The New York herald., 1870-01-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
wAsBrsoTos, Jan. ~,

MILITARY INTFRrrRkNCE ~ GEORGIA AFFkIas.
Mr.. BROOKS, den.l Of NJ T., offered a resolution
directing the General OF the Army 10 inform the
House under what act Of Congress or BY wnai au.
thority Generals Ruger and Halnes. aud MAJOR Good
fellow, Officers or the Tinted states Army scting
elections to adJndicate the legal qualifications OF
members OF that body. Adopted.
INVALID PENSIONERS
Mr.. FERRY, 0rep.l of Mich, offered resolution IN
structng the Committee on Invalid Pensioners 10
consider the proprlcty Of providing by law that no
invalid pensioner shall be deprived os hrs pension
during the time ne may have been employed In tDc
March, 1895 and the 6in o, june. Isea Adopted.
Also directing the secretary Of War to consider
and report upon the practcaDty and necessity OF
improving the narDor OF Lsiand, Lake Michigan,
Adopted.
BILLS AID nrsoLuriox1
Mr. CIEBs (dem.i OF H., offered resolution In
stIucting the Committee Military Affairs 10
inquire into the expediency OF reporting bill pro-
viding for board OF military officers for the hear
ing and deciding OF claims OF ON ers and soldiers
for monthly pay, &c. Adopted
Mr.. PErERs, trep.l OF Ne. introduced bin 10
amend the Bankrupt act 30 os 10 exempt nom iig
provisions certain Interests IN lie insurance pocle
which was appropriately referred.
men who reported for General Danlci Ullman's
brigade in New YORK city. Referred.
Mr.. ISGEnsoLI- trep.) OF H.. introduced bill To
provide for the construction OF Niagara ship canal.
Referred.
THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD.
The House then resumed the consideration of the
bill transferring the Philadelphia Navy Yard 10
League Island.
Mr.. RANDALL (dem.) OF Pa, IN order TO obviate
the objections made yesterday by Mr. Dawes, offered
an amendment providing thar the proceeds ol Mi
sales shah be paid into the Treasury.
Mr.. WAsHBUES, rep.) OF WIS.,. accepted that
amendment as substitute for his own.
Mr. PANE repJ Of Wis, sent 70 the Clerks desk
and had read letter from Il. b. Hale, of Cleveland
Ohio. protesting against the burden Of taxation
and stating has business there was dead, enterprise
against the ADMINISTRATOR IN the matter OF taxes
that the people were being ground 10 powder, and
that n the fnturc brought An explosion II Was not
Mr.. KELLEY, Irep.) OF Pa. made speech In reply
TO that OF Mr.. Dawes yesterday and quoted against
raising the surface or the whole Island niue feet
the report made BY Admiral Davis, Gene
Engineer King ana Professor nilyard. Of
OF the United States Coast Survey. If these gentle
men knew anything on the subject then the CHAIR
man OF the Committee on Appropriations ana the
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. wasnburn) either
knew nothing about 1t or most grievously msrepre-
yesterday pe neil into the admnistra,ion. and had
intmatcd that the Attorney General was to be ex.
did not see the exact connection OF all that with
League Island although the gentleman fMr. Dawes)
had linked u with this bill ~ an estimate OF eight
hundred thousand dollars. SO FAR AS ho tsir.
Kelley knew that appropriation MAS .
creature OF somebody's imagination. Mr.. Kelley
proceeded AT considerable length TO detaii the ad
vantages which League Island presented for IRON
cads, aud the disadvantages OF the present Navy
man or the Committee on Appropriations had been
pursuing dog IN the nianger policy and thai he nad
neen taxing an unfair standard OF comparison when
preparations OF last ycar.
Mr.. DICkEy, (rep) Of Pa, replied TO the speech Of
administration Tnat gentleman mir Dawes had
Rlven'a good deal Of ghO4ty advice to the members
OF the House and had threatened them with dire
punishment In the future, n they were NOT careful
to avoid allowing those estimates. II would nave
been more satisfactory II that gentleman had
ale on the right horse The ra estimate. ate ssai ai
were submitted were merely to execute tho
laws OF Congress The increase or $40 900 900 which
the gentleman spoke Of yesterday, Included
81, 900 600 for pensions Was the other END OF tue
avenue responsible for thats Was me Treasury
Department responsible for the So 00J, 900 increase
in It's estimates caused by the expense OF public
buildings ordered by Congress-Post Oriccs III New
country II was not for administrative officers
nulfy the laws OF Congress by refusing 10 execute
them. Five hundred aud thirty-one thousand dol
lars OF the increase was IN the estimate OF the Con-
gressonal Printer. Were the departments esponsl.
BILE for thats Congress had authorized exiraya-
gances and should take the responsibility OF
them. Nine million dollars OF the increase
was for the payment VI judgments OF tlc
Courtof Claims. II Congress dad not want TO pay
such Judgments the court should be abolished, out
they should not DC charged against the sdmnstra-
ton. Then there was general deficiency OF
$4,000, 900. The gentleman from Massachusetts
should not have drawn tue comparison hs did nc
tween those estimates and the last estimates OF An
uf0W JOnnsOnS because tne lattcr
were to apply To It's successor ana because the estl
mates for the last year OF Andrew Jonnson's admin
isuation were s3T2 oo0, 600 ana its actual expend
lures were s325,000,0oO He would go as lar AS the
gentleman from Massachusetts dare 20 90 10 cut
down public expenditures 1t was gross mistake
10 make the charge or extravagance against the
other end VI the ayenne-econony should begin IN
the House. These appropriations were usually aud
generally created under laws passed 10y Congress-
and not the solicitation OF the otner end Of the
avenue. They should STRIKE at the laws not
charge their own sins upon their servants.
The morning hour expired at TWO O'Clock and the
bill went over until The next morning hour.
THE INCOME TAX FOR 1870.
Sr. ScngNcx, trep) Of Onto, from the Committee on
Ways aud Means reported JOINT resolution for the
continuance OF the income tax, which, after expla-
nation By nini. was passed. II reads as folows-
Resolved, &C. That whereas doubts have arisen and con-
the In regard to the construction Of the laws re-
isug to the tax on incomes hereby declared TO be the
true intent and meaning OF the acts relating
that all persons are liable To the OF proper
come tar Accfuing and TO 10
tho end OF the year l0 and that the and coec
ton OF any such tax In the 1870 and remaining unpaid
tine LIST DAY OF January 1871 may under the erspg pro-
visions OF the law, be made In the last year
Mr.. ScHEScK, by way Of explanation, said that
the resolution Wo1 In response 10 An appeal made