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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



taxation altogether it must be evident that the 

 producers of this country would have more to 

 spend and the consumers would get more for 

 the money which they have to expend. As I 

 have already stated, the only possible effect of 

 taxes imposed upon foreign commodities must 

 be to alter the direction or distribution of hu- 

 man effort." 



The Speaker: "The question is on the pas- 

 sage of the bill." 



The question was taken, and it was decided 

 in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Aldrich, Anderson, Atherton, Barbour, Barr, 

 Bayne, Bingham, Bliss, Bowman, Brewer, Briggs, 

 Browne, Brumm, Buck, Julius C. Burrows, Joseph 

 H. Burrows, Butterworth, Calkins, Camp, Campbell, 



Candler, Cannon, Carpenter, Chace, Chapman, Clar- 

 dy, Crapo, Cullen, Curtin, Darrall, Dawes, Peering, 

 De Motte, Dezendorf, Dingley, Dwight, Ellis, Ermen- 

 trout, Errett, Charles B. Farwell, Ford, George, Gib- 

 son, Godshalk, Grout, Guenther, Hall, Harmer, Henry 

 S. Harris, Haseltine, HaskelL Hawk, Hazelton, Heil- 

 man, Henderson, Hepburn, G. "W. Hewitt, Hill, His- 

 cock, HoblitzelL Hoge, Horr, Hubbell, Hubbs, Hum- 

 phrey, Jacobs, Phineas Jones, Jorgensen, Joyce, Kas- 

 son, "Kelley, Kenna, Ketcham, Kiotz, Lacey, Lewis, 

 Lord, Lynch, Marsh, McClure, McKinley, McLane, 

 Miller, Moore, Morey, Moss, Mosgrove, Murch, Mutch- 

 ler, Neal, Norcross, O'Neill, Pacheco, Page, Payson, 

 Peelle, Peirce, Pound, Prescott, Eandall, Eanney, Eay, 

 Reed, Theron M. Rice, William W. Rice, Rich, Ritchie, 

 George D. Robinson, James S. Robinson, Ross, Rus- 

 sell, 'Ryan, Scoville, Scranton, Shallenberger, Shelley, 

 Sherwin, Shultz, Skinner, A. Herr Smith, J. Hyatt 

 Smith, Speer, Spooner, Steele, Stone, Strait, Talbott, 

 Taylor, Thomas, William G. Thompson, Amos Town- 

 send, Tyler, J. T. Updegraff, Upson, Valentine, Van 

 Horn, Van Voorhis, Wadsworth,Wait,Walker, Ward, 

 Watson. Webber, White, Charles G. Williams, Wil- 

 lits, Wilson, George D. Wise, Morgan R. Wise, Wal- 

 ter A. Wood, Young 151. 



NAYS Aiken, Armfield, Atkins, Beach, Belford, 

 Belmont, Beltzhoover, Berry, Bland, Blount, Bragg, 

 Buchanan, Buckner, Caldwell, Carlisle, Clark, Clem- 

 ents, Cobb, Colerick, Cook, Samuel S. Cox, William 

 R. Cox, Cravens, Culberson, Cutts, Davidson, Lown- 

 des H. Davis, Deuster, Dibble, Dowd, Dunn, Dun- 

 nell, Evins, Sewell S. Farwell. Finley, Forney, Gar- 

 rison, Gunter, N. J. Hammond, Hardenbergh, Hatch, 

 Herbert, Herndon, Abram S. Hewitt, House, James 

 K. Jones, King, Knott, Latham, Leedom, Le Fevre, 

 Manning, Matson, McCoid, McKenzie. McMillin, 

 Mills, Money, Morrison, Moulton, Mularow, Gates, 

 Orth, Phister, Reagan, Scales, Shackelford, Otho R. 

 Singleton, Springer, Stockslager, P. B. Thompson, 

 Tillman, R. W. Townshend, Tucker, Oscar Turner, 

 Thomas Updegraff, Vance, Warner, Washburn, Well- 

 born, Whitthorne, Thomas Williams, Willis 83. 



NOT VOTING Black, Blackburn, Blanchard, Ca- 

 bell, Cassidy, Caswell, Converse, Cornell, Covington, 

 Crowley, George R. Davis, Dibrell, Dugro, Fisher, 

 Flower, Frost, Fulkerson, Geddes, John Hammond, 

 Hardy, Benjamin W. Harris, Holman, Hooker, Houk, 

 Hutchins, Jadwin, George W. Jones, Ladd, Lindsey, 

 Martin, Mason, McCook, Miles. Nolan, Parker, Paul, 

 Pettibone, Phelps, John B. Rice. D. P. Richardson, 

 John S. Richardson, Robertson, Robeson, William E. 

 Robinson, Rosecrans, Simonton, James W. Singleton, 

 Dietrich C. Smith, Sparks, Spaulding, Stephens, Hen- 

 ry G. Turner, Urner, Van Aemam, West, Wheeler, 

 Benjamin Wood 57. 



So the bill was passed. 



The Senate, on May 9th, as in Committee of 

 the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill (H. 

 R. No. 2,315) to provide for the appointment 



of a commission to investigate the question of 

 the tariff. 



Mr. Morrill, of Vermont: "This is identi- 

 cally the same bill as the Senate passed, with 

 these words only omitted : ' and existing sys- 

 tem of internal-revenue laws. 1 Those words 

 are left out, as I understand, for the purpose 

 of leaving the Committee on Ways and Means 

 of the House at liberty to propose a bill that 

 will modify the internal-revenue laws." 



Mr. Davis, of West Virginia : " I understand 

 that the commissioners are to be confirmed by 

 the Senate." 



Mr. Morrill: "Yes, sir." 



Mr. Beck, of Kentucky : " I advised that 

 there was no necessity for any further de- 

 lay in regard to this bill by referring it to 

 the Committee on Finance. I was not aware, 

 however, of one fact that I learn this morning, 

 that in March, 1879, shortly before the Eaton 

 bill was presented, Mr. D. J. Morrell, of Penn- 

 sylvania, was made president of the American 

 Iron and Steel Association; he was a mem- 

 ber of the House of Kepresentatives at the 

 time when the Bessemer steel duty was raised 

 to $28 a ton, and on taking the chair he ad- 

 vised the association thus : 



" Demand that the subject shall be intrusted to a 

 commission not of owl-eyed college professors, but of 

 business men and statesmen appointed by the Presi- 

 dent of the United States, with instructions and au- 

 thority to ascertain the condition and wants of all our 

 industries, and to examine the tariff legislation ot this 

 and other countries with reference to its influence 

 upon national welfare, and demand also that Congress 

 shall refrain from legislation upon the subject until 

 the presentation of the report of this commission. If 

 no other good results from this, we shall at least have 

 what the country most needs, a little rest. 



" They will get ' a little rest ' now for a cou- 

 ple of years, and maintain the present condi- 

 tion of things; and they have succeeded so 

 well in getting a continuance that I do not 

 suppose it is worth while to delay it." 



The bill was reported to the Senate without 

 amendment, ordered to a third reading, and 

 read the third time. 



The President pro temper e : " Shall the bill 



The result was announced as follows : 



YEAS Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Blair, Cameron 

 of Wisconsin, Conger, Davis of West Virginia, Dawes, 

 Frye, Gorman, Groome, Hale, Hampton, Harrison, 

 Hawley, Hill of Colorado, Hoar, Johnston, Jones of 

 Nevada, Kellogg, Lapham. McDill, McMillan, Mc- 

 Pherson, Mahone, Miner of California, Miller of New 

 York, Mitchell, Morrill, Platt, Rollins, Sawyer, Sew- 

 ell, Sherman, Windom 35. 



NAYS Call, Cockrell, Coke, Davis of Illinois, Far- 

 ley, George, Grovcr, Harris, Ingalls, Jackson, Jonas, 

 Maxey, Morgan, Pugh, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, 

 Vest, Walker-19. 



ABSENT Bayard, Beck, Brown, Butler, Camden, 

 Cameron of Pennsylvania, Chilcott, Edmunds, Fair, 

 Ferry, Garland, Hill of Georgia, Jones of Florida, 

 Lainar, Logan, Pendleton, Plumb, Ransom, Sauls- 

 bury, Saunders, Voorhees, Williams 22. 



So the bill was passed. (See TARIFF RE- 

 VISION.) 



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