Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-06-04
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 3.

SENATE. Mr.. Sumner offered a resolution
calling upon the President, if in his opinion
it was not Incompatible with the public in
terests for any information in the State De-
partment, concerning the reported persecu-
ton and massacre of the lsraelites, in Rou-
mania. He said the reports were so abso-
lutcly horrible, that it was but natural to
suppose them grossly exaggerated. IL was
incumbent upon us in the interest OF humani-
ty to possess all the information concerning
it that might be attained.
Mr.. Spraguc attributed the cause of the
massacre, to the fact that the Jews had OBJ
tanned possession of all business lands and
trade of the country; that while one class of
people were in poverty without means or
business, there was another, an eager money
getting, monopolizing population.
Mr.. Stewart remarked that if il was the in
tention of Senator Sprague to establish a
rule, that when a man got rich, he ought to
be killed, might not inconvenience some sem
ators, but it would bear very hard upon some
others; among them the Senator from Rhode
Island.
Mr.. Summers resolution was then agreed
to- and after an Intellectual attempt by Mr..
Trumbull to get up the representative APP
portionment bill, the Indian appropriation
bill was proceeded with, and the amendments
appropriating 1898, 900 for carrying out the
treaty stipulation, with the Arrapho, Navajo,
Wyandottce, and Winnepeg Indians, and
$4,000 to collect, locate and subsist the
rowing Indians on the borders of Texas and
Mexico, were agreed to, the Senate add.
bill was taken up.
Amendments making the exemption So 900,
limiting the allowance for house rent to $500,
end prohibiting the publication of income re-
turns, were agreed to.
Mr. Dawes amendment to treat the num-
Der of persons to family in a social or relig-
ous community, holding property in common
at five instead of ten, was agreed to.
Mr. Lafin's to add to exemption losses by
floods was agreed to.
Mr. Allies, exempting the wages of minor
children, and Mr.. Burchard's, providing that
Assessors shall require all returns to be veri-
fed under oath. and may increase the amount
of return of notice to the party that they have
reason to believe that the income is under
stated, were severally agreed to, and Mr.. Me-
Carthy's to strike out the sections relating to
the Income tax, was rejected, 50 to 1873.
All the other pending amendments having
been rejected, the question required on Mr..
Beck's amendment TO include United States
bonds among those of corporations from which
the tax is to be deducted.
Mr. Schenck argued at length against the
proposition, claiming that it would really sub
iect the interest on bonds to double tax, as
the income from them was required to be in
Guided in income returns, and that the scheme
was practical reputation.
Mr. Butler supported Mr. Beck's amend
ment, and proposed also that the interest on
town, county and State boz DIS be taxed in the
same manner.
A long discussion ensued, and the amend
ment was finally rejected, IS to 10.
Mr. Brooks of n. Y, offered an amend
ment to one of the sections of the provision,
to reduce the tariff on sugar and salt 80 per
cent. and on coffee and tea 20 per cent,
and on pig and scrap iron 2e l-2 per cent.
Mr.. Eldridge of Wis, made point of
order, that the tariff provisions was not in
order to the internal revenue bill. 1t was
understood that this movement was an at
tempt to shut out the tariff bill which Mr..
Schenck proposed to attach to the pending
measure.
After the discussion the Speaker decided
that the amendment was in order, saying
that the practice conformed to that of the
British Parliament, and of early legislation of
Congress, but not wishing to force his own
Judgment on the House, submitted the ques-
ton to vote The House decided III to 30,
that the amendment was germane to the bill,
but the Speaker ruled that it could not be
offered to the pending section. When the
last section of the bill was reached, Mr.
Schenck moved the previous question, but
without disposing of the motion the House
adjourned.