The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-23
XLIst CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE..
WASHINGTON, June 22.

HOOoGe g .
.. WASHINGTON, June 22.
Mr.. ScHENCK, from the Committee on
Wavs and Means, reported bill 70 organ
ize the Department Of Internal revenue
and to regulate the collection OF taxes,
and moved It be printed and made tne
special order for Wednesday next. Ihe
Bill changes the Bureau into the Revenue
Dcpar rtmcnt, the Commissioner to DO the
head at $4,000 per annllm ; also an AS
/ sistant Commissioner, salary 81 500; tiVe
heads of tivisi Ons, salaries $4,000; ninety
five male and fifty female clerks, twenty,
five supervisors, salaries $1,000; and
assistant supervisors, not exceeding twenty
five, at not over IS per day. The bill also
provides for; Revenue Gaugcrs, Assessors
and Collectors, and that the number
of Assistant Assessors employed shall
be permanently reduced by discharge
and all officers assigned specially to
the assessment OF any taxes which
have been abolished by law. 1t
is further required TO reduce tho num-
Der of Assistant Assessors in proportion
to any reduction OF the service Of assess
1nentS which has been made or may here
after be made by the repeal Of any por-
tion Of internal taxes. The bill reduces
the employees about Onc.third, and repudl-
atcs entirely the system OF intormers,
spies, &c, .,,o
| Mr., SCHESCKs motion was agreed TO-
The veto by the President Of the bill for
a renewal of patent to Rollin White, for
an Improvement in pistols, on which a
=, discussion took place, was participated in
by Messrs. WooD, LAFLIN, HoAR and
KELLOGG, in support Of the veto, and BY
Messrs, JENCKEs and BUTLER, OF Mass,
against it.
An exciting debate took place, arising
out Of q point of order, made by mr..
FARNswoRTH, that Mr. BUTLER was the
paid counsel of Rollin White, the bene.
ficiary under the bill. He declared that
II was shown in the evidence that the
member from Massachusetts had accept
ed n fec OF two thousand dollars
Mr.. BTTLER asserted that there was no
such evidence. ,
Mr.. FARNswoRTH affirmed that there
was, and said 1t was contained in com
munication of the Commissioner OF Fat
rnts, which he. had asked to have read
ut the clerks desk, but its reading had
been objected to. ..fr.. y.,Yg-il
Mr. BUTLER-There is no such evt.
dcncc; never can be and never will be.
Mr.. FARSswoRTH-I insist upon its be-
ing read. q. A..
NIr. BUTLER-Thc point between the
gentleman and myself is this, he charges
that Il fec of $4,000 was provided me to
advocate the extension of 0 patent on
n fluc. say l received the tee for argu-
ing Il case In tho Supreme Court.
MIR FARNswoRTH-Thc statutes OF the
United States declare that a member of
Congress who receives fec tor matter
pending before Congress or in any OF the
Departments commits q misdemeanor,
punishable by indictment, and it Is in evi-
dcnce what the member from Nlassachu-
sctts voluntarily stated to tho Commits
sioncr of Patents ..,-..--,-,---,,
Mr. BUTLER (interruptingI-l do not
give way to be abused by man who has
moro beard than brains.
l. Mr., FAINswoRTH-That is a most ex-
cellent retort-as good as the member Is
capable of making. The member may
curse Inv beard, but he cannot steal under
the shadow of my beard My point OF
order is that the gentleman member from
4 Massachusetts has no right to advocate !"
claim hero for fee oi $4,000.
\ The SPEAKER directed the rule to be
read, which directs that no member shall
vote on any question in Il suit in which he
Is personally Interested, and stated that il
Tho rulp was enforced in It's utmost strin-
CCncy it would not prevent the gentle
man from Massachusetts from debating
the question. Tho rule was limited cn'
tircly TO the question Of voting. 1t was
for the gentleman himself to decide upon
his honor and his oath as 0 member; The
CHAIR could not be considered tho keeper
of members st. =! " -
Mr.. BUTLER only wanted the record TO
be received, which would brand the state
mcnt Of the member from Illinois, as
malicious, false and infamous (scnsatiOn.)
Mr.. FARNswoRTH-"HNvc it read"
Mr., BUrLER-The entry Is oneor g 900
for counsel fees paid Inc in January lo0S,
when argued the case before tho Su'
preme Court, where my brief Is fled 1t
was for counsel fees and nothing else.
Mr. FARSswoRTH said he would read
the record.I 3 = ytE Lit y AL, y.
Mr.. BUTLER desired that it be read at
the Clerks desk. The paper was sent TO
the Clerks desk and read. from which it
appcared Mr.. BUTLER had written TO the
Commissioner OF Patents, suggesting the
patent should not be extended without
examination, and that he had received u
counsel fee Of $4,000 from tho applicant.
Mr.. FARSswORTH said there were two
facts prominent in the matter, the first
was that in 1859 there was pending an ap-
plication from Roller White tor the eX'
tension Of his patent and that fact becom-
ing known to the member from Massachu'
sets, he volunteered to protest against it,
whether that was for the purpose of court
ing an offer erofcounsel fees he did not know.
The second fact was that when Mr.. White
filed his schedule Of expenditures in 1860
in order to show that he had not made
rs much out Of his patent as he should,
he entered ag one item Of expenditure.
thot in January, 1860, he paid the mem.
Der from Massachusetts $4,000 for counsel
fees He would state further that the
member did not utter word in the
Supreme Court in behalf Of Roller White,
though he did file very small and inSlg'
nilicant brief so it might appear that he
did something in law Court toward earn
! inr his $2,00O-but he, FARNswoRTH,
/ would leave il to the House md to the
country to determine what the motive OF
White was in paying 81 900, and what 1t
was, il not s., 900, that induced the meme
hnr from Massachusetts 10 advocate on