Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Passes the Bill kefundiBg
the Moneys Collected Under
The Direct Tax Of 1861.
The 8oufe Pasfes the Agricultural E1pe
rtmept stations bill-Tbe Banning
BIZ Considered.
PIftieth CongrSfs.
TRE SENATE.

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n,ssgd reducing the charge TOR passports
from SO to 81.
After snumber OF petitions had been
-7ezsnted sid bills introduced. the bill
far refrrdiug the direct tax Of 1861 ives
taken up, tne question being on Cband-
Ie1,s motion 10 recommit the bill. The
motion vas rejected. The question WGs
then tsken On the amendment offered Dy
Etmunds, requiring all claims to De flied
within six years ard il wss agreed to.
Mr.. Berry offered En amendment pro-
yiding that no part OF the money col
lected from individuals shall be retained
by the United States as setoff against
any states Indebtedness; agreed TO.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment ex-
tending the provisions Of the bill to the
cotton tax COllec ed under the laws OF
1862 and subsequent laws. He said that
i direct tex YVES tO be refunded this
cotton tax (Which wes also direct tax
ought II be refunded.
This amendment brought on q general
debste which Ested for about On hour.
The vote IN he amendment was then
tsksD and it Was rendered by vote Of
yea lG; nsys, 4G
Yess-Bate, Berry, Butler, Gail, Coke,
Daniel, George, Harris. Jones OF ACksn-
sss, Pugb, Quay, RAnsom, Reagan,
Vance, WaIthalI, Wilson.
NsYs-Aldricb, Allison, Beck, Blair,
Blodgett, Brown, Cameron, Chsce, Chan
der, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Dawes,
Dolpb, Evsr.f, Farwell, F4ulker, Frye,
GormaD, Hale, HAwley, Hiscock, Hosr,
Ingalls,, MCPh -rson, Henderson, Mitchell,
Morgan, Paddock, Palmer, Payne, Platr,
Plumb, SAbiU, Saul bury, Sawyer, Sher-
man, Spooner, Stanford, Stewart, Stock
bridge, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,,
Wilson Of Iowa.
Chandler olsred 6n amendment re-
strictlng tee terms OF the Rrst section TO
moneys paid by the state treasures and
inserting in the third section q provision
for the return 20 individuals Of sums paid
by them. Rsndered-yess, 10; naye, As
Mr.. Plumb offered al amendment TO
repay the income tax collected from mill
tarY aud naval CBcers during the war
and argued against the bill as unfair 20
the younger ststes. The amount that
would be refunded 10 Kansas under the
bill would be about $1,000, while it's share
CT the tax nGce Ssary TO pay the money
appropriate by the bill would be over
half million dollars and for what? Not
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not uUder any assumed philsDthropic
iGes,bBt because some clerk n the Treas
ury Department had go: "stuck" in the
matter Of bookkeeping.
Mr.. Sherman oppos ed the amendment.
Mr.. Teller argued against the bill. He
thought IL questionable whether 1t wSs
worth while 10 go back 50 many years in
order to take up such matters.
Mr.. Plumb's amendment was rejected
and the bill was passed-yeas, 48; nays,
I 10.
TIE negative votes were those Of
Messrs. Berry, Blair, Jones (Ark }. Pad
cock, Platt, PLUMB, Salisbury, Teller,
Vest and Wilson (Iows)
The bill directs the Secretary OF the
Treasury 10 credit TO each state and ter
ritoTy and TO the District Of Coiumhia
sum equal TO all collections made there
from or from the citizens or inhabitants
thereof or other persons under the direct
tax act OF August s, 1861. 1t RENTS all
money still due TO the United States IN
der such act, and it appropriates an
amount III cesssry for reimbursement; the
sums collected directly from individuals
10 be held in trust by the state for the
beuefs Of the persons from whom they
were collected or their legal representa-
tives.
Mr.. Blair's educational dill was then
taken up and Mr. Brown addressed the
Senate in support OF 1t, stating that its
defeat would be received with great re-
greet throughout the whole south.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Browns re-
MARKS, Mr. Blair continued his speech
in support Ct the bill. In the course of
his speech he complained that many
newspapers throughout the country had
criticised his bill in an unfair and I'M
friendly manner. After speaking for
about en- honr and half. he yielded for
motion TO adjourn.
Mr.. Sherman from the committee on
foreign relstiOps reported al amendment
to the deficiency bill eppropristipg $780,,
600 10 defTay the expenses of the COM
mission TO attend the international exhi
Dition at Melbourne this year. Referred.
The Senate then adjourned.
TEE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. - After the
reading Of the journal the Speaker pro
tenn. said: desire to saw, in order TO
sllay uneasy apprehensiops about the
condition Ct our hono-ed Speaker, that he
is in process of rapid recovery, and that
the occasion VIII ca calls the present Occu-
psnt to the chair will, happily, 1 trust,
rapidly pass aPay.
Mr.. Stone OF Missouri, from the CON-
mittee on pubic lands reported res0lu-
ton csllings On the Secretary OF the
Interior for Information as TO wnat Iegis5
lation IS necessary for the disposal OF
public timber lands so as to secure st the
same time the preservation OF nstural
forest lsris at the head waters OF
navigable rivers, and put within the
reach Of settlers legal means of providing
themselves With timber for building ana
domestic purposes. Adopted.
Mr.. LYmsn of Iowa, from the committee
on elections, sub nilted the views Of the
minority in the. I'll e be- Carlisle contest
ed election case, and they were ordered
printed.
The House men went into committee
of the whole OF the agricultural expert
ment stations bill The bill appropriStes
$685., COO 20 csrry into effect The provis-
ions If the act IF March, 1887, to estao-
nsn agricultural experiment stations in
connection with the colleges established
in several states under the provisions OF
en- set approved July =, 1882. After
brief debate the committee rose snd the
bill was passed.
In the moruiog hour Mr.. Bsimon. OF