Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-25
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
"WEDNESDAY, March Is.

SENATR.-The Char presented rpsolut tions of
,he heconstru ction Convention Of North Caro-
lima, rendering it's thanks "to the noble repre-
sentauyes who have stepped forward in their
power to impeach the President of the United
States and check his usurpations of power"
Mr.. salisbury objected TO the reception of
the paper as 1t purported to be addressed to
the Senate of the United States. The Senate of
the L nited States composed the Court of I'm
Peachmenf, and any paper intended TO affect
the minds of Senators on the su biect should not
be received. He therefore moved that the pa
per be not received.
The Chair put the motion, which was not
agreed to, and the paper was accordingly re-
ceived and laid upon the table
Mr.. Morgan. from the Joint Committee on
the Library, reported unfavorably on the reso-
luton to provide library for the Senate and
TO appoint a librarian.
MI. Patterson, of Tennessee, reported from
the Committee on the District of Columbia, the
bill to regulate the rights Of married women in
the District of Columbia.
Also informally on the petition Of the clerks
OF Washington and Georgetown and Levy
Courts for compensation for putting in ballots
and drawing juries
Mr.. Anthony offered resolution authoriz-
ing the President of the Senate to provide seat
on the floor during the trial of Impeachment
Press.
Mr.. Anthony understood that the Associated
Press designed sending of as full a report as
the wires could take, and as the public would
receive tpelr hrst impressions from that report,
he thonght it proper TO afford all facilities.
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laid over.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported the House bill forbid
ding the unlawful use of the public monies
Mr.. Stewart introduced a bill to provide a
temporary and provisional government for the
STATE of Alabama. Referred to Committee on
judiciary.
Mr.. Henderson, from the Committee on the
District of Columbia. reported, with amend
ments, the bill to exempt certain school prop
erty in the District Of Columbia from losal
taxation.
On motion of Mr. Howard, the bill relative to
the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
was taken up.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont spoke in general
opposition to the bill 1t was strange that the
United States should build so many of these
Pacific railroads. and then not own one
particle of them These gigantic corpora
tions controlled the finances and the pol
itcs Of the sections through which they passed.
and he was opposed to the Government grant,
ing these immense subsidies. 1t was wrong in
theory and wrong In principle He complained
that the Western members had an undue repre-
sentation on the Pulic Lands Committees, and
that every one of these applications was report
ed on iavora ly
Mr.. Harlan advocated the merits of the pres.
ent bill.
Pensing the remarks of Mr.. Harlan the
morning hour expired, when the Chair an
nounced that the unfinished business, being the
report of the Select Committee to revise the
rules eff the Senate, WAS now before the Senate.
Mr. Howard moved TO postpone the unfin-
ishe d business for the purpose eff proceeding
with the bill under discussion; which was not
agreed to.
The report of the Committee on the Rules
was then taken up
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend the Goth rule
so as TO prevent the loading of appropriation
bills with matters of general legislation. He
thought II was in furious to the public interest
when an Appropriation bill was under consid-
Grafton, that an amendment concerning matter
entirely foreign TO the bill should be taxed on
1t very frequently happened that these riders
We're permitted to go on through fear of a bill
being lost, and in a case OF this kind one or the
other House was coerced, as ii Were, into the
adoption of a measure to the propriety of
which they might have doubts.
AT LIS y. m, the Presidents Private Sacre-
tary appeared, and announced the veto message
on the bill relative 10 appeals TO the Supreme
Court.
HOUSE OF EPREsENTATIvEs.-Mr. Banks
Mass }, on behalf of Mr.. Shelabarger (Ohio).
presented a JOINT resolution providing for the
remoYal OF the remains OF Hon. w. T. Cogge-
she'll, late Minister of the United States TO
Ecuador, to the United States. Referred TO
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
MI 1ngersoll (Ill.) reintroduced the resolu-
ton offered by him yesterday TO cancel United
States notes of large denominations, and sup-
ply their place with smaller notes; but objec-
tlon was again made, and il was Withdrawn.
The House took up, as in the morning hour,
the amendments of the Committee of WAYS and
Means TO the Senate amendments to the House
bill TO exempt certain manufactures from in
ternal tax.
The amendments We're read
Mr.. Judd Qll.) asked whether if the House
did not agree to the amendments OF the Com.
mi.tee of the Whole it would not be in order TO
amend the bill.
The Speaker replied that in that event the
Senate amendments would be before the House
MI. Scofield pa asked if there would be an
opportunity to concur in the Senates amend
mehts.
The Speaker replied that that motion would
have precedence of all others.
After a vain effort on the part of Mr. Schenck
and others TO have the whole of this day de-
Schenck proceeded To explain it, giving notice
that he would call the previous question lust
before the expiration of the morning hour.
He proceeded first to note the first amend
ment of the Senate, which provided that from
and after the passage of the act the product of
petroleum and bituminous substances except
Illuminating gas, shall be taxed at one half the
rates fixed by section ~ OF the internal tax bill
he contended that in spite of the tax upon oil,
this "poor mans light" as some gentlemen de-
lighted to call it,had been steadily reducing
in price, aud the manufacturer was the only
one who was in any measure at all affected.
The Committee could not reduce this tax be.
cause the resources OF the Government would
not stand ii. The Committee would probably
lower the tax at the proper time, but they could
not take il off. With regard to the second
amendment Of the Senate, which provided that
nothing contained in the bill should be construed
as repeal OF any tax upon machinery or other
articles which have been, or NAV be delivered
on contracts made with the United States prior
to the passage of this act; Mr.. Schen ok 1t was
inserted altogether in the interest OF the NAVY
department for certain machinery purchased
The Committee opppoed that amendment be-
cause they thought the Government should be
placed upon the same footing as private Judi.
viduals with regard to taxes.
Mr. Schenck then proceeded at length to re.
view and repeat some Of the reasons which he
had previously given for the bill when il was
first under consideration. With regard to the
new section upon the subject of whisky tax
reported by the Ways and Means Committee
Mr.. Schenck hoped it would be adopted He
believed this section. as framed by the Ways
and Means Committee, would tend much TO
prevent these frauds. Mr.. Schenck concluded
by saying that some amendments were to be
proposed and he would now yield to hear
them.
number of amendments were proposed.
but Mr.. SchenCk declined to accept any of
them.
Mr.. Banks asked If in the general tax bill the
Ways and Means Committee would take on the
tax on distilled oil.
Mr.. Schenck could not answer the question
any further than he had done in his general
remarks.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Dawes, Mass y an
amendment was accepted to insert the words
district, town. county, or parish, in place of the
words locality and place, wherever the latter
occur.
Mr.. KoOntz (Pa.) wanted to know il this hill,
wOuld reDQal ~ tn nm cnffop