Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-01
TAN QUESTION.

aTAN QUESTION. .
,.w,s before Judges Grier and Cad .
-, :, phil.aelphia lastsweek, in which y
:. ~, .. interest to companies and hold y
..ron bonds was decided. A bond &
osthe Philadelphia and Erie rail-
-. when he presented his coupons At the
ar :. of tn. company for payment, declined =
). r.c.ive an amount less the tax under the :
,.,.pue law, became on the face Of the q
coupons were the. words free Of taxes" !
he then commenced legal proceedings to /
,oespsl the psynsat Of The whole amount
he coupons called for. On bsoais sns
railroad company, Mr.. Cuylsr argued s"s'
~, words quoted had reference to State
and could not apply to ajax us-
der the revenue law, because the act OF as
,,uhlv authorizing the company to issue
,A. bonds was passed pricr 10 the passage
Of The law taxing incomes. Mr.. NcMurt-
ri, on the other aide, took tho ground that
n. client could could not be compelled 10
nav tax twice on income. The court, in
n wing an opinion favorable TO the view u
ken by Mr.. Cuylsr, said that the complaint
under their ruling would not be required
90 pay an incorse tax twice on the amount
received for tho coupons, because he could |
deduct he sum from the gross return.
TnE Chicago Tribune Is making honest
confessions. # admits that Grant knows
nothing Of political science, Of Legislation,
or Law Il contends ,hatA great statss-
man 10 not needed at this crisis, and that
she country can dispense with diplsnaue
iadicial, and scientific eminsncs In prsii-
Dental candidate. Il will have to dispsnfe
With oil these or dispense With Grant. AZ
. horse. breaker. . circus rider, q salesman
or vsyagsr 70 Visksburg, that person 10
crcditahls old gentleman thioks--to
his parents. We believe he even sucosedsd
in unbottling Butler and marching into
Richmond, but one thing be could not do.
tell sho Truth whom his party demanded os
hun = fslsshood.
An imaginative and srnsss rsdiesl lady
Of Chicago, after much painful thought, 60,
up an important accsssory 10 the scenic d.
fscts Of Grants nomination. She procured
awhi,s p,gson, aud had il dyed red end
blue in spots, 90 Ms to represent the M
tionai tri-color. With this psiused dove
emblsmatie Of the Lord knows what, tn
heroine crushed her way into the third tie'
and, when Grant Was nominated, an
Nast's painting wss unveiled, she lot loo'
the bird. After hut,cring about for . mi
mant, II flew across the stage, and alights
on the great kcrcular chandler. where
Vas badly burned by one Of tho gas jet
II this romantic episode Of tho paints
pigeon was cmblcmatic Of anything in pa
tioular, the misfoi tune which boicll the pc,
bird ia slightly ominous.
lSAsxu,H A. some unscrupulous rad
who have no regard for their word, den
With brszen assurance that there were an
negro delegates in the Chicago Convon,io
that nominated Gront and ColfAx, We 81
tho following from the Chicago corrcspon
ent Of the Tcrrs uauto Express, an u
doubted radical shoot Of tho strictest scot
"Chicf among the LsaKana delegation
Captain Pinchback and q Mr.. Clay, vi
ere Of the csiorsd persuasion, aud .
readily distinguished from the white fol
BY their superior gentlemsnly department
fine education, aud fairness Of compile zion
s.Geesge N. Psndleaen'' Tor a
Jews.
from the New York Hebrew Leader.
II 10 now almost certain that George
Psndleton, the distinguished statesmi
from Ohio, will DO n0mina for tho pre-
idsncy by the next Democratic Nation
Convention. We endorse chcerfrlly tt
nomination and hope that every Jewish G
izen will cast his vote for a man who v
the cham pion OF the outraged feelings
our nation, At a time when = dsspotic mi
tary man offended them more brutally tn
he's ever bcsn done in this century, q
who hal the oou age to raise his voice
the IN House Of Representatives against
well known Infamous order Of Gene
Grant. We wall reproduce the record
that session in the House in full
In the House Of Representatives, in
cember, 1862, Mr.. Pendleton, Of Ohio, ms
ed the following resolution
"WnRHEAs. On the l7th day OF Deco
her, 1852, Major General Grant, comma,
ing the Department Of the Tennessee, I
publish the following erdsr, to-wit:
HsADauAarExs lSru AMY CoRrs,
DFr'r OF TIE TssSsssss, OxvoHp, Miss,
December II. 1862.
GENERAL oRpsa NO. IL.
The Jews, . class. violating every ri
lstion Of trade established by the Treasy
Department. also Department orders,
hereby expelled from the Depari msnt vi
in twentyfour hears from the recent OF I
order BY post commanders.
They viii sss that ell ths class Of PEG
are turn,sbsd with psssos and required
leave; and say enc retaining after o.
notification will b ssrsstsd and held
confinement until an opportunity oceurs
sending them cot % ptisousru, unlees {
aiahsd With permits from these hesdqu
t0s.
No passes vii b given these pseple
visit hsAdquartsss for the purpose o. Z
kinS 1sssonal applicatieos ~ trade .
mita.
BY srd.r Of Nejes General Giant.
Joam A. RAwLmos, A. A. @
OnaciAl.
J. LcvRiI. Captain 81 A. A. g
And In pussuanee thereof did q,
many psaosabls citizens Of ths Uni
States, residents in the said department
b. expelled thsrsfrsu within twenty {
hours without allegation Of special misc
duct On their part, and no other proof q
that they were msmbsrs Of certain n
ious Denomination and
"wasaBAs. The said order, With
evssping sondsmnatioa Of whole clss
citizens. without discriulnsting betwesn
guilty and the innocent, 10 illegal and
just, and in its execution is tyrannical
cruel therefore
"Resolsed, That the said order deser
the stsrnsst condemnation Of this no,
and Of the President a. Commander
Chief"
Which resolution was laid on the 1,
BY vote Of Sc to So.
We do not profess 10 b politicisns,
ccelience, and We do not elton descend i
the arena for political Eight, but in I