The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-11

FMM WASHINGTON.

Mr. YoRK, Dec. 10.
TAs Worlds Washington special savs :
Tte Convention to be keld Tomorrow a
xhiaky distillers and commissiou men isssr-
ested in the business, will be shs nost i'm
possast Of the kind that has yet taken place.
The call efnanated from meeting held in
Mes Yeeh on the 22d Of last month. An
extensive distiller, Mr. Curtiss, -. Quincy,
Illinois, intends to prove that the 1pternal
Revenue Department has failed to esllSet Eve
cents on the gallon Of the qusntAy of liquor
consumed 70 his fStsts duins the Jpa4 si4
months. The bonded warehouses, it Will be
shown, are great cause Of the prevailing
frauds, and the easy. manner in which the
Revenue Coliectors and brokers' acting in
eollusion, manage TO hoodwink tie Govern.
ment il taking whisky out Of bond, ostensi-
ply % b sent 70 crsope, vhen il really finds
Its way 20 California, snd into rectifyinf dis
tiileries in the East, will be exposed very
closely. hwill be urged upon Congress to
tax all whisky beforeis Ieaves the tistilleries,
and reduce the tax to twenty cents.
The TINES Washington apecial says: \ Au-
other veto may soon be expected frorn the
President. The House to-day passed for the
second time the bill to strike out the word
white from the laws Of the District of Colum-
bis regu ulating the selection Of jurors, leaving
colored tax payers equally eligible with
whites. This bill passed both branch es Of
Congress in July last, but was subjected to a
pocket veto by the President.
Should Congress take its usual holiday re.
cess, it will again share like fate.
The National Republican Committee, who
are assembling here, may postpone the hold.
ing Of The National Convention I'll July,
when all the Southern States are to lie od
mltted. The chances are in favor of hicago
being the place of meeting.
1 The House Postal Committee have de,
cided to report a resolution requiring the
Post Master General to permit all members
OF Congress to inspect the papers on file il,
his Department. regarding the removal and
appointments of Post Masters in their Dis
trict. Heretofore the Department has
treated this class Of papers as confidential.
The Ways and Means Committee have con
cluded their examination Of reports from the
Treasury Department, regarding the colec-
ton Of the whisky tax. 1t is probable that
they will approve of Commissioner Welles'
recommendation TO abolish the present sys>
TEN and tax the capacity of stuls.
General Grant, and large uumber of ar
my officers, have asked the Military Commit
tee Of Congress to enlarge tho Subsistence
Department of the army. The House Mill
tnry Committee are considering the matter
and will report on it shortly.
| The new Commissioner of Agriculture has
given ont that no persons need apply for ap.
noiniments in his Bureau, as he is reducing
! The force.
! New York Iron, and other msuufactneery,
in convention here yesterday, approved Of
| the call for a Constitutional Convention. to
meet at Cleveland on the 10Th inst, to pro-
pose removal Of all taxation on domestic
manufacturers, except luxuries. They also
adopted a resolution fayoring raising the
taxes sufficient to pay the interest on the pub.
| lie debt and the current expenses.