Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-21
CONGREs.IONAL.
SENATE

WASHINGTON. March D.-Ioar caIirS
up and the senate resuus I'D considera
/ tloH OF the bin increasing the salari-t
OF United states District Judges {,
xUU. The pending question was OF
MorRans amendment providing thai
the Increase shall only apply TO Judge.
hereafter appointed.
After discussion the bill went over un
| til tomorrow.
lhe Committee on Finance reported
favorably bill TO prov ide for refundins
the excess of duties on Imports of raw
sugars Calendar.
MCPHERSON offered a resolution, vhict
was agreed TO, calling on the Secretary
OF the Navy for copies of the contracts
made With parties In Sheffield for tur
r-t. or the material therefor, for the
ironclad Meantonoma.
The consideration of Blair's educa-
ton bill Was Resumed and discussed a,
length. The debate will he resumed
tomorrow.
Logan called mp the report Of the
Committee of Conference on the milf
tary academy appropriation bill. and
| moved concurrence thereon.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
A resolution declaring Garrison emit.
tied to his seat was unanimously adopt
ed and that gentleman appeared and
took the oath of office.
The conference report on the military
academy appropriation bill was taken
up and agreed TO. The bill as passed
sppropriates $3l4,5l6.
Ryan asked consent to refer the Sen
a 70 I'LL g. ka
and mouth disease to the Committee on
agriculture, with leave to report ut any
time.
Mills objected to the latter part and
the bill must take the usual course.
The morning hour was dispensed with
and the House went into Committee of
the Whole. Dorsheimer IN the chair. on
the bonded extension bill
Its features were explained by Willis.
who declared that a failure to pass the
bill meant bankruptcy and ruin to many
OF the most important and influential
firms in kentucky and throughout the
West: It meant bankruptcy and ruin not
only to manufacturers. but to innocent
holders of whisky; 1t raeant bankruptcy
and ruin to many Of the leading bank
ing interests of the West. There had
been 4 shrinkage In grains and stocks
for the last few years amounting to bill
liohs of dollars. There had been
a shrinkage of sixty million dollars
In the value of this warehOused prop-
erty. England, the one great purchaser
of our grain, had during the last year
supplied herself from India with one
third of all the grain she needle d. and it
was predicted that in less than three
years she would be independent of the
United States. What would become of
she hundreds of millions of bushels IF
grains raised in this country which was
now consumed in England? If this bill
failed, and if these distilleries closed
| and the demand was cut down, the time
would como again when farmers would
burn corn for fuel in the Western States,
Blount said the House was asked to
extend the time of payment of tax on
7O,OOO,0O0 gallons of whiskey, the sum
| involved amounting to *66 600, 600. The
present depression in the whiskey in
terest resulted from over-prOduction.
He did not believe that this bill was 90
ing to remedy the evil. On the con.
trary, an extension would only agra
| vate the evil. The time WIS not far
distant when the country would be in a
condition to repeal internal revenue
taxes. Suppose that in 1897 they we're
repealed. By that time the taxes on
bonded whiskey, if this bill passed
| would amount to 500, 900, 600. and Con
| gress would be asked to grant a rebate
| &n these taxes,