock is stamped and
in unbroken packages.
Upon the rejection of Mr.. Windom's second
amendment Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. Edmunds called for the regular order,
THE CIVIL SERVICE BILL.
Mr.. Sherman moved to postpone the regular
order, so as to proceed with the consideration
of the peading bill.
Mr.. Pendleton inquired what the effect
upon the civil service bill would be if Mr..
Sherman's motion to postpone should prevail.
Mr.. ingalls,. The effect will be to send it to
the calendar,
Mr.. Hale The effect will be to substitute
the whisky bill for yours.
Mr.. Pendleton appealed to Mr.. Sherman to
withdraw his motion, but Mr.. Sherman de-
clined' saying that the pending bill had been
unfairly treated, and he would insist upon
his motion to the end. Upon a vote the
motion was lost-yeas 16, nays 80
Then, with the civil service bill before it,
the senate, at 545, on motion of Mr.. Maxey,
adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomina-
tiOns to the senate yesterday:
Robert C. Campbell, of Louisiana, to be United
States consul a. Monterey.
Henry II. Jessup. of New York, 10 be charge
United States