Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-02

majority OF thCee memorials has Gre.
atrd some curiosity rs to their genu.
inone5s ga representative petitions.
La many Instances all SIGNATURES on
the petition to the number of 80 or
II 0 are found to have been written by
the same person with neither cross
marks nor memoranda to explain the
sing liar fact. The peii iors are not
dated and with but one exception are
from tho south.
HI RETIRED LIST.
The following is a list of vessels
stricken from the navy register under
the provisions Il the naval sppropr's.
ton act of 1882, they being unfit t r
further service: Cor -ess, Quail,
Ksnsss, Massachusetts, S slime, Con-
nectiout, lowe, Niagara, OREGON,
Ohio, Peunsvlvania, Florida, Vlr.
oinia, n Otleans, Colossus. Java,
Susouehans, Burlington, Supply,
An ietam, De,ator, Frolic, Relief,
PAwnee, II mecca, Old Monad1ock,
n ,rrapausett, Nyack, Ssco, Tuscs.
rora, Worcester, ~Cansndaigua, Shaw
NUT, Savannah, Santee, Wyoming
aud n suoke. Most of the vessels
mentioned will be broken on the
stocks, while u few will DO sold at auc-
ton.
oLGER ON "a REVENUES.
Secretary +, lg r said tonight that
his action in issui jg o call for 10 000,-
600 extended SIS was not influenced
by sp culations as to the course which
oongr,s 81 would pursue with reference
to reducing tpxes. He believed the
surplus of o .s which would so.
crue before any law mskinga reduo
ton could go iuto eff ct would UNI
doubleday provide { r redemption of
these bolds, and under such circum.
cumstances 1t was his plain duty to
issue the call wi bout regard to the
attitude of congress pres.
ent or ptosp c i've. OF courae
if he HAD thought il probable
tho bouds could not be redeemei
without reducing tho treasury reserve
he would rot have is.u.d tho call,
bit auch vas not his opinion. Even ad-
m,ttlAg for a 1t that congress
might reduce tho taxes aud import
duties at the present session, It did
rot, he thor git, T ,liow as All inevita.
bic consequence that the reduction of
revenue would he correspondiugly
g.est. The 10 seripg OF custom duties
and internal revenues and tho taxes
would htimliate importation and
c1nsnmp'ilu 30 that the frs eff, &c. Of
such legislltion nigh b. to increase
the revenues inetead OF dimishing
them.
In the senate Mr.. Morrill, offered a
resolution %suspsrding 30 much ct tho
act Of February 2S,h, 1878 as author.
z9s and directs the Eecretsry of the
treasury to purchase silver bullion at
the market price, not less nor more
than four million dollars worth per
men,h, and cause the same to be
coined into dollars as fastas purchased.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Special Dispatch co 1BE BEE.
SENATE PRoCEEDINGs,
WASHINGTON, February AT the
close If the morning business the tar.
if bill was taken up. The pending
question ives on Fry's amend.
ment proposing an I'D valorem
duty Of 40 per cont On oil
sugars. Carlisle moved to strlke
out the item imposing n duty OF of !
cent per pound on sulphate OF iron or
copper as agreed to.
Senator Frye subsequently modi.
fiod his amendment SO as to make the
, duty on all sugars under thirGeen
> Dutch standard 80 per cent, and on
} sugars above thirteen 40 per cent. A
long debate onsuod.
, Senator Kellogg said that II Frye's
amendment WAS adopted it would
ruin Louisiana sugar producers, who
generally voted the republican ticket,
He was sorry 70 see the attack made
. from tho repub lean side f the cham
Dor upon these black cohorts. K,l-
lo1g gave ststistlc' Of sugar pro iucli n
q in Louisiana. He said it employed
about 500 900. COZ olpttal, of witch
t $40, 0C0 .O00 was ~ machinery. -Four
? hundred thousand peop'e lived by it;
sixty or seventy thousand men aud
I women were employed az labsr,rs, #
q whom more than %two.thirds were col.
. ored. The number of ex'slaves own
3 ing homes and other property was
two or three times as largo In
Louisiana as In any other state, and
Z. that class Of population Was more
o quiet and orderly there than in othe.
e southern states. These results were
largely attributable to the sugar in
h dustry.
Senator Beck said the more he con.
r sidered the question the more satisfied
n he became that the effort to get away
!. from the finance committee bill wal
d in the interest of refiuers. That BIZ
@ was more favorable to planters thar
any other proposition and was thu
beat they could get.
Frye's amendment was rejected.
IF The substitute offered by Senate
Morrill,, on behalf of the oommitteeol
n finance, for tho sugar schedule in tn,
10 committee bill was then adopted.
Senator George offered an amend
q ment reducing the duties laid In tn
et schedule 10 per cent. upon article
d Imported from countries where slavl
labor is not employed. Lost.
Senator Morgan gave notice of a
amendment which he would offer Il
~ tho senate prohibiting the adulteratioI
-. Of sugar, molasses, etc, by mixin
), glucose with them
y Senator Beck gave notice Cf Al
- amendment to prevent the sale of an.
~ mixture Of sugar and glucose as snga
without advising tho purchaser Of tn
~ fact Of It's being = mixture.
Senator Iugal's deprecated the 81
:, forts to bring glucose into disreput'
:" Senator Sherman offered an add
: tional proviso, to DO printed aud RI
ferrsd to the committee on tinancl