The union Democrat., 1869-04-17

| bad faith on the part of Congress.
| Mr. Lynch (Rep.. Me moved to amend
the paragraph by making it apply only 10
internal Revenue bonded warehouses. ana
Claimed that the omitted paragraph was io.
tended to apply only to Internal Revenue
bonded warehouses; but that is language was
broad enough to make it applicable to custom
warehouses.
Mr., Mungen Dem, Ohio) argued briefly
against the joint resolution
| Mr. Coburn Rep, Ind expressed his be-
llei that 1t was the duty of the House to cor
rect the mistake made in enrolling the bll.
Mr. Schenek Rep. Ohiol proposed, when
the House was called upon to correct the
| blunder OF a clerk, to correct also q bluuder
in legislation. Such provision should not
have been put In an appropriation hill. The
reduction of the tax on whisky had worked
WE'LL and should not be affected in such n
way. Last year the tax had produced Sl3.-
600, 600. hut now it was producing at TIE rate
| OF $50 0O0, COO q year The Government.
therefore, could we'll afford to nay its own
officers to do its own business. The fact that
1t was doing so now probably had much to do
with the larger collection of the revenue from
that source. He protested against this whole
system of Legislation on appropriation bills
about taZes. about Offices about finance. and
about anything else.
MIR. Batter said that the question was
whether an enrolling clerk, by accident or
design, should be allowed to change a law,
taking millions from the Treasury. ani
whether, when II comes back to the House
tor correction, there can be a lobby brought
INTO requisltion to prevent such corrections
lie did not know that there was very strong
pressure In favor of keeping this proyision
out OF the law
Nh. Schenck-Will the gentleman state
from what source that pressure comes, and
on whom it is directed?
M. Butlr-Every man can see as we'll as
l can see; every man can understand and |
am not to be diverted from nv argument by
an attempt to get up side issue.
NJ. Schenck-No side issue at all the GEN
tleman intimated that there is a lobby here
pressing to prevent this paragraph being put
back. | want him to reduce this fling of his,
| 1t be dare, to shape of direct charge against
anybody.
NJ. BoHer-I dare stand up for the Treas
ury of the United States the gentlemen from
Ohio has high courage to stand up for the
Whisky Ring. The country may judge be-
tween us.
NJ. Scheach-The gentlemen may state
that which he knows to be untrue, if he
knows anything about it.
NJ. Butfcr-1 supposed the result would
be that we should get into some such discus
SIGN. | understand the gentleman from Ohio
thoroughly. / know fully all his ''ins' and
''outs, and some days he shall have them
Investigated when he desires it.
M. Schenck-When YOU please.
M. BaHer-I shall take care it shall be
done
Mr. Schenck-Just when you please.
M. BWler-But let us not be diverted from
the question. | find that this clerk who
dropped out this item in the enrolment Of the
bill has been (before tho question came up in
the HouSe) stating his case to the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means, and
has found an advocate in him.
4Nr. Shenck-I never heard of tie case be-
fore that clerk came to my seat, while the
gentleman from Massachusetts was making
an abusive attack upon him or somebody for
doing what his colleague Mr.. Dawes) ad-
mts was nothing but an accident.
! Mr.. BWler-I am confined to- parliament
airy language and yeti have not received it.
| made no abusive attack on ANYBODY. |
stated the facts, and state them again. AT
! ) O'Clock in the morning this provision was
in the law; at O'Clock it was not in the
| law. IheTe was 81 .0uu,UUO wear interested
in having it fail, and it did fail That say
in the face of the country. Gentlemen are
exceeding sensitive. Even my usually cold
and amiable friend from Indiana (Mr. Hol-
many gets little sensitive about it. | de
not see any occasion to be sensitive about it.
Les the CALLED jade vince orr withers are
unwrung.' | stated the simple. plain facts.
and have not a word to retract. nor a word
to add to them. Referring to Mr.. Sehenck'
statement as to the increase of revenue frcm
whisky, Mr. Butler said that whisky had
to be withdrawn from bonded warehouses be-
fore the Goth of April and hence the appa-
rent increase; but it was only killing the
goose that laid the golden egg He would
meet the gentleman here next December and
ask him how much tax had been collected
| between the 20th of April and the Goth of
December next. Time would show whether
be was right or the Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means was right, time at
last makes all things even''-even bad tenn
pers. Laughter The House should cor
rect this mistake of its Clerk. and then let the
| Committee of WAYS and Means bring in a
bill to repeal it if they dare. Laughter.
! Mr.. Schenck at further stage of the dis
cCssioH. showed that the revenue received
from whisky in July. August. and Septem-
her last was SS. .465 600, of which only ST.
oIl,S9S came from whisky taken out Of bond
| ed warehouses.