The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-19

Vance, Walthall, and Wilson of Mary
land-16.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Beck, Blair,
Chandler, CockrelI, CuIIom, Davis.
Dawes, Dolph, Evarts, Farwell, Fauik-
ner, Frye. German, Hale, Hawley, His
cock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Mcpherson. Man.
derson, Mitchell, Morgan, Paddock,
Palmer, Payne, Platt, Plumb, Sabin,
Salisbury. Sawyer, Sherman. Spooner,
Stanford. Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller,
Turpie, Vest, voorhees,, Wilson of
Iowa-46.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
restricting the terms of the first section
to the moneys paid by the State treas
uries, and inserting in the third section
a provision for the return to individuals
Of sums paid by them Rejected-Yeas,
10; nays, 4S.
MR. PLUNB's IDEA
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment to
repay the income tax collected from mil
itary and naval officers during the war,
and argued against the bill as unfair to
the younger States. The amount that
would be refunded to the State of Kan
sas, under the bill, would be about
81 900, while its share of the tax neces-
sary to pay the money appropriated by
the bill would be over $500, 900, and for
what? Not under the guise of promot-
ing education, not under any assumed
philanthropic idea, but because some
clerk in the Treasury Department had
got ''stuck" on matters of bookkeeping.
Mr.. Sherman opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Teller argued against the bill. He
thought it questionable whether it was
worth while to go back so many years in
order to take up such matter.
THE BILL PASSED.
Mr.. Plumb's amendment was rejected,
and the bill was passed-yeas, 4s; nays,
10.
The negative votes were those of
Messrs. Berry, Blair. Jones of Arkansas,
Platt, Plumb, Salisbury, Tel
Ter, Vest, and Wilson of Maryland.
WHAT THE BILL DIRECTS.
The bill directs the Secretary of the
Treasury to credit to each State and Ter
ritOry and to the District of Columbia a
sum equal to all collections made there
from, or from the citizens or inhabitants
thereof, or other persons, under the Di-
rect Tax act of the 5th of August, 1861.
1t RENTS all moneys still due to the
United States under such act, and it APP
the amount necessary for re
The sums collected di-
rectly from individuals to be held in
rust by the States for the benefit of the |
persons from whom they were collected
Dr their legal representatives
Mr.. BROWN on THE BLAIR BILL.
The Blair Educational bill was then |
.aken up and Mr.. Brown addressed the |
Senate in support of it, stating that its |
lefeat would be received with great re-
yret throughout the whole Southern sec
lion of the country. The Senator from |
Missouri Vest, had in his able speech |
against the bill held over the Senate ia |
'e1T0rem the Presidential veto of the |
bill should 1t pass. He did not under |
stand the Senator to say that he had any |
or knowledge a. to the |
Presidents intention in the matter, but |
that he received his impressions |
from his knowledge of the convictions of |
the President usually on questions of a |
public character. But he BROWN could |
not concur with his friend from Missouri |
On the possibility of veto. Two of the |
men whom the President had called TO |
his Cabinet Lamar and Garland) had |
the bill while they were |
members of the Senate. The Senator |
from Indiana (Voorhees) who had re-
rently made an able and eloquent de
Tense of the Presidents administration,
and sustained the constitu- |
tionality of the bill. If, therefore,
the President might be Judged by his
actions and by his appointments to high
positions of men who unequivocally sus-
tanned the constitutionality of the bill, |
there was nothing to be feared from an |
veto. But even if there was,
it was the duty of the Senate to act upon |
lto Own JuuSuclt ne ndu no uOuDt Il
about either the constitutionality or
and sound policy of the mes
sage.
BLAIR RESUMES HIS SPEECH.
Mr.. Blair continued his speech in sup
port of the bill, reading extensively from |
received by him from
and persons of influence in the |
Southern States. In the course of his |
speech he complained that many news
papers throughout the country had criti-
cized his bill in an unfair and unfriendly |
After speaking for about an hour and |
a half he yielded to a motion to adjourn,
and at 4:50 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WAsHINGToN, January 1s.-After the
reading of the journal the Speaker pro
tenn. called the House to order to allay
the uneasiness and apprehension about