The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-11
CONG ESS.
FORTY-sECOND TERM-FIRSr SESSION

WAsHiNeToN, April ll-Ths Senate met at Il o'clock.
tee on Finance ne, eb instructed during the of
atien with view to propose such amendments the bill
Hgs S e the n
and duties imported goods no. IN force. and in such
exceed Tesuied execute the laws relating to
wh 5 ces tns Sc &
such taxes be so distributed to impose the least
Mr. Casserly asked to have the resolution lie till to-
Mr.. Cole hoped that the committee would include in
their sr repeal OF the income It tax He did
of eveTy member Of the Fnanes oommttee The income
% e as 81 T. It .s &
would naturally Pc CHARGED at the next session.
to ths TssoSsion SsSs SSf to
& a oyer % tho
House received from that body read twice. and laid
that he W Would ask the
Mr.. Edmunds then said-I give notice that shall OBJ
Mr. Robertson replied that he intended to see whether
there was majority of the Senate dispos ed object
to BSas And
s0%as It 81 H. mSPp sa Ss
klpk bill nr, was taken 6S1 .iI;n. up ,.. 30 ,.
Isss
reosnt New York appointments supposed dongs
and votes in executive session Of the Senate and then
two preseSns days psbshsd washnston despstoSes %
rect and which gave spesches Supposed to
have been made in executive session. l win not de-
unfoundsd only in particulars relating to should
sy g. to s
by dsordeEy and Clamor to arrest the pro
account Of their general statements We have
s a s as aS G the as
PSty%ss as would like shoT how wide the report: are
late late only What does occur in enecutiVe session.
'Sfs % sss
S TAKE place 1s alike S s1s ssS vote % nG the Eat
the rs will permit me to 60 wish were at liberty to
the eOrrssPOndsnts who relied Information mis-
taken will be glad to make note OF this denial made
Mr. Edmunds explained that the amendments reported
The n: 6li but e perfect i stand
6s6ess corpus FROM June 4 lsls % the end q the
mtse measure Of prudence If lett expire at the
an shs Of the
Rops6 best to take the 5 i
measure
House.
Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio presented petition of citizens
Of Cincinnati for land warrants and equalization of bouu
NJ EssS, taG Senate bin 70
MoCIa from the 0oTmttsS fS On EsSsons ion
bes Congress held in Tennessee the sch Of Novem
ber 1870 held the day hxed by law and there
On motion Of Mr. Wells of New Jersey. the Senate bill
%ant 10 the late Brsader General Nathaniel ISon in
Missouri from the Speakers table and passed
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill
tho b as the
of the Senate in increasing the amount from S500 to
3500,0O0; but there items not alluded to by Mr.
Dawes which he wished TO call attention One
item of $25000 feed five bands of Indians He did
know how the House could get clear of that appropriation
without the danger of an Indian Another an
item of 0e for the ssavng stations of the New Jer
and Long Island coasts and the House could not
clear of that
In the Senate other legitimate items added to it,
and the Senate had stopped there there would
been occasion for lengthy debate But in addition
TO those amendments there other amendments
ing almost all the defeated appropriations and schemes of
the last sessonproects Of them corrupt and some
ged at the last To those had been added several
schemes because the longer Congress- in session
the greater would be the number of such schemes The
genius of FERTILE and his inclination prompted
him 10 be at work in devsing schemes OF punder
on the public treasury; -,
last be fruitful the first in plans and
schemes spOaling the Treasury. There another
class amendments in the bill that very serious
character and which generally styled independent
egs alton The committee had ended non con.
in heH and he urged the House to endorse that
recomme endatioa.
sylvania Fifteenth street TO Geosgetowna
work which woald cost the Goyernment 1s4,0OO and
would the 820OO9 he recommended
that instead OF that proposition there should be
preparation of $1,000 made to put the present pavement
In repair. L.. -.-,,,,
magnifcent public park in Washington, with splendid
bridges and sparkling fountains and grand