New-York tribune., 1871-12-12
REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.


Mr. SUMNER RESIGNS FROM ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Mr. SUMNER Rep., .Mass) asked to 30 re.
ieycd the position Of Chairman OF the Committee
Mr. FESToN ep y " presented the petition % Of @ 500
of York and others among whom he said ne recog
nzed many of the prominent business M men sna tana
effect tho lat Of January ls3 Tue petition nc nc sa.o
Mr. SUMNER presented aye petition. for the repeal Of
the duty on salt; also. petition OF col0red ct1ens OF
Rhode island for the passage of the supplementary C
Several other Senators presented petitions for the
peal Of the duly on salt, which were referred 70 he
Mr. FESToN tIsep.. H. W and others presented many
petitions AGAINST the manufacture OF stamped envelopes
Mr. ROnERTsON rep. g. C). from the Committee on
Disabilities. reported the House General Amnesty Dii'
aud recommended It's passage
AsoI IIsuING THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
SUMNER rep Mass iptrodHsed d. bill to rsdnee
~ Internal Revenue and asked to referred 70
.,s t1s: s:; 'ss.T: +. -, from %;
{: Il. & e; H. sss {: @
mae - issoe .acS date sA.i be collected. ..i
S.,S Of cos ss?py ~ S,.:ss @
d de.e hes Of division cls.i: and de- ~pCye: o1ds,
-, sp%S, .ad instead .hss 'ha s Collector
& % G s s sse na If''ss
officers 0nsns Of such Law are devOro upon
.rr Of in~u, the srst day Of September
T, 81, 9s. :; ps t. ;s , 4 H. p; day
1so en de- direction q SECRETARY 1 do in
y sS. S., ~" ..s G s I e .s NE Gs q s. H.
r:::y shan h.!s II s bs!oaEns as o.nDl:o..:
end ssn.ry The laws Internal R<vsans the COun'
s:! "a % s 1t Day :, sps.Ss .s ns ~
ss ss %g a Il: Ts..s sisl nd other
h % deem 6 ma: q; ssaa a he
saos % 'hs beads q any o! The Ise,:Ty esr.ssa ~ a.. .
justice ali who
SIC thai al acts and p''' Of 'e' Inconsistent herewith ''
snERMAN ep Ohio expressed ed aonD as to
9St :1ISus 70 enlarge g.nss the
originate Of this charaoet This was not bin
:; s.s but s to seaSis 3 taxes ana
Mr. SHERMAN said the bill raised tho taxes on spirits
Mr.. SUMNER replied that the increase was only ap::
parents roal It merely bringing together Of
%ttsr furthsr di.sussisn the referred to the
e sss sss s,
H. ss(s: IN TIN se ts sorssrs
pstrss. q Illinois; ss" bin fes, Of the United
states Hs5,Gs e that District oIs S,,saon eeauns
tho ..as q food tS the Secretary
Cncsfo snrsss IT Tabled follows:
sane as the salary psta to the First CONTROLLER
REMOVING THE hEFoRN SCHOOL
tSs s,rc RP Of GoamSs 10 'n' he'0rm
re R 81 :, shs s..i.G s Q,
hoo" .p1 Soie. .e BY nd said Tas
~ s se @ a, for. ysS s.ss % Ss r..
= .t. school, and its organization and manage
p,xIsurxG coxrUxAcIous WITNESSES.
Mr SCOTT Uep. Penn.,-Relative to witnesses ana TO
sscTs s Of s Speaker Of tn. Hor
Of
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s.sP, "a ,sGp IT, % 70. s.m,,, ss1 SeT%,sa 1s9dt.
CsSs sss :, q si6 S;,s Of
g.. b, lssat, 30 't served r. secc.n,' tsru~
Mr. RAMSEY n!.p MnnJ '"ra To Establish the Territory
az o.bway. md provide temporary government there
rcror, lie. between the afh and 10Th parallels,
Mr.. iiuv ,Rep wisJ-Providing for the refundng Of
tte, on D;ydrnds nirre and roat earned or added
aci July $50. durs the last months Of the
y"ar is:o.
Mr.. CONkLISG tiicp; y. ~ moved to take mp his
rc~olution r citing the Committee Military Affairs to
Suquire what station j. tO prevent In the
fur. of dedication similar to that Of Paymaster
MI: TRi MBILL ,R"P,, no objected, ami suggested
unn DH - TpSnlullOn IOr tne al
pointneo OF select Committee Oh Retrcnchment aud
civil Service Iscfo,m.
Mr. CONKLiNG eaid he preferred to urge the passage
OF his own rt's.,lutl0n
Mr. WILSON nser, Mass) favored Mr.. Trumbulrs
Nj TRIIMBCLL also thought 1t unnecessary to press
NJ COnIng's resolution, when there was another
Of much broader scope, and covering the same sub
Mr.. PRELINGHYsEN N,ep, N. JJ said that the nvcs
tigation by Mr. COnklngs resolution could
hot I've made BY the committee proposed by Mr.
Mr.. scnCRZ Rop, MOI said that that committee, or
one like IT, bad existed for several years. and had exam
1Vd cascs of fraud and dedication very successfully
Mr. LOGAN tRcp., ILL., argued that the Committee on
fimance' ana not the Committee on Military Anhirs'
o"Sn' 10 oe directed w investigate tle HOdgc Case
. TIE kLw.Y CrsrOMuOUsE FRAUDS
Mr. TRUMBuLL Rep., nl.) moved to Substitute bis
resolution for Mr. Conkngs and read from the report
81 81 ua Son committee on kctrcDclmcnt on the ABUSES
~ ~ H. Erk Cnsoin House. to show the necessary
tof ne feSvs of tho Committee. That report showed
tnaI tDe saacs OF the supe nnmcrary wegIiers alone
"mountou 10 sCIoo year; that by the warehOusing
eystein 10 drt importers were robbed immense sumo
ang were going In the name OF tine Government. IT
~ns generally beed throughout the country that the
phtronaee OF she Government used for mere par.
na nI"ss or s,S %ofS; ~ many cases for per,
i was necessary to investigate IN evrry department Of
the government whether these things were as charged
10 expose them they were and If not to set the
public mind at rest by Of tine ruh In olden
hmes removals from the subordinate office,
were Of There only nine remoyas
during the eight years OF WnshIg gOns admin
Jefferson who. when he came into power found the
Offices filled with bis political adversares removed only
thirty persons during his two terms Maiison re-
moved but five In his eight year. Monroe only nine and
Jobn Adams only two. In those days men were M.
pontsd 70 ofnce for their fidelity ~ tue Consttution