The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-07-28

measure failed fer in the shape agreed upcu
by the committee il would have done little
10 aud TO the strength aal 20 promote the
efficiency OF TIE navy. On the ether GaUd,
the chances are thar tie navy would have
been Injured b tic success OF the measure.
he biz Tor the
REORGANIZATION or TIE INTERNAL REV
ENUE BUREAU.
went TO the wall, probably OF account oiits
great size and weight. II was prepared by
Gen. Schenck, and when that IS stated it
Is hardly Necessary to say that 1t covers
several pages, and is the very perfection al
elaboration. 1t vas not introduced until
late vi the season, the committee being en-
gagged on the tariff and the tax bills I he
bill proposes &c create the internal revenue
bureau into a separate department, and to
place at It's head an officer who shall be q
member of the cabinet. OF course this
change W!A neccS>Itate q thorough reOr
gauization Of the whole bureau, aud much
OF the bill Is taken Up with the details OF
the organization. Making the internal
revenue bureau d separate department has
been a cherished plan .! the President ever
sluce lie came into OiIica and be was very
anxious to have 1t done before the close of
the session, but It was impossible. It is
sad that the Secretary of the Treasury
does not look With favor upon the proposed
dIsmemtergnt Of his department. As now
organized, the internal revenue bureau is
Tie main pavt Of the Treasury department,
Ii has the main bulk Of the patronage, and
1t b.lngo Ia the largest part 0f the public
revenues. Merry ali the projects Tor in
crcaslng the number and promoting the
efficiency Of our
1IERCANTtLE MARINE
we're defeated, partially tor Jack of lime and
partially through the acknowledgement Of
those who had them in charge, The most
important Of these were the Oriental and
Mediterranean steamship project, in which
a large number of New Workers were in
terested the New York steam navigation
bill the bill for line of steamships be- /
tween San Francisco and Australia; the
bill Tor line OF steamers between New
Orleans, era Cruz, aud her Mexican
ports, together with several bills for lines
Of steamships between New York and
European ports. Had all, or bali Of the
bills Of this character passed, We would
have had q mercantile marine atloat which
would soon have Tiyaled that Of Great
Britain. OF course this Is on The suppOsI~
uoh that all the lines chartered would have
been established III good faith. Some Of
them were mere speculative schemes out OF
which lot Of hungry lobbyists expected
to make few thousand dollars by getting
them through and then selling out, bat
there were enough Of the bills genuine,
backed by men who ment business, to have
made a material addition to our mercantile
marine had they passed. In this c0nncc
ton also may be mentioned the bill OF Mr.
Lynch, OF Maine, TO encourage ana revive
shipping. The defeat Of this
was solely owing to tad manages
ment. In other hands and more shrewdly
conducted, 1t might have passed. But
there are great many
OTHER. MEASURES
that went by the board. Among them
was the postal telegraph bill, the New
\ DIRK Airline RaiIroa t, several subma-
rlue telegraph cable bills, the bill to prevent
the importation Of servi!e labor into the
United States, which embraces the Chinese
question, the civil service bill. which like
the New York AIRLINE Railroad, /, an
DID standby, being lett over at every scs .
ion. In addition to these are some half
dozen contested election cases which mast
DC decided at the next session.
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