Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-24
HOUSE,

Mr.. MCRUER, Of California, from the Post1fice
commlitee, reported JO'nt resolution authorizing
the Postmaster General TO pay an additional salary
to letter carriers in san Francisco which was real
third time aud passed.
On motion Of Nr JULIAN. the Senate amend
ments IT, the bill to dispose Of public lands to actual
settlers in certain > uthern states were disagreed
to amt a Conference committee asked for.
On motion Of MIR. ROSS. it was ordered that the
same number OF the agricultural report for 10 be
printed that was printed Of th5 reDOrt for 1868.
On molten Of Mr.. WINDOW, the Secretary of the
Interior requested 10 state the expense of school
houses and maintenance Of schools IN the different
agencies in Ddcutah, to ether with the condition of
the agency aud its management.
On motion of Mr.. BlOWELL, of California, the
committee on Agriculture was discharged from fur
ther consideration Of the bill donating public lands
to the American Tros Propagation aud Land Com
pany, Tor conducting experiments respecting forest
tree culture, and the bill was laid on the table.
The House then took up the bill reported yester-
daS, to continue in force and to amend the act cstab
fishing the FrecdmenS bureau. The lst section was
ameaded on motion Of Mr. Elliot, by reducing the
term OF the continuance Of the act to two years in
stead Of three years.
Mr.. CHANDLER desired to know wherein this
bi differed from the Freedmen'S Bureau bill. which
the President had vetoed?
Mr.. ELLIOT undertook to inform Mr. Chandler
on that point, and to explain 8eriatm heprovisions
OF the various sections Tbs first section, he said,
simply continued the Bureau for two years, while
the bill vetoed by the President indefinite in its
duration. lie proposed on the conclusion Of his
marAs to move the previous question.
Mr. LEBLUND s3ll there were gentlemen on ms
side Of the House who desired t. discuss the bill
and he therefore hoped it would not be pressed upon
its passage now. There were important features in
il which he thought ought to be considered He
was opposed entirety to the Theory and principle of
the bill. The reports Of Generals Fullerton and
Steedman showed that the system a' already in.
augurated was Objectionable in every form, and if
these reports true it the duty of Congress
to abolish the system at once, aud leave the cvlOred
people to makg their own living in the same way as
the poor whites of county The galleries of the
wi fput
hearty, bodied cOlOrel men, who 10 all appear
ance Jew their rations from the Government. The
system Sas mlschevOus one and ought not to be
encouraged by Congress.
While Mr. LeBfond was speaking the morning
hour expired and tho bill went over until tO-mor-
row, in the morning hour.
The House thea went into committee Of the Whole
MIR. Dawes in the chair-and resumed cOnsiders-
tion Of the Tax bid. commencing with the paragraph
on bauk issues.
On motion OF Mr.. MORRIS, the paragraph was
amended by adding the following: Returns required
to be made by such prOvldent Institutions and saw
ngs banks after July 1865 shall he made on the first
Monday of January aud July of each year, in such
form and manner as may be presented by the Com
missioner OF Internal Revenue.
Mr.. BLAINE, Of Maine, moved to amend by ad-
ding to il, and provided, further, that in lieu of all
other taxes imposed on National Banks there shall
hsreaiter be levied collected and paid tax of one
halt per cent. per annum on the average amount Of
these deposits"
This gave rise to considerable debate, which was
participated in by Messrs Blain, Pike, Lynch he IT,
Boutwell,, Cooper, Hochkiss, Randall Of Penn. and
Morrill,.
Mr. RANDALL spoke as to the necessity of revis-
ing the system of deposits in the National Banks AS
the present system led to immense losses to the Gov
MIR. MORRILL, argued as to the necessity of such
revision declaring that he was satisfied that unless
some relief was given to National Banks they were
in peril. lie was willing to give some relief, but he
wished that subject to come up in its proper place
The amendment was rejected aud no other ma .erial
change was made in the paragraph.
The amendment relating to the Income tax pro .
voked good deal of OiscusHon, Me-. Pike having
moved an amendment re-enacting the present law
and Mr. Spalding moving an amendment TO impose
additional duty of3 per cent ON the excess OF in
comes over $1,000.
Mr. ROSS offered an amendment making the dis
crmuative tax !, l5 90 or rs per cent
MIR. MORRILL, ID opposed the amendment. giving it
as his opinion that the tendency of such diScrimna-
tion would be to repress enterprise and promote alb
The debate was continued by Spalding, Sloan.
Payne and Hale in favor OF the amendments aud by
Morrill, and Davis against them.
Mr. PIKE advocated letting the whole matter of
the income tax go over till next Congress, leaving
the whole law as it now is.
Mr. SPALDING withdrew his amendment, and
the amendment of Mr.. Ross was rejeated.
The amendment offered by MIR. Pike was adopted.
This leaves the law as it at present stands, with a
tax of five per cent. on incomes up to $j00O and a
tax of ten per cent. on the excess over S5O0U the
only difference being that the limit Of the first 5000
is extended tO $1,000. The vote on it was 81 to 40
Mr. ANCONA offered an amendment to mako the
thousand dollar limit apply to the present year. The
amendment was rejected.
Among the deductions to be made in estimating
incomes, there were added, on motion of Mr. Wilson,
of Iowa, losses actually sustained during the year,
arising from fire. shpwreck or in trade and debts as
cerained to be worthless, but excluding all estimated
depreciation Of value.
The committee here rose and the Speaker present.
ed message from the President in answer to the
resolution Of the 9Th Of April requesting collation.
of the provisions in reference to the freedmen con-
tanned in the Consultation Of the Southern Staie es
and in the laws of those States since the suppression
of the rebellion transmitting report from the Sec
retary of State. Referred to committee on Recon
structiOn.
The SPEAKER also presented message from
the President, transmitting report from tue Secre-
tary of the Treasury in compliance with the House
resolution of the 9TH of May calling for information
in reference clerks ployed in the several Execu-
tive Departments Of the Government. Referred to
the committee on Civil Service.
Mr.. KE1CHUM, Of New York. presented the Pc
tion OF Geo. d. Hull and ffty-One Others citizens
of Poughkeepse. N. asking for protection against
unjust State laws in reference to insurance.
The House then, at 4:SO o'clock, took recess until
FQn oio in tha