The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-23
Washington Matters.
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.

The Committee of Investigation into the
affairs of the New York Custom House will
hold its final meeting ON Saturday, when sew
eral witnesses will be examined A number of
Republican Senators have informally agreed
upon the following order of business The
Treaty of Washington is to be postponed; on
Wednesday the Amnesty bill and an amended
Civil Rights BILL on Thursday and Friday the
Tariff; on Saturday those bills ON the calendar
to which no objection be made, and on Monday
and Tuesday next the Omnibus Appropriation
bill and the River and Harbor bill. veil
THE TARIFF AND TAX BILL.
The Senate Finance Committee have been in
session upon the House tariff bill nearly all
day, and manifest a commendable intention to
report the measure back to the Senate for its
action at the earliest possible time, probably on
Thursday. 1t is understood that the commit
tee will recommend several important changes
in the bill, chiefly in the internal revenue Sec
tions, in the nature of larger reductions of tax
alton. The sentiment of the majority of both
Houses is well known to favor greater relief
than the bill in its present form proposes, and
there are various methods suggested realizing
the desired changes. The Committee of Ways
and Means would, in the first place, have adj
vised large reduction of the internal revenue.
had they been at all certain of the fate of the
tariff portion of the bill, or that they could
have brought it through the House so nearly in
tact. 1t is doubtful if the Senate committee
consent to the Butler amendment permitting
onc-third of the duties to be paid in greenbacks
proposition which they have heretofore stead
lily refused; and it is expected that they will
modify, to some extent the section for the re-
vival of American shipbuilding. Influences
ale actively at work to effect a change in the
sections which will allow to American mate
rails used in the construction of vessels the
same drawbacks as it the articles had been i'm
ported, and the Senate committee is believed to
be favorable. The House would be very likely
to defeat the section in this form, but confer
ence committee may preserve it. A revised es-
innate from the Treasury Department makes
the total reduction of taxes and customs by the
BILL as it finally passed the House, $43, 633 IT'S,
of which $7,O38, 100 is taken from tobacco
$500, 900 from gas, $780, 900 from stamps and
100000 from savings banks deposits.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
The civil rights bill introduced by Mr.. Car
penter, and passed by the Senate, reads thus:
Be it enacted, &C., That whoever, being
corporation or natural person and owner, or in
charge of any public inn, or of any place of
public amusement or entertainment for which
license from any legal authority is required,
or OF any line of stage coaches, railroad or
other means OF public carriage of passengers or
freight, shall make any distinction as to ad-
mission or accommodation therein of any cti-
zen Of the United States because of race, color
or previous condition of servitude, shall on con-
viction thereof be fined not less than five hun
bred nor more than five thousand dollars for
each offence, and the person or corporation so
offending shall be liable to the citizens thereby
injured in damages, to be recovered in an ac-
ton Of debt.
SECT. THAT the offences under this act and
actions to recover damages may be prosecuted
before any Territorial, District or Circuit Court
of the United States having jurisdiction of
crimes at the place where the offence was
charged to have been committed, with a right
of appeal or to have a writ of error in any case
to the Supreme Court of the United States
Mr.. Casserly secured the addition of the right
of appeal to the Supreme Court.
TIE AMNESTY BILL
passed by the Senate provides that all disabilities
be removed from all persons whomsoever, except
Senators and Representatives of the thirty-sixth
ana th'rty-seventh Congresses, officers in the
Judicial military and naval service of the
United States heads of departments and for
eign ministers of the United States.