The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-24

tive, or hold any Office under the United
States government, who, having pre-
viously taken the oath to support the
constitution, shall have taken part in
the rebellion. Ordered printed.
A substitute was also proposed that
debts incurred in aid of the rebellion
are illegal and void, and no compensa-
ton shall be made for loss of slaves.
The above substitutes were for differ
ent sections of the House resolutions.
Without further action the executive
session adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. NcRuer, of California, from the
Postofice Committee, reported a joint
resolution authorizing the Postmaster
General to pay an additional salary to
letter carriers in San francisco; which
was read third time and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Julian, the Senate
amendment to the bill to dispose of
public lands to actual settlers in GER
lain Southern States were disagreed to,
and Conference Committe asked for.
On motion of Mr.. Ross, the same
number of the agricultural report for
1856 be printed that was printed in 1865.
On motion of Mr.. Window, the Sec
rotary of the Interior was requested to
state the expense of school houses and
maintenance of schools in the different
Indian agencies in Dacotahf together
with the condition of the agency and
its management.
On motion of Mr.. Bidwell, of Cal,
the Committee on Agriculture was dis
charged from further consideration of
the bill donating public lands to the
American Forest Tree Propagation and
Land Company, for conducting expert
ments respecting forest tree culture,
and the bill was laid On the table.
The House took up the bill reported
yesterday, to continue in force and to
amend the act establishing the Freed
mems Bureau. The first section was
amended, on motion of Mr.. Eliot, by
reducing the time of the continuance
of the act to two years instead of three
years.
Mr.. ChanIer desired to know wherein
this bill differed from the Freedmen's
Bureau Bill which the President had
vetoed.
Mr.. Eliot undertook to inform Mr..
Chunler on that point, and to explain
seriatim the provisions of the various
sections. The first section he said sim
ply continued the bureau for two years,
while the bill vetoed by the President
was indifferent in its duration. He pro-
posed, in the conclusion of his remarks,
TO move the previous question.
Mr.. LIE Blond said there were gentle
men on his side of the house who de-
sired to discuss the bill, and he there
fore hoped it would not be pressed
upon its passage now. There were tm-
portnnt features in it which he thought
ought to be amended. he was opposed
entirely to the theory and principles of
the bill. The reports OF Generals
Steadman and Fullerton showed that
the system as already inaugurated was
Objectionable in every form. If those
reports were true, it was the duty of
Congress to abolish the system at once
and leave the colored people to make
their own living in the same way as the
poor whites of the country. The gals
ieries of the House were crowded day
after day with stout, hearty, able-bodied
colored men who, to all appearances,
drew their rations from the government.
The system was a mischievous one and
ought not to be encouraged by Con-
While Mr.. LIE Blond was speaking
the morning hour expired and the bill
went over until tomorrow in the morn
ing hour. -. 80. ~, to-.
of the Whole, Mr.. Dawes in the chair,
and resumed consideration of the Tax
bill, commencing with the paragraph
in bank issues.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill,, the para
graph was amended by adding the fol-
lowing: And the returns required to
be made by such provident institutions
and Savings Banks afler July, 1866,
shall be made on the first Monday of
January and July of each year in such
form and manner as may be provided
by the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue.
by adding TO it, and provided further
that in lieu of all other taxes imposed
on National Banks there shall thereaf-
ter be levied, collected and paid a tax
of q per cent. per annum on the aver
age amount of their deposits.
hi
which WIS participated in by Messrs.
Blaine, Pike, Lynch, Kelley, Boutwell,,
Cooper, Hotchkfss, Randall, of Pa, and
Morrill,.
Mr.. Randall spoke as to the necessity
of revising the system of deposits in
National Banks, as the present system
led to immense losses to the govern
ment.
Mr.. Morrill, argued as to the necessi-
ty of such revision, declaring that he
was satisfied that unless some relief
was given to national banks they were
in peril. He was willing to give some
relief, and he wished that subject to
come up in its prdper place. The
amendment was rejected and no other
material was change made in the para
graph.
The amendment relating to income
tax provoked good deal of discussion,
Mr.. Pike having moved an amendment
re-enacting the present law and Mr..
Spaulding moving an amendment to
impose an additional duty of three per
cent on the excess ofincomes over SO, coo.
Mr.. Ross offered an amendment MAX
ing the discriminative tax 10, Is, 20 or
25 per cent.
Mr.. Morrill, opposed the amendment
ny giving IL as his opinion that the ten
dency of such discrimination would be
10 repress the enterprise and promote
absenteism. The debate was continue