New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
INTERNAL REVENUE REDUCTION.
ItTEI'NN@H'N
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE DEFEATED IN THE AT
TEMPT TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS TIE



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WASHINGTON Feb. 10.-The Internal Revenue
bill providing for reduction of revenue to the
extent of 81 000,0 600 year received l62 VoteSlh
the House to-day, to 81 against it. but, as us
friends could not muster twice many votes as l!s
opponents did it was defeated This result was
a surprise to some of the Republican leaders, ana
heavy disappointment to all of them III
this defeat shall be followed by the failure
of the Internal Revenue and Tariff bill now
before the Senate heavy responsibility VIII rest
upon the shoulders of the eighteen Republican hep-
re,entatlyes who voted with the seventy-nnc Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers to-day, and secured the
rejection of the motion made by Chairman Kelley.
If the eighteen Republicans even twelve of them
had voted in the affirmative the bill would have
been passed
The Republicans who assumed the responsibility
of voting against it Messrs. Anderson. briggs
Caswell, De Motto, Dngley, Dunnell, Guenther'
Hepburn, JOYCE Lindsey, Marsh, Payson, Ray
RYAN. j. Hyatt Smith, Steele Updegraif,
and White. A majority of these
gentlemen assign as reason Tor ther
opposition that they do not believe that reduc-
ton of the tobacco tax, unaccompanled by reduc-
ton of the duty on sugar and steel rails would be
acceptable to their constituents or to the country at
large and some of them profess to believe also that
of tariff revision by this Congress. feeling oil
hostility to the banks may have been one of the mo-
tves which actuatcd few of them. 1t certainly
was the controlling motive of all the Green hackers
and of many Democrats who voted against the DILL
The forty-seven Democrats who voted with 115
Republicans for it were MesSrs Armfeld, Beach,
Beltzhoover, Bliss Buckner, Cabell, Chapman
Clements Converse, W. X. Cox, COvington. Curtin,
Davidson. Dowd, Ellis, Ermentrout, Flower, Full
oh NV
Harms. G. W. Hewitt, Hobltzell, Hoge Hutchins,
Kepna. Klotz. X. NJ McLane, Morse, Mutchler,
Phelps. Phister, Randall Ross. Scales, Scoville,
Shelly Speer Talbot, Tucker. Vance, Willis. VIII
son. G.. d. WISE and NJ. X. Wise. These may be
divided into three grOups-tarf Democrats,
like Mr. Randall men like Mr. Tucker, who repre-
sent large tobacco producing districts. and men Ike
Mr. Flower who realize the dangers of a continua-
ton of the present enormous revenues and are not
hostile TO the banks
The efforts OF the leaders on both sides to rally
their followers and the general interest IN the meas
ure drew an unusually large attendance, and
when the vote was taken only thlrty-iour
Representatives were recorded as absent,
nineteen of whom were Republicans.
They were Messrs Browne, Calkins, Camp, Chace,
| Cornell, Crowley, Doxey, Jadwin Jones, OF New
Jersey: Lewis. Mackey, Mason, who Is i'll Pacheco,
PAGE who wants plenty of money 10 spend on rivers
! and harbors; sherwin, L. Il Taylor, Thompson, of
| Iowa; Urner and Walter A. Wood Five Of the
absentees represent New-York districts and one
| Pennsylvania district
In the thirty minutes allowed for discussion be-
fore the vote was taken eleven spoke
-four for and seven against the BILL In advocating
II Chairman Kelley explained that every line Of
! il had been considered and passed by the Senate
! and one half of it by the House. 1t was designed
| @t,o of Off n
case of failure of tariff legislation, but 1t was not
brought forward as a signal that efforts TO pass a
tariff bill were to be relaxed or that the hope OF
passing one had been abandoned Major Mckinley
argued that there Is "A necessity to reduce
internal taxes as well as duties on
i,nnorts. The Secretary Of the Treasury had
said that reduction Of $00,000000 could
be made with safety this bill would cut on about
S4I 600, 900 and would not interfere with the TO-
ductions proposed by the Tariff bill. Two years
ago to-day Mr. Carlisle reported bill reducing In
! teInal taxes. q bill whlch emoraceu HoSI u 'ho
items in this measure
Mr. Curtin said he had voted against the internal
revenue bill Of last session, because he thought II
| did not 20 far enough. lie would support this
measure hoping and expecting that the entire i'll
ternal revenue system will be wiped out by the
next Congress- Mr. Kasson hoped no ono
| would vote against the bill Oh party
| grounds lie thought that lie, If anybody, had n
right TO speak for those who anxious for tariit
revision and reduction, and be certainly would not
support a measure which would impair or prevent
the prospects of tariff legislation. THIS would not
| add a feathers weight TO the difficulties surround
ing that subject Mr. KassOus speech was earnest
and convincing and 1t undoubtedly won some votes
| for the bill.
| Colonel Morrison led the opposition. This meas
| urc he said was one to relieve bdnGing caplta aud
tobacco chewcrs at the expense OF the people kep,
| resentatvcs offered a relief on their qua OF
tobacco, and there appears 70 e every hhelnoou u
their biting at the balt." Dir. Dunnel declared
that the bill device of the protectlOnlsis 10
deceive the de L people and prevent any TeduCliou
of duties. Mr.. House llfIed up his voice ana MS
hands and called upon the country TO witness
the spectacle The Republicans had again brought
Out their old scapcgOat which did not save them ~
the last election and would prove no better now,
stdmpcd ann checks and threw them in your
faces; they burned your 1Iee iucller ma on c4es
under your noses they broke your bottles
heads and they will do il again" Mr.. Houses cap
tivatIng eIoquence elected uproarious applause
from the Democrats
Mr. Hatch the eminent champion of free leaf
tobacco" declared that the tobacco farmers would
throw back with scom The relief afforded BY This
bill. Mr.. Blackburn spoke forty-hve seconds. ne
advised the Republicans to play an open hand
and declared that the passage OF this bill would
sound the death kncll OF tarln legislation by tins
Congress Mr. Carlisle wanted no halfway measures
OF this sort The next internal revenue bill should
auoIsh Lot reduce and 30 get rid OF the horde OF
office holders This bill would afford no subs anti al
rclief: II would not reduce the cost of collecting
The revenues by a single dollar; the provision to
allow producers to sell leaf tobacco not exceeding
in value 800 III any one year was uecepIVe ana
wonId only bring down upon the farmers "A horde OF
mtrrnaI revenue spies and involve them in all sort
of trouble General Browne regretted that tnh bli
bad hcen brouQbt forward in this form. IL pro-
posed 10 relieve tobacco, luxury, from HZI,oOO,'
600 of taxation, while the duty on sugar, a neceS-
stv was TO be retained. He could not support ~
| il is probable that meeting OF the House Conl-
mittee Oh Rules Will be held tO-Inorr0w morning 70
consider the new rule proposed ny Mr. hass9h.,
fovorahle renort from the COMMITTEES may be looked
for the events OF to-day having impressed tbc he'
publicans more deeply than ever with the uecessity
of stralnlng every TO prevent, II possible 'he
.nnnaa of liz nntnnc tnflc denomination 10 de eat