Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
Two Attempts Aade to Secure On EA'
ecutire Session OF tue 'sfAH'e !"
Consider Lsmai's Nomination.
The BIZ RslstiHg 70 PsrmissioiS %
Certain CIasses of Mad As'ttE
Passes ths House.
Y!ftleth Congrons.
THE SENATE.

credit aEG pay 20 Inc ee'SiH' S''SN0 49,
territories and the District OF Columola
all the monies collected uader ne direct
.,v,ct of the 5:h CT Angus, 1861, was
taken up, the question being on the verbal
amend nsnt ,fsred By Mr.. Hoar whtn
the bill vas up come days ago.
Mr.. Sn.rmal regarded the proposed
amendment as mere surplUsage, and
whiIe he h.d 10 objection TO il still lie
prefe erred 70 take the 0ill just IS reported
from the fiaaEce committee, as prepared
some years ago OF the Er5t comptroller OF
the treasure, ard as twice passed OY The
Senate.
After general debate which lasted
over en- hour, Mr. Riddleberge: made 6
motion 20 go into executive session, his
purpose being IN tor ward sc'i on the
nomination of Mr. Lamar. The motion
was lost bg Il tie 26 IL 25, the division
being upon party lines Except that MI.
Riddleberger voted wi b The D-mocrsfs.
In few minutes he renewed the motion
stating his understanding was there Was
an agreement that the Senale should go
INFO executive session TO-DAY. Tue mo-
ton was lost this time by % 90 p. Toe
majority Of the SeDStCrs do not under
stand that there was any agreement for
an Cxscutive session TO-DAY, bu1 on lnv
cCn.rsry mat there Was g tcci'
eco liescence IN the wish expressed
b. come Senators last night that NO acton
should be attempted until Monday in the
Lamar case or on other nominations. The
votes of to-day arc not neId 10 have ally
significance as barring upon the result
upon L1m4r's csse, since some Of mir
friends Sustained from voting il c0nRe-
Quence Of what they understood to be the
tacit understanding Ct yes .eIdaV.
The direct tax bill was then laid ssidr
and Mr.. Vance proceeded to address
the Senate on the resolution eff red by
Mr.. Brgwo, propo sing to sToish internal
revenue taxation. The lines, he ssid, had
been crawu closely by the Presidents
message on the subject Of surplus
the taxation cOntes5 had TO be fought cut
and the question hsd to be decided IN
eQuiYocCly on its merits. TEst question
wac, should taxation be enforced for the
support Uf the q v5rnm ut or for tue eu-
Tichment9 Of private lndiVldusls2 Should
money be collected from p ople for public
or private purDJses2 NJ reasonable
hypothesis could be formed which
presented any other question. The ques-
tioGiWne, where should the reduction Of
The taxes begiy? Tae pr )pOsgli0n Of
most OF the Democratic Senators (iol-
lowing the led f the Presiden ! was to
begin aud eGd Ri9h tariff taxation. R.
puoliU2ns on the other hand, proposed 10
begin by reducing o2ly in part !6e in
teTnsl taxss, and by adding TO the free
list those things C9mirg from abroad
which did not compete with the things
made in this c0antry, aGd the duty on
which Was Therefore sill revenue. For
ne rCposed 10 begin with both
evils as he found them-eZcessiVe intern
al taxes end xces.ive Is if taxation
In North Carolina there WAS cause Il
complaint against each, but there was
more compliant as 10 the methods of in-
teInRl taxation than there Was TO the
amount. Why should not the xcise tax
De repealed or greatly modife az The
exigeacy which CT et IL into existence
mad long sIuce passed awsy. Il Involved
the right Of man TO DO what he pleased
with his own within the bounds Of the
law Of liberty. / involved the right
of q farmer to cell the product o.
his labor TO any purchaser VINO offered
the best price. |: involved the right Of
@ husbandmsn to utilize the fruit OF his
the ground. II involved the still more
momentuus question whether poor
mans cabin sasli be indeed his castle,
protected By organic law, or whether il
might be transacted o. shy hour OF the day
or night by petty ttR ;ial dressed
IN q little brief suthoruy IL search
of tribute for an ovelf1wlng treasury
The people Of North Carolina cared little
~ hnT1t tx~
tobacco They would pay It cdeeriully il
they could be spared oppressive and ytx-
Stious methods of the msChiLe cry OF It's
collections. 1t WAS not q question, as
often so triUmphantly stated, OF choice
between free whisky and free blankets,
because the duty on blankets was now
pIacita IL prohibition, and they could
not be any cheaper if the excise Oh whis-
ky was removed. He declared that the
central theory Of the tariff gas an inquiry
ard he was opposed TO the whole init q
ont sad out. He shout not vote to put
ANYTHING 90 the free list the tax ON Wh &C
WAS pure revenue. He should strive
earnestly to reduce taxation on the
necesssries Of life, and he should dis
-criminate sesiUsg nothing excgps luxa-
ries sud in favor OF The helpless and I'M
protected.
The resolution WSS laid aside and the
Blair educational bill taken up, and q con-
stitutional argument made against it by
Senator Gray. Proceeding 10 criticise
some details Of the bill, he pointed out
the provision which requires copies II
school books to DE died with the Interior
Department.
Mr.. George stated he opposed the in
sertion Of That provision, aud MIR. Blair
stated that it had been inserted on mo-
tioH, not Of q friend, but Of ea enemy If
the bill. TIE Senator from Kansas
Plumb.
Mr.. Gray ssid i! was sufficient for h's
purpose that that provision WAS Ia toe
bill which WAS proposed 10 be passed,
sod which wGs advocated by the Sepaeurs |
from Mississippi snd NV II mpshire
George and Blsir.) WHAT action, b. |
asked. should o. tssen by Congress when |
the Secretary CT the Interior rep lrted |
that the history Of the Uaited States |
used in Aia5a na or Texas described With |
warmth sud neturg! asection which the |
PEI le Of those states nave for their kItb |
ana kin, the grest struggle through which |
they had passed S quarter OF century |
ago, aad did not refuse need Of praise
which all the world vas willing 10 pay 10 |
the brave men ash;ipg for the mistaken
Cause? Would the Senator from New |
Ham0shiTe sit quiet ard content, willing |