New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-05
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WASHINGTON, Friday March 4, 1870.
Tho question issuing Proclamation OF the Ratltca
ton OF the Fifteenth Amendment discussed az the
Cabinet day. and the course be pursued de-
cided upon. secretary Fish stated that there were
twentyseven States officially certified as having adopted
the Amendment, not including New-Yor, aud Indiana,
| and somo slight informaltics N OF
| the certificates OF these twenty.seven States were
being properly arranged. He read the seventh sec
ton Of the Reconstruction act. passed April TO- 1907
follows THAT the proceedings any Of said states
shall not be deemed final operative, as a complete
restoration thereof until their respectively shall!
be approved BY Congress" He then argued that Texas
aud Georgia could be counted until Congress APP
proved their Constitution and admitted them States.
He also stated that the certificate from Texas had not
vet been received The President then announced that
he would not issue the proclamation until Texas and
Georgia were admitted that the Is States would De
| named without counting New-York or Indiana.
There were received by members OF both Houses TO-
day. number of petitions numerousy signed, from dt
eren OF the country praying that the proposed
reduction OF Internal Taxation be made IN the Income
Tax Of these petitions ask for the total repea Oh
the tax FOR increase OF tne amount oi eAehpuo
while 9th ers ask for increase OF exemption and re-
ducton of the Many Of the members who favor the
repeal of the tax have addressed letters to their constt
uents asking them TO food Congress with petitions for
the repeal From present indications these petitions WI"
be as numerous the petitions for the abolition OF
| the Frankng Privilege.
In the Senate today the Committee oniDsabnities re-
ported formally the bill Of Mr. Ferry to repeal the test
oath reaulrelsnt and simultaneously Mr. Reyels pre-
euted the resolutions Of the Mississippi Legislature, ask
ing general removal Of the political disabilities OF the
citizens of that state Mr. Sumner also gracefully with
drew his motion to reconsider the Omnibus Liability BILL
which passed the other day, and that bill will be at once
presented to the President The era Of good feeling
seems to be advancing rapidly and the existence OF
disposto on TO pass the OF Universal Amnesty,
indicated above very apparent. resolution OF Mr.
Howard was adopted, calling on the President Tor Mnls'
ter Washburnes dispatches relative to the alleged frauds
pracced IN putting the Memphis and II Paso Railway
stock ON the Paris BOurse Tho bill change the Judicial
circuits was talked during the morning hour by Gar
rett Davis and the Funding bill, which the regular
ORDER was then put of for the day Considerable debate
took place the bill providing that loyal claimants for
and commssay stores urnishedOr taken
for the Of the during the within the States
in rebellion, shall submit their claims TO the Quarter
master and Commissary Generals This bill wasreported
last April from the Committee Claims, and has been
pressed with great persistence by the Southern Senator'S
10 is however opposed by many Of the leading Senators,
such as Trumbull Edmunds and Conkng on the ground
that 1t lnculcates principle which has never been
recognized by pubcists Furthermore, it Is Deheved
that the door is opened to the payment Of these
claims, such an avalanche would come rushing In as
| would bankrupt the Government. Mr. Wiley made
very earnest appeal in behalf Of the loyalsts Of the
South but rather married the effect OF what he said by
gratuitous filings at the bondhOlders The Senate adj
| journed pending a sOton to recOmmt the bill. Mr.
sherman Will endeayor to 80 with the Funding bill on
| Monday.
| The House to-day accomplished little nIthe way OF
important business. half hour spent in refer
ring TO committees the business that had accumulated on
the Speakers table, mostly resolutions relating to the
| District Of Columbia number OF bills Of private
nature disposed Of and then Gen. Butler got the
bill for the admission Of Georgia before the House He
gave notice that would allow all OF tomorrows session
for debate and on Monday he would call for vote. He
addressed the House favor of his BILL and was followed
by Mr. Farnsworth, opposition to any conditions being
| imposed before admission.
The House Naval Committee to-day had under consd.
Grafton the proposition the Brooklyn Navy
Yard and heard an argument against removal by
Representative Rcheleu Robinson, and one III favor
of removal by socum After these gentlemen had
concluded Representative starkweather moved 70 sub
stue the bill prepared by himself and Gen. Slocum for
the one under consideration. The discussion con
tnued until the Committee adjourned. and no vote was
reached The sentiment or tho Committee appeared to
be against passing any measure looking the removal
until either the Secretary the Navy Congress had
determined proper site. whether be on the Hudson
or at New-London Tho subject will be resumed at the
next meeting
The Senate bill to redstribue the circulation Of the
National Banks and the resolution Of Representative
Loughridge increasing the volume OF circulation hfty
millions were again discussed by the House kinklng
and Currency Committee, to-day but no CONCLUSION was
reached The Committee seem to be greatly divided on
the question TO the mode OF Increasing the circulation
which the resolution calls for Some favor an increase OF
National Banks amount others favor tho issuing
Of greenbacks and is doubtful whether they VIII be
able TO get majority to either plan and the Char
man will be compelled to report to the House that the
Committee cannot upon bill
Senator Wilson'S substitute portion OF the Funding
bill was reported to-day. 1t provides for loan 10 run
ten forty years. with rate OF interest not exceeding
five uer cent to be issued in amounts sufficient
in all the Fvetwenty six per cent bonds. as To
make the Of interest uniform all this class OF
bonds except the 1885, The Secretary is allowed
half per cent for negotiating the loan and per
mted to carry his negotiations abroad but the inter
est is payable only in the United States 1t will be
seen by this statement that the substitute differs maer
ally from the bill OF the Finance Committee
The House Pacific Railroad Committee, to-day, author
lied bill be reported granting the right Of way and
lands to the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company 70 aid It
the extension OF its road from point souhwardly rh
the Arkansas and Rio Grande Rivers to FL Paso Mexico
The bill allows twenty sections per mile but II es
mated that the grant will not be for than ten sec
tons Of available land per mile. because Of tho largo
number OF Mexican grants the line Of the road, the
desert country through which passes and the grant to
the Atlantic and Pacific, which 1t crosses-that
grant covering 100 miles in width. The Committee
agreed to extend the time for the completion OF the At
lantc and Pacific Railroad They also agreed to bill to
allow the Kansas Central Railroad to connect with the
Union Pacific Road,
The House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday agreed
substantially on the details OF bill yesterday TO reg
late the landing foreign telegraph cables in this coun
try but refused TO make the public until 1t is
| fected.
dispatch was received by the President at noon to
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