The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-13

the table; negatived by 81 to III. The reso
7 luton was then referred, with leave To re-
port any time after five days nStlce, to
! the House.
/ Mr.. Dawes introduced a concurrent Teso-
lation for g recess OF Congress from Thurs
+ day. Bee. I'D to Wednesday, January 4th.
Mr. Sargent offered a resolution instruct
| report what effect had been given TO the
4 provisions OF tn Q last Inian Appropriation
/ bill, requiring an Investigation of certain
/ alleged frauds connected with Indian af.
l fairs. He explained the resolution, and
said that the President desired to have the
| had called the sftsntion Of the Secrstsry
OF the Interior 70 their purpose, ana nav
ing them fully ventilated. Adopted.
After long and acrimonious discussion
on the bill inIrOducde by Mr.. Logan, abol-
ish1ng the Otices OF Admiral and Vice
Admiral in the navy, 1T was passed IN.
der suspension OF the rules and without
G. ". schoneld, of Pennsylvania, intro.
dueed bill TO regulate the rank in the
VIM. E. Niblaek, of Indiana, offered a
resolution instTucCtng the Committee on
Commerce to inquire what additional Leg
islation Is necessary to give an increased
efficiency of usefulness to the existing pro-
visions of the law for transporting i'm
points In the United States. Adopted.
Mr. Kelly offered the following resoIu-
ton:
ResolUed, That the true principle of rev.
enue Ieform points to the abolition of the
internal revenue system, which was cre-
ated as war measure to provide for the !
extraordinary expenses and the cont1nu-
ance, which involves the employment at q
cost of millions ofdollars annually, OF an
detectives and other officers previously
unknoWn, and requires the repeal
Of It at the earliest day con-
sistent with the faith and credit
OF the Government. and OF all stamp and
other internal taxes and that properly
adjusted rates shall be retained on dis
lffa md "a EnI
long as the legitimate expenses Of the |
GoVernmant require the collection of any
sum from internal taxes.
ThoSe voting in the negative were Messrs. /
Asher, Aver Benjamin, Cox, FinklenbuEg 4
and Smith, OF Tennessee.
Mr.. Ingersol introduced bill to author
lie the building Of q military ana postal ]
railway between Washington and New /
YORK, and bill making no Treasury |
notes reoe1vable as part payment OF Gus |
toms duties. Referred.
on motion OF Mr.. schenck, the Commit /
tee on Ways and Means was discharged /
from the further consideration OF two /
bills Of the last session TO enable United /
States citizens to register foreign built yes 1
sells and to admit to registry in ports of |
the United States certain iron and COM
pOsite foreign built vessels. They were |
referred 70 the C0mm1ttee Oh Commerce. /
Mr.. Mercer introduced bill to amend /
the General Bankruptcy act.
Mr.. Lawrence offered resolution call |
the correspondence OF Mr.. Shellabarger, |
Minister 10 Portugal, relating to public /
doeuments In the ubfar1es of foreign /
Ministers; adopted. ~
Mr.. Cox offered q resolution reciting that |
tide ordinary expenses Of the government, |
exclusive of the interest on the public /
debt and a reasonable sum for the reduc-
tton of the principal, should not be $780, |
00g, 600 per year. That the money raised L
by taxation should not exceed e250, ,Oo0, 600 /
a year, el25, ,000. goo to meet the interest, and /
sl25,000OO0 to go 70 1iquidate the principal 4
of the public debt. That the existing In |
ternal Revenue system should be aboI- /
ishe0, and the sum deemed proper to be l
raised oy internal taxation, assigned in /
Just proportion to the several states, TO be /
collected by the authorities thereof, and /
paid into the National Treasury. That /
Inn port duties should be levied with q 4
view of revenue only and not for the pur-
pose and with The erect of protecting par. /
ticular CLASSES, trades and individuals at /
the expense Of the people. after naming |
many dutable articles, such as salt, coal, |
&C., which should be entirely free, and 4
others, such as lumber, pig iron, leather, |
&C, on which the duty Eh0uld be greatly i
reduced. and 1nstrucrtng the COMMITTEES /
on Ways and Means to inquire int o the /
expediency OF embody1ng these principles |
In bill 10 be reported to the House; re-
ferred.
The Speaker announced the following |
appointments TO I'LL vacancies: Commit /
tee on Public Lands, Mr.. Strickland; Post |
Al Telegraph, Mr. Ferris. The House at 1
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