New-York tribune., 1870-05-24
yITsr CONGRESS-2D SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON, May ~
TUE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT BILL.


rittsenth Amendment bill had not been adopted oy 'e
sste a. part OF the bill passed The section IN itS
rao.ies oreration extends to the Chinese the same
tights enjoyed by other s,sns saas aSauIt ana Immigrants
Of one foreign country those of another As the
OIs Sea@s se moved Sr that the Journal corrected
accsSiance with his suggestion, and read from ine
,n of ae the SSOseS senate S for the
the subject 1t was not s Chinese section was
Included. , ., ...., ,,o ro,oa,ndcr OF the |
fC ths CHAIR that the section to had not
only been formally presented but tha' " ""' '''
~ Mr. cAsSERLy then Withdrew his motion on
Public Lands reported with amendments ond 1he n,i rom
ing the Acon Topeka and santa anbdrzSs nf said Com
sany to branch Of Its ROAD rS ene some pont
the Arkansas and nOadarS LtS Of Kansas with
grants and privileges provided in The act oD S TO- %mT
Snerqne NewMexico granting ten sections Oh mhu Per
mile M GP PoaERoY ssGa sS ep Kansas the Committee
Public Lands reported substitute for the b 70 aa
Railroad grants the right Of way ana ten Vor o
sections per mile on each side OF line uom 10TH vi
MT uCIMER0N Rep, Penny from the Military Com
mittee, reporteda joint resolution to furnish S re @
first arrive in Washington IN Apr lso calling
upon the Secretary the Int ror for information reat-
ing st. Joseph Railroad OF Missouri ana Ia also :, IN IN
port upon the inal completion OF the racine haaoau'
Adopted.
us LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APPRoPRI
BILL
was then proceeded WITH the question being upon an
amendment by Mr.. CoRBETr that male clerks counters
and copyists in Department shall be paid the same
ma no than female clerks performing the same
i%Se The pending amendment Of Mr.. Trgnbuil dsep, n
placing female clerks il the matter of compensation
Re Re sSesctOn satS of Mr. Gf MORRILL, ep by adding
tapoyison authorizing the heads OF departments me & to
appoint as clerks In any OF the classes OF CLERK
ships in the departments. -, a., .,. uo,,,
M4ETS ve Rd sa h9 at e TSns aSs
receiving 5000 and would permit their appointment
ships He was in favor of the amendment as involving
e r c wpmen aSad to iii them and give them tie
same compensation with men for the same KIND ana
toll
On the bin to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment-Messrs
stewart Eimunds and stockton on the Army bill
Mr. SHERMAN ORep: Ohio then addressed the Senate
upon the necessity of greater economy in approprla-
taking his text the amendment Just adopted O which
S Ssa sa& Sy s Gs
force some 600 or 100 lady employees; This
appropriations in the Senate The uncertainty thereby
oceasoned to aggregate amounts has real cause OF
eight appropriation bills which included every
S the ese m
expenditures were set for forth tn, as follows sso.o0
s.I p4a DPG.nen. Posai Pos Ssssacc.
Naval expenses. H,596,OOOi
mas s%s
What are called o. definite SI nnS asR and
ti2so77,coo, making total upon which the various
s Of the Of the sa -
the amount at 100000, q discrepancy, Of some
''G When .ss% as sp'@s% SSes m S aSs
Of the appropriation Of year The action Of Congress
the items Of aRpSpraSn far in @ of
additional element of uncertainty in determining our
for the coming S also the fact of an @ %
tliooOo,Oco; This might be drawn upon largely In ad
nncd 9' no the AM
had been ngrsed upon the bin BY which the balances
transfer appropriations having been forbidden by
act Of February 1893 The item Of claims was oLl also
the G1S % s Of dR% RSn ng all s %ar f e by
amount to at least 100000.
Mr. EPMHNRs ReP -DonGe 1aat that Tho ,rdc
mens Of the Court Of Claims amounting to and
the action of Congress on private claims would further
cost for the Indian service could be made The House OF
Representatives had held that treaties of the Senate
10 them good Differences between the two Houses
S 1a1n on 1 U S%' @
whether this service year would or
scsn T fB9E oass x0d %s
about sae 10000 Some three years ago the House
!, the amount Of 100000. This proposi-
deduction Of fGS those This general general
would show the %possbility Of estimating with exact;
money would be necessary for the next fiscal year If
the secretarys estimate, amounting to s29 100000 were
debt s2i,coGOOo, it would make, sai5,oOOOOO, to
which would have to be, added the excess
Of all appropriations above the estimated figures
ment amounted to t}93,000,oO0 leaving surplus Of
t7sooo0oO The question was what taxes ought to be
the industry ofour people. Our internal revenue
the product Of war and was directly & felt by the people
the formation Of the Government indirect, mainly
tributed that their weight fell fairly and
In just proportion to the ability 70 pay.
anT administration the chief burden Of taxation
would rest upon imported goods These now yielded
diminish Was it not better to retain this revenue and
for the present confne reduction OF taxes to new
and direct burdens of internal axaonf If II was not
for the interest the public debt all internal taxation
might be dispensed WITH the revenue from Customs
sufficient to pay all ordinary expenses OF the Gov
eTnment
The taxes which the House Committee proposed to re-
peal and those they proposed to retain were then re-
ferred TO. The taxes whisky and tobacco now
levied upon prepared law, and it was not pro-
posed TO change them in any way. They would yield
spirits $50 OeOO; tobacco SSOODOOOG fermened liquors.
t6OoO OOO-inakng sss to repealed The
NEST offensive the tax sales, which was tax on
enterprise, subject to every objection. 1t yielded
ts,OOOOO The next most oppressive tax the tax on
opfston yiedinr & Soocoo So With the taxes on iega
ces SUGGESTIONS watches carriages, &c. II proposed
10 do away with the whole system of special taxes Some
Of them were proper subjects OF taxation but as
system they the most oppressive that could be
levied. They yielded, including the tax on banks and
bankers about sl0OOoO Ii is also in contemplation TO
@ Seon Sn Of tax Mr sherman insisted that It
was the most equitable tax Levied that it the only
disseminated between the rich and poor man. He
quoted from various writer's on political economy TO
show it's justice in theory and that III execution was
Objectionable than any other tax.
Mr.. CAssERLY dem, CALI reiterated his objections