Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-27

equal Justice to both scolored and white peo-
pie in the matter of education and the same
could be said of other southern States. 1t
was to the interest of the South that this
blacks or whites was source of vice and
danger If nothing else was learned by the
Copiah Investigation is was at least shown
that In that direction the blessings Of educa-
ton were enjoyed equally by blacks and
whites.
Mr.. Butler also defended the southern
people He saw that education In South
Carolina was in promising condition and
that she could combat illiteracy without the
aid sought by the bill. He would never
consent to the prevailing disposition to rush
to the national treasury for the remedy of
every difficulty Of q local character. If this
money were appropriated he predicted that
in ten years the government viii control
every common school of the United States.
At 4:45 %. m. the House bill appropriatinQ
1925, 600 to the sufferers of the lower valley
of the Mississippi river was passed.
The Senate then went into executive SEES.
sion and at $40 adjourned.
HoUsE-Mr Ellis of Louisiana, from the
Committee on Appropriations. reported the
| joint resolution providing that $12S, 600 of
the unexpended appropriation for the relief
of sufferers from the Ohio foods may be
expended by the Secretary of War for the
| relief of destitute persons In the district
| overlooked by the Mississippi river and It's
tributaries. After an hours debate the bill
| was passed.
Routine business having been disposed of
/ the morning hour was dispensed with and
| the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the bonded whiskey extentien bill,
Mr. Dorsheimer in the chair. Mr. Mckinley,
| of Ohio, was recognized as entitled to the
| first hour of debate, NEST of which was farm
ed out to different gentlemen for five or ten
/ minute speeches.
Mr.. Dunn addressed the House in opposi-
ton to the pending bill He expressed his
/ surprise at the appearance of the bill In the
House when there were but three members
| of the Ways and Means committee in favor
of it. He charged Mr.. Morrison and Mr..
Hurd with Inconsistency in opposing pro-
| lection on certain articles and seeking to
protect this special industry. He declared
| himself in favor of reduction of tsxation
all along the line, on whiskey, on wooden
goods, ON sugar and on every necessity of
the people. He declared his intention to
| stand by the caucus action taken last night.
| The people he said had in thunder tones last
November declared for a reform in the adj
ministration of public affairs and If those
now in power did not heed their demand
| others would be found to fill their places.
At $3.50 Mr.. Hardeman asked il there was
| no way to stop this debate. He moved that
| the committee rise and report the bill to the
House with the recommendation that 1t do
not pass.
Mr. Blackburn was, however, recognized for
| the motion that the committee rise and In
| the House that debate be limited to an hour
and half after going into committee to-
had taken five hours and fifty minutes of the
| general debate thus far and the opponents
| seven hours and ten minutes.
Mr.. Reed remarked that that was q fair
division on basis of votes.
Mr. Hardeman moved to amend by closing
49, IL - Il l.. "
Mr.. Blackburn's motion was agreed to.
MIR. witt, of New York, argued that the
| true theory of taxation under the highest
civilization was upon the fruits of capital
| and that taxation upon production was
the oriental system which had mako Turkey
and the provinces under its control wreck.
This bill did not 60 far enough,
but it was the entering wedge
| that would bring out the question whether
there should be taxation on raw material and
for this reason he would vote for it. He
believed taxation should be for revenue, and
for revenue only applause on the Democratic
side.) The country had had protection until
| the people we're divided into two clssses-the
! rich and the poor. Referring to Mr.. Longs
objection to the bill on moral grounds he
| said he supposed the gentleman would have
| taxation with morality or rather taxation
with morality incidental. (Laughter.) If the
manufacture of whiskey was immoral the
| federal government had nothing to do with
| it, for it was police regulation reserved to
| the States. He did not believe the taxes
would be paid. He did not want them paid
and he voted for the bill for that reason
| ae had been surprised to find that bat one
half of the alcohol made was used as a bsvsr-
| age, the other half being used in the arts.
Mr.. Hewitt declared he would not cease to
| work until every particle of tax on alcohol
the caucus in the matter of removal of the
tax on tobacco and fruit spirits
as likely to delay true revenue reform, al
though he might be compelled to vots for il
to reduce the revenue. He would have kept
up those taxes until the tax on alcohol, a
primary element of manufacture, could be |
L removed He then discussed the tariff and |
| said there ere three elements of manufac-
ture-capital, labor and material. Capital |
was now cheaper in this country than in any
other, and if labor was to be protected it |
| must be by the removal of all duty on raw |
| farmer, who was the great consumer, |
by giving him cheap manufactured |
goods. He favored an entire |
abolition of the duty on wool and believed |
the country would prosper under it. He up
braided the tariff men in the Democratic par
| ty and said if they could not stand together |
they had better disband. He would be false |
to his convictions and to his business expe-
rience If he said he believed horizontal |
reduction the best plan for reducing duties, |
but would vote for it as the best he could |
get.
Mr.. Reed said they would manufacture a |
Republican victory out of it, to which Mr.. |
Hewitt retorted-''You always did manufae- |
ture your Republican victories;" Cloud laugh |
ter.)
MIR. Milliken, of Maine. agreed with Mr. |
Hewitt that the bill was the entering wedge |
| to evade the payment of every dollar OF the |
whiskey tax. Two years hence the whiskey |
men would be here with hundred million |
gallons in bond asking the abolition Of the |
tax.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Tennessee, spoke of the |
equity of the bill.
Mr. Reed replied to Mr.. Hewitt and said |
that fortunately one half of his speech an
swered the other half. He was for raw ma |
terial and to have it he was willing to pay |
any price. Referring to Hewitt's declaration |
| that he would vote for certain measures, al |
though they did not meet his views,
Mr. Reed said: ''What q commentary |
upon the Democratic party. He would vote |
for measure that he did not approve" He /
had talked and talked about raw material. |
What did he mean by raw material? Why |
only something to make bar iron of (laugh- |
ter.) The Democratic party, he said. would /
never succeed as long as they went stageer-
ing along, striking at every business interest,
until they learned to stand together and do /
something for the good Of the country.
Mr. Bedford reminded the Democrats that |
commission which kepA Tilden es& of the |
presidency He led them wrong then and |
might do so now. He would vote for the /
bill to keep seventy millions out of the /
Treasury. He charged the southern /
Democrats with lack of courage to do a
proper act. He appealed to the South to
unite with the great Northwest and control
the destinies of the country and not leave 1
them in the control of two States, New York
and PennsJ lvania, and little New England.
at 5:O5 p. N. the committee rose. The
chair laid before the House message from
the President urging a non-abandonmentI
OF the policy Of gradual in
crease of the navy. He urges the
building of three steel and four gunboats
which will cost 81, 283, 600, one-half of which
will be required in the next fiscal year. He
also urges the completion of
the four double-turreted monitors,
the Puritan. Terror, Amphitrite and Monad-
mock, and their armament together with the
armament of the Mienfonomah, and CON
clndes with repetition of the hope that the
plan for increasing the navy will not be
abandoned.
At 5:I0 the House adjourned.