Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-20

amount stated was held in bond in Ken
lucky, but it was not owned there. It was
sold in bond and owned all over the
Union.
Mr.. Bayard said the application for re-
lief 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
we're held in bond and not withdrawn for
consumption, this bill must be for the
benefit of the producers and spectators,
not consumers.
Mr.. Bayard thought the effects of the
bill would reach further than Mr.. Ingalls,
supposed.
There had been great overproduc-
ton of whisky so that
there was now five year
supply in bond, and if it were forced upon
the market it would bring bankruptcy and
ruin upon the people engaged in the bust
ness.
Mr.. Sherman said the revenue would not
be materially affected by the passage of
this bill, because only certain quantity
of spirits could be consumed, and if that
now in bond were forced upon the market,
other whiskies would be withheld.
Mr.. Beck said it was true 50,OOO,0OO or
6O.O00,O0O gallons were held in Kentucky.
because whisky is produced there and
could not be removed until the tax should
have been paid, but in fact more of it was
owned in Cincinnati, in New York or Bos-
ton than in the whole state of Kentucky.
Mr.. Morrill, said although Kentucky dis
tillers did not own much of the spirits, the
banks of Kentucky and Ohio were 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 be asked.
Mr.. Ingalls, amendment was then agreed
to, yeas 80, nays II.
Mr.. Window offered an amendment pro-
viding 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, be limi-
ted to one year from the time of entry for
deposit in warehouses.
aMessrs. Sherman, Beck and Williams
| opposed the amendment, and Mr.. Window
advocated it. On vote the amendment
was rejected, yeas II, nays 80.
Mr.. Window then offered another
| amendment limiting to one year the time
for withdrawal of spirits produced on and
after July 1, 1883. Messrs. Conger, Hale,
Edmunds and ingalls, favored this amend
ment, and Messrs. Beck, Logan, Sherman
and Williams opposed it. The amendment
was lost, yeas "a, nays 81.
Mr.. Mcpherson offered a resolution
which was referred to the committee on
| finance. declaring it to be the sense of the
| senate that in case of reduction or abo-
| lition of tax on tobacco at this session,
| there should be allowed a 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.
The house resolution for holiday recess
was reported. Upon the rejection of Mr..
Window ssecond amendment Mr.. Cameron
of Pennsylvania, moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. Edmunds called for the regular or
der, the civil service bill.
Mr.. Sherman moved to postpone the
regular order so as to proceed with the
pending bill.
Mr.. Pendleton inquired what the effect
| upon the civil service bill would be if Mr..
| Sherman's motion to postpone should pre-
| vail.
Mr.. Ingalls-Ths effect will be to send it
| to the calendar.
Mr.. Hale-The effect will be to substi-
tute the whisky bill for yours.
Mr.. Pendleton appealed to Mr.. Sherman
to withdraw his motion, but Mr. Sherman
declined, saying the pending bill had been
unfairly treated, and he would insist ON his
motion to the end. On vote the motion
was lost, yeas 16, nays 80.
Then, with the civil service bill before it.
the Senate adjourned.