The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Tariff BiIl-The Howard Inves-
tigatiOn-EnfOreem ef the FIJI
teenth Amendmenf-A New Tariff
He'll.

THE TARIFF BILL
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The tariff bill
drags drcadfully at,the opening Of this
week, and pretty much everybody con-
cedes that it cannot hold its ground be-
fore the House a great while longer.
Fornev gives il mp in his paper this
morning, and says it has no chance
whatever OF becoming law. The
temper of the House towards it was
shown today hv a vote of nearly two
thirds in favor Of laying it aside for the
Alaska fur seal bill, not because it
loves the seals. but because il is tired Of
the tariff. The Ways and Means COM
mittee was again beaten ON iron, and it
seems tolerably certain that this will be
the record every day while the iron
paragraphs are under consideration. \
number of members are engaged i'll get
ting up the little tariff bills to bring in
as soon as there is an opportunity.
THE BUREAU INVESTIGATION.
The contractor for the masonry on
the Freedmen Hospital testified in the
investigation to-day that the walls be-
gan to crack. when the timbers for the
fourth floor were placed: that he called
the attention of the architect to it, and
suggested that wooden supports be put
up inside to relieve the weight but was
instructed to 20 on without, and when
completing the next story the building
fell r. VI. Maulev, Superintendent of
Freedmcn's Affairs in Virginia, testified
that at the suggestion of General How
ard he had invested ten thousand dol
lars of the Bureau funds turned over TO
the normal school at Richmond in the
bonds fthe First Congregational Church
here at par. lie now held them with
an agreement to pay interest annually.
The amount thus far proved To nave
been invested in these bonds 10y the
Bureau directly or through the Uni
versity is thirty-three thousand dollars.
II A very respectable Radical swim
die.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH AMEND
MENT.
The bill to enforce the Fifteenth
Amendment reported in the Senate,
provides that all citizens of the United
States otherwise qualified by law shall
be entitled and allowed to vote at all
elections without distinction of race,
color or previous condition of servitude.
Penalties of fine and imprisonment are
provided for failure Of officials to allow
opportunity to perform any necessary
prerequisites OF State of persons de-
prived of any office except that Of mem
Der of Congress or State Legislature by
reason of violation Of the foregoing
provisions may recover possession
through United States Courts. The
United States District Courts shall have,
exclusive OF State Courts, cognizance of
all crimes and offenses against the pro
visions of the act All officers Of the
United States are required, under pen
atty of $1,000, to institute and enforce
proceedings under it, and the President
is authorized to employ the land and
naval forces or militia to enforce its cX-
ecution
ANOTHER TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. Judd's bill to reduce the tariff
and taxation, introduced to-day, fixes
the duties on sugar, salt, coal and pig
and SCRAP IRON AT onc-thrd less than
existing duties, and on coffee, tea and all
manufacturers Of iron, except railroad
iron, at one-ffth less, provided that no
manufacturers of iron shall pay less
than thirtv-fve per cent. nd cGi0rcn,;
OH all wooden and cotton manU-
features, and on railroad iron,
at One-tenth less, provided that
no wooden or cotton manufactures
shall pay less than thirty-fve per cent
aH ralorcm. 1t also includes the free
list of the present tariff bill now before
the House, with the addition of coal
and hides, and then turning to the rev.
enue law proposes TO reduce the III
come tax to three per cent on incomes
over S-vOO, ana 10 rtpc'il All SpeCIaI
taxes and taxes on sales, except special
taxes on distillerS, rectifiers, liquor
dealers, brewers, manufacturers and
dealers in tobacco, cigars and snufts,
and banks and bankers.
DISABILITIES REMOVED.
Senator Robertson, Chairman of the
Senate committee on Political Disabili-
ties, will, in a day or two, report bill
which, in effect, will be Il general am
nesty bill, which the President is UNI
derstood to favor. 1t excludes from
amnesty only three classes, namely
First, those who Withdrew themselves
from Congress at the beginning of the
rebellion, to engage in the secession
movement, second, those who Withdrew
from the United States Army and Navy
for the same purpose; and, third, those
who signed the original ordinances OF
secession in the various States, in 1851.
THE FATAL SHIRT.
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