The New York herald., 1870-05-01

House al ourn o, Thirsda, mex It oe TO met on
| the f1lowiny Monday. Aitr varlo 8 suggestions
wante0 no recess at at or who wan ed rcccss
lrm Friday tn Taesday, the moAon was put and
BUSINESS ON THE SPEAKERS TABLE.
Inc Hou G then, IN motcn Mr.. Inecrsoll, lrep.)
OF H.. TOOK up the business on the Speakers tae'
The Senate amend ments 20 t.e JOINT solution for
the re urn OF evidence Of honorable discharge to
The Senate Joint resolution relative 10 tie estab-
shm ,ht OF light statlon at Chaptank river, MI.
The Senate bill 70 create additional land districts
IN tae Territory o. Dak,ta 10 70 ca led the sping-
Held and PemDlna districts. Passed.
rae Senate VII 70 ix the point OF junction Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Central
Pa % nc r nr ad Comp ny: Passed; s;o., o., .
for the completion OF tn, lr sec i0a OF twenty
miles Of the Cairo and Fulton railroad: Passed.
The Senaie III authorizing the First National
Bank OF pc hi n r., to change its location TO Port
yelvi. p issed.
Mississippi RIVER abroad Company or its signs
to change the estAD.sel line oI said road in the
State OF hrlska. Passed.
Tie Senate bill granting appeals from and
authhH s tnelS go wlsofe rJr to the Supreme
Court o the District OF Columbia in ce tain ca es
Mr.. INGERsOLL moved TO lay it on the table
ar uing that 1t was intended for the benefit OF he
b. tnlore and Ohio r iro al q, mpai Y. Agreed TO-
The Senate bill, au horziny the Postmast r Gene.
raj TO escroe an ca ier tim, tor the execution OF
racts by acc. p ed bidders and for otner pur-
Various Senae bills were referred to the appropr.
ate committees.
QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS IN TEXAS
Mr.. ScHENoK, b unanimous consent ana alter ex-
pl nation. iuu oduced ONT ESQ IL ION prol i,lIng
have 'hlry da from the 80 h o. AmI, 1870. in
whch ne The "a h I onice pres, nbed in The act
Of Ma ch 80, 1870. Passed
TIE TARIFF BILL
Mr.. SCBENCK rose 70 move to 20 into Committee on
N jrDD, epJ of r., before the put ting OF that
tinn afYA
IN n Comntte ee OF he Whole be pos, pOned u IN
a tei me consl LEI atiln OF the general ca dar in
tna' i comm tee. lie mad no dlsg ie IN atlng o
the House nat hs purpose was To pass over The
iarld b.. and each bill int oduced by hlnsef 1,
which consisted Of buI tn ee sections a.d
That was the oo ecJ, intenL purpose of his ask
ing to postpone ali special orders. In order .nar the
House might Judge whether thit was a proper
course, II would necessarJ to looH at the con 4
ton o. We business. The House ha been IN session
Since the first Monday Ia December It was now
the llrsl OF May. No oll = ad ye Ieen acte upon
reducing the burdens OF the people in the present
cond ton o he business OF the House, RON
the manner IN Whcn tie business nad Leen
ducte SO ar. he as ed the Al ouse TO consider
whether. before ad ournmen., any such state OF
ar. Cox, lem) o. n. Y, remarked that the gen.
tlenan from Illinois was attac ing the lmlnstra
traton ior derelecuon OF duties lor not reducing
taxation.
Mr.. JUDD desired the gentleman from New York
to save MS jokes when the House was engaged in
serious bu mess When Tue House was tri ing IL
might entertain his Jokes. He did not Ter the reso-
luton IN any spirit OF attacking any person any
committee b III the Lrn conviction that unless
some such mode were adopted the ques ions OF
taril and internal revenue would not be dec Ided
TINS session. The general dlscus SION on the Tarn
bill had commenced on the Sd OF March and had
continued tlil The Sd Of April The consideration OF
the OIL py paragraphs had commenced, and now,
the 30ih of ApIil, they had disposed of but seven
teen OF the fifty pages or the Dill. He would ask
gentlemen who desired TO reouce taxation to thlnK
hight of the summer that was coming and
OF the termination 81 the sessiCn suppose the bill
was TO be passe1. II would then be 100 late any
acton on H. by The Senate. sup that the bIil
was defeated. Ii would hen be 90 late 10 reach the
question OF he reduction OF tax ton and hose who
nov allege tha5 the iarllf was too high on ce tam
art les would be left TIL next on IN the enjoy
ment of tina tariff. io teeved that it was ine
Jud7 ment o. IN JoriJy OF the House tina The lend-
ing Ill woad not become a law. He believed that
lG was the Judgmen OF majoritv of the House that
1t would nOt even 20 passed Dy The House. the bill
or the revision o. the in e nal Re enue law con
he asked the oans o es n s ri an
that blli, COM laring IL to the acIon on the TarIn
bill. Tnen tnere was still on the SPEAKERS table
large number OF bills not yet acted upon The
s.anling committees OF the House had no oppor.
t~ny, to report on the subjects com
ed TO them, except those committees
that were privileged. The COnmittee OF WAYS
ana Means, the Committee on Appropriations aud
he RI, onstrucuon Committee. An The Dusue.ss OF
the country stood to-day In the House delayed by
the esence of q blll wnicn nOI majority OF the
menb ;rs OF the House believed could pass the
HOusa. The next cOmm { @ to be called IN It's order
was tie Speca Committee on the Decline Of American
Commerce ana t1aL committee had bills 10 report
Gay Tor very long Tune. A majority OF the
appropriation bills that were absolutely neces-
say lor the maintaining %. q the government
alton bill, the Navy ApprOpr alton bIl, the Con
suar and diplomatic Appropl iaiion bill, the Post
once Appropr alton bill. the Fertilization Arpro-
p alton OIL the River AMI Harbor Appropriation
b. II and the M SC aneous Appropriation bills were
all still behind hand ana had not been considered
tlhuel In the II use he would members when
hose apprJpi aton bills were to be passedf He
"A nnf. IN m fhl To hn
upon, but he did say that there are modes and
methods of reaching taat question without
lreaenI tlme To undertake the Tariff bill at
present, unoer the creams ances, would not be full
filing the expectotons of the people. Then there
weie oyer twenty contested election cases not yet
con ideret. We're they going to give the balance
the session to the question of the talir would
they ena bill which reduced the tariff reasonably
aud properly, and then have an opportunity to
attend t. the other business OF the House
Mr. O'NElLL, rep.l OF Pa, sugges ed that the gen
tlenan from limos had said nothing about the
peal of The obnoxious income AK.
Mr.. JUDD replied that If the gentleman from Penn.
syvanla would read his bill he would 1nd that In
regard to the income tax it proposed to Increase the
exemption to -, 500 and TO reduce the three
per cent.
Mr.. ONEILL wanted 10 see the people relieved from
that income tax entirely, without compromise.
dr JUDD stated that II the gentleman from Penn
sylvana would Join him IN getting his bill be the
House fvr action all those suggestions as to the repeal
o the income tax and as to any other change that
was desired, would be considered ana acted upon
majority o: the House would allow some bill to be
| considered which there was probability OF having
| passed at the present session.
Mr.. SCHENCK opposed the resolution and replied TO
the argument of Mr. Judd. That gentleman proposed,
| he sad to supe sede the Committee OF Ways and
ans and its work in order to substitute himself and
| his bill in their stead HIS proposition mad that ex
TENT no more no less In order 10 sustain his prOpO
siOn that gentleman had gwen the history OF legis
laOn IN regard to the tariff BILL but he had omitted
good deal Oi that history. Every tariff BILL every bin
TO revise or amend tariff must necessarily he pro-
a Hpnl n pttIa "a
these details, IN order to be properly understood and
acted upon, must be considered and disposed OF as
they arise. When the pending tariff oti was intro
duCed those members who were Tree traders or Op-
posed 10 any protective system, were permitled with
unexampled liDeralty, to have the fullest indulgence
| tin general debate 1t being then thought that
| he eject OF sdcn indulgence In The expression Of
views on bO n sides ON The main question would
| result In having the matter so thoroughly con-
sidered tnat when they came to the details Of the
bill each one OF them would lie speedily disposed Of.
But what had been the history OF the lroceedln ng
Not at all that the gentleman mr. Judd ana others
had rom the beginning TO tue end Of the discussion
made themselves lesponsiDle for the de ay In the