Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27

Mr. Morrill,, replying to the remark by
Mr., Beck, denied that any caucus directed
| him to force night session. In resisting
adjournment he was only trying to keep
the senate in session as long as he could
in order to make progress, and he would
continue to do this every day until the bill
should have been disposed of. He then
moved to adjourn, which was agreed to-,
and the senate then adjourned.
House.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-In the house Pc
titions were presented by Messrs. Bing-
ham, Harmer and O'Neill, of Pennsylvania,
representing the commercial exchange
and other associations, protesting against
| transfer of the revenue marine, life saw
ing, marine hospital and signal service, and
against the abolition of the Office of ship
ping commissioner.
! A bill was reported from the mill tary af
fairs committee by Mr.. Davis, of Illinois,
granting the right of way for railroad pur-
poses, through the Fort Smith military
reservation.
Mr.. Springer reported joint resolution
providing for the printing at the public
printing Office a report of the tariff COM
mission at the instance of any person on
payment of cost. Adopted.
Shortly before II the house went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Burrows, of
Michigan, in the chair, on the tariff bill
Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, took the
floor in vindication of the bill, in sup
port of his assertion that it is the best
| bill ever submitted to an American con-
gress.
Mr.. Kelly said he would not go into de-
tails, but would hold himself in readiness
to answer any questions. number of
members then proceeded to take advantage
of the offer, and aslively debate ensued.
Mr.. Springer, Of Illino is, inquired what
would be the average reduction from the
existing rates.
Mr.. Kelly replied that according to the
| figuring of experts it would be II per
cent, but his own opinion was it would be
larger. This was exclusive of the reduc-
ton which would attend the abolition of
commissions and charges.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois. inquired fur
ther whether the COMMITTEES on ways and
means had diminished the rate proposed
by the tariff commission.
Mr.. McKinley,of Ohio, replied that there
had been decrease from the recommends
ton of the commission.
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois-Some $8,000,-
900 less under sugar and $4O0OO0O less
under tin plates.
Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, inquired what
effect upon the revenue would come from
the proposition to abolish charges.
Mr. Kelly replied that his estimate was
1 L Of
per cent. Mr.. Carlisle asserted it would
only average per cent, and Mr.. Morrison
argued that at the highest average it would
only amount to III per cent.
| Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, a member of
| the, ways and means committee, took the
floor. He said there was scarcely an ar
ticle known to consumption by the Ameri-
can people which was not included within
the taxation schedule of the bill, either by
name or within extraordinary classified
| tion. The whole purpose OF the tariff sys-
| tenn seemed to have been perverted from
its original object, until experts had been
employed for the purpose not of finding
how a revenue could be raised, but how
revenue could be prevented in the interest
of monopolists. Referring to the COM
mission, Mr.. Tucker said that num-
Der of its members were gentlemen inter-
ested in perpetuating this system by which
the consumer was taxed for the benefit of
monopolists. The commission was a
| tribunal the very advocates at whose bar
were judges who sat on the bench. Their
| bill had gone TO the committee of W avs
! and means and Two of its members had ap-
peared before the committee and one of
them very signally went back on the report
of the commission and the committee
subscribed to his views as to the increase
of duty on wooden goods. All the COM
mittee had to do now was to increase
the duties, with very few exceptions, over
the commission bill. Yes, except on sugar
and tin plates.
Mr.. Haskell-And wire, rods and bar
iron and sundries.
Mr.. Enthusiastically sundries.
Mr.. Haskell-Very large reductions
were made by the committee from the
commission bill.
Mr.. Tucker criticised the committee on
ways and means for coming into the house
with a bill unprepared to satisfy the in
quiries of members, and the demands of
the country to know what would be the eff
feet of the measure.
Mr.. Kelly asked whether
the gentleman ever saw tariff bill
the effect of which upon the revenue could
be foretold by any man.
Mr. Tucker thought the committee had
shown itself inadequate to the task de-
volved on it, when it was unable to make
even a shrewd estimate of the effects of its
bill.
Mr.. Kelly inquired whether the gentle
man on behalf of the minority of the COM
mittee could not give a shrewd estimate.
Mr.. Tucker replied that before the bill
was reported from the committee, the mi
nority of its members asked for delay, in
order to secure reliable information from
the treasury department. That delay had
not been accorded them and he
confessed he had not the means at his dis
posal, of making the estimate. but he
could show the estimate of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, utterly delusive.
Mr.. Kelly asserted that the bill had not
been reported to the house until the COM
1nittee had received all the information
which the treasury department could
give.