Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Il.
SENATE.

| SENATE.
! Mr.. Wilson, from the Military commit
tee, made lengthy report favoring the ap-
pointment of discharged sailors and soldiers
to such Government offices as they NAV
be capable of filling.
| The Committee on Military affairs, to
whom were referred sundry petitions pray
| ing for the enactment of law for the ap-
pointment to all inferior offices, persons
honorably discharged from the military
service of the United States who shall have
served three years or during the rebellion,
or who shall have suffered permanent disa-
bility while in the service, or who shall
have been held for one year as prisoners OF
war; and the committee beg leave to report
that 1t is the imperative duty of the Ma
tional and State governments to give pref
erence for appointments in the various civil
offices persons who have been honorably dis
| charged from the military or naval service
of the United States, or who have suffered
permanent disability while in the service,
provided they possess qualifications neces-
sary to properly discharge the duties of
| such office. The number of civil officers,
however, in the various departments of
Government, though large at present,
bear but small proportion to tine
number of persons who have honorahly
+,
and who must again engage in the varied
avocations of civil life. While it is the duty
of the national Government to give prefer
ence to men who have been MANNED by
wounds or broken down by disease, it is the
sacred duty of bankers, merchants, manu-
facturers, mechanics and farmers, as well as
business men in all avocations, to give pre-
ference in all pursuits to soldiers who have
been honorably discharged the service OF
their country. The committee therefore
present the accompanying resolutions as
expressive Of the sense of Congress upon
the legislation prayed for by the petitions:
ResOlred, That persons honorably dis
charged from the military service by rea-
son Of disability resulting from wounds or
sickness incurred in time of duty, should
be preferred for appointments to civil
offices, provided they shall possess the ca
pacity necessary for the proper discharge
of such offices; and be it further
Res0lUed, That in recognition of the SER
vices and sacrifices of persons honorably
discharged the military and naval service of
the country by reason of wounds, disease
or expiration of terms of enlistment, it is
respectfully recommended to bankers, mer-
chants, &C., to give them the preference for
appointments to remunerative situations
and employments.
Ordered printed.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. Orth, resolution was
adopted requesting the Military committee
to inquire and report at the earliest possible
moment, what legislation is necessary to
secure the muster-Out of such men as enlist
ed for the uneXpired terms of their respec-
tive regiments, with the understanding that
they should be mustered out with their reg
iments.
The House rejected by two majority the
Senate bill donating lands to Wisconsin for
the construction Of ship canal from the
head of Sturgeon Bay to connect Green
Bay with Lake Michigan.
The House passed the Senate joint reso-
luton to extend for five years the time for
the construction of railroad from Flint to
Marquette, Mich, so as to prevent the lands
heretofore granted from reverting to the
Government.
The House then went into committee on
the Amendatory Internal Tax bill.
On motion Of Mr.. Morrill,, an amendment
was made to tax steam locomotives, &C.,
fixing the tax on all their parts at per
cent. ad valorem. When the duties have
been paid on boilers they are to be deducted
from finished engines.l lWater-tanks, saving
machines and planning machines are to pay
the same tax.
Mr.. Boutwell, offered an amendment,
which was agreed to, imposing tax of per
cent. ad valorem on manufactured clothing,
when the annual products exceed $1,000.
The provisions In relation to tobacco were
amended by smoking tobacco 80 cents per
lb.; on smoking tobacco made exclusively
of stems, 15 cents per lb.
Mr.. Stevens offered an amendment, which
was rejected, to tax vinegar and acetic acid
six cents per gallon.
Mr.. Hooper offered an amendment, one
object of which was to put tax on the cir
culation Of State banks, as to exclude them
from circulation, and have but one class of
currency :. 1t was to carry out the recon-
mendation of the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Comptroller Of the Currency. al
Mr.. Wilson offered an amendment de-
signed to reduce circulation of notes to the
actual wants of the currency, and to legis-
late bank notes out Of existence. I
Pending the consideration of this subject
the committee rose.