The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-08

onereu Dy MI. Harrison was then taken III
IL provides that no State shall receive any q
the benefits OF the act until the Goyerno
OF The State shall file with the Secretary Q
the interior an annual statement shown
the attendance ut the schools and the ex
penditures for them.
upon this another protracted debat
sprang up, and taking a political turn,
continued far into the night. Several al
tcmpts TO amend the amendment OF MI
harrison were voted down, and Oh
amendment was agreed TO.
The motion OF Mr.. Logan was agree,
TO, striking out the section which per
mitted the States having less than 8 pc
cent. OF illiteracy 10 use the money 10
normal schools or Industrial education
Mr.. Logan said the object OF the bill wa
TO educate children, and not teachers.
Mr.. Buffers amendment, submitted
few days ago. providing for raising funt
by direct taxes to be levied upon the sew
eral States, according to their respectiv,
numbers. was next taken up and defeated
yeas. 6; nays, IS.
/ The bill being completed as in the Com
mlttee of the Whole, was reported 70 In,
Senate, read a third time. and passed b,
s the following vote;
! AYES Messrs. Blair, Brown, Gail, Came
ron OF Wisconsin, Colquitt. Conger, Cullom
Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Garland
5 George, Hampton, Harrison, Hoar, Jack.
son, Jonas. Jones Of Florida, KenLa, Lo.
gan, Mcmillan, Henderson, Miller OF New
YORK, Morrill,, Pike, Plat, Pugh, Ransom,
Riddie6erger, Sawyer, Williams, and VIII
sons.
Noes MesSrs. Bayard, Butler, Coke,
Groome. Harris, Hawley, MaXey, Miller OF
California, Morgan, PeDdleton, and Sauls-
bury-ll.
The Senate. at 11:45 p. NJ, adjourned,
the Chair first LAYING before the Senate as
the next business in order the bankruptcy
bill.
House OF Representatives.
After long debate and strong opposi-
passed resolution making bills for the
erection OF public buildings the continuing
special order for April 9th.
Mr.. Stockslager explained that the Com
mittce on Public Buildings had reported
thirty bills, which were on the public cal
endar, and there were twenty-fOur Senate
appropriation OF the House bills was
$4,000.
Mr.. Converse, OF Ohio, secured the floor
and moved to suspend the rules and pass
a bill restoring the duty Of 1861 on wool.
The second being considered rs ordered.
the thirty minutes debate allowed by the
rules was begun.
Mr. Mckinley, OF Ohio, favored the
measure. He said that no sooner had the
tariff act OF last winter gone into operation
than the Republicans everywhere and many
Democrats in Ohio came to recognize the
injustice OF reducing the duty. He ap-
pealed TO gentlemen OF the other side to
support the measure, and he did so more
boldly because their brethren In Ohio last
fall had promised the people that they
would restore the wool duty at the begin
ming OF the present session. Democratic
orators on every stump had made that pro-
mise, and he would print extracts from
their speeches with his remarks. He had
pamphlet issued by authority OF the Dem
ocratic State Committee, which declared
that il Hoadly were elected Governor the
Democrats in the first days OF the session
would wipe out the iniquity which had
been inflicted by the Republican party.
He asked the Democrats to keep their
pledge. They had gathered the fruits Of
the peoples faith; now they ought to keep
their promises.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, inquired whc-
ther he was included among the Demo
cratic speakers whom the gentleman al
luded to?
Mr.. Mckinley replied that he was not.
Mr.. Cox: "That is right; / want TO
correct an impression going around about
that"
Mr.. Mckinley: q" The gentleman, though
he spoke in Ohio. did not get on to the
platform OF protection" Laughter.l
Messrs. wilkins, of Ohio, and Henley, OF
California, favored the measure.
Mr.. Morrison opposed it, saying that
whatever might be the different views on
the question OF protective counties the
duty on wool could not be Justly and
rightly considered apart from the duty on
woollen goods into which wool entered as
a large part Of the manufacture. a bill
had been reported to the Honse on the gen.
eral subject OF tariff as well as on the rates
on wool and woollen goods. He would
ask the House on Tuesday the 10Th instant
to take up that bill aud consider the wool
question among others. He yielded the
remainder Of his time to Mr.. Hurd, as this
was claimed to be sort of Ohio question.
[Laughter.]
Mr.. Hurd SAID that he opposed this mo-
ton because il proposed TO restore the
duty on wool, and thereby increase its
price. 1t did so directly by increasing the
price OF foreign wool required in domestic
manufacture. The question thus plainly
presented was, ought the price OF wool to
be increased by legislation? In long
speech he held that TO do this would be to
increase the price OF woollen clothing, and
be predicted woe to the party bringing
this about. For one" he said, in con-
clusIon, II don't care that the party TO
which / belong shall come into power UNI
less il shall be TO give free trade TO the
people. better investment to capital, larger
wages TO the laborer, and greater glory to
the American name" Applause on the
Democratic Side.l
Mr.. Converse followed in another long
speech in support Of the measure, and adj
dressed himself particularly TO answering
Mr.. Hurd's arguments.
The motion was then put and lOst-yeas.
119; nays, l2G.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Kentucky, moved TO
suspend the rules and adopt resolution
declaring II unwise and inexpedlent for
the present Congress to abolish or reduce
the tax on spirits distilled from grain.
In the brief debate which followed,
Messrs. York and Cox, Of North Carolina,
opposed the motion, and advocated the en-
tire repeal OF the internal-reyenue law.
MIR. White, OF Kentucky, also opposed
the motion, and favored reduction OF the
tax on distilled spirits after January ],
1887, 10 fifty cents per gallon, and change
OF the existing law so as to provide that
the tax shall be paid within sixty days a'ter
the spirits have been put in bona.
Mr.. Willis, Of Kentucky, supported tne
motion, saying that he did not sympatnlze
with the gentlemen who desired 10 reduce
the price OF whiskey. He STOOD mere ior
dear whiskey. 1t was luxury, ana