Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-04

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The question then REQUIRED upon the amend.
mont Offered yesterday by Mr.. Beck 10 ta1
United o,alU bJu1s. Number Of amend.
ments were offered 10 the amendment, and Il
was someN I modified.
Mr.. SchcnCk opposed the amendment, and
| Mfr. Beck advocated t.
Mr.. Butler argued that the interest of United
States bonds was taxed to-day. All honest
men paid that tax, while the Togues and the
dishonest men paid II. II was only proposed
i now TO exercise the method applied 10 rogucs
and 10 withhold the amount OF taxation. He
assorted that men evadcd the law because,
while the increase Of bonds was part Of the In
come, they did not return II. The rascals kept
/ that back. -
Mr.. Benton, Of New Hampshire, asked II all
were rascals who held honda. a n
Mr.. Butler replied that all were rascals who
owned bonds and swore they did not because
/ they wanted To eyade the tau. He called the
attention Of the House and the country 10 the
fact that VIC had taxed the amounta that scr
want girls and othep deposited In saving
banks, and now wanted 10 refuse 10 tax the
! wealthy bOndholder. Referring 10 the for
etgn bnndbolder he denied that the country
hld ever given pledge that the bOnds Of the
United States should not DO taxed.
Mr.. Benton Inquired how many Uf tho bond
holders bad sworn they did not own bonds IN
order 10 cyade the tax.
Mr.. Butler. Count the sanda Of the sea, or
the stars Of tho heaven for multitude for an
answer. Laughter.
Mr. Hotchkiss, Of n. Y, argued that to tax
the bonds would be a violation Of tho pledged
faith Of tho Government.
Mr.. SchCnck said the question was not dis.
cussed In the spirit In which II should be.
Gentlemen ran OF TO discuss the character Of
men who held the bonds, when That had moth
Ing 10 do with II. The only question 10 be
determined WIS whether we had n right to
tax the bonds, and ho commended that there was
no such right. .u-n.r..
Mr.. Eldridge, Of Wis, argued IN favor Of
the taxation Of the bonds and the rlghtof Con-
gress to do IL
Mr.. Butler wanted to consider what effect
the taxation Of these bonds would have upon
the credit OF the Government lie admitted
II would be disastrous II the Government had
pledged Its faith not TO tax these bonds but
he denied that such pledge was ever given. II
such pledge had been given he would not
press his motion TO vote. He denied al In
situation that this smacked Of reputation.
All other bonds, Of county, State and railroads
were taxed, whether In the hand Of the for
eigner or In the hand OF our own citizens, and
we heard no cry OF population until we came
TO bonds Of the United States. lie repeated
what he Ind said upon n former occasion,
that all other nations taxed their bonds and
they were not accused Of Reputation.
Mr.. Schcnck said II was asserted and ln-
situated that all whohcld United StatcsbOnds
were rascals. lie denied that and no one
who made tho assertion ever believed II. II
was mere clap trap. lie admitted that there
was no direct pledge that the bonds should
not be taxed, but there was an implied pledge
which was understood by the whole world
and for this Government tOnow tax the bonds
OF the country was to lessen confidence IN the
credit, good faith, aud punctuallty Of the Gov
eminent.
Tho question was then taken upon Mr..
Bccks amendment to tax the Interest OF Uui-
ted States bonds five per cent, and to collect
the amount In like manner us tax on railroad
and other bonds arc collected.
The amendment was rcjocted--ycas rs,
nays ITO. .-.''
The vote In detail Is rs follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Beck,
Benjamin, Briggs, Bird, Booker, Brooks OF
N. Y, Burr, Butler, of Mass, Cleveland,
Cobb Of Wis, Cobum, Crcbbs, Cullum, Dick
lnsOn, DOckery, DoX, Dyer, Ella, EldridgC,
FaTnswoTth, Fitch, Fox, Getz, Gibson, Girls
Hamilton, Hawkins, Hay, Hays, Hcnin,
Holman, Ingersoll, johnson, Jones Of N, C.,
Kerr, Knott, Lewis, Logan, Marshall Nav
ham, Mccormick, Mckee, McKeely, AIilncr.
Moore Of ILL.,, Morgan, Morrlssy, Orth, Potter
Of n. Y, Randall, Reeves, Rice, Sargent
Sheldon Of La, sherrod, Smith Of Oregon,
Tyner, Van Aukcn, Wells. Whitmorc Wilson
OF MINI, Wilson Of Ohio, Winchester, Whether,
Wood, and Woodward
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Amber, Ames, Arm
strong, Arncll Asker, Atwood, Aver, Bailey,
banks, bssry. Beaman, Beatty, Bennett, Ben
Mass, BuilintOn, Burcn~rd RIir5eit Rn,ior
Of Tenn, Clarke Of Kan, CU-gcT' CnynJ.
Cowles, Davis, Dawes, Degcncr, nnnIcy
Duyal FERRIS, Flnkclnburg, Fisher, Garfield,
GIldllan, Hale, Harris, Hawley, Hill, HoaT,
Hooper, Hotchklss, Jenckes, Judd, Kelley.
Kellogg, Kelsey, knapp ddsseeIrft6y, McCrnTy.
ridge Lynch, MaynaTSdi ercur, Moore of Ohio,
Moore q N. j., Morphis, Morrcll, Morrill,,
Myers, Ne.sley, Sewsham, O'Neill, Packard,
Packer, Paine. Peck, Percc, Peters, Phelps,
Plat, Pomeroy, Porter, Roots, Sawyer,
Schenck, Schumacher, ScOfold, Sheldon OF N.
y, slocum, smith OF Ohio, smith OF Tenn,
Smith OF VT, Smyth Of Iowa, Starkweather,
Stevenson, StOughton, Strickland, Strong,
Tanner, Taylor, Tillman, Townsend, Twicheli,
Upson, Ward, Washbun Of Mass, Welker,
Wheeler, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams and
Winans-1i0.
The section was then passed without fur
ther amendment although several were
offered 80
The two succeeding sections were passed
without amendment Of q material character.
Mr.. Brooks, Of N. Y, then offered nm
amendment In the nature Of . low tariff bill.
Mr. Eldrldge made the point Of order that
The amendment was not gennane, and was
The Speaker decided that II was germanc,
and In order. Butt was new question, and
he would therefore prefer the House to decide,
and would submit the question.
The House decided that Ii was gcrmane to
add on O tariff bill. 1
The Speaker decided further, however, that
the amendment was not In order until tho taX
bill was completed.
The House then proceeded with tho con
Guiding section, for which Mr.. SchoncS offered