Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-16
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GENERAL MALONE SIP KISS OF
FOR SECRETARY OF W X.
General Rosecrans Retired Ends-
cots Partisan Order Made
Public-The Territories.
[sFHelAI DlsrATcnEs TO THE Rrcozp-us1os.
DoDGIxG The ISSUE,
Tbs House Democrats 10 Return she sc
ate Tarlf BIZ to that Body.

Tbs House Democrats 10 Return she SEN
ate Tarif Bill to that Body.
WASHINGTON. February 15.-Ths Demo
cratic mem bers of the Ways and Means
Comml tee have employed the Constitution
to avoid giving the House an opportunity to
vote on the question of the consideration of
the tariff. Mr.. Mills today presented TO
the House the Senate and House tariff
bills, together with long report arguing
that the Senate, under 1.-The Constitution
cannot originate revenue bills, and that ITS
amendment TO the House bill is in reality
an original bill, and not an amendment
Accompanying the report is a resolution
which the House Will be asked to adopt
returning TO the Senate its substitute for
the Mills bill with the suggestion thar Sec
ton Z, Article l, of the Constitution of
the United States, vests in the House the
sole right 10 originate such measures. and
that the substitution of the Senate bill
under the form of an amendment is in con-
hict with the true intent and meaning Of
that clause of the Constitution.
The majority report. therefore. is a sharp
criticism of the Senate bill and eulosy of
the Mills bill. 1t says: "The Honse
bill was framed upon the principle that
taxes are burdens borne by the people for
the support of the Government; that thsy
should at all times be limited by lust ar
rangements of an honest administration:
IN selecting articles upon which duties
should always be paid, and the pecuniary
ability OF the consumer that luxuries and
articles consumed by the wealthy should be
at higher rate of duty than the necessaries
OF life which are consumed by the poor
people; that when existing rates of taxa
ton brings to the public Treasury more
revenue than IS required for an efficient ad-
minlstration, the rates should be reduced
burdens llghtened and CbstTuetions to COM
merce and interference with business ard
the employment of the people should he
removed as far as possible.
The principle upon which the Senate
substitute is framed is that duties are levied
primarily to raise revenue for certain
favored classes of its citizens. and Incl
dentally for revenue for the Government.
that III imposing duties Congress should Sc
lect such articles as will bring the largest
revenue to the favored classes, while it
brings to the Government the amount re-
CURED tor annual expenditures; that when
existing rates are bringing surplus reve-
nue. TO the Government, the excess should
nrst be obtained, new channels of appro-
priation should be found and the reduction
postponed as long as possible; and when
1t must be made, il should be On those
articles that bring the lesst amount of reve-
nue. to the pockets of the favored classes
and at the same time make the largest re-
duction in the surplus revenue of the Gov
ernment."
This quotation illustrates the partisan
character of the report
1t is learned later that the vote on re-
porting the measure was ten to four, in
stead of nine to five, as at first reported.
Those in favor of the measure were Ran
dali, Clements, Felix. Campbell of New
York, Sigoy, Cannon. Ryan Butterwortb,
Long, McComas and Henderson. Those
opposed to it were Forney, Foran, Sayers
and Rice. Forney says he will report
substitute bill removing the duty on man
ufactured tobacco and snuff. but not on
cigars and cheroo,s