National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-23

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The bill for she payment Of the sshesl esesnsfs
b ths District Of Columbia nexs cane Up
| Nr. q. +. HOAR called esesooeo - ~ amend
nmt proposed BY Mr. AHsnIAn, sad adopted By
the committee yesterday, providing NJ the taxs'
tion Of personal property, and said there was nc
provision for carrying cut the eolieetiea Of The
tax. He denounced the proposition - radical
J taxation OF the poor thas had sever besa 81.
eseded.
m. SMITH rAIHD coon SENSE
Mr. SMITH, Of n. T., argued that tie Govern
ment should have sn assessment Of IL property,
and pay IT, taxes q the citlsens Of the District
paid. He eonmsnded ths sntspriss q the eiti-
sens, Who made WashiAgton the pride Of the -
1 tion. Thsy he'd tuss voted a appropgissdaa Tor
the Capitol police 70 protect this building, md
they vsrs equally BEND . psy for TIE prstsetion
and sass Of thelF ether property. ...n54Fae!,
Mr. ELDRED0E. / understood the gsntls-
man from Massachusetts, IMr. @. +. HoARl to
ny that ths proposition contained In this ameud-
4 mant ma vsry propae thing 70 do DO not
| hnov thaf that ma Tia nav hs intsnded 70 BE-
upderstood I rave hin N opoortunity 70 az
Main INIT IN his sslfoceupatioa he felt Il not Of
imnortsnee enough 10 axpiain What he did mean,
| AZ for myself I say never heard . more absurd
propositiou presented 20 . lextslstivs body than
the one contained In that amen dmsnt.
| What are We doinsf What Il the attitude and
pssitioa IN which We are plseedf The Congress
Of the United States, By IN organic act, has 10
quired the government Of the District Of Columbia
| % provide System OF free schoola Thak organic
act 10 explicit on this subject; It 10 mandatory;
there d no escape from II; the schools arc to b
free. Nov, this city 10 the great centre where al
the paupers Of tie United States come and settle.
They are invited asfs oy me lssisiasion snd
action Of Congress. Forty Thousand or more
people here vitheat |. dollar Of property, arc
oosumSIs unss,s..na it tS.. Sundr.d menu
bers Of Omrrsse hsy. brou rbt their children
with them to the city Of Washington and arc
sending them to the District schools. Many
thou,snd-I an not svsrs prscissly how many.
Of the Government employees, holding residences
outside of the District Of Columbia I'm various
States Of the Union, have come here with their
children, and ars sending them to the schools in
this District, .--
As have said, you have, BY the oreanio oct,
required the District authorities to provide sys-
TEN Of free schools In accordance with your man.
date they have gone % and assessed proper
sum, - they thought, to support the schools
during the current or fiscal year. They have un-
oeeded in some degree-upon real estate located
in the District Of Columbia. Some property
holders have not been able to pay their taxes;
some have been unwilling to pay them; and many
Of the taxes assessed for school purposes remain
unpaid. Certificates have been issued against
real estate; and those certificates have been Of.
fered In the market; but from some circumstance
or other the District authorities have not been
able to realise upon those certificates; % that the
school teachers employed under your mandate
requiring that the schools shall be free unpaid
What is this position in which We are today
By this amendment We propose to require the PEG
pie Of tho District Of Columbia for the purpose Of
educating the children of members Of Congress |
and OF employees Of the Government, to assess |
upon themselves and their property another tax /
to support these schools, because they have not |
been able to realize the full amount already as
sessed for the same purpose under your mandate.
Mr. FORT. VIII the gentleman allow me to
correct him In one respectf
Mr.. ELDREDGE II the gentleman has .
question, I will hear It; but otherwise do not
wish to be interrupted in my remarks.
Mr.. FORT. The gentleman speaks Of this Dis
trict educating the children Of members Of Con-
gre.s Now, I have one little fellow Tor whose
tuition pay ten dollars quarter in this city.
and there are other members to my knowledge
who do the same thing,
Mr.. RANDALL. am better OF than the gen.
tleman; I have to pay for two.
Mr.. ELDREDGE. lido not know how much
he gentleman from Illinois (Mr. FoRrl pays for
his "little fellow" (Laughter.] l do not know