New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-14
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From WashIngton.
WASHINGTON, June l3.-House-The bill
relieving Samuel Carter, of Texas, bureau
funCtionary, passed.
MIR. Logan gave notice that he would on /
Monday move the appointment ofa commit
tee to locate the capital elsewhere in conse-
quence of the disloyal feeling of the people
of Washington.
Mr.. Julian introduced bill relative to
lands in the Southern States which have been
sold for Federal taxes. Referred TO the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
| The tax bill was resumed. An amend. |
ment taxing bank circulation one per cent |
per month; also one-fourth of one per cent |
per month on government deposits in |
| banks. An amendment eXempting savings |
banks was stricken out An amendment |
| taxing United States bonds held by banks |
ten per cent was lost-25 to IS. Insurance. |
tax was extended to life insurance COM |
panies. Telegraph companies were taxed |
three per cent on gross receipts, and express |
companies two and half per cent.
Adjourned.
Sendte-One hundred and twenty.six clti- |
zens of Colorado protest against the admis. |
sion of that Territory as q State, the popu- |
lation being sparse, and the person claiming |
the senatorship is not the choice of the
people.
A bill amending the act of 1904, declaring
that the crimes mentioned in that act are
not punishable unless the persons are in.
dicted within five years of the offense,
passed.
cussed nearly all day, and bill passed
which in effect seats Bowen and gives the
Radicals majority on joint ballot.
Adjourned.
Secretary McCulloch responds to Commits.
sioner Rollins, whose resignation is again
returned. He says: This communication
} is partial, because 1t attributes the present
deranged condition of the internal revenue
, | service to the removals and appointments
, ! made by the President, while 1t must be
clear to the mind Of the commissioner that
this Generalization is attributable in part
: to the antagonism between the executive
and legislative branches of the government,
, which has prevented harmony Of action
, between them in regard to appointments, and
I to the tenure OF office act, but mainly to
the high duties upon distilled liquors,
, tobacco, ETC., which have created an ire.
!, sistible temptation to fraud on the part of
, | revenue officers as well as on the part OF
manufacturers dealers, and others. 1t is
=, incorrect in that it alleges that the numer-
Gus recommendations of the commissioner
, for removals of assessors and collectors
even for the gravest misconduct, have been
! almost always disregarded, while the truth
Il is that in all cases in which recommended
Z tiOns for removals were accompanied py
| evidence of iucOmpetency or misconduct on
the part of the officers, the accommodations
were promptly responded to by the Pres
:. It is unjust and disrespectful to the
. President, because the records OF the bureau
= show that the falling OF of the revenues in
the districts in which removals were made
| by the President IN 1865 was not compare
, | tiyely greater than in the districts in which
- no changes took place. That in fact the
"a | revenues of the fiscal gear ending June 80,
l.. 1867, during which the removals were made,
were entirely satisfactory, coming up very
- init 70 nf
" partment, while the decentralization of the
|e service and the decline of the revenues
10. have chiefly occurred during the present
=. | fiscal year long after the officers removed
Nv by the President had been reinstaJed OF
es others whose nominations had been ap
ed proved by the Senate had taken the places
of the appointees Of the President.
1t was for these reasons and no other that
the communication could not be received
and was returned 70 the commissioner. The
return of it is also justified by the fact that
=. copies oft were sent to the press before il
sn was handed to the secretary. 1t must there
is fore have been intended for the public
lie rather than for the files of the department
-, HUGH McCULL0CH,
Secre tary of the Treasury.
'c' Treasury Department, June Is, ls6s.
to The House to-day disposed Of but ter
~ pages of the tax bill. Whisky is seventy
te pages oil. 1t VIII take fortnight yet tI
be The Senate refuses TO sustain the Presi
p | dents suspension Of William James, inter
n nal revenue collector for Richmond, Viz
ed ginia. This action rainztates James an
er Gusts General Mulfora. Indictments saiC
or to be pending against James VIII now o.
n Dushed' by the Treasury department.
&c The mayor al interim called the city
ut council together, and finding the chamber
ak locked they met in an adjoining building
OF and passed a resolution requiring that th'
officers of the bank where the corporation
ne funds are kept honor no drafts at present.
be Major Keeler, of General Buchanani
st staff arrived here last night with dispstche
n for General Grant relating to affairs in New
Orleans. To-day Major Keller and Colone
.ol Mann, member Of Congress elect from Lou
" isiana, visited the President Generals Scho
y field and Rawlings, General Grants Chiet
be of staff, Grant being absent. Their visi
d. resulted in the following Instructions tC
~ | General Buchanan, forwarded this after
~ noon, approved by General Grant, through
ne Rawlins, aud by the President:
-er Your action is sustained. The oticeri
, . elected under the new constitution can no
> be installed without your consent until th'
time fixed by the act Of Congress. 1t il
deemed advisable for You to await the ac
od of Congress now about to become Law
3w before permitting the Legislature to meet o.
ca officers TO be installed.h
Ia From Georgia.
al n
"a that was stabbed by a negro and reported
of deed is still alive, with hopes ofrecovery.
ba The Tallahassee F'loridiaR states that Har
nt rison Reed, the Radical governor, wa
IA sworn into office and delivered his inaugu
10 raj The Legislature attempted to meet,
,r. but had no quorum. The military apthori
ed ties insisted that the reorgalizers shout'
wait until Congress passed the omnibu
"a bill. a.ftrs
he Mr.. Reed was sworn in by Judge Boynton
or of the United States district court. Tn
IL inaugural was brief and not pRrticulGrl!
III Objectionable. The Legislature stands
~ Senate, Radicals l6, Democrats s; House
- Radicals 81 Democrats 10.
To- From Europe.
rs LONDON, June l3.-It is understood tina
A Dsraeh will appeal to the people. The new
nd Parliament will meet in December next.
Sc. V1ENNA, June 10. lit is generally believes
le, that Prince Napoleon's visit has no pohtlca
as signihcation. He travels incognito.
nd LoEDoN, June lathe American poet
to Henry NJ. LOngfelloW, who arrived IN En-
N, gland by the steamship Russia, on Saturda,
\ | H.. Il. Al. of