Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-25

| paid upon bOiting cloths or stamps used by
savings banks, who conduct business sim
ply as such. The most important fea-
ture of the bill is that the entire stock Of
| whisky on hand is exempt from any taxa
ton whatever, and that consequently, if the
/ bill becomes a law, the distilleTs and spec
ulators who ,Own swhisky will gain net
| profit of twenty cents gallon.
Congressional Morality.
Senator Scott, Of Pennsylvania, in a very
| spiteful and arrogant speech upon the Pa
| cifc Mail subsidy, furnished a curious il
| luStTatiOn Of the views which many public
! men take on the results Of the Pacific Mail
/ investigation. He characterized the eX-
/ penditure of $4,000 here by Irwin as q
! piece Of business idiOcy, and that while ed
! itOrs, correspondents and bummeTs are put
! ting their arms up TO the elbows into this
| corruption fand. the evidence showed that
! thus far Congressman are guiltless. This
! very amusing and forced piece of special
| pleading, by which the recipients Of the in
/ significant remnant of thai bribe money
| are assumed to have received 1t all, is COM
mon with many public men, and with none
more than those to whom suspicion points
as bTibe takers.
Illustrative Of a very common type Of Con-
gressiOnal morality, occurred in the House
at the same time. HathOrn, the proprietor
Of tie great mineral spring at Saratoga,
and representative in Congress from that
district, moved an amendment to the tax
bill. proposing very considerable tax Oh
al imported mineral waters, and the House,
with q very few dIssentingvOteS, permitted
the amendment 10 be embodied in the bill.
One Democratic member had the courage
to say that HathOrn had not the right to
vote for such an amendment, rs he was per-
sOnally Interested in the protection Of his
mineral spring. But the House did not en-
teItain the objection, and UathoTn not only
did vote, but in the widest excitement be-
sought all his personal friends to vote with
him.
Grants Estimate Of sheridan.
The President. in a recent conversation !
with Representative Frye, Of Maine, paid |
a very high tribute 10 Phil. Sheridan. The (
President inquired Of Mr.. Frye, who had /
Just returned with the Louisiana commit /
tee, his opinion Of Sheridan. The latter |
said he thought he was . good man 10 lead /
q charge in battle, but little more, but that /
his visit to New Orleans has!shoWn that he 4
was mistaken, and that, on the contrary, |
Phil. Sheridan IS a man Of very sound /
Judgment, and manages affairs in Louis
lana with remarkable ability, ,nOtwithstand
ing he is constantly insulted. The Presi-
dent, in substance, replied: "With very
many other people, You have indeed, been |
entirely mistaken. 1t IS ICY deliberate
opinion that Phil. Sheridan is the greatest
of living or dead military men. II two Of
the largest countries in the world were to
be engaged IN a war against each other, ard
TO prosecute it to the utmost limit, know
Of no man, living or dead, to whom 1 would
so soon intrUst the campaign, from The
planningOf It to the end, as to Gen. Phil.
Sheridan
How II will WORK.
Special 70 the Cincinnati Enquirer.
some Of the best fnanciers in the House
are Of the opinion that the Government |
will derive no revenue from the new tax
bill during the next six months, except,
possibly, from sugar; and that the increase
Of the tax on whisky will lead 20 fraud
upon the Treasury. The sugar duty is the
only feature Of the bill which is in the in
tereSt Of the agricultural interest. Its re-
tention is largely due to the fact that the
Democrats made less fight against it than
other portions OF the bill.
Went Back On Their Constituents.
There were at least foriy-iive Republic
cans from the South and West who went
back OF their constituents, and voted for
this New England tax bill. kIessIs. SlleT-
wood and J. q. Smith, Of OHIO, voted
arsiust the bin: bat Garfield, Monroe, Par !
sons, Sprague, Foster and Robinson, Of
Ohio. voted with Dawes and the New En-
gland interest. Their votes alone would
have beaten the bill, and forced the ATOP
ton of the income tax, thus compelling
New England 20 bear her share of the pub
lie burdens. The Democratic V5te against
the bill was solid. IL is generally C0ncedeI |
that the measure will pass the Senate.
Prospects OF Ghe BayOnet Bill.
Tie Republicans in the House of the
extreme Radical type have determined 10 |
force the Bayonet bill, and will make a
strong effort in that direction belOra tie
close of the week. Some severe criticism /
is made uDOn CObuTn, who has charge Of
the bill, aad hy many Of them regrets are
EXPRESSED that Butler has not the manage
ment Of the measure. JnG Of the leading
Democrats of the House says tnat Gnless |
Coburn can get it up before Monday neEt
OF which, under the rules, he sees no /
rs well be given ZAP.
They give Is UE..
L Is not probable that the friends OF the !
Texas Pacific Railroad bill viii make any
further effort this winter 20 pass their
measure.
Granger Law suits. II
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
TIE first of the Granger cases set for ar
gumeut IN the Supreme Court for next |
week is a raj 'T0aa case from Minnesota. |
and will settle similar controversies which
have arisen in q number Of Western !
States.
VFhaE Ia VIII Pan Out.
II is estimated that the rev Revenue bill | {
win realize S54,Glu,O00, rs follows. Sl2,-
100000 on whisky, SSOlU,O9O on sugar,
100000 on tobacco, s., 100000 or cigars,
md s. 100000 on restoration Of the hOri-
zOEtal tax.