New-York tribune., 1867-02-28
WASHINGTON.


aosTurns1YG yETO--TBB TAX BILL
WASHINGTON wednesday, Feb ~ lSo"
In the Senate to-day bill was passed ano" V A.
snits m che Rebel States to be TRANSFERRED ~ "a
,tsd states when either party feared ne coulu H00
on'.ou :; tbo State Courts Shermans Com
.nA Irteres. hill was taken up. The BILL as paSSeu
oonnle Of weeks ago by the Senate, was auop1eu 40
s.bsttpto for the House bill, with an ahenuiiicH0
ar, no national bank shall either pay OF receive IN
.ost an INV portion of its reserve, when uep09'.oU
An any other national bank, and the coinpoun"
,srost notes shall not be held or eouhteu as !" po v
,o;r reserye after the 1st of July iast' Incio wa"
o, ls,4le discussion on the measure Inc llen"9 "
- IS.uso propostion were SO few that INC
yeas and nays we're not c"ileu -
;,noI xote Mr. Sherman made shoro speocn' -
rbas he denounced the House Dill rs % Vlo'iO', ~
hnSaitb of tbe Government, and characterized the
i.e,,o ~ LEGAL leaders as virtual Reputation
T-he Miscellaneous Appropriation bill was taken up
d d;ecnssed mn 10 the time of dinner recess. Mos1
- Tho debate was on the recommendation VI the
Lsnonce Committee TO strike ont the section ABOLISH
DO the office of Commissioner Of Public Buildings
This was strongly opposed by Messrs. Wade howard
snd Others on the ground that as the friends OF inc
President had made threats against Congress II was
necessary to take the charge of the Capitol Buildings
# of the hands of man who sympathlzed WIN inc
resident Mr. Edmunds moved an amendment IN
usting the duties now performed by Mr.. French TO
engineer of the army. but without action on thls
executive session. lasting till the dinner hou' was
held.
In the night session of the Senate the Miscellaneous
Annronriation hill was resumed, after the pas
age of ient resolution for the erection Of an eques
ian statne to the memory of Gen. Scott There was
lyey debate on the action of the Secretary OF the
5reasury growing out of proposition to pay the
Rebel assessors appointed in the South without being
compelled to take the oath prescribed by law
1r Sumner spoke very earnestly, and
Sreetly charged the Secretary with GRIMM
.ity Mr.. Chandler followed with less elegance
I'd more vehemence, denOuncing the Secretary in
ameasured terms, and provoking sharp and angry
ply from Mr.. Fessenden, who characterized the
,eeehes Of his predecessors on the floor "a foul
outhed and unwarranted attacks upon an honest
md faithful officer of the Government The debate
vas INDUCED in TO q wearying length.
The House had the Tariff bin under consideration
most of the day. Progress the bill was very slow
There are in all two hundred and seventy-three
amendments to the bill, as reported from the Ways
and Means Committee to be acted on by the House
in Committee Of the Whole When these are fin
ished the bill is then open to general amendment.
When the House took recess to-day, they had got
70 the forty-secOnd amendment, making twenty
amendments acted on in three hours twenty-five
having been disposed of last evening. At this rate
The bill will probably not get through the House be-
fore Saturday if then. Then there will have to be
Conference Committee on the part of the two Houses
md i'm case the bill passes the signature of the Prs
cent will be required, all before 12 o'clock, Monday
Things look very doubtful and the friends of home
protection here look blue and feel demoralized.
Too many fingers in the pie has spoiled it. Mr.. Pom
eroy of New-York occupied the chair al day while
the bill was under discussion. He is very prompt
and attentive, and saves much time that might
otherwise be wasted. There is much speech
making that scarcely an amendment gets through
without speech from some one. If there should
happen to be an error in the grammatical construc-
Sion of clause of the bill, and motion is made to
correct it, some one will object, and make speech
an the subject before it is allowed The proceedings
re very mOnOtOnOus TO all, excepting the tariff
hobby, and hence the galleries rarely contain many
spectators Morrill,, Chairman of the Committee
ON Ways and Means, has charge of the BILL and
works energetically. The members participating in
she debate mostly are Allison, Grinnell, Kelley Gar
reid, Hooper, DelanO Schenck, Dawes, Wilson, lie
Blond, and Chanler. Friends of the bill participate
IN debate only when necessary to repel attack Their
idea is TO save time, and thus save the bill.
At the early part of the evening session in the
House the consideration of the Tariff was slow and
tTesOme the arguments materials for textile fab
RIGS being aboFiously continued from the afternoon
session. So slow were the conclusions and prOlix
the discussions that Thad. Stevens rather impa-
tienty remarked that if the friends of the tariff
would hold their tongues and vote, leaving the OPP
position to do the talking, the country would have
tariff otherwise not" Later in the evening the
work was more rapidly done, and the SD amend
d ent steel wire, was reached when the Committee
of the Whole rose and the House adjourned at 1OI
Mr.. Morrill, gave notice that he would endeavOr to
press the tariff to final vote tomorrow.
Tremendous efforts have been made by gentlemen
from the North and West, backed by Gen. Grant to
induce the President to sign the Reconstruction BILL
but il is all in vain He has prepared stiff veto in
which he maintains that it is unconstitutional in
- every part. Senator, who is in the confidence of
the President and who talked with him to-day SAYS
Dc will meet the Issue fairly and squarey 1t is the
Presidents intention to send the veto to Congress to-
mOTrOw, without fail.
The Senate Finance Committee have been engaged
aA day on the Tax BILL and expect to get it ready to
report tomorrow. They are opposed TO nearly all
'Ae amendments proposed by the House which look
radical changes from the old bill. They do not
leve it is good policy to make any reduction in
ball at present, and therefore will leave the
-esent law substantially as il now stands There is
considerable pressure from New-York City to get
he Cotton tax suspended but it will evidently not
sgcceed.
The Senate in executive session to-day had quite
"a animated debate over the nomination of Henry s.
sanford, Minister to Brussels The Committee on
Foreign Affairs reported in favor of raising the posi-
non to full mission. Several Senators who do not
teTor It, not only made objections TO it, but insisted
that Sanford ought to be rejected outright The mat
ter was debated up to the hour of Adjournment with
out any conclusion being reached II will probablv