New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-08


reading OF the Journal consideration Of the District OF
Columbia Government Bill was resumed, Sr sampson
(Rep., IOwal being In the chair.
Mr.. REAGAN tDem., Tex) moved to amend so IA n
make the United States liable for only rs per cent OF hs
| expenditures Of the District.
In the course of long discussion, the City OF Wash
| Ington was described by Mr.. TOWNSEND rep, N u
as not only the most beautiful city the world but az
| sbe most beautiful city the world has seen.
The width OF the streets and avenues of The city was
for military defense IN case the day should come whso
misguided men woud attempt in force to oyerawe the
| Mr.. BLOUNT Dem, Gal expressed the opinion that
| the passage OF the bill would be great political
Mr.. o'NEILL Gep, PENN advocated return to the
municipal form OF government.
| Mr.. EDEN IDem, ILL., moved to amend so to mako
the eXpendnres Of the Drs Instead Of 50 per e esn q
provided by the bill. Defeated-Ieas, 81 nays I34
eighth section Of the BILL so as TO make &c read Sec
ton That until otherwise provided by law, the secre-
the 365 bonds of the District Of Columbia the same
part OF the appropriation for year BY the United
States toward the expenses OF the District, herein
Shall be construed or considered as an
Of any liability on the part Of the United States 10 pay
in the seventh section Of the act OF Congress entitled
An act for the government OF the District OF Columbia
| and for other purposes Approved June 20, 1874"
Mr.. BUCKNER tDem, MOI moved to amend the
amendment by requiring 0nsHa OF per cent Of the
|
| II was argued against this proposition that It wonh
have the effect OF committing the Government to liza
by for the principal OF the 800 bonds but Mr. BUCK
NER replied that the Government was already COM
mltted to that, under the law OF 1874.
| Mr.. Buckner's amendment was rejected and tina
amendment offered by the committee agreed TO-
The bill was then passed without the yeas aud nays
The bill as passed provides for government Of the
District by three Commissioners Engineer officer
above the rank Of captain, to be detailed by the Pres
dent three years-unless the detail be sooner re-
voked one TO be elected by the Senate and third to
be elected by the House. The first Is to receive
further compensation than MS regular pay. The other
council consisting Of tWenty -four members 10 be elected
receive compensation, but their secretary may be paid
$1,000 year Congress Is to appropriate 90 per cent VI
the approved expenditures, and the other so per
to be collected from taxation the rate not 70 exceed
81 80 every 800 Of real and personal property The
of the Treasury 1.-THE amount to be deducted from The
| half OF the expenditures TO which the Government is
| edgment OF liability for the principal The sinking
Fund Commissioners abolished; SO is the Board Of
| a physician as health officer, and by sanl
tary inspectors under him. Inc salary of the
spectors is to exceed 81, 200; and the aggregate
compensation of clerks and other assistants is not
81 900. The boards OF metropolitan police, OF
fire commissioners and Of school trustees are also abO
ished and their powers transferred to the three
commissioners But there to be appointed nineteen
trustees OF public schools, OF whom five at least shall DO
| OF the cOOred race.
| MR.. BANKS ATTACKS THE TARIFF BILL
At 2:1O p. m Mr.. WOOD Dem., n. Y)mOyed to 20 into
| Committee OF the Whole on the Tariff Bill.
On a standing VOTE the SPEAKER announced the re.
suit to be 20 So vote then taken by telers,
resulting "a to 81 Finally vote OF yeas and nays,
the motion agreed tO-Yeas. 100; nays, 1OS There
good deal of excitement over the vote. When the
was finished there existed small majority against
the motion but before the vote declared absent Demo-
Gratis were hunted up and brought in and at least four
Democrats (Messrs. Reagan, OF Texas Bouck OF Wis
consin: Patterson OF Colorado and Caldwell OF Ten
nessee) were induced their vote from nay to
fItfaNu hare
Mr.. HOOKER Dem, Miss) who had come over TO the
Pppubcan OF the Chamber. asked Mr. Banks tkepp
Mass whether IN the assessment OF properly In Massa'
chusets have not the same powers as an IN
come tax Jaw would confer upon its assessors.
Mr.. BANKsMassachusetts has never followed up her
citizens by course OF conduct IKE that Whch ai', IN,
guished the Government spies under the income tax
Mr. HooKER-How docs Massachusetts, assess taxes
Mr.. BANKs-By the action OF officers of the law, and
Mr.. HOOKER-But how do they do itf
Mr.. BANKS-I cannot explain u now A.,
Mr.. BANKS went on to say: have never favored tho
doctrine OF protection nor are my consttu
ents nlstnS on the heaye duties En ss
come forward and proposed reductions OF duties BUTT
What they can get and get what they can The duty
rice amounts to lOoi2, and the DUTY on sugar Is ngh
enough to exclude foreign production. II the cotton
manufacturers New-Engiand many years had re-
the Government the cotton trade Of the United states
would have governed all the markets Of the world But
nry have never received favor to which they have
been entitled on account OF that which they have
achieved FOR themselves, bnt for the cottongrOwng
states, which have grown powerful and inS0lent and
angry on the prosperity which the New-Engiand manu-
facurcrs have created II these manufacturers should
be DESTROYED, they may lie by hostile legislation, that
section Of the country Will back to the point
from which 1t started They may be DESTROYED but
they will never 30 down alone. Ihey WIZ lake some
body with them and that somebody" is tie power
that prosperous by cotton which has been at
once the source ana pane OF us history. Gentlemen
should give their serious consideration 10 this taTin BIZ
which is being forced upon the country at time Like
this knows what the future is 10 be, and
whether property in possible forucyen gold itself
is of any considerable or permanent value What
member from Texas or California VIII aSsassinate Ihe
wool interest OF his state by voting Tor TINS pllI Inc
protection by tins bill TO the woolcn interests
comparable to the ld0cy Oh an engineer VINO assumed
that by making the dykes and levees Of Holland and
thus prdec S Inc property Of the peoe It was no
prnLectou a all The dykes aud leyees must be made
higher than the sea ana tue RIVER OF the country "hpe
Mr. WOOD Dem, N. y, called attention to the diyi
by lIr SpohOrs Almanac and he quoted the dividends
in Nh B5nkss district being IN 1870. Is per cent?
per cent IN 1874 Ii cent in 1875, per cen and
Mr. BANRs-I also have in my hand copy. Of the
same book which the dividends Of New-England
manufacturing companies from 1870 TO 1876 TIE
dividends in 1870 large, growing out OF the fore
thought ndntcect Of the manufacturers who had ld
in large supplies OF cotton the breaking out Of the late
unpleasantuess But the dividends for 1876 when
those which should be taken into cOnsIderat0hl
So. 900 OOO and tnere thirty-three OF tue COM
hight ILaughterl The proposition OF the bill on
wooen goods (which Mr. Wood mas spokeuAof as gentle
reductiou) is an assassination the most important
National industry. But the fact rs that the COMMITTEES
on WAYS and Means does not know what IL ~ doing on
the wooen sections OF the bill And that reminds me OF
"A war nnrcdote with which will finish, or chaplain
VINO had volunteered to distribute the soldiers mails,
but who found that, in consequence OF
bad roads interruption OF tho nails tue presence
of the enemy, ETC., 1t was bigger loo
than he had any notion Of: and when one morning tDe
soldiers came 10 him. after the other with the h'
qury Mr. Chaplain, when will the mail arrlyeT no
cot Tired answering the question, took board naer
ON "A tree aud with piece of chalk wrote on H. ing
Chaplain does know when the mail VIII arrive anu
little fellow crept behind him and added the Wosus
. Neither does he care a d." lLagghtefl. Ana 50
the committee does not know what harm it Is dOhBW
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