Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-25
EVENING STAR.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-
Cgossng Proceedings Yesterday.

Closing Proceedings yesterday.
| SENATE-Arter our report closed. Mr..
Jones without concluding ais speech on the
| OF adjournment
BOUSE-After our report closet-
Mr.. Willard Mich advocated the adop-
| ton OF the substitute for
THE DIsTRICr TAX BILL
| offered by the Mr.. Neal, and said anywhere
| but in the District OF Columbia the PROPOSE
| ton or The bill OF the ms Ority, 10 exempt the
| class OF property from taxation would be
| looked upon as a startling one II twas virtu-
! ally subsidy 10 this class OF capitsl-a class
| tnat did nothing TO build up the commercial.
| Manufacturing and industrial interests OF
| the community. 1t was, he declared, a pre-
| MUM on spendthrifts, and Injurious 10 the
| rest interest or the people, who should be
| encouraged TO build up their Industrial in
| terests and prepare for the time which must
come when Congress would say 10 them you
| must lake care OF yourselves. support your
| own schools and grade your own streets
| Mr. Hendee (Nt-) said he believed the sub
s ste was so defective and radically wrong
| mat no assessors could reach one tenth part
| OF tne personal property, while the majority
| DIV would reach at least seven eighths of the
| tax proposed 10 be collected. He asserted
| That fully nine tenths OF the real estate own
e's were willing to submit to the system of
taNHtlon that has prevail eii 1ere. and which
ne majority bill ADOPTS. With all powers OF
eifgoVeTnment ia ken from them the voice
| OF the people ought to have some weight with
| congress, whose wards they were He
4. a
4 large owner of The property IN this District
should not shirk from its duty bar contri,
| nuie its proportion without caviling. He
| further denied that TIE mortgages and deeds
| or trust that II wa proposed 10 be taxed
were held 10y citizens OF the District but nv
| Gitlzens OF Mary land, New York aud New
| England. He then pointed out the apparent
inequality and injustice OF the minority bin
| II taxing personal property on one side OF
boundary street $50, and > cents on the
other. Inere might ba a reason for q dis
| crimlnatiOn on real estate, but there could
/ De 20 reason for the application or sucn "A
| rule to personal property. He charged that
The substitute contemplate double taxation
| 10 various ways. citing among Others tue iu-
stance or the street railways, where the
slockho!d Ger was taxed FOR his stock. she road
on us entlre valuation of its property, aud
then license of ten dollars on each or its
cars. While there might be a thousand men
| IN The District, their wrong -dOiugS shout! not
| be visited upon the fifty thousand who were
! innocent. Their wishes In this mattershould
| be respected. AT the conclusion OF his re.
! marks he obtained leave to INCORPORATE
| some statistical and historical tables bear
| Ing upon the relations OF the District To the
| general government, in the Record as part OF
| bis speech
! Mr.. Buckner then yielded the floor tempo
rarlIy to Mr. Blaine for the purpose OF per-
Mr. Blaine RePeIs the Charges Against
! Him,
Mr. Blaine said:
Mr.. Speaker: With the leave of the House
| so kindly granted shall proceed 10 submit
| certain facts and correct certain errors per-
| sonal 10 myself The dates of the correspond-
| ence embraced in my statement will snow
| that 1t was impOssi BILE for me to make IL ear
| ner. shall be as brief as the circumstances
| VIII permit. For some months past a charge
AGAINST az, Ll me mas been circulating in private,
| ana was recently made public, designing to
| snow that had in some Indirect manner re-
| celved the large sum of SCI 600 from the
| Union Pacific railroad company in 1871. for
| what service or what purpose has never
! been stated. The alleged proof OF this seri-
| Gus accusation was based, according II the
| original Story, upon the an nor tV OF e Il
| Rollins, treasurer OF the Unior Pacific com
| rany, who, IL was averIed. had full knOWt-
edge that got the money, and also upon the
| authority OF Morton, Bliss * Co. ia kerS of
| New York, through whom the DRAFT for
| So coo was said TO have been negotiated for
roy benefit, as they Comfortably knew.
| hearing OF THIS charge some weeks in al
| vance of its publication, l procured the fol-
| lowing statements from the two principal
| witnesses who were quoted as having such
| definite knowledge against me.
! UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COTPA ANY
Boston, March 81, lS5G.- Hon. James q. Blaine.
| Dear Sir: In response TO your inquiry, l beg
! leave 10 state that | have been treasurer of
| The Union Pacific railroad company since
| April 3, ISL, and have necessarily known of
! all disbursements made since that date
| During that entire petiOi up to the present
| Time am sure that no money has baea piii
| IN any way or to any person BY the company
In which you We're interested 10 any manner
| make this statement in justice 10 the
| company. TO you and 10 ny self
| Very respectfully yours. +. Il. ROLLINS
NFwN OH, "A pril {. 1>-C.- hon. L. q y!fv.4c
| BG'hi0QfOR, D.lC:-beBr Sir: Ia an. yyer q
| Our inquiry, We beg 20 say that no draft
| note or check or other evidence of value bas
| ever passed through our books In which you
| were known or supposed to have any inter.
| est of any kind, direct or Indirect.
Weremain, very respectfully. your oheii-
| eut servants, MORTON, BLISS * CO.
| Some persons, on reading the letter OF
| Morton, Bliss. Il Co, said that the denial
| did not seem TO be confined 10 any payment
/ haar - - -
| whereas they might have paid a draft i'm
| which l was ia ter steU and yet no entry of
| il made on Their book ON ibis criticI SIN be-
| ing made to the firm they al once addressed
me the following letter:
NEW YORK, April IL, 1s76-Roa j. q.
| Blaine. u dSlBtgfor, ID. Clear Sir Ii has
| been suggested TO Us that our letter OF the
| 9th instant was not sufficiently inclusive or
| exclusive. II that letter we stated that mo
| draft, note or cNeck or other eviderce OF
| value had ever passed through our books in
| which you were known or supposed TO have
any interest, direct or Indirect
| 1t may be proper for us TO add that moth
| ing has been paid by us in any form or at
| any time, to any person or any corporation,
| in which you were known, believed or sup.
posed TO have any interest whatever.
| We remain, very respectfully, your Obedi-
| ent servants, MORTON, BLISS * Co.
| The two witnesses quoted for the ORR ina
charge, having thus etfeclually dispos ed of
| II. The charge Itself reappearej in another
| form 10 this effect, viz: That certain draft
| was negotiated at the house of Morton, Bliss
| q TO-, IN lSl L, through 1nOmaS A, Scott,
| then president OF the Union Pacific railroad
| company, for the sum of $4,000, and that
| $4,000 of the bonds of the Little Rock and
| Fort Smith railroad com pany were pledged
| as collateral; that the Union Pacific com
| peny paid the draft and took mp the cOllat-
| erals; that the cash proceeds off went TO me,
| ana that had furnished, or sold. or in some
! way conveyed or transferred 90 Thomas A.
| Scott these Little Rock and Fort Smith
! tonds which had been used as collateral;
! that The bonds in reality had belonged 20
| me or some friend or constituent of mine,
| for whom ! was acting. l end eavor to state
| the charge IN Us bolfeSt form and In all Its
phases.
| ! desire here and now 10 declare that all
! ard every part OF this story that connects
| my name with it is absolutely untrue, With
| OCT one particle of foundation, in fact, and
| without little OF evidence TO subStantiate
| it. never had any transaction OF any kind
| with Thomas A. Scott concerning bonds OF
| the Little Rock aud Fort Smith road, or the
| bonds OF any other railroad, or any business
| H. any way connected with railroads. direct
| ~ or Indirectly, Immediately or remotely.