The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-25
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XLIst O0NGRESS---Second Session.

SENATE.
WAsHINGToN, June PA bill was passed
authorizing the War and Navy Departments,
at the discretion of the President, to expend
the $4,000 appropriation of 1866 for the sur
vey OF the Isthmus of Darien; also one making
June LIST, July 4th, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas legal holidays in the District of CO.
lumbia.
Mr.. Wilson reported with amendment the
army appropriation bill; also bill for the re-
lief of the National Homestead at Gettysburg
for the orphans of the soldiers and sailors of
the United States.
Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont, reported favorably
the bill to require national banks going into
liquidation to retire their circulating notes.
Mr.. Sumner called up the resolutions report
ed from the Committee on Foreign Relations
as substitute for the House resolution on
Cuban affairs.
Mr.. Thurman spoke in opposition to the SUBJ
sttute, but was interrupted by the expiration
OF the morning hour, when the subject was
laid over as unti nished business in order to al
low Mr. Casserly to finish his remarks.
Mr.. Harlan introduced bill providing.that
any State which had increased $50 900 in popu-
lation since the last census should have an adj
ditional representative in the AID Congress for
each 10000 of such excess and for each frac-
ton thereof exceeding 125, 600.
The Senate at o'clock resumed the consid-
Grafton of the tax tariff BILL when the sections
to continue the income tax were stricken out,
"a to %.
The following is the vote: Yeas-Messrs. Abb
bott. Ames, Anthony, Bayard,, Buckingham,
Corbett Davis, Fentop, Ferry Fowler, Gill
bert, Hamilton of Maryland, Harris, johnson,
Kellogg, McCreery, Mcdonald, Osborne, Pom
eroy, Robertson, salisbury, Scott, Stewart,
Sumner, Thurman, Trumbull, Vickers, Will
son. Yates; "a.
Nays-AlessIs. Foreman, Brown, Chandler,
Drake, Hamlin, Harlan, Howard, Howe, How
ell, Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont,
Morton, Pratt, Ramsey, Rice, Ross, Schurz,
Sherman, Sprague, Thayer, Warren, Wiley,
Williams; %.
Mr.. Lewis, who was against the tax, pared
with Mr.. Spencer, who was in favor of it.
Mr.. Sherman asked vote upon the sections
containing the income tax on dividends Of cor
pOrations, but subsequently asked to have the
bill postponed till Monday next, to give the
Finance Committee an opportunity to consult
the loss of revenue involved in the rejection of
the income tax, which would have to be made
up by the restoration of other taxes.
After remarks by Mr.. Sherman to the effect
that every Democratic Senator had voted to
abolish the income tax, the only tax that could
reach the bloated bond holders; and by Mr..
Wilson in favor of revision of the whole meas
ure by the Finance Committee, the bill was
postponed till Monday.
The naval appropriation bill was then re-
from the Naval Committee. They regulate the
| pay and allowance, retirement, grade, &c. The
| amendments were agreed to, together with
another authorizing the Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory to contract for refractine
telescope at $4,000. The bill as amended was
| reported from the committee of the whole, and
the Senate after an executive session took a
| recess.
| EVENING SESSION.
| At the evening session the revised paten
and copyright law was passed with amend
ments, by which the Congressional Library is
to be made the headquarters to which all copy
rights are to be sent, ard from which they are
to issue, instead of the District Courts. The
Secretary OF the Interior is to appoint his owl
| clerks without nomination of the Commission
| er OF Patents as heretofore.
HOUSE.
The Senate bill amending the act of Angus
z, 1913, authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to license pleasure yachts, was passed
The bill inserts after the words, "port to port 0
the United States" in the first clause, tn,
words, land by sea to foreign ports" Sect. I'd
yachts belonging to regularly organized fOreigl
yacht clubs shall have the privilege Of enteriDi
or leaving any United States ports without EN-
tering or clearing at the custom house or pay
ing the tonnage tax provided. Sect g. tn
I Secretary of the Treasury may issue com
mission to sail for pleasure in any designated
yacht belonging to a regular club stating tn
exemptions and privileges enjoyed under il
which shall be a token of credit to Unite
States officials and the authorities of any for
eign power. Sect 4th, every yacht on retarn
ing from visiting a foreign country shall on it
return to the United States make an entry a
| the custom house.
The House then resumed the considerable
of the Georgia bill.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts,, having an hou
to close the debate. yielded ten minutes to M
Dawes.
The House having struck out the provision
J for an election OF the Georgia Legislature
l IN TlaWaa, cphc tI,o,,
division. Tho bill as it now stands declare
that Georgia, having complied with the recol
structiOn acts and the 18th and 18th amend
ments, is entitled to representation in Coz
gress with the privilege of electing Legisls
ture according to her own constitution, an
with authority to organize and call into servit
her own militia. Mississippi, Texas and vi
, ginia are included in the latter provision.
A resolution was adopted directing the Con
mittee to inquire into the propriety of erectir
, government warehouses ON Oyster Island, i
the lower bay of New York harbor or son
other point convenient to present quarantln