Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-19
IN CONGRESS-.
Senate Passes Direct Tax
Refunding Bill.
OBE.CARLISLE CONTEST.
Pennsylvania Democrats Endorse
President Cleveland and Urge
denomination.
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WASHINGTON, January 18.-In the
Senate to-day bill was passed re-
ducing the charges for passports from
IS to 81.
The bill for refunding the direct tax
of 1861 was taken up, the question
being on Chandler's motion to recon.
NIT the bill. The motion was rejected
The question was then taken on the
amendment offered by Edmunds re.
quiring all claims to be filed within
six years and agreed to. Several
amendments Of verbal character
were also agreed to.
Stone, of Missouri, from the Com.
mittee on Public Lands reported a
resolution calling on the Secretary oil
the Interior for information as to what
legislation is necessary for the dispo.
sal of public timber lands so as tc
secure at the same time the preserva.
ton of natural forest lands at the
headwaters of navigable rivers and
put within the reach of settlers legal
means of providing themselves with
timber for building and domestic pur'
poses. Adopted.
Vance offered an amendment to the
bill for refunding the direct tax ol
1861, extending the provisions OF the
bill to the cotton tax collected under
the law of 1862 and subsequent laws.
He said that if the direct tax was to
be refunded, this cotton tax, which
is also direct tax, ought to be re-
funded. George and Berry advocated
this. Brown and Morgan, while be-
lieving the cotton tax to be refunded,
thought the proposed amendment
would defeat the pending bill. Sher.
man vigorously opposed the amend
ment. Beck thought the pending bill
should not be encumbered with any
thing else. Voorhees, views were the
same and after further debate the
amendment was rejected, So to l6.
Further amendments offered by
Chandler and Plumb were rejected
and the bill passed, 4S to 10. The
negatives were those of Berry, Blair,
Jones OF Arkansas, Paddock, Platt,
Plumb, Salisbury, Tell r, Vest and
Wilson of Maryland. The bill directs
the Secretary Of the Treasury to credit
to each State and Territory and to the
District of Colum bia sum equal
to all collections made therefrom
or from citizens or inhabitants thereof
of other persons under the direct tax
of August 5, 1861. It RENTS all
moneys still due the United States
under such act, and it appropriates
the amount necessary for the reim-
bursement of the sums collected
directly from the individuals, to be
held in trust by the State for the ben
eft of the persons from whom they
were collected, or their legal repre-
sentatives.
Senator Plumb asked unanimous
consent to submit preamble and
resolution setting forth that the Secre-
tary of the Treaury, in accordance
with the views of the President, has
paid out of revenues collected from
imports the sum of $2,S52, ,015 in pre-
miums to holders of Government
bonds, which sum, if paid out for a
per cent. bonds, in accordance with
the manifest wording and intention OF
the Refunding Act, makes possible
not only the payment of such bonds
as fast as any surplus available fol-
such purpose accumulates in the
Treasury, but also the refunding al
the same rate of the interest, thus
saving to taxpayers more than $780,
600 900, said Refunding Act had been
so altered and published in the
statutes at large, as to read, payable
at the pleasure of the United States
after thirty years." instead OF "for
thirty years." thus entirely subvert'
ing the manifest meaning Of the pro-
vision of the act. The resolution calls
for committee of five to make care
full examination of the subject. The
resolution was not received.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred was one by Hoar to provide fol
inouests under national authority.
The Blair Educational bill was
taken up and Brown addressed the
Senate in support Of it. At the con
clusion of Browns remarks, Blail
continued his speech in support o
the bill.
Sherman, from the Committee OF
Foreign Relations, reported an amend
ment to the Deficiency bill appropri
ating $4,000 to defray the expenses
of the commission to attend the In
ternational Exhibition at Melbourne
this year. Referred, and the Senate
then adjourned.
The House.