, 1870-05-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ASuTukR TAX BILL
MT. HALL int1sttucsI Il bill Iu: TIE reduction OF
i1.e11.Ai ,sAes- Rz1erea to Committee Oh Ways
SID Atali6-
TAX on cHIEAAES.
HI. EE1101, 1r.'m the Committee Oh Ter.
rturtes, asked leave tD Fep;irt . bln disappearing
certain acLs VI the Idaho Lcgtsluturu Including III
act snlAs1ng special mining Tx on Chinese md
MIs JUnSsoN objected.
ELL AElA11TE TO DEsEKTERs
Mr. STOGGbTON, tEum the Committee On Mill
ta1y Afstrs, reported a bill removing the charge
Of de5e1t fs0m sutilerB who served out ttctr
their 1tlms Of enlistment aid we're hpuuyably as
charged Passed.
THE COMMERCE B1I1.
The bill to revive American navigation and CON-
meIcial Interests Tss discussed at length. Several
amendments Ftte onlrcd, aud the PIT ytous gues-
uon SECLUDED. when the vote OIL or1erlnG the
uayE, ".
The morning hour expiring, the bill went over
The House, hY Va1e OF 90 to s., refused to con-
sdtr The South Caro1na contested eIert1un case Ut
T6e coa.nittes 80 on Es Elections reported, in the
Virginia contested case, that Mckenzie, tho sitting
member, Has entitled tO The seat
DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION ELI.
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
Mr. VOORIiEEs moved 70 omit Santiago lie
Cuba t1on the st 81 consalate b. a9n H. hau f9aa M
1loresi me,nhefs Of tic Committee On Foreign
Affairs who had access to the fossil or dead man
n1m In that thc blood Of American citizens was c1.
ing from tie gipund for ac1on against has lmnc-
ciiltY, Eloth, and want Of regard toF the honor,
c1cty, and safety Of this once great ana nonofea
Nr. KANES endorsed the correctness Of the
Phillips statement The Committee on Foreign
tI tbt wllole subject The facts stated, however,
were only an additional reason why the consulate
s1;S1 IL. 1oGaE q lad izIt for long time that the
American Government was mot dung it, duty, and
that tts hesitancy VAS almost criminal He Has
mort when the corn1nttsee asked consent TO make It
Mr. BANKS expected thai the report would be
made and acted on within week or ten days
act.on Oh Cuban affairs. Outrages had been per
pe1ated in Cuba until the blood Of American cin-
zens c1ied out frcm the ground The government
win the Struggling people Of that island.
Nj. SAkGENT attributed the tnacuon Of cur
government TO the Ttfusal Of congress to put the
uesy On III efficient footing to r1Ddicatc the honor
Nj. GARFIELD ridiculed the statement Of Mr..
Philips, and represented him as undestrrtnH Of
credit having destoiied his predecessor IN on]ee,
General steadman, Tho dled there, and graded
giving his widow and famfty an accoun. Of the
circumstances of his tleath, or making rcstora-
ton Of the money and cffccH nc haa taSen pos
III. LOGAN knew nothing shout ~: Phillips.
zsns @ nd been slot and IlleI by LloodtIsty span
tarus In CnhE and that American citizens were not
safe there Under she American nag. No EoFern-
tTation while The struggle was going. On between
oppression and liberty As to the tnef1ciency Of
the navy, If lte untted StsIes had not permitted
naval vessels be supplied to Spain, there could
not now he SO strung 4 Spanish feet In Cuban
waters .-.-
enough to defend our nag IN Cuban waters, and
rrnrl]et the 1upututtou that It WIS because Con-