Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-01-17

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rtEr roRTtE,TH CONGRESS.
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SENATE.
Mr. Morrill, If Vermont offered resolution
lam otb directing the committee, ON finance to
inonirc into tine eypelieuc, OF atlixing "a penalty
on amy officers of the government who shall au-
tborile am expenditure Of or plv any money for
any purpo,. not previously authorised by law.
Mr.. Sherman OF Ohio said Congress did not
berof person. had been sent South on missions
Ms ,b $40 ",' If Is tmr am py.tiaatian into
the natter was had.
Mr.. Edmund> OF Vermont said the committee
ou retreuchmeut had the meters now under con-
sidcratiou.
Tl!c resolution was then adopted
Mr. Elmunds offered a resolution, which was
aiouted. calling upon the President for mtorma-
ton 81, To whether the bin for the further securi-
ty of equal rights in the District of Columbia,
passed by doth Houses has been delivered to
the Secretar, Of state and become law or not,
ten DAYS hayin. elapsed since its passage.
Mr. Morton 81 Indiana offered a resolution in
,tructiug the judiciary committee to report
hin .,,r.r..-liuo and providing provisional gov
crnments for the lately rebelious States until
,,..nst,,.-ei i,nl,r the existing acts Of Con-
ms
The Hor,. took ,ip the report Of the contested
election ,- Of Gin. 9TH CONGRESSIONAL district of
Missouri which closes with a resolution that
James "A. Birch. thecontestant. is not entitled to
the seat. ami tusr Robert : Van Horn Is enti-
tied To- f.
After specific 'y Mr.. Poland Of Vt. the sit
fins, member and -bc contestant. the resolution
yas afauteI.
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ton relative 10 whisky matters was taken up.
Nv T.,,u,f III said these wbiskev frauds
,r..,,lJ r.f ~. .tor,s1 81 lop,, as Andrew John
.,,. ,,,s ..,.,iI,tir, thieves and So long as the
S...,...,, ~ tine Treasury was winking at these
frauds lie mentioned the fact of a man named
N,D,,.ald. who had been convicted and sentenced
Z, death for being couspirator in burning the
hatel. IN New York. and who had since been APP
pointed by the Secretary Of the Treasury TO an
office in New York.
Andrew Johnsou's pets were put IN once
There. or else the republicans who were willing to
sell themselves to Andrew Johnson for the op-
portunity Of perpetriting frauds
Mr.. Kos--In order TO have the offices filed
the President has nominated demorihzed repub-
Tcans-men who pretend 10 the President TO DO
with him and who pretend to the Senate to be
with it. and who are consequently lying to both
parties and of course such men viii steal.
laughter
Mr.. Kerr. (dem.) Of Ind ask the gentle
man from Illinois whether he means TO say that,
either in fact or in law it Is the duty Of the
President to appoint inspectors.
Mr. Loran-It certainly is not his duty, bui
vet he does it. lust as he does everything else
that is not his duty Laughter.) The Pres
jept undcr the law. has the appointment Of the
assessors and collectors. but the Secretary Of the
'Troo.l1,- can appoint the inspectors | am told
that he has been required TO appoint certain men
a.. ;nsre,tors nv the President and have no
doubt ii the truth of that But 1t makes no diff
ference whether it is McCulloch or the President
who annotated them They are both in the same
hoat Nr McCulloch recommends, and the
President aupoint,. except in instances where the
President wants to appoint some of his own spec
al friorJ. and then he reouircs Mr.. McCulloch
q, Ln
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Mr. Io@an would also inform the gentleman
cr.,,, Indiana Mr. Kerry that a majority Of the
;,,,,a.tl,.y and sa,ryt accents of the department
,r,a ,.o all over the country. are nothing more
,'1r To- tbar blaclrailers Of those who have
,,,,,o,. n nav Them To keen their mouths shut
TLoi,: orpointncrts reouired no confirmation.
Tho, we're sent from the Treasury Department
with au+boritv in their pockets to seize distiller
los and tobacco manufacturing establishments,
and ON beino maid enough went off and were
b.,r,l of NO more.
Mr.. Woodbridge expressed his surprise that7a
o,ostion Of that character should have given rise
n 50 wide latitude of debate He regretted to
bave heard aspersions on high public officials of
his country. He looked upon the Secretary of
the Treasury as an able and honest man and
faithful official. and he believed that the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue was personally
bevond reproach The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue should be master of his position, and
sbould have the moral force when a collector or
an assessor of any district did not perform his
dutv faithfully to remove him Immediately, in
stead of sending spies to watch him to be them
seIves corrupted The people demanded they
execution of this law they knew that one hum
dred millions or more should be received annual
L. f.,T, tho tax ON whisky. They were groaning
nndortbe burden ofoppressiye taxation, and they
would not bear it, and ought not to bear it much
lonqer. There was fault somewhere where,
he I'D not know: but it was idle to say that the
law now on the statute book regarding the tax
ON whisky could not be enforced. Referring to
the remarks of Mr. Marshall yesterday, he asked
whether that gentleman did not remember that
for the first time in the history of the Govern
mont the expression had come from the mouth
of a Democratic Executive, that ''to the
yietors belong the spoils and that that doctrine
had been followed BY the Democratic disciples from
that dav to this Let the gentlemen look at the last
Democratic Administration-the last, he pray