Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Senate,

The President pro tenn laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury in reply to a resolution calling for
information with regard to the direct tax i'm
posed on the States and Territories in 1861.
Mr.. Bell explained briefly his reason for calling
tor the information. He said the whole amount
OF the tax was 500, 1000 900, of which there is
now due and uncollected the sum of So, 900 900
from portion of the States and Territories.
He said that some speedy and eHectual method
should be adopted for the recovery of the same,
The report OF the Secretary shows that the
amounts due and uncolected from the eleven
States which participated in the late rebellion
aggregate So, 725, l04, and that the balances
due from al other States and Territories
amount to 1856 228 The principal items form
ing this latter total are $207 ,685 for Wisconsin.
$62, 64S for New Mexico; $62 3S2 for Kansas;
1885, l4l for Oregon, and $26982 for Utah.
Offsetting war claims have been presented, but
| not yet adjusted, from the States of Wisconsin
and Kansas. The amounts reported as still
due from the eleven States are about as fol-
lows Virginia, 1896, 1000; North Carolina,
$4,000; South Carolina, $l53,000; Georgia,
$500 900; Alabama, $529,0O0; Mississippi,
$343 900; Louisiana, 900; tennessee,
$2S8, 000 Arkansas, Sl0S, 900; Florida ST.
900; Texas, $l740OO. Secretary Sherman on
transmitting this report says: There can be
no doubt that the Secretary of the Treasury is
| charged with the duty of collecting this direct
tax under the provisions of existing laws. 1t
remains for Congress to decide whether the
collection shall proceed under the methods
provided by existing statutes, or whether ad-
ditional legislation is necessary" 49,. A further
communication from the Secretary OF the
treasury in regard to the redemption of legal
tenders and the amount OF goldin the Treasury,
stated that " there has been redeemed in coin
since January l, 1879, OF legal-tender notes an
amount of $4 l33, 5l3," and that " to issue GER
tain bonds OF the United States the coin re-
serve of the Treasury has been increased to
$l38,000, 900, that being about forty per cent
of the notes outstanding to be redeemed, and
believed to be the smallest reserve upon which
resumption could be prudently commenced and
successfully Mountaineering July set forth in
my last annual report. This reserve arose
from the sale OF 500, 500, 900 bonds, and from
surplus revenues as authorized by law and it
must under existing law be maintained unim-
paired for the purpose for whichit was created"
80. Messrs Blaine, Eaton, Bayard, Vance and
Logan debated the Legislative bill. Executive
session and then adjournment.
Alter debate on the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill, the motion OF Mr. Edmunds to strike
out the clauses repeating the statutes relating
to the test oath was ost-yeas, 26; nays, 81.
Mr.. Edmunds then moved to strike out the
clause establishing mode of drawing United
States Jurors. Lost--yeas, 81; nays, 81. He
then moved to strike out the clauses repeating
the statute relating to United States deputy
} marshals and supervisors OF elections. Lost
yeas, 81; nays 81. He then moved to strike
7 out the clause repeating section 5,522 OF the
Revised Statutes, which Furnishes interference
with or obstruction OF deputy marshals anC
! supervisors of elections in the performance o
D their duties. Lost by yeas, 27 nays, 81. The
a bill was then read third time and passed
yeas, 81 nays, ga strict party vote. TIL,
: bill then went to the President for his signature
or disapproval Adjourned
= Mr. McDonald's bill regulating the use o
n the army was received and laid on the table
q ....T The Senate bill relative to the transporta
q ton OF amin ais was reported and placed on TIN
n calendar, along with few others oil less i'm
9 portance. Mr.. Slater introduced bill t.
4 regulate intercourse with citizens of the Chi
nese Empire visiting or residing in the Unite
States, and for other purposes. Ordered to Ii
on the table and be printed. -. The bill to pre-
vent the introduction and spread OF contagiou
l. diseases was discussed and number OF amend
i ments proposed. Adjourned.
= House.
n Mr.. Belford's amendment to the Warne
. silver bill, combining the privilege of free coir
~ age to silver mined in the United States, wa
- defeated bya vote of l20 to 81. Mr.. Ewing o
Tered an amendment providing that the Secrt
VI tary of the Treasury shall issue and deliver [
the depositor of silver bullion certificates to a
ol amount equal to the value OF such bullion an
that the silver dollars coined from such bullio
ID to the extent of forty per cent. of such certit
le Gates shall be held for the redemption thereo
st and the remainder applied to the payment
er the interest and principal of the public deb
I'd The certificates, 80 issued, are to be receive
le at par for all dues to the United States and
is be used in payment of the current expenses
d. the government and are to be redeemable
tie standard silver dollars. After discussion Il
" vote was taken on Mr.. Ewing's amendment
10 and it was adopted-yeas, LOG; nays, 1906
the Speaker casting the deciding vote. M
/. Springer's amendment as amended by M
- Ewing was then reected-yeas, 80; nays, L
and the House then adjourned.
BE The bill introduced in the House by Mr.. Co
Ell OF New York, to provide for holding an int
ut national exhibition of arts, manufactures al
I'D products of the soil and mines, in the city
e. New York, provides that commission, to co
x sist of one delegate from each State and Teri
IL tory of the United States, shall be constitute
" to be known as the Z" United States Intern
n tional Commission" whose duty it shall be
he superintend the execution of plan tor holdii
n the exhibition. 1t further proposes that whe
l., ever I Q board of finance shall have collect
10. subscriptions TO its capital stock of not lie
p than 81, 100000 in cash, and shall have c
lis pended the sum for the purpose cited, O
1t, Secretary Of the Treasury shall pay to sd