Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-04-11

APRIL 5, 1884.
The week at the capitol has been
marked by several important events.
Among the most prominent were the
Democratic tariff conference, and
the last struggle and demise of the
bonded whisky bill. The conference
decision having been that the tariff
bill shall be discussed for time in
committee of the whole, subject to
amendment, and then put upon lts
passage, the debate is likely to begin
next week. The Indian, agricultural
and pension appropriation bills are
to be speedily disposed of, and the
tariff bill will follow Immediately
after.
The whisky extension bill failed
by one hundred votes. During the
closing hours of the debate Repre-
sentative Hewitt, of New York. sur
prised every one by making a re-
markable speech in favor of a revis-
ion of the tariff, free raw material
and free whisky. He ridiculed the
idea of taxation having anything to
do with the moral question, and
claimed that it was as legitimate to
manufacture whisky as pig iron
The Republican protectionists, he
said, had divided the country into
the very rich and the very poor.
And now when the system was
breaking down it I.ecame necessary
for this party to invent a new gos-
pei, which had recently been an
nounced, "Taxatien for morality, OF
taxation for revenue with incidental
morality"
And now new whisky bill is to
be pushed forward. One of the pro-
visions of the new law being that the
tax on all distilled spirits hereafter
deposited in bonded warehouses
shall be payable before and at the
time the spirits are withdrawn. Con
gresham Thompson is going befor,
the ways and means committee tc
urge early and favorable action upor
this measure.
Both the Senate and House voted
to appropriate sl25, 900 in behalf O
the Mississippi food sufferers, anC
the President signed the bill. Tn,
House also briefly debated the bill
for the retirement and recolnage o
the trade dollar, considered a mum
ber of private bills and passe,
twenty-four pension bills at an even
ing session. Both Houses adjourne,
from Friday until Monday.
In the Senate the educationrl bil
is still pending. Among late an
notable contributions to the debat
were speeches made by Senator But
Ter, of South Carolina, and Senate
Lamar, of Mississippi. The forme
made strong assertion of tn
South's ability to take care of hel
self, even with great odds agains
her, and a protest against her bein
made the beneficiary of feder,
charity. Senator Lamar advocate
the measure, and contended that e
question involved no constitution
! ! ssiity. sinity That began when the feeders
government interfered with the right
and functions of the States. In h
opinion it was a measure fropgl
with unspeakahle consequences
the people of the South. It woul
stimulate them to grapple with
difficulty in the presence of whIc
they stood appalled,, and giveto con
mon school education in that sectio
an impetus it had never known. I'll
Mississippi statesman had closer a
tention from Senators that is usual
accorded to one Of their number.
The Senate has seen fit to draw
line on judges of the United State
Courts. In passing a bill whic
fixes their annual salaries at So, ,00'
an amendment prohibits them her,
after from providing for relativ'
within the degeee of first cousin
The people will be grateful for tn
as far as it goes. no DOUBT, but wi
fail to see any point in discrimin
ton against the federal judiciar.
while Presidents, cabinet officer
heads of departments, bureaus, men
bers of the Senate and House az
the army and navy officers are pc
mitted to make the patronage of Il
country family heritage.
The river and harbor bill b