Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-25
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate,

WASHINGTON, April 24th.-The session Of
the Senate day was opened with prayer
by Rev. DR. III. Pereira Mendez, the rabbi
OF the Spanish and Portuguese congrega-
ton OF New York. This is the second in
stance, probably, in the history of the Gov
eminent when Jew has offered prayer in
the Senate.
Among the bills reported from the COM
mittees and placed on the calendar was the
following: To provide for the erection OF
public buildings for PostGffices in towns
and cities where Postoffice receipts for
three years preceding have exceeded SO 600
annually. The bill was recommended by
the Postmaster General.
Hale offered a resolution directing the
Civil Service Commissioners TO furnish lists
of all persons certified for appointment to
the Patent Office from March, 1885, to
March, 1888, and lists of all persons selected
and appointed under such certification.
Adopted.
The House bill appropriating 5000, 900 for
an arsenal at Colum bia, Tenn, passed.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the International copyright bill, the
question being on the amendment offered
yesterday by Morrill,, providing that news
papers and periodicals may copy articles
from foreign newspapers and periodicals.
After an interesting discussion the bill
was laid aside without action and the Sem
ate proceeded to the consideration of the
bill for the establishment of a Bureau OF
Animal Industry.
The House.
WAsHIHGToN.A April 24th.-In the House
to-day the Committee on Elections sub.
mitted a report in the case of Frank VS..
Glover, of the Ninth Congressional District
of Missouri. 1t finds Glover, the sitting
L., ia L.
lendar.
Bills were reported and placed upon the
calendar for the erection of public buildings
at Cheyenne, Wy. T., and increasing the
appropriation for the purchase of site for
public building at San Francisco.
A resolution providing for the inyestiga-
ton of the strike on the Chicago BurIing-
ton and Quincy Railway was reported
back, and referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
Mills of Texas asked unanimous consent
that all the gentlemen might be allowed to
print in the Record any remarks upon the
subject of the tariff, but Reed objected.
The House then went into Committee OF
| the Whole on the tariff bill, the floor being
accorded to Mcmillan of Tennessee.
During the course of his speech Mcmillan
declared that the internal revenue system,
against which the gentleman from Penn
| sylvania (Kelley) inveighed, had not been
| inaugurated by the Democratic party.
Kelley admitted that the Democratic
party had not enacted the law, but declared
| that it had made it necessary for the Re.
| publican party, which remained in Con.
! gress during the war, to provide the sinews
| Tor that war, and thus forced that party tc
| resort to internal taxes and all the hard.
ships resulting from them.
4 IN IL a. II
| from Pennsylvania not only inaugurated
the internal taxes of which he complained
| but he put the tax on railroads and in
comes and the capital and deposits of banks
! but these lstter had been removed, and
those which the gentleman said worked
| hardships had never been removed. The
gentleman had done the very thing fol
which he said the Democratic party was
responsible for not doing He (McMillan
| remembered the gentleman coming before
the House and saying that he favored the
repeal of the system, but that his caucu;
determined otherwise, and he bowed hi,
neck to the woke. democratic applause
Kelley-"Has that not been done by
your Democratic caueas?" [Applause OF
the Republican sidel
total repeal of the internal revenue sys
| TEN ?'
Keley-"I speak for myself
McMillan-"Who will speak for YOU
| party ?" [Laughter.]
Kelley-"Will you vote for such ar
| amendment"
McMillan-"I do not propose to vote fol
such an amendment"
Reed =" Then what are you talking
| about?n
McMillan-"It is stated that sixty mill.
ion dollars are annually received from in.
| ternal taxes. Ii these taxes were removed
where does the gentleman from Pennsyl
yania propose to get revenue? Did he pro.
pose 10 replace the tax on tea and coffee 2
Kelley-"No."
McMillan-"You have not the courage tc
do it."
Kelley-"Have you and your party the
courage to tax tea and coffee e2'
McMillan--"We do not propose to take
off the internal taxes
There are none of US so brave, was
Reeds comment.
Mcmillan spoke at considerable length
and was followed by Burrows OF Michigan
The debate will be resumed tomorrow.
The committee then rose, and an attempt
was made TO have a night session, but it
was defeated by the Republicans refusing
to vote-and leaving the Hoase without q
| quoram- The House then adjourned.