The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-19
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Washington Items.


WASHINGTON, April 18.-The Sen
ate to-day confirmed John Titus as
Chief Justice, and Uhas. A. Tweed
as Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court of Arizona.
The argument of the legal tender
question in the Supreme Court was
postponed till next Monday
General Butler proposes to offer In
the House q bill abolishing the in
come tax, and instead thereof, assess
ing five per cent. of the interest paid
on all invested capital, including ma
tional and State bonds, on all loans
running longer than one year, diyi-
dends of banks, insurance companies,
railroads, etc, and on mortgages,
leases and rents; one per cent. on
SUGGESTIONS, legacies and deeds Of gift
other than for charitable purposes,
when property falls to the one next
in blood, not of collateral branch /;
three per cent. when of collateral
branch; five per cent. when stran-
ger. or corporation, etc. All these
collections to be made by stamps. He
also proposes to tax the manufacture
and sale of spirituous and fermented
| liquors, to abolish the Offices Of As
| SCISSORS and Assistant Assessors OF in
ternal revenue, and to establish such
I other Offices forsthe collection OF the
tax on whisky and tobacco as may
| seem necessary, and to repeal all 9th
er internal taxation.
At the annual meeting of Tammany
Society, held to night, the following
ticket was elected by vote of 242 to
%: Grand Saehem, VIM. M. Tweed
Sachems, Oakley Hall, Matthew T.
| Brennan, Isacc Bell, John J Bradley
Charles Ct. Cornell, N. Jarvis, Jr.
r. B. Connolly, james b. Nicholson
s. b. Garvin, james Bowling. 3. b
! Sweeny; Treasurer, Henry Vande
water; Secretary, Wilson Small; Sag.
| amore, Geo. w Roome; Wiskinie
Stephen Q. Duryea.
The Council Of Sachems of the Tam
many Society certify that they have
| carefully examined the facts and cir.
cumstances from the conception oi
the political plot by John Morrissey
at Washington, In the interests of the
| Republican party, down to the effor
of himself and associates to dis
nose of the Democratic vote, which
thev claimed to control In the city o
! New York, to prominent hepuDllcans
and the editor of leading Republi
can newspaper, in his candidacy fo
| Governor, if the then pending
charter before the Legislature, re
storing municipal rights to the city 0
New York, should, by their joint eff
forts, be defeated; and the Councl
have prepared report, setting foTtl
the details of this conspiracy agalns
the integrity of the party and the vel
fare of our city, and the names ant
pacts of prominent confederates, which
will be deposited in the archives o
the society. The Council have de
cided, as the result OF mature delib
Grafton, in order to secure union ant
81 harmony and just representation t.
| the Democratic party Of our city, Il
} general committee, as fellowss
: FIRST, that the seats Of delegates fror
J the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Thir
! teenth, Fourteenth, and Twenty krH
: Wards in said General Committee bt
/ and are hereby declared vacant, an
that q new election, to fill the vacan
oies and to secure Representations |
! the General COMMITTEES, from sue