Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-01-06

Mr., Hewitt. of NeY York, suggested that
it was hardly the proper system of revenue
reform to leave the duty on cotton and take
the tax of whiskey.
Mr.. Hiscock's motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill TO repeal certain taxes in the
internal revenue laws was lost-75 to l2S.
Mr.. Kieter of Ohio moved to suspend the
rules and take from the speakers table the
Mexican bill and concur in all the Senate
am endments thereto.
In the debate which followed, Mr.. Ham
mond of Georgia said that no man could
guess within a thousand millions how much
money the bill would take from the treasury.
Mr.. Reed of Maine predicted that if the
bill Was not passed within the next 60 min
utes it would never be passed The amount
which the gentleman estimated would be
be taken from the treasury by the bill WAS,
in his opinion, greatly exaggerated. Itwould
not exceed 0,000, 900 annually.
After further debate the motion was lost
l29 to So, not the necessary two-thirds vote
in the affirmative.
Mr.. Collins of Massachusetts moved to
suspend the rules and adopt a resolution
making the Senate bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy, a continuing special
order for Thursday. Jan. %.
| Mr.. Willis of Kentucky demanded second
which was ordered--ll9 to 81.
| Mr.. Potter of New York said the time had
come when the bankrupt law was required BY
the absolute necessities of the country. Dur
ing the last two years failures had risen from
| about 500, ,OOO, 900 per annum to $3.50, ,000, 900
| per annum, and were still increasing.
The motion was supported by Messrs.
| Akams of Illinois, Henderson of Iowa. Find
ley of Maryland, Adams of New York, and
O'Neill of Missouri.
| Mr.. Hammond of Georgia didn't think the
bill would pass if even day was fixed for its
consideration. The people when he repre-
sented believed there would be more dshon-
esty with bankruptcy law than without
one.
| Mr.. Moulton of Illinois said this bill was
infinitely worse than the law of 1867.
| Mr.. Willis of Kentucky entered his pro-
test against the bill. If it was passed, 5000
more offices would have to be filled. He
predicted that if the House passed the bill
| (and consideration in this case meant pas
| sage) these 5000 officials would have hardly
| begun their infamous work before the cry
would come from all quarters demanding a
prompt repeal of the law. The law would be
an open door to fraud. 1t would be a temp.
tation to wild speculation which would ruin
the country.
| Mr.. Collins said that if the adversaries of
the bill were fair-minded enough to give it a
hearing he would undertake to give them a
convincing reason why it should become
law. He did not know where the gentleman
from Kentucky got his 5000 office-holders.
Not more than 800 offices would be created
by the bill. The gentleman from Illinois
! (Moulton) had said that the bill was asked
for by interested parties. Yes-by parties
interested in the honest settlement of debt
He (Collins) and those he represented were
interested in that
The motion to suspend the rules and fix a
day for the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill was lost-l25 to 75-not the necessary
two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
| Mr.. Belmont of New York offered resO-
luton which was referred to the committee
on foreign affairs, that the President be re-
quested to inform the House in respect to all
negotiations or arrangements between this
government and any other government or
governments which led up to the Congo con-
| ference at Berlin. and the motives or pur-
poses with which this government consented
to participate therein. and also with what
| object this government was represented and
what results have followed; whether the
| opinions of the representatives of this gov
ernment had been opposed in the Congo con-
ference, and if so on what grounds by what
powers.
| Mr.. King of Louisiana, introduced bill
appropriating 81 1000, 900 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi river; referred.
| Adjourned.