New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-02
0ew ORLEANS DAILY Cpstent
MORNING. JUNE 2. 18ee.
Congressional I'roceedin


WAsHINGToN, MAY 26-The House went into
committee of the whole on the state of the Union,
Mr. Dawes in the chair, and resumed the consid-
GRAFTON Of the tax bill.
Mr.. Morrill, from the Committee of WAYS and
ing secoR 1903 Of the eEpr Pw 9 and Wbch had
been reserved some DAYS since. it imposes a tax
of two and half per cent on the gross receipts
from passengers and mails of railroad canal
steamboat and stage-coach companies provided
that such companies shall have the right to add
the tax to their fares
On motion of Mr. Fafnswortb the last nroyiso
was stricken ont and the amendment SO modi.
fed, was agreed to.
MIR. Hotchkiss moved to add to the amendment
proviso that horse railroads shall have the right
to add the tax to their fare
Debate was closed upon the paragraph and Mr.
Hotchkiss's amendment was rejected
Mr.. Lynch offered an amendment exemptng
from tax horse railroads operated in cities whose
population does not exceed 40 900: Which was re-
jeCted.
The I'd section which had heen passed over in
formally Yesterday was amended in some partiCu-
lars the only jmp3rtant alteration however of it
being the striking out of the word alcohol from
tile sentence nr1hihitinr stills 10 be used where
lager beer, etc., p i is mapn7actnred,
An additional section was inserted as section 63,
recurring every officer of internal revenue whose
payment shall be derived, in whole or in part,
from fees or commissions to render a statement
under oath. of the entire amount of such fees and
commission any falsehood in such statement to be
deemed. vilftl perinrv
Blanks for salaries were filled up as follows:
Commissioner of internal revenue $4,000: assistant
commissioner $1,000: cashier $4,000; two deputy
commissioners $4,000. solicitor $4,000. seven
heads of divisions, S25OO The salary of the
special committee was changed from $1,000 to
$5OOO
Mr. Stevens Of PENNSYLVANIA moved to amend
the siytv.ffth section nv striking ont the words
nthe secretary of the treasury is hereby author.
lied TO appoi6t an officer in biz department who
shall he STYLED commissioner u etc and Inserting
shall elect "A .r,ecial commissioner
Mr. Stevens said am done with giving patron.
age to the secretary of the treasury when it can
he avnlled He has already said he will annnint
no one 10 office whO will nat sustain tie nocv az
the President He this morning distinctly SO in.
formed member Of the House who called UPON
him for an appointment He asked him whether
the antecedehts Of the applicant were in favor Of
the President policy, and when lie declined to
answer him lie Maid / cannot appoint and will
not appont any man who does KIT support The
policy of the President" The Secretary then re-
ferred to an apostate Senator from that region,
and said II viii consnIt him when make the an,
pointment, aud will appoint nobody not recon-
mended BY him =
1t is therefore. for this House to let the people
of the coButrv know whether officers are to be
eaefidced to TIL determination Of the subordinates
OF the President, If we do not stand by them,
they will not stand bv ms, and thew ought not 1t
Is time that we built in wall against such tyranny
as this II is roalfeagance in Office have already
ascertained that four Of the subordinates of the
President have made the same declaration. If
were a little younger-and shall be in a week,
Think would lei these officers know that this il
A grand iaqaest of the nation, before which men
WHO Are gilty in Office shall be brought and their
cases presented 10 another tribunal 10 try them
Sir We ara recreant to our own interests to the
interests Of the country ii we do not stand by
those WIN stand nv ms II il time that we sneak
aloud. and Iet our friends abroad know that tbey
are in no DANGER: that they shall MOI be sacrificed
because they stand by C0ngress-because they arr
NOT tools of a recreant President ((Ireat excite
mentj ! have authentic information that th
very dgy this course has been taken py the secre
fary of the treasury and he has declared dis
tinctlv. that IN the State Of Pennsylvania lie vii
consult nobody but a recreant, apostate Senator
WHO bas BETRAYED his marty and bis country lex
citementl Mr. Stevens was understood as refer
ring TO senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. SnanIdinp injured whether tie gentleman
from PENNSYLVANIA was going to urge his amend
snent seriously
Mr. Stevens declared that he was
Mr. Snonldinp repIed that he would seriousl
oppOse it,
Mir. Hale called the attention of the committe
to the constitutional objections to the propose
amendment, though he did not know that the,
would have any weight with the distinguished ger
lehman from Pennsylvania. The only powers tina
Cana+i,,,+ior rnco1,,fyn1 not,gh1 nf bavin
fine mower of apnointTnent were the President an
Senate. the President alone and the courts of law