The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13

bill introduced hy Mir Carpenter be passed,
> some tlntamOuut legislation be had to
protect Their rights; referred to committee
ON privileges and elections.
The Senate went into executive session,
and after a few minutes Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Ellis II Roberts, member of the commit
tee on ways and means modified the state
ment which he had made in his speech last
week. in which he had been understood as
asserting that the secretary of the treasury
had recommended the increase of taxation
to the amount of $500, 900 900. He had
merely meant 10 convey the idea that that
was the inference which he had drawn
from the sccrctary's letter of December
last to the committee on ways and means.
He made the explanation at the request of
the secretary.
Mr.. Dawes, chairman of the committee,
asked Mr.. Roberts whether he understood
that the secretary of the treasury had mt no
time urged on the house the imposition of
increased taxation, and whether he, Rob-
erts was authorized by the secretary of
the treasury TO announce to the House and
country that the secretary no longer desired
any additional taxes to be imposed.
MIR. Roberts said he was not authorized
by the secretary of the treasury to make
any statement different from the letter
which he had submitted to the committee
on ways and means in December.
On motion Of Mr.. Cox of New York the
Senate Joint resolution with reference to
the bronze statue of Jefferson, was taken
up and passed.
Mcssrs Dawes and Cox were excused
from serving ON the committee to attend
ex-Prcsidcnt Fillmore's funeral, and Messrs
Swan, Of Maryland, and Bass, Of New
York, were appointed in their place
The House went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Woodford, OF New York. in
the chair, on the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill, and was adj
dressed by Mr. Beck, Of Kentucky. lie
reiterated his former assertion that the ap-
preparations for the current fiscal year
were fifteen millions in excess of the esti-
mates. and got into controversy with Mr.
Dawes upon the correctness of that gentle
mans arithmetic in his late speech touch
ing upon the Sanborn contracts, uncx-
| pended balance, &c.
| Mr. Butler of Massachusetts, in reply TO
| Mr. Beck's alusion to the San ON con
Tracts, said the administration had been
attacked in the matter by II corrupt press.
engaged and paid by the very men who
| had cheated the government out of its
| taxes. He went to give the history of the
law and the reasons Tor giving out such
contracts. The object was to ascertain
cases of delinquent taxes due from rail-
roads. from whisky dealers, and from heirs
| of rich SUGGESTIONS. Among other things
| the Erie Hallway had been brought to task
| for half million Of back taxes.
| Mr. Foster. of ONO, asked Mr. Butler
I.tl Il.
| Erie Railway Company.
Mr. Butler replied that none of it had
been collected yet, because the railroad
company hal set the newspapers on San
born in order To get the law repealed and
to get up "a row in Congress over il till the
time for collecting these delinquent taxes
| has run out
The debate ON the law authorizing the
Sanborn contracts became general
Mr. Foster, from the ways and means
committee, stated that the committee had
authorized him To report Il bill to repeal
that law. He undertook to say that three
fourths of all the collections made under
those contracts would have been made by
the ordinary internal revenue officers. MI
Foster said that the effect of the law had
been that instead of these contractors as
sistng the revenue officers in the discovery
of back taxes the revenue officers had been
assisting them, for which they Qhc con
tractors had received S2l2, 900.
a large amount of taxes had been collect
ed the men, one of them, Mr. Simmons
then supervisor for Massachusetts,, and tho
these gentlemen had since been indicted
and would probably 90 to the penitentary
while the other had been promoted to tho
collectorship of Boston. (Laughter.)
Butler expressed wish that 800 San
borns' could be let out on rascals who hat
been defrauding the government, and thei
Congress would not be obliged to tax thu
poor mans tea. coffee and matches Their,
were still $4,000 900 of these dereic
r taxes uncolected, and Sanborn only wanteC
I TO be let loose upon them.
% Mr. Foster made some further remarks il
which he alluded to Butler as attorney 70
, Sanborn.
Mr. Butler denied that he was Sanborn'
attorney. lie had not been retained by
hf-n ia any case, but he had hoped to be
and he would give his best services ver'
cheap in getting taxes out of these railroad
companies. In retOrt to Fosters aliusion
he said that at one time God came dow
from heaven to punish msstatement an
that it was not because man had said tina
had kept back part of the truth.
Mr. Dawes and f. III Roberts denounce
the policy of forming revenues and corrur
ton.
, Mr. Phelps of New Jersey detailed hi
own experience as executor of an estat
with revenue farmers, not then KNOWN
the character of their business. Butler wa
only member defending the system an
the men executing it.
Mr. Garfield gave a history of the La
under which the contracts were made.
The proposition had been made to I'll
committee on appropriations to add TO I'll
legislative appropriation bill clause en-
towering the secretary of the treasury
make contracts for the collection of unpai
taxes. lie had taken that clause himself
Boutwell, and asked whether he desired
have IT nut into law. Boutwell, had di
sented from ii and expressed his DISBELIEF
the'policy of it.
on reporting that fact to the committ'
the clause was unanimously rejected, al
the bill passed the House not containing
The bill came back from the Senate vii
that clause in il, and the committee on a
propTiations recommended 1t to be strut
out and il was struck out. The Senate co
ferees were strong and decided in their d
termination to keep that clause in.
The House conferees had undertaken
nd obviate its objections by putting into la
that no contract should be given to cole
taxes under that arrangement unless Il
y, statement was first filed both, setting for
tv exactly the companies, corporations or !
= divlduals who owed taxes &c. That W
the only condition on which the Hou
conferees would agree to the clause.
a The speaker announced that he had
ng pointed Mr., Bass of New York in place
- Mr.. Cox, and that he would act as cha
~ man of the committee.
The House at $50 adjourned.