The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-26
XLIst CONGRESS-.
THIRD SESSION.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January 20.

NAslllNuTON, january 20,
Senator elect F. P. BLAIR, OF Missouri,
whose presence was announced by his
colleague, Mr.. ScHURz, appeared and took
the oath Of office.
The Senate proceeded with the income
tax repeal bill.
Mr.. SCoTT argued to show the uncon.
stitutional, unjust, and unnecessary char.
acter OF the tax.
Mr., SHERMAN spoke upon the impossl.
blllty Of dispensing with the revenue de.
rived from this tax, without materially
affecting the estimated current expenses Of
the Government. r
The subject was then laid aside, and
the remainder Of the session was taken up
by personal debate between Messrs. FEN.
TON and CoNKLING, in regard to the mat
ter connected with the New York Gus.
tom House and Collector Murphy's
administration.
Senate adjourned. Eaw
HOUSE.
Mr.. HOOPER, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported back the Sen.
ate amendments to the House bill deClara.
tory Of the meaning Of the act OF July IA,
1870, to reduce internal taxation. The
amendments were concurred in and tho
bill goes to the President for approval.
The House took up the bill reported
yesterday by Mr.. SToUGHToN from the
Committee on Military Affairs, to enable
hOnorably discharged soldiers and sailors,
their widows and orphan children, to nc.
Quirc homesteads on the public lands.
Mr.. HOLMAN moved Us substitute that
soldiers and sailors of the late war, their
widows and orphans, have the benefit Of
the bounty land law Of the 2Sth Septem.
Der, 1850.
Mr.. JULIAN moved as q substitute the
relieving of soldiers and sailors who make
homestead entries from the legal require
ments Of five years occupation, but let.
ting the time served in the army count as
part time Of occupation.
The morning hour having expired the
bill went over till tomorrow.
Mr.. BRooKs, of New York, made in.
quiry Of Mr.. DAWES in regard to the
meeting ol the next Congress on the 4th
Of March, and wanted information on the
subject, in order to guide him in the in.
PRODUCTION Of bills and his action on bills.
Besides he and other members were
deeply interested in the matter Of tariff
reform, and II the session closes on the
4th of March he proposed to ask the
action oil the House as soon US rules would
permit him for reformation Of the tariff.
1t was for that purpose and the inlOrma.
tion of tho country that he desired nm
answer to the question from the chaiman
Of the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. DAWES said that he could only give
his private opinion on tho subject, us the
law now stood, 1t was obvious that
there must be session on the 4th Of
March. Ho saw no indication that
the law would be repealed, much
to his own personal regret, and
If Congress assembled on tho
4th o! March he had no reasonable cX
pectation that they would adjourn before
the middle Of April, or tho 1st Of May.
He should himself do oil he could to have
the session close in single day or n single
week, but in the light Of experience he
would hazard the prophecy that II Con.
grcss met on the 4th Of March next, they
would not adjourn before the middle OF
April or the 1st of May.
The House went into u Committee OF
the Whole, with Mr.. WHEELER In the
Chair, on the Indian appropriation bill,
which appropriates $4,350, 400. The
usual discussion about opposing the poll
cies of the feeding and fighting Of the In
dians was carried on for considerable
time.
After disp6sing of "a pages of the bill,
just one half, the House adjourned.