New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-20

Gems. Rueer and Hanes. and Major Goodiellow officers
OF United States Army acting IN the Legislature
OF Georgia rs Committee on Elections TO me
legal qualifications Of members Of that body Adopted
Mr. FERRY Rep., Mch) offered q resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Invalid Pensions TO c9nsaet uns
propIety providing by law that no Invalid pensiOher
shall be deprived Of his pension during the ne ne ia
have been employed in the civ service Da am e n
1866. Adopted. 80,
Mr. WHEELER rep. N " introduced bill granting
the right OF way tue Utah Central Railroad COMPANY
Referred.
Mr. stiles Dem Penn5 introduced a concurrent reso-
luton providing for the adjournment o. Congress Old tho
Mr. BESJAwiS RGp., MOI moved TO lay the Joint
resolution ON the table, which was nega'"cu-ioa'' -
Nays - $50
Mr. STILES moved the previous question on the pas,
cage of the Joint resouton the motion was seeodeu -
CO. and the concurrent resolution was theh reJeeou
Mr. CREBs Dem. III offered resolution instructng
the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into tine pro
prcty Of reporting bill providing Tor eoaau oi o
~ officers for the hearing and deciding OF cans vi o
and soldiers for monthly pay &c when was adopteu
Mr. GlLFILLAN REP PENN 0nereu Icso iI a." "a
thoriZng the Committee for the District OF Columns 10
send persons and papers IN prosecuting the inquiry
into the management OF the Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company, which was adopted -, =. .,, a.,
Mr.. PETERS Rep Mel introduced Dill 10 amehu lhe
Bankrupt exempt from its provisions certain
interests in life Insurance policies which was appropri
Also, biz for relief Of the officers and enlisted men
who reported for Gen. Daniel Ulmans brigade III new
YORK Ci'y "me INV wa I ,e,p, Snip CANAL
Mr.. INGERsOLL Rep., I'D introduced blli 10 pro
was THE PHILADELPHIA MAYNARD.
The House resumed the consideration OF the bill
transferring the Philadelphia Navy Yard TO League
Mr.. RANDALL (Dem PENN. in order to obyate the
objections made yesterday by Mr. Dawes, offered an
amendment providing that the proceeds OF all sales Sha
Mr. wAsHBURN rep, Wis., accepted that amend
meut as substitute for his own.
Mr.. KELLEY tRep, PENN made speech IN reply 10
that Of Mr. Dawes yesterday and quoted against hls
Dawes assertion to the necessity OF Raising the sur
face the whole island nine feet the report made by
Admiral Davis Gen. Humphrey, Commodore Alden,
Chief Engineer King and Prof Illgard of tho United
states Coast Survey II these gentlemen knew anything
on the subject then the Chairman of the Committee ON
Appropriations and the gentleman from Wisconsin lWasi.
burn either knew nothing about II or most geyOusy
misrepresented it. The gentleman Dawes had yester
day attacked the ADMINISTRATION and bad admitted that
the Attorney General was To be expelled on account OF
his honesty He ieley) did not see the exact conhee
ton OF all that with League Island although the gehte
man Dawes had linked It with this bill by an estimate
of 100000 SO far as he kelleyl knew that applopa
ton was a mere creature OF somebody's imagination
Mr. Kelley proceeded considerable length to detail
the advantages which League Island presented Tor IRON
clad and the disadvantages OF the present Navy Yard
nj Phladephia He ntmaed that the Chairman OF the
Committee Appropriations bad been pursuing uug'
i'm manger policy and that he had been taking an UNI
fair standard Of comparison when he compared the
estimates for the year with the appropriations oi i''
Mr. DICKEY Rep. PENN also replied 70 the speech OF
Mr. Dawes yesterday, charging e&traVagance on inc
minlstratio That gentleman Dawes had given good
deaf of gbOty advice to members Of the House and
had threatened them with dire punishment IN the future
If they were not careful 10 avoid allowing those
estimates II would have been more satisfactory II that
gentleman had shown some disposition to put
the saddle on tho right horse. The estimates that
were submitted were merely to execute the
laws OF Congress The increase OF ti9OOOOoO when the
gentleman spoke Of yesterday, included $l0OO0OO for
nensous Was the other end Of the responsible
FOR Was the Treasury Department responsible lOr
The Increase IN its estimates caused by the ex
pcnse of public buildings ordered by COngress-Post
Offices in NewYOrk and Boston, and other buildings All
TO nufv the laws Of Congress by refusing to execute
them. Five hundred aud thrtyone thousand dollars OF
the in the estimate OF the Congressohai
Printer Were the Departments responsible Tor mat
Congress had authorized cXraVagalces, ana shOnld take
the responsibility OF them Nine hundred lInis
Of the increase Tor the pay neut OF judgments o ie
Court Of Claims. II Congress dd not want TO pay such
judgments, the Court should Dc aoo'tu put tey Snuuu
not be charged against the Administration lheu there
was a general deficiency OF $4,000 Inc ,nlle
man from MASSACHUSETTS, sho,Id hot haNo uiaNh
the comparison he did, between those estimates ana the
last estimates Of Andrew Johnson's Administrations De
cause the latter were 10 Apply 10 us successor uu pc
the estimates for the last year OF Andrews john
sons Administration were S1I2CODi ana rs actual sh
pendltures were sj25OOOo lie WOulu 20 a. lar as te
gentleman from Massachusetts, dare to go To cut down
public expenditures IL was gross mistake TO make the
cnargo OF eXrayagtnce against INC Ilner en- Vi 'e ave
nue.; economy should begin IN the House Ihese apprO
pratOns usually aud generally created under laws
passed by Congress ana hTI al the u w
other end Of the avenue They should skt al the laws
The morning xpired O'Clock. aud the bill went
over until the next morning h0ut'
MI SCHENCK rep. OAIOl from the Committee on
WAYS and Means reported JOINT resolution Tor me con
tiuuanee OF income tax which, after explanation by
him, was passed. II reads as follows; 49,, 80. s,,.. e.,
eous different department. Of the Go'enma' ~
reyi a. ,br Of TIE relating incomes
.leey declared be the true intent aud meaning Of ls ae' relating
subject that all are liable 10 TIE payment % their proper
he YEAR S7 and Lat tie assessment suy
year 1870 and remaining unpaid 90 TIE let day Jluay 1911
MAY under the existing provisions oi tue law DO made tie tmea
Mr. sCHENCK. by way Of explanation, said that the
resolution response TO an appeal made from the
Treasury Department, through the COnmssioner oi In
ternal Revenue have some Congressional acton I'M
medatey order prevent difficulties into which the
Departments already running since the lot OF
January. The proposition embodied IN the resolution
ia uDtT 4
of the incOmeaX, the rate at which the tax shall be
imposed. the forms of legislation for ITS collection
All that would come 10 be considered when the House
took up the amendments TO the Internal Tax law The
object OF the resolution 10 clear away all doubts In
regard the proper construction OF the law, and the
practice be observed under that construction The
understanding at the Internal Revenue office was-and
that appeared have been the intention Of the awnak
in s6-that the INCOME tax was 10 continue through
and up the end OF 1870 But 1t was claimed on the
contrary that all the legislation looking 10 the year 1870
related only to the tax for 1862 The language was am
biguOus. Payments were now making to mo Govern
men officers in the Treasury Deparim snt subject to the
deduction OF income tax, aud perhaps tat was te pre-
yaing practice too, in regard to the salaries OF mem
bers On the other hand. the Judge AdyoeateGeneral
had given the opinion That the salaries OF Officers OF the
army not To be subjected To that deduction mus
but actual conflict Of practice under IT. lie ala not
know why the question had been referred by the ray
eral. whose duties were confined TO the SUPERVISION OF
cOurtmartal proceedings IL should nave Deen referred
the law officer OF the Treasury or to the Attorney
General OF the United States.
THE PENSION BILL"
The House then went into Committee OF the Whole on
the state of the Union, Mr. Myers In the chair on the
Pension bill, which approprates as follows; 100000,
For army invalid pensions SSsSSo
Revolutiouar pensions. S8O63
For BaJy pensions 35''55
Total so $4,000
Mr.. KELSEY rep. n. ", from the Committee on Ap
priatons explained the OF the increase IN this
hi over the Pension bill OF last year. He showed that
the balance on hand June 80 $685. t73O65s6 the np
year 6565s6 The payments for the Year 1869
- balance