Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-03-01
THE FORTY-sEyENTB CONGRESS-
Saturday Feb. II.

SdIurd&Y feb. L.
Se1adte-Mr. Blair Offered 2 resolution,
instructing the Judiciary Committee to
il quire whether the Legislature of New
Hampshire, chosen November, 1882, can
lawfully elect a Senator of the United
States. After a long debae, the resolution
was withdrawn. and the Tariff bill taken
up.
House-The discussion n the House on
the point of order was Gu eff by the spe-
cial order-eUlogies on tie late RepresQr
tatige Shackelford.
MONDAY, Feb. 10
Scndte.-Senator Jack!op (Tenn,) pre-
sented the credentials Of his collea que.
Isham G. Harris, which were read and
filed,
The president laid before the 2euate
the memorial of the lroquois club, of
Chicago, praying congress 10 accept the
Illinois aad Michigan canal, with the
view OF making 1t a national waterway L.
the Mississippi.
After a brief executive session the tariff
bill was taken up.
Hoatse.-When the speaker, as the regu-
lar order, proceeded TO call committees
for motions to suspend the rules Mr..
Kelley from the committee on ways and
means moved TO suspend the rules and
pass the bill to reduce internal revenue
taxation.
Mr.. Morrison demanded a second.
Mr.. Springer raised point of order
that the bill had not been before the COM
mittee on ways and means and that there
fore, it was beyond the power of that com
plittee to move to suspend the rules and
put it on its passage. The speaker over
ruled the point of order.
Mr. Morrison said the people were pay
ing into the treasury $80,000,000 of an i'm
post tax under war rates, and twice $780,
100000 in bounty to manufactures. The
internal revenue had been reduced one
half to-day, twenty years after the war,
impost taxes remained as they were. Not
withstanding this, here was bill brought
to relieve the banking capital of the coun-
try and tobacco chewers, at the expense
of the people. 1t was offered here in Or
der to give quid of tobacco to some peo-
pie with every likelihood of their biting a
bait.
Donnell said The house was now face to
face with the policy declared in New York
in October, prior to the meeting of the 4th
congress, that the reduction of revenue
must come from internal revenue, and
from that alone must it come, and the
house was going on writing history for
this congress to that effect
Mr.. House called the attention of couu-
try TO spect tacle presented to-day. For
the last month, day and night, the house
had been discussing the tariff bill and now
comes back the same old proposition of
last session,-the old scapagoat which has
exps cted to bear servjcesof the republi-
can party into the wilderness, (Laughter.) J
That party has gone before the country
with that proposition, bui the people has
thrown It's bank checks il its face, burned
its matches and broken iti bottle of "ready
relief" over its head. La the republican
party go before the cosntry il it dared
to.
Mr.. Hatch criticised the bill as reliey-
ing capital, but not taking any burden of
taxation off the labor of the country.
Mr.. Blackburn said if this internal rev.
enue bill was passed there was no chance
for the tariff revision. The gentlemen
might as well admit the fact and play
with open hands.
Mr., Brown opposed the pending bill,
because it proposed tomake a reduction
of $21 100000 on the tax on tobacco, while
the duty on sugar rem,ined undiminish
ed.
The motion to susperd the rules was de-
feated, yeas 162, nays 81 not the neces-
sary two-thirds in the affirmative.
TUESDAY FEB 20.
Senate The house bill for extending the
time of filing Alabama claims passed with
amendment.
Consideration of the tariff bill was then
resumed, and at half past nine passed as
amended, by vote of AZ to 19.
A large number of amendments were
Withdrawn.
Sen. Harris offered substitute for the
tariff portion of the bill providing for a
discount of 10 per cent. from existing
rates of duty after July l, 1888, and an
additional discount of 10 per cent. after
July l, 1884. Lost-ayes Is, noes 40.
Upon the passage Of the bill the vote
was as follows