The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-20

bill had not been before the committee on ways
aud means, aud that, therefore, 1t was beyond
the power OF that to move to suspend
the rules and put it on its passage.
The Speaker Overruled the point of order, and
the motion was seconded.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, inquired whether Mr..
Kelley would admit an amendment to abolish
entirely the tax on tobacco.
Mr.. Kelley replied that the gentleman knew the
Speaker must decide that the amendment could
not be admitted. In support of his motion, Mr.
Kelley said every line of the bill presented had
received the approval of the Senate and the com
mlttee which here presented it. Therefore he be-
heved that while doubt and uncertainty might
prevail as to tariff legislation, there was an OPP
portunity offered TO mitigate our excessive reve-
nue. TO the extent of $40, 000, DOC. 1t was yet
probable the two houses might be, brought to
an agreement on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Morrison said the people were paying into
the treasury $50, 000,0 900 of import tax under
the rates, aud twice eighty millions in bounty to
reduced one-half, and to-day, twenty years after
the war, the import taxes remained as they
were. Notwithstanding this, here was a bill
brought to relieve the banking capital OF tho
country and tobacco chewers at the ok Expense of
the people, 1t was offered here in order to give
gnid-tobacco to some OF the people, with every
likelihood OF their biting at the bait.
Mr.. Dunnell said the House now was face to
face with the policy declared in New York in
october prior to the meeting of the Forty
seventh Congress: that a reduction of the reve-
nue. must come, and the House was going on
writing history for this Congress to that effect.
Mr.. Mckinley asserted that the surplus reve.
nue. In the treasury could be with safety reduced
d U,OOO,O00 Everyone admitted, whether the
tarif was revised or not, that this internal
revenue must he reduced. There is no states
manship, there is no business sense in saying
because we have not finished the tariff bill we
shall not relieve ourselves of the burden of in
ternal taxation, which everybody admits, ought
to be, and in time Will be removed. The House
called the attention of tine country to the spec
tacle presented to-day. For the last month. day
and night, the House has been discussing the
tariff bill, and now comes back the same old
proposition of last session, the old scape-
goat Nuhfnh ma hnap ~nnnfaI n hAIr
sensible Republicans into the wilder
ness Qaughterl, that the party had
gone before the country with that proposition,
but the people had thrown it's bank checks in is
face, and burst its matches, and broken its bot
tie of ready relief over it's head. Let the Repub-
ncan party go before the country If it dared
with this bill in answer to the demand made at
the last election for relief from taxation.
Mr.. Hatch criticised the bill as relieving CAPT
tai, but not taking any burden of taxation off
the labor of the country.
Mr.. Blackburn said il this internal revenue
bill were passed, it vas the last chance for tariff
revision, and the gentlemen might as well admit
the fact and play with open hands.
Mr.. Carlisle cOntended that whenever Con-
gress touched the internal revenue tax it ought
10 abolish it entirely, and thereby get rid of the
horde of ofiice-holders now required to enforce
the law.
1t proposed to make "A reduction of S2l 000, 900
In the tax on tobacco, while the duty on sugar
remained undiminished.
Mr.. kassOn advocated the motion, If he
thought the passage of this bill world have one
feathers weight to prevent a revision of The
Tariff he would stand here and oppose it. He
was for reducing internal taxation, he was for
reducing the tariff. If he could not get both he
would take one.
The motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was defeated. Yeas 1872, nays 81, not the
necessary two-thirds in the affirmative, as fol-
lows:
Y~eas-Messrs. Aldrich, Armfeld, Barr, Bavne,
Beach, Bedford, BeltZhOOver, Bingham, Bisbee.
Bliss, Bowman, Bre wer, Buck .Buokner, Burrows,
of Michigan; Butterworth, Cabell, Campbell, Can
dler, Cannon. CarDcntPr. Chairman. Clementa-
Converse, Cox, Of North Carolina; COvingtOn,
Crapo, Cullen, Curtin, Cults, Darrell, David
ing, Desendorf, Dowd. Dwight, Ellis, Ernen-
front, Errett, Farwel, of Illinois; Far
web, of Iowa.; Fisher, Flower, Fulkerson,
Geddes, George, Gibson. Godshalk, Grant, Hall,
Hammond, of New York; Hardenbergh, Hardy,
Hartman, Harris, of Massachusetts,; Harris, OF
New Jersey; Haskell, Hazelton, Heilman, Hen
derlon, Hewitt, of Alabama; Hill, Hiscock, Hit,
Hodlizell, Hoge, Horr, Houk, Hubbell, Hubbs,
Humphrey, Hutchins, Jacobs, Jorgenson, Kas-
Latham, Lord, Lynch, Mcclure, McCord, Nc
Cook. Mckinley, McLane, of Maryland; Mclean,
S %n Missouri Nile Miles Miller nrero Moore; MoTey' Morse
PeeiIe, PIERCE, Pettibone. Phelps, Plister, Pound,
Prescott, Randall, Ranny, Reed, Rice, of Ohio;
Rice, of Massachusetts,; Rich, Richardson, OF
New York; Richie, Robson, Robinson, of Mas
sachusetts; Robinson, of Ohio; Ross, Russell,
Scales, Scovllle, Scranton, Shallenherger, Shell
ley, Shultz, Skinner, Smalls, Smith. of Pennsyl-
vania; Smith. Of Illinois; Spaulding, Speer,
Spooner, Stone, Strait, Talbot. Joseph d. Tay-
lOr, InOillaS, IOwsend, or ONO; Tucker, Tyler,
Valentine, Vance, Van Aernam, VanhOrn, Van
Vorhis, Wadswor!h, Wait, Walker, Ward, Wash
burne. Watson, Webher, West, Williams, of Wis
consin; Willis, Willets, Wilson, Wise, OF Virginia.;
Wise, of Pennsylvania: Young-162.
Nays-Messrs. Aiken, Anderson, Atherton, At
kins, Barbour, Belmont, Berry, Blackburn,
Bland. Blonnt. Bragg, Briggs, Buchanan, Bur
rows Of Missouri, CALDWELL, Carlisle, Cassidy,
Caswell, Clardy, Clark, Cobb, Cook. Cox Of New
York, Colerick, Cravens, Culberson, Davis of
Missouri, Denote. Deutser, Dibrell, Dingley,
Dunn, Dunnell, Evins, Forney, Garrison, Guen-
ther, Gunter, Hammond of Georgia, Hazeltine,
Hatch, Hepburn, Herbert, Holman, Hooker,
House, Jones of Texas, Jones of Arkansas,
Joyce, King. Knott, Laid, Leedom, Lefevre,
Lindsey, Manning, Marsh, Martin, Matson, Nc
Kenzie, McMillen, Mills, Money, Morrison,
Moulton, Muldrow, Murch, Oates, Payson, Ray,
Reagan, Reese, Rice of Missouri, Richardson OF
South Carolina, Robertson, Robinson of New
York, Rosecrans, Ryan, Simonton, Singleton of
Illinois, Singleton of Mississippi, Smith of New
York, Sparks, Springer. Steel, Stockslager,
Thompson of Kentucky, Townshrnd of Illinois,
Turner of Georgia, Turner of Kentucky, Upde-
graf, Epson, Wellborn, Wheeler, White, Whit
thorne, Williams of AlabaIua-97.
Adjourned.