The New York herald., 1870-06-07
General Banks Report on Cuba
to be Reported on Tues
day Next.
Text of General Schenck's
Funding Bill.
Passage by the House Of the Bill Re.
ducing Taxation.
Alleged Corruption by Cuban Agents Denial
Of the Statements by SenOr Lemus.
WASHINGTON, June 6, 1870.

The tariff amendment TO the Tax bill, which was
fought 80 persistenty by the antitarir men on Sat-
urday, was adopted to-day without much trouble and
the bill passed. Had an attempt been made to ILL
buster to-day Schenck would have moved suspen-
Sion Of the rules for the purpose OF reaching vote.
The antitarir republicans would have been placed
In the awkward predcament OF voting against bill
Tor the reduction of taxation had they voted with
the democrats against a suspension of the rules and
hence they cut loose from their allies of Saturday
last and voted with the tariff men. This gave
Sohenck the necessary two-thirds The democrats
made very little opposition and were dis
posed 10 allow the bill to slide through
at last without more than formal vote Schenck,
however, was anxious to pay Off some old scores,
anu demanded the yeas and nays on its final pas.
sage, so as to get the opponents OF the bill squarey
on the record OF course all the republicans voted
for it, except Butler who left the House as soon as
the roll call began The bill as finally passed re-
duces taxation internal and external, about
hity-hve million dollars per annum. Schenck says
The reason he called the yeas and nays upon the
final passage Of the bill was to show the country
who are and who are not in favor Of reducing the
taxes.
General GarHeld's Currency Bill.
General Garfield managed to get the consent OF
the House to-day to have tomorrow and Wednesday
set apart for the discussion of his bill to provide ad
ditOnal banking facilities. large number OF mem
bers have signfed their intention to speak upon this
bill and the debate promises to be be lively Schenck
win move on Wednesday to strike out the third,
fourth and fifth sections or Garfed's bill, which re-
late to funding the debt providing for the issuing
a four and a half per cent bond The vote on this
VIII be test as to whether the House proposes to
adopt the Funding bill reported to-day by General
Schenck from the Ways ana Means or the one from
the BanKinp and Curreucv Committee Tho tmnres.
sion seems to prevail that Garfeid's bill Will be
beaten in the House.
The Cuban Question Before the House.
AS predicted in my despatch yesterday the Cuban
question came up to-day in the House of Representa-
tiVes. General Banks walked up to the scratch at
last, but hardly asked for enough, considering the
accommodating temper in which the House hap
pened to be at the time. He contented himself
with simply requesting the House to appoint to-mor
row week as day upon which the subject Of Cuba
would be considered and though Logan in
stage whisper suggested, "Why not tomorrow,
Banks ?" and though the House would certainly
quite as readily have granted the one day as the
other, the chairman Of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee needed not the hint and stuck to his
own original proposition. The request was granted
by an overwhelming majority only Farnsworth and a
few others making an opposition, Farnsworth NUT
tering about not believing in letting scuba interfere
with the business Of this country" After Banks
succeeded in carrying his object he took occasion
refer to the premature publication of his report In
the NEW YORK HERALD, saying that 1t was done
without compllcity on the part Of any member
OF his committee and that he regretted the fact in
justice to both the majority and minority, because
the report imperfect and because that prepared
by the minority should have been published at the
same time. As TO the latter reason your correspond.
ent has no objection to make, put as to the former
that the report as published was imperfect General
Banks might have been a little more prudent and at
the same time rather more lust. The only imper
feotiOn in the report as published consists
in the omission OF four printed pages, with
which the document opens, and some
Slight notifications which are 10 be made,
rendered necessary by events which have occurred
since the original printing of the document over
three months ago. such is the lmperiection of
which the very veracious Banks made such unne-
cessary complaint. Your correspondent shoud
state, in further corroboraIon OF this statement that
the very day the report appeared in the HERALD
General Banks admitted that he intended to make
only some trIhing alterations. 1t hardly fair
or worth his while, therefore, to appear in the
House to-day In his unaccustomed character CT com
plainant.
Unfavorable Rumors Concerning the 81. DO
mingo Treaty Negotiations.
For some time past there have been rumors in Cir
cuatiOn TO the effect that an investigation would he
set Oh foot by the senate concerning the manner in
which the st. Domingo treaty was negotiated and
other matters connected herewith Senator sum.
ner stated to your correspondent some time ago
that Senators had advised HIM to move the chair
man OF the Committee Foreign Relations for
such investigation, and tnat they mad furnished
him with facts which, could tlley be substantiated
would warrant an investigation To all statements
of this sort he steadily replied that If the proof
placed in his hands he would feel 1t to be
his duty to ask the Senate 10 take action He not
disposed, however, to do anything that would in
jure the reputation of certain persons connected
with the treaty. The presence here OF Joseph War
ren Fabens in the character OF the representative of
the Dominican government has, 1t appears, added
fresh suspicious to those already entertained by
Senators relative to the treaty. Mr. Fapens, it
seems, mas powers as an envoy not usually con.
ferred upon ministers and penipotentiaries OF the
first class. He informed Mr. Sumner that he had
full powers to do just as lie pleased President
Baez had not given MIN any Instructions He had
nothing in this line from Baez but carte blanche,
with Baez's name signed to II. II the
treaty in its present shape could not be
ratified he was willing to amend 1t in any shape Mr..
Sumner would suggest. All he wanted was to have
st. Domingo annexed, and he was not particular
about the manner In which it was done This
afternoon, while the Senate was in executive
session, General SchuZ, member OF the
Foreign Relations Committee. offered reso.
luton instructing that committee TO investigate
the manner in which the treaty was negotiated;
the relations OF Mr. Fabens and Mr.. Cazenau thereto;
the amount which the island will ultimately cost the
United States provided it is annexed the quantity
Of land and other property in ST. Domingo now
claimed by certain parties; the amount OF
the public debt of the Dominican govern
ment, &C., with powers to examine witnesses
and to send for persons and papers. Senators
Thayer and Morton objected to the resolution and
under the rules 1t went over until the next executive
session. when 1t is the intention of Senator SchuZ TO
call 1t up. There are various theories among Sena-
tors about the object OF the resolution. Some think
1t is introduced just at this time FOR the purpose OF
having an unfavorable effect upon the treaty by
throwing suspicion upon it; others are OF opinion