The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-11
l3D CONUnESS---.FIRST SESSION.

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Mr.. Morrill,, Me, reported fIrarably
bill apprOprling $4,000 10 dclHy cy-
penses of the District of Columbia lnyes-
tigation Committee, which Was discussed
until the expiration OF The morning hour.
At his own request ON, account OF poor
health, Mr. Boutwell, was .relicycd from
further duty ON the district investigation
committee.
The chair appointed rs a committee to
attend the funeral of cx-PIcs,dent Fill
more, Messrs Fenlon, llamlim and Bay
ard. He also appointed as members or the
board of visitors to the West Point acade-
my. Messrs Howe and Dennis Mr. Pcase
Of Mississippi was appointed an additional
member of the committee ON education
and labor.
The bill to equallze the distribution Of
national bank currency was then taken up
and Mr. Logan of Illinois, who was entitled
to the floor, yielded il to Mr. Ferry of
Michigan, who declared in Il lengthy argu-
mcnt in favor of free banking on the ma
tional banking system.
Mr. Conliling presented the petition of
Morton, Grswod and other prominent
citizens OF New York, holders of
bonded Indebtedness of the state of
Louisiana, stating that the legislature
of that State is engaged in the process of
reputation, and praying Congress that the
bill introduced by Mr. Carpenter be passed,
or some tantamount legislation be had to
protect ther rights referred to committee
on privileges and elections.
The Senate went into executive session.
and after 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 $42O.000, 600 He had
merely meant to 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 at no
time urged on the house the imposition of
increased taxation, and whether he, Rob
crts, was authorized by the secretary of
the treasury to announce to the House and
country that the secretary 70 longer desired
any additional taxes to be imposed
Mr.. 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.
Messrs Dawes and Cox were excused
from serving ON the committee to attend
ex-Presdcnt Fllmore's funeral. and Messrs
Swan, Of Maryland, ard 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. He
reiterated his former assertion that the APP
preparations for the current fiscal year
were fifteen millions in excess Of the esii-
mates, and got into Il controversy with Mr.
/ Dawes upon the correctness Of that gentle
man arithmetic in his late speech touch
M upon the Sanbom contracts, uncx-
I pended balance, sc.
Mr. Butler, Of Massachusetts, in reply 10
Mr. Heck's allusion to the san ON con-
tracts said lie administration had been
attacked in The matter by a corrupt press,
engaged ana 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 Railway had been brought to task
for half million Of back taxes.
Mr. Foster. OF OHIO, asked Mr. Butler
how much had been collected from the
Erie Railway Company.
Mr. Butler replied that none Of it had
been collected yet, because the railroad
company had set the newspapers ON San
born in order to get the law repealed and
to get up row in Congress over it 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 bill to repeal
that law lie undertook to say that three
fourths of all the collections made under
those contracts would have been made by
the ordinary internal revenue officers. Mr.
Foster said that the effect of the law had
been that instead of these contractors as
siSting the revenue officers in the discovery
of back taxes the revenue officers had been
assisting them, for which they Qhe con-
tractors) had received $2l2,000
A large amount of taxes had been collect
ed the men. one of them, Mr. Simmons,
then supervisor for Massachusetts,, and the
other Mr. llawlcy of New York. One of
these gentlemen had since been indicted
and would probably go to the penitentiary
: while the other had been promoted to the
celectorship of Boston, (Laughter)
Butler expressed II wish that 500 san
borns' could be let out on rascals who had
been defrauding the government, and then