Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-26
Very Little DEUS asabtss14OaA of Con-
gress-Representative Atkins Yenti-
lates his Views on the Subject OF
ApprOpriatiOns-Ame
Revenue Laws.

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| Revenue Laws.
| WASHINGTON, March 25.-Henry A. john
son, of Chicago, aud Robert ". Mitchell. of
| Memphis, were to-day nominated members of
! the National board OF health.
| CONTESTS.
The senate committee on privileges and
| elections, by a party vote, declared Charles
b. Bell not entitled to seat under the ap-
| pointment OF the governor of New Hamp-
| shire.
THE oLIvER-CAMERoN BUSINESS.
| The feature of the Oliver Cameron case to-
| day was the testimony of several witnesses
acquainted with Cameron handwriting, to
the effect that some of the letters Mrs. Oliver
claims were written by Cameron are forgeries.
| ANOTHER MEETING OF THE JOINT CAUCUS
| OF DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS.
The two committees appointed last week
| by the Democratic clucuses of the house and
| senate, held another Joint meeting this after
| noon, and reached a final agreement CON-
corning both the general nature and precise
| form # their recommendations for political
| legislation during the present session of con-
/ gress- They will recommend that the repeal
of the law authorizing the presence of troops
at the polls be effected by Incorporating in
| the army appropriation bill a copy of the
clause agreed to by the house Of representa-
tives last session; that the jurors test-oath
| be likewise simply abolished by the insertion
| OF a repeating clause in the Legislative, exec
| utive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and
| that the provisions then Incorporated by the
| house in the same bill amendatory of the law
| 10 regard 10 the mode of impaneling Jurors
| be substantially re-adopted by the dominant
party this session.
| In addition to the two last named clauses,
| there will be recommended for Incorporation
in the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, as amended, the follow
ing: An appropriation for expenses of the
courts; a series OF clauses the effect of which,
| if enacted, will be to repeal the existing au-
| thority for the appointment of chief super
| visors and deputy marshals for elections, and
| to restrict the functions and covers Of two
| superVlors, of different politics, whose ap-
| polntment liz the present manner will con-
| tinue to be authorized, to that OF witnesses
| and chauengers only. 1t Will also be pro-
vided that these supervisors must be
residents and duly qualified voters in pre-
| cincts where they are to serve. The Jurisdlc-
| ton OF the Federal courts to punish such
| frauds N elections for representatives, to con-
| gress as may be reported 10y the supervisor,
or other citizens, is not to be iutsrtered with,
| nor wall the caucus he advised 20 disturb in
| any manner the existing law known as the
enforcement act, relative to suffrage and
| other civil r,ghJS. The recommendations
above outlined will be reported to the joint
caucus of the Democratic members of the two
| houses to morrow evening
| A separate caucus of the Democratic seno-
| tors will probably be held to morrow after
noon after an early adjournment Of the
SENATE, Senators Lamar and Voorhees,, who
were absent on Saturday, participated in to-
| day Joint meeting of the caucus committees.
Senator Salisbury presided. Senator Thur
man being detained at home by illness.
REPRESENTATIVE ATKINs's VIEWS.
Special to the New York Tribune: rep
resentatiye Atkins, of Tennessee, who was
chairman OF the house committee on appro=
prlatio1s In the last congress, said, IL CON-
versation, this evening, that he thinks the
| appropriation bills will be introduced some
day next week, probably by himself, unless
| new committee is appointed. They will
be introduced in substantially the form in
which they were agreed upon by the confer
ence committees of the last congress. This,
of course, does rot include the political legis-
ation proposed in either one of the bills, as
to which Mr.. Atkins did not express any
opinion. He says that he is in favor of the
course above indicated, because he desires an
early adjournment, and thinks that there
Seed not be any extended discussion of the
appropriation bills. To the suggestion that
the Democratic caucus had opened the way
for the introduction and consideration of new
business at this session, and that the
large number of new members would be
likely TO desire considerable discussion,
members could be controlled. He believed
that no general legislation beyond that con-
tanned in the appropriation bills would be at
tempted While he did not desire to ven
ture any decided opinion as to the probable
length of the session, he did not see why an
| no had in
three or four weeks, if it ever could. Mr..
Atkins Gays he thinks there is no probability
that the speaker viii complete and announce
thG appointment of the regular committees
under two weeks, There are large number
of new members and many diverse and con"
| f1icting interests to consider and harmonic.
Respecting the probable attitude of the Ma
tIonals IN the house on political questions, he
thinks that three or four of them will eventu-
! ally 3Ct Nth the Democrats and the remain
der with the Republicans. he fees cure oi
two-Messrs. Ladd and Wright This seems
a safe assumption, lrasnuch as the former
took part in the Democratic caucus yester-
day. and the latter has always been strong
| DehoCl dt.I
! THE AMENDED REVENUE Law.
The clause in the bill amending the inter
nal revenue laws as 1t passed congress is not
generally understood, as the provisions tirst
| agreed upon and published were changed In
the conference committee in the last moments
of the session, so that as the bill passed it is
not commonly appreciated. The following
is the law as it was approved by the Presi-
dent:
Sec. %. That whenever and after any bank has
ceased to do business by reason of insolvency Oh
bankruptcy no tax shall be assessed or collected OF
paid into the treasury of the United States, &C
count OF such bank which shall diminish the assets
thereof necessary for the full payment of ali It's de
positoIs; and such tax shall be sbated from such
| national baDks as are found hy the comptroller q
the CURRENCY TO be insolyenti and the eommissIone
to him, is authorized to remit so much OF said tai
against insolyent State and savings banks as shall
be found to affect the claims OF their depositOrS.
| That in making further collections of internal
revenue taxes on bank dep0sits, no savings t bank
ing no capital stock shall on account OF mercantile
OF PosneSs Gep1sItS % 90 H Lpo %
such deposits, be denied the exemptions allowed Il
savings banks having no capital stock and doing nc
other business than receiving deposits to be loaned
or Invested for the sole bene of the parties making
banks, il such bank has paid the lawful taz upon
the entire average amount OF such business o: mer
, construed to extend said exemptions to deposit.
hereafter made or In any way ID affect the liability
of such deposits to taxton.
That section thirty-four hundred and eight of the
Revised Statutes be amended by striking out al
after the thirtieth line and inserting the following:
| '''A Associations or companies known provtdeni
institutions savings hanks, saving s-funds, fr saV
ceiVing and loaning or Investing savings deposits
, shall be exempt from tax on so much of such de
1 p.SltS As Lney nave lHN6Sl6U IN SECURITIES Oh I0t
UDfted States, ana on two thousand dollars of saw
ings deposits and nothing hi excess thereof, mad.
1 in the name of and belonging to any one person.
| That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent Will
TIE provisions ot this section be and the same ar
| hereby repealed. -
RI Congressional Proceedings.
s IN THE HOUSE.
Messrs. Harris and Cox asked leave to in
! troduce resolutions, but Mr.. Conger state(
he would object to the introduction of any
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