The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
WORK IN CONGRESS.
Introduction of a Measure to Tax
Incomes
Naval Appropriation Bill Passed by
the Scnate---PetitiOns Against
News Copy right Pre- pairing
for the Tariff Fight.

WASHINGTON Cry, April 15.--The senate
was presided over by Senator ingalls,.
Among the petitions and memorials pre-.
sented were the resolutions of the recent con-
vention of inventors held at Cincinnati
opposing any change in the patent
laws that may tend to the injury
of property in patents. Also a petit
ton, signed by Mrs. james A. Garfield
and 500 other citizens of Cleveland Ohio,
praying for the passage of bill providing for
the return of the Nez Perces Indians to their
old home; also the joint resolution Of the
Iowa legislature praying that the minimum
sum for which changes may be made from
state to Uunited States courts may he in
| creased Also a petition from tobacco
| dealers demonstrating against the agitation
of the tobacco-taX question and praying that
| the tax be allowed to remain as it Is
Harrison presented petition Of the news
paper publishers of Indiana against the pass
age of the news-copyright law. Hale pre-
scented similar petition from the news
papers Of Maine.
Bills were introduced and referred, as fol
| lows By Miller, of New York, to amend
| the act to prevent the importation of adul-
terated and spurious tea, approved March ,,
| 1883; Sherman, authorizing the president to
appoint and retire John c. Fremont as major
| general of the United States army; Slater, to
| forfeit the unearned lands granted the North
| ern Pacific Railroad company and to restore
! the same to settlement. He said he would
| ask that it lie on the table until Thursday,
| when he would call it up for reference.
| The senate resumed the consideration Of the
naval appropriation bill, the pending ques-
| ton being on the amendment proposed by
| the senate committee. to provide for the con
structiOn of new cruisers. Bayard again oh
| jected TO ENGRAVING this amendment upon
| the naval appropriation bill, the senate hay
| ing already passed bill to provide for those
| same cruisers
After further debate the Amendment was
passed by vote of twenty-seven yeas to
| eighteen nays.
| A vote was then taken on The passage Of
the bill and it was passed.
| In the house Reed offered preamble ami
resolution reciting the allegation that the
| foot-and-mouth disease had been intro
duced into Maine through the fault or
! oversight of the United States officials
charged with the duty of inspect
! ing and quarantining importations OF
| CfitLie dnu directing Iile cOlIlnlbJeS on aEfi-
culture to m axe an Investigation into the
matter, with authority to report for consider
alton at any time such bill as they may deem,
| proper to reimburse the authorities and citi-
zens of that state for the expenses which
have been properly and iudiciously incurred
or may be incurred in suppressing the dis
eases Adopted.
Other bills were introduced: BY Turner.
of Kentucky, to equalize taxation. 1t re
cites that bondholders and millionaires have
paid no tax on their incomes to support tho
ederal government for over twenty years:
that taxation should be justly imposed
and that there should be no favored
class; and enacts that an income
tax of 3 per cent on over % 1000, S per cent
on over $4,000, and 10 per cent. on over
500, 900 shall be levied and collected Ray
of New Hampshire, introduced bill making
honorably discharged soldiers and sailor
eligible to civil service appointments without
civil service examination; King Il
place on the free list the following
articles: All agricultural implements, al
machinery used in manufacturing agricul
tural products, cotton ties, iiannels, blankets
hats of wool, knit goods and all good
made on knitting frames, balmorals
wooden and worsted yarns, and all manu-
features of every description com
posed wholly or in part of worsted or O.