The New York herald., 1879-02-27
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

Sunddy capital.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. &C. 1879.
Mr. BAYARp (dem) of Del. from the Conference
Committee on the bill to amend the internal revenue
laws, submitted report, which agreed TO, and
the bill passed
In explanation of the report Mr. Bayard said thero
were three amendments by the Senate to which the
House disagreed. The first that striking out tho
clause of the House bill providing that any person
who rectihes. puriies. reines manufactures less
than FIVE hundred barrels of proof spirits year shall
pay 500. The House conferees insisted upon this
clause and the Semitic confcrees recedcd leaving in
the bill.
The next disagreement was in regard to lucifer
matches The committee agreed to retain tho tax,
that 1t remains under existing law.
The third disagreement was upon the amendments
of the Senate In regard to tho taxation of savings
banks. AS these amendments were agreed to by the
committee and remain in the bill, they provide that
whenever and after any bank has ceased to do busi
ness by reason of insolvency bankruptcy no tax
shall be assessed collected which shall diminish
the assets thereof necessary for the full payment Of
all it's depositors that in making further collections
of internal revenue taxes on bank deposits no saw
ings bank recognized such by the laws of it's State
and having capital stock, shall account of mer
camille or business deposits heretofore received
which no interest has been allowed to the parties
making such deposits. be denie, the exemptions al
lowed to savings banks having no capital stock
and doing other business than receiving deposits
to be loaned invested for the sole benefit of the
parties making such deposits without profit COM
pensaton to the bank, II such bank has paid the
lawful tax upon the entire arrangement of such
business mercantile deposits and further to
amend section .40S Of the Revised Statutes to
'ns m
banks, savings funds or savings institutions doing
other business than receiving ana loaning or in
vesting savings deposits. shall be exempt from tax
much of such deposits they have invested
in securities Of the United States and $1,000 of
savings deposits and nothing in thereof made
in the name and belonging to any one person.
Mr.. FERRY trep.) OF 1fich.-a member of the Con-
ference Co.nmittee-ssid he could not agree to tho
report on account OF the continuance of the tax
lucifer matches He could not agree to tax neces-
sty when the tax on luxury tobacco) had been re-
duccd
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
The Senate then resumed consideration Of un-
enished business-being the Deficiency Appropria-
ton bill-the pending question being on the amend
ment of the Committee on Appropriations to ap-
proprats $2SoGoo for aelraying the expenses OF
penses incurred under the Enforcement act OF Feb
49, 1871 being the act to enforce the rights Of
citizens to vote in the several States. &c.
Mr.. BECK, (deml of KY, said this appropriation
to pay men illegally appointed to conduct cleo
tions for the worst OF party purposes.
Mr. ALLISON. (rep.) or Iowa. sent to the clerk desk
and had read letter from the Attorney General to
the effect that the deficiency in his department would
have been but $50yO00 but for two clauses in the
election law under which $4,000 was required for
deputy marshals to attend elections and for
the prosecution Of persons charged with crime. A
great part of the expense under the latter clause
incurred in the States of Louisiana. Alabama aud
South Carolina.
REMARKS OF MIR. THURMAN.
Mr.. THURMAN, tdem.) OF Ohio, asked what new cir
cumstance hal arisen that the Department of Justice
had expended quarter OF million OF dollars OF the
peoples money without authority of law? The de-
partmen which should above all others obey the law
disobcyed it, This money was to pay a set Of men,
OF n
tions but really in corruptng the elections. Super
visors and deputy marshals were as plentiful as
blackberries last year, and more corrupt than any
Oull-dozers that ever put foot on this land.
Where was tho money spent? It had been heralded
of tho SOUTH hut it had been spent New York and
elsewhere. Or the s. 900 heretofore appropriated
spent in New York $40 0W, in Pennsyiyania. "a 900
in New Jersey and $4,000 So 0O0 in single county
in Ohio, on account of which fourteen or fifteen
publican members Of the Honse of Representatives
werc elected. In view Of the reign OF terror iust
tuted in New York by Davenport there was no difh-
elections wore sarric.i. Over ono thousand
two hundred deputy marshals were appointed
majority in three districts overcome by these
means. The money OF the people Of the United
States was being expended by tho hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to corrupt the voters. Come what
might. he hoped the sections under which these dep
uty marshals were appointed would be stricken from
the statute books He, for onc was willing to stay
here until this time next year to repeal these sections
Mr.. ALLISON. OF Iowa. argued that the Attorney
General hnd merely discharged his duty under the
law. He prosecuting the frauds. and all he asked
was the money to uid him in doing Should the
Senate refuse to give him the money he could stil
pay the expenses as all the funds of his department.
were applicable to the execution of the Election law
rs we'll as any other law.
Mr.. BECK, of Kentucky, commented on the letter
of tho Attorney General and said he admitted that
he needed only $5O.0O0 but for the election law.
Two hundred Thousand dollars of this money was
for political purposes-S75O00 to pay deputy marsh
ais and s25O 900 pay for prosecutions nauguratcd
by these very deputy marshsls EMPLOYED to elect
republicans to office. Was the great state Of New
York unable to protect her voters at the polsy
Was the great State Of Pennsylvania under republic
hs 10 used as
The rights OF the people had been oyerthrown by
federal interference. He would let the Deficiency
bill go before he would vote dollar for any such
purposes
Mr.. BAYARD. (dem.) Of DEL. said it pretended
when this election law passed that it would pro-
duce peace at elections and purify them. lie denied
that IL had produced peace purified the ballot box
rather had t been the agent OF corruption and the
cccn administered in the interest of political
party and not in the interest of Justice There could
be nothing more dangerous than to overthrow law
under the pretcnce of enforcing law. He denounced
the Test Oath law ami said he did not believe Con-
gress would adjourn until that law be repealed.
Mr.. ALLISON, Of Iowa. moved that the five minutes
rule be adopted in the further discussion OF this
bill. Agreed to--yeas ~. nays II.
Mr. Conkling. (rep.) of n. ", voted with the dem
ocrats in the negative and Mr. Davis. of Illinois,
with the republicans, In the Affirmative.
Mr.. WALLACE, (dcm.l OF Pa. said tha appropriation
called tor by this amendment stood solely upon the
letter OF the Attorney General and not upon the book
of estimates. The House knew nothing of this ap-
preparation. Who these deputy marshals? !?
We're they men of character aud position. or were
they the refuse of the cities Of Philadelphia and New
York? The appropriation of this money did
not affect the Southern people alone. but the North
ern people ~ we'll Prior 70 1871 the Department Of
Justice got 81 200 per annum. After the passage
Of the enforcement act tho amount for the depart
ment was doubled. and no reduction was made until
the democracy came into power in the other end of
the Capitol.
Mr.. BECK of Kentucky, moved to strike out of tho
amendment proposed by the committee the follow
ing words:-"And for defraying the expenses which
have been and may be incurred in the enforcement
of the act approved February 2s 1871. entitled An
act to amend act approved May 81. 1870. entitled
An act 20 enforce the rifns of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States of this
Union. and for other purposes. any acts amcnda-
tory thereof or supplementary thereto being do
lcency for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, OF
$2JO,00O." and insert in lieu thereof "S5O0O0." SO
that IL would be appropriation of that sum for
dcfraying the cxpcnscs of United States courts. tho