The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-15

pound interest notes. He had an official statement
Of the amount OF them and when they masured s,
| would mature, upon which the interest was Sl9,-
$4,000, making Sll9OOOOOO 70 be provided for be-
| fore the first of January next; S50,O00OO0 paying
interest matured on that day, and prior to Novem-
Mr. TRUMBULL said he had not expected that
! this bill would be called up to-day He supposed
it was useless to offer any opposition to 1t, or to
The bill was then passed, as amended and goes
As passed by the Senate this bill is in the fol-
Be IL enacted, &C., That for the purpose Of re-
deeming and retiring any compound interest notes
outstanding, the Secretary of the Treasury Is
hereby authorized and directed TO issue temporary
loan certificates, in the manner prescribed oy sec
ton 4 of the act entitled can act to authorize the
Issue Of United States notes. and for the redemption
or funding thereof and for funding the floating debt
of the Urited States" approved February 20 l5b2,
bearing interest at rate not exceeding three per
centum per annum, principal and interest payable
in lawful money, on demand; and said certificates
Of temporary loan may constitute and be held by
any national bank holding or owning the same as
part of the reserve provided for in sections 81
and 32 of the act entitled can act to provide ma
tional currency, secured by pledge Of United
States bonds and to provide for the circulation
and REDEMPTION thereof" approved June g. 1854;
provided not less than two-hfths of the entire re-
serve Of such bank shall consist of lawful money
of the United States and provided further, that
outstanding shall not exceed one hundred millions
Of dollars.
Euentno Session.
The Senate reassem mbled at z. M.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, called up the
bill to establish and protect national cemeteries,
which was passed. and goes back to the House for
concurrence in amendments.
The Senate then proceeded to consider bills from
the Pension Committee, having met for that pur-
pose by resolution.
A Anumber of private pension bills were passed.
Mr.. BROWN, of Missouri called mp the bill to
authorize the construction of a submerged tubular
bridge across the Mississippi at ST. Louis.
Mr. TRUMBULL, OF Illinois, inquired wha'
had become OF the PROJECT to build bridge over
Mr.. BROWN said a company had been organ
ized and was about to commence the building OF
Mr.. HOWARD inquired II this new style of
bridge had been built anywhere else in this coun-
Mr. HENDERSON said there was a tubular
bridge under the Thames, at London, which was
nearly two CD miles long. That at st. Louls would
The bill was passed, and the Senate then ad-
jou1ned,
House OF Representatives.
The morning hour having expired, the SPE Ak
Err announced that the next business order was
the Bounty bill.
Mr. MORRILL, appealed to Mr. Schenck, who
had charge of the Bounty bill, to give way for the
Tax bill, as he (Mr. Morril) was compelled, on
account of domestic affiicuon, TO leave the city
Mr.. SCHENCK yielded for that purpose, on
condition that the Bounty bill should come up to-
morrow, after the morning hour.
That arran cement was agreed to.
The SPEAKER presented communication
from the Secretary Of the Interior, recommending
an appropriation OF Sl50,OOO to enable the DEPART
ment TO send Commissioners to all the Indian
tribes west of the Mississippi river. Referred to
the Committee on Appropriations.
Also, from the Secretary of War, with reports of
the Chief of Engineers, relative the surveys of
Plattsburg harbor, the KenneDec' and Penobscot
rivers, and HelJgate, New York Referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
An evening session was ordered for the conside-
ration OF the Tax bill.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, MI. BOUTWELL,
in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the
bill to amend the existing laws relating to internal
revenue.
amendatory OF section 70 of the existing law,
emptipg manufacturers of butter and cheese from
Mr. WOODBRIDGE suggested that the exemp-
ton should apply only where the cheese and but
ter are made from the products of the manufac-
Mr.. SCHENOK adopted the suggestion.
Mr.. MORRILL, opposed the motion, and IA
to exempt as far as possible agricultural produe-
tons.
and it rejected.
Mr.. WARD, of Kentucky, moved to strike out
the paragraph raising the special tax distlerles
from 800 to $780, He argued that 1t was calcu-
lated to crush out all the small distillers, who
made good, wholesome whisky, for the advantage
of the large distillers, who made 'rihe" whisky,
warran ted to kill at one hundred yards
Mr.. ALLISON defended the paragraph, as af-
fording better protection 10 the revenue
Mr.. SLOAN rebutted Mr.. Allison's argument,
saying that when the business was in the hands OF
small distillers, the government was not cheated
out of more than half the tax but now that it had
got into the hands of large distllers, the govern
ment was cheated out of seven ighths of the tax.
MIR. MORRILL, defended the paragraph, and de-
MED the extent OF the fraud in the whisky tax as
stated by Mr.. Sloan. The amount of tax received
last year was higher than any former year.
Mr.. DARLING gave some more specimens of
the extent to which whisky frauds are carried on
in New York and Brooklyn. He said there were
four thousand Illicit distilleries there, while there
were only one hundred licensed distilleries in
New York and seventy mine in Brooklyn. Some
of these licensed dstileres had not returned more
than forty gallons month. Thirty three licensed
distilleres had paid into the Treasury only S3903
in three months, while their capacity fer produc-
ton should have produced $4,000 per day.
Mr.. MCKEE opposed the increase of tax on dis
tillers.
Finally the Committee rose, and
Mr.. MORRILL, moved that all debate on the pa
ragraph close in ten minutes,
Mr.. MCKEE called for the yeas and nays on that
| motion.
The motion was agreed to--yeas 49, nays 69--and
| the House again went into Committee
Before disposing of the motion, the hour of half
past four arrived and the House took recess till
half-past seven.
Evening Session.
medately went into Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the UDion Mr. Boutwell, in the chair and
stng laws relating to internal reveaue, question
| being the motion Of Mr.. Ward OF Kentucky, to
dstiiers from 10 to S5OJ to which Mr. Darling had
/ offered amendment 20 increase 1t to 500.
stating that the effect of encoursg the manufacture
of bad whisky by crushing out the small d'stillers
| Mr. Darling's amendment rejected and Mr..
Wards was agreed TO- so the tax on disters will
1 Mr.. sCHENCK, OF Ohio, IN wed to add to the pro.
vso relieving from III. special tax on manufactures
der, bread, sausages, sausrkrAut and wine" Laugh-
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