Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-16
canal from Lake Michigan to the Wabash
Teuuessee DeIegation.

lSV Nlr. CfJIcnleiu-rOI d ouifOJ " L fb
Tennessee and Hiawasse rivers.
nv Mr. Mavnard-For an issue OF Ma -
tional currency.
Bv Mr.. Whitthorne-For q canal over
Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river.
By Mr.. Harrison-For the relief OF pro-
ducers of leaf tobacco.
Texans-COntinentaf. ~
Bv Mr.. FdrtZFoi survey s1id report OF H. H.
the cost of a double track railroad from n,
Omaha to New York city, for transporta- " "
| ton of heavy freight. a,
By Mr.. Clark-For the improvement OF il
! the Missouri river. b,
By Mr.. Buclner-TO prescribe the time u,
| for the election of Representatives IN COh- II
| gress. e
| Bv Mr.. Loughridge-To impose tax on II
incomes Of $1,000 and uver9 also to regulate 81
| commerce between the States, and to reg n
ulate reasonable rates of railroad charges "
| for freight. IN
By Mr.. Houghton-For trans-continen- il
| tai railroad. - :. \
Nv Mf. Nesiilith-fo transfer to the War :;
| Department the management of Indian al Il
| fairs. i,
/ By Mr.. Arnstrong-To establish IelTl-
| torial government in Pembrino.
The total number of bills introduced to- &
day was over 300. liz
Eiis stamp act. III
Mr.. Myers presented memorial OF over Il
5000 druggists and chemists, asking for -
REPEAL OF the Stamp tax on medical pre- | u
partitions, or a modification OF the law; to
confine the tax to patent or proprietary v
medicines. Referred. =
Busteed Reaches the End of His Te- =,
tIier.
Mr.. Howe Republican, of Mississippi 7
offered a resolution inStructing the Judicial
~ Committee to inquire and report whether
action Of the House is required concerning
the official conduct OF the, Judge OF the I
United States Court for the District OF
Alabama and also whether the Judge has
held the terms of the courts required by
law. and whether he has continuously and t
nersistentlv absented himself from the t
State. and whether his acts and omissions /
in his office of Judge have been such in
way to deprive the people of that State OF '
the benefit of District Court therein and '
to amount to denial of Justice. Adopted. l
Bankruptcy Repeal.
Mr.. Tremaine from the Committee on
Judiciary reported a bill to repeal the
bankruptcy law and moved to suspend the .
rules to bring the bill before the House.
The bill was read. The first section repeats
the bankrupt law and all its amendments.
The second provides where there are bank
ruptcy proceedings pending the majority IN
value of its creditors whose claims nave
been proven or are proven, to determine III
what manner and on what terms and con-
ditions the esta OF the bankrupt shall be !
administered. and such resolution shall be ;
Immediately confirmed by the court. The :
| further sections arrange the details.
After various propositions and suggestions {
| the motion was modified so as to make the
bill the special order for tomorrow, to de- {
vote two hours to its discussion, and then
to have vote taken without dilatory mo-
tons. So ordered.
Am Appeal against Administration Ex-
travagance.
Mr.. Dawes called the attention Of the
House to the recommendation of the Sec |
retarv for an increase of taxation to the |
amount of S40000,000, and said that the
Committee on Ways and Means had in
structed him to offer the following resOlu-
ton:
Whereas. The Secretary Of the Treasury
has recommended in an official letter to the
Committee on Ways and Means an increase
in certain customs and duties and internal
taxation; therefore be it
Resolved, That the heads Of the several
departments be instructed to revise their
1
cal year with a view in the changed cOndi-
tiOn of the country TO a reduction thereon.
and to report the same TO this House to the |
end that all possible efforts at reduction be
= exhausted before new burdens be imposed
on the people.
lie said it had come to the knowledge Of
the Committee on Ways and Means since
it had instructed him to lepOIt that reSOlu-
tiOn, that the Committee on Appropriations
had been considering the same matter.
The two committees had come to an agree
/ ment on a resolution which the Chairman
Of the Committee on Appropriations would
= offer, and he yielded to him for that pur-
pose.
The Substitute.
, Mr.. Garfield then from the Committee
= | on Appropriations offered the following
| resolution:
+ Whereas, it appears that since the esti-
| mates Of appropriations required for the
service of the government for the fiscal year
, ending June 10, 1875, which have been laid
z before the House, were made by the several
departments of government, the country has |
= entered on a period of great financial en-
Il barTaSsment, accompanied by shrinkage |
q in values and a heavy falling off in revenue; |
h and whereas, in the judgment Of the House |
:, the foregoing facts make il the duty Of Con |
o gress to reduce expenditures to the lowest |
point consistent with the necessities Of the |
V government; and whereas, the Secretary of |
| the Treasury has recommended in an OffiCi- |
Il al letter to the Committee on Ways and |
q Means an increase in certain duties and in |
Y ternal taxation; therefore
g Resolved, that the President be request |
p ed to cause a revision of said estimates to
# be made by the several executive depart |
g uents and cause Il report to be made to the |
Il 81 81, rfl
Y January next, setting forth in detail what
e public expenditures for the current fiscal
6 year and what estimates for the next fiscal
= year can be reduced aud the amount of
!. such reduction, without serious dCtriment
d 10 The public service.
! Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts. asked Mr..
o Garfield how much he believed the est-
mates could be reduced, if they had been
e properly made up to carry out existing
J., laws.
q Mr. Garfield said it was impossible for
, him to answer that question at this stage
of the session. He only knew that in the
10 report of the Secretary of the Treasury and
n in the Presidents message reference was
!, made to the fact that large number of
i Public Buildings
1t had been authorized by the last Congress,
d on which work had not yet been begun. 1t
had been suggested that the work might be
suspended, or rather might not be begun, |
o and consequently three or four millions
t. might be covered back into the Treasury.
ii Ii was so perhaps in regard to Notifications
= rivers and harbors, etc. Hewas able to see
,r number Of places where reduction could |
e be made without damage to the public ser
|. vice, even in the expenses for the current |
year, and still more he should think in the !
# estimates for next year. The House would |
!, notice that the total estimates foP the next |
r fiscal year were 100000 more than the |
estimates of last year.
If Mr.. Dawes thought it hardly pOssiblel to |
IS cut down the estimated to the limit of 40 |
% or AZ millions required. He thought that |
= before Congress undertook to revive any |
q taxation that had been removed it should |
i show the country its disposition to cut of
every redundant expenditure and to reduce |
every salary possible under its jurisdiction. |
Mr.. Cox asked the Chairman Ofthe Ways |
ntinIt