Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-04-27
Congressional Matters.

The Senate has adopted q resolution
instructing the Committee on Finance
to examine, during the recess OF Con-
gress, the subject of taxation, with a
view to reporting amendments to the
pending bill repeating certain duties,
making large reductions in taxations.
The House has nassed bill for the
removal of all legal and political disa-
bilities, excluding only members of
Congress who withdrew from Congress
and aided the rebellion officers of the
army and navy who sided with the re-
bellion; and members of the state con-
ventions who voted for and signed the
ordinances of secession. The vote stood
yeas 134, nays 46.
The House has passed resolution
declaring that the true principle of rev.
enue reform points to the abolition of
the internal revenue system, which was
created as a war measure, to provide for
extraordinary expenses, and the cor
tinuance of which involves the employ
ment, at a cost of millions of
dollars annually, an army of asses
sors, collectors, supervisors, detect
ives, and other officers previously I'M
known, and requires the repeal at the
earliest day consistent with the main
tenance of the faith and credit of the
Government, of all stamp and other in
ternal taxes and that properly adjust
ed rates should be retained on distilled
spirits, tobacco and malt liquors so
long as the Legitimate expenses of the
Government require the collection of
any sum from internal taxation. The
vote stood yeas 130, nays 81.
Speaker Blaine has appointed the fol-
lowing standing committees in the
House:
Committee en- Rules-The Speaker,
Messrs. Banks, Garfield, Cox and Ran
dali
On Public Buildings and Grounds
Messrs. Halsey, Starkweather, Tyner,
Plat, Morphis, Orr, Getz, Wells and
Perry.
The Senate has passed the House
bill for the suppression of the Ku.K .Klux
in the south. The vote stood, yeas,
45, nays, 19. The vote was a party one,
except that Hill, Robertson, Schurz
and Upton voted with the Democrats
against it, The following amendments
were added: Extending the time with
in which the president may suspend
the writ to the end of the next regular
session of Congress assessing damages
to persons and property upon localities
in which outrages have been committed;
to strike out the clause repeating the
test oath for United States jurors.
In the Senate on Friday, Howe made
a personal explanation respecting his
course toward Sumner. He said that
he had indulged in remarks upon the
Senator'S course, which were prompted
by the conviction that he was striking
a blow at the Republican party, but be
Howe) had learned from the Senator's
speech upon the Ku-Klux bill that his
sympathy was still with the party,
and he was glad TO make the acknowl-
edgment. Sumner replied that what
he had said on che subject of San Do
mingo, he had said from a conviction
of duty, and because he did not wish
the party to be loaded with measures
that were injurious to the party and the
country. he had no hostility to Sena-
tor Howe, and no intention of leaving
the Republican party -
During the past week the House was
principally ngaged in considering the
Senate amendments to the deficiency
bill.