The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-07-28
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IL mas taKen tne steps pecessa
ry for real relief to the people
EucNo Congress- withina gener
alton, has Been 80 bitterly.vas
sailed as tkis;' 'sse on the Whole 9Ile
bibshaaa done, Welld The New
, York Tribute gaysniG was 90
:ftalks6yg, yet very industEiog
body. IndiRiduaI members
tsbudtihg many @stsC Cidleg Bht
fths aggregate of work done
wasconhmendableb ltlhas moi
ldoaeall .iEoaght u have done
did rot secure the; New York
and Washington Air'Line Rail
road, shutting down on, tRe
grand monopoly line now eG'
listing between thentw0 cities;
Edid not pa& Abe. Anti PGlyse-
my Bill; did not pass Jenckes'
Civil Service Bill; lid not de-
feat the Northern Pacific Rail
road Land Grab,y 6Ittt dsdIlay
out dead t,osnty.nineg ,Land
Sioindls Bilts;at the rsry heel Of
t1s session. '' .N'5O1" Nsn gqt
through IN tho hurry. and dssg-
,oitemsat h,q the mmsnt-,sHch
IteasIt4s determined sdyigilaaGs Oh
he part etlsading Republicans.
33,GiiIt I'll passsaedra tinto secure the
honest operation Of the Fif
teenth Amendment. hH..I5uq
It revised the Army system,
and adoptedia needed measure
ofIreduction and retrsnchment.
Ii II reduced, -, appropriations ion
and sought tolsecond the Pres
lden To efforts at nationaletonl
omy..' IT wound Up the tesssodpn5;; >;
structionl business, by thesa
mission ofioGeorgia; mot so
promptly as ought to- have
Been, still finished il on 7the
last night.o.il.iao -s;s buo99a bnS
lit reduced the income tax
from 5 per cent TO 2t and made
the exemption 81, ,OO0;o relieyi
ing people Of moderatelmeans,
aud leaving the tax on the prof
rs Of Accumulated capital, and
opithose able to. payyit., sd, bna
LIT has adopted a cdtrency
measure, authorizing fresbank5 !
ing on a gold basis, the issue OF.
$54, 900, 900 National Bank
notes, distributing $4,000,
900 circulation 50 as to give
States their fair proportions,
and withdrawing lo$45,0OOy0
three per cent: certificates,
which we're 2 Temporary loah
1t enacted Anew Nalursliza,
ton Law, intended to check
The immense frauds partiedlar-
ly in New Xork-where, in ten
Districts, last May, a .yo.elsof
47,615, wasreturned, and the
census now finds but 22,499
men, women and ,childreAOip
the same Districts This law is
appllcablsto all cities of over
20, 900 inhabitants. ''o .'.S' ,',,.' 1,l"
1t passed auFunding Bill, Ito
pave the 'wayu'for7 the redaei
ton Of the nterest paid on the
National Debt-provides for
S2OO,0O0,oOO five per cent. ten
year bonds; 3OO,OOO,OooQfouf
and arhalf per cent. fifteen.
years, andIi$ 600, 100000 -four
pFsesE'tcse pei, cent? SStthirty-ysars; 70 ~
sold at par, for coin to be- apr
piled to redeeming the present
S-sos, Or a.5Siis;1 .15SsiiYs; bonds maybe may Be
exchanged for old al par in
coin; the redemption Of 5.2os
now or hereafter falling due, TO
begin yiththose first number.
ed ed-and.--issued, ."si6EsfesC-to
stop after a. onotiee Of three
months; alpbonds now held or
hereafter bought. On odnI' 9asc5codhat
Of sinking fund, to be be ilccaanseled.
I, Ik4passed A. Tax and Tariff
bill that will lift over $4,000,
900 Of tax burden from the peo. 90
pie, on the Basis # oheese eollesr
tions of last, year. besides aaul
thorizing the consolidation Of
Rsysnue Districts, and and the dis.
,r;a olsof officara in DroDDrt;a,