The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL,

w AShlNNT1ON, -. -. aug. T.
Representative Cooper's bill 10 tax
greenbacks the same as any other kind
of money passed the senate today with
out amendment and will become a law
as soon as approved by the president.
The bill met with serious opposition in
the house, Representatives Johnson of
Indiana and Springer of Illinois being
especially active in fighting it, both being
members OF the committee which report
ed 1T. Through the personal. untiring
effort OF Mr.. Cooper the bill was reported
by the committee by one majority and
passed the house after bitter opposition.
Senator Turpie took care Of the bill in
the senate and pulled 1t through success
fully.
In every congress for twenty years bills
have been introduced to repeal the law
which exempted the taxation of green
backs. Once it passed the senate, but
went no further. If Mr. Cooper had not
taken up this bill and made it his own
pet measure it would have slept in
SpTinger's committee. 1t is estimated
thai tax-dodgers secure exemption TO
several million dollars Of taxable prop
erty in Indiana annually.
AS passed the bill provides that circu-
lating notes of national associations and
United States legal tender notes and
other notes and certificates Of the United
States, payable on demand and circulaJ-
ing or intending 10 circulate as currency,
and gold and silver or other coin, shall
be subject to taxation as money on hand
or on deposit under the laws of any
state or territory.
PROVIDED, that any such taxation shall
be exercised in the same manner and at
the thar GlFn
territory shall tax money or currency cir
culating as money within its jurisdiction.
THE provisions of this act are not 10
be deemed or held TO change existing
laws in respect to the taxation of ma
tional banking associations
The senate held a short session, the
conference report on the river and har-
Dor bill. for the consideration of which
ii met today, having been temporarily
withdrawn. In lieu Of this, private PEN
sion bills on the calendar were consid-
cred. and thirty-seven were passed, in
Guiding one increasing to 500 a month
the pension paid the widow of Gen Alb
ner Doubleday, and another granting a
pension to the widow of the arctic eX-
plorer, Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka.
Other bills were passed, the principal
being senate bill to amend the quaIan-
tine regulations so far as they apply TO
vessels plying between United States
ports and foreign ports on or near the
frontier.
The bill for the exclusion and deporta-
ton of anarchists was taken up and dis
cussed and went over until Monday.
A resolution calling on the secretary
of the interior for all correspondence be-
tween the department and the officers of
the former territory Of Minnesota or the
senators and Representatives Of the state
Of Minnesota as to secs. is and Sc of
the public lands, reserved as school
lands, in cases where such sections have
been situated in Indian reservations or
unceded lands, was agreed to.
The conference report on the river and
harbor bill. which was presented by Mr..
Dolph just before adjournment yester-
day, was withdrawn on Mr.. Delph's re
quest, and the bill sent back to con-
ference to correct errors in the engross-
ment of the bill.
The Long Pension Case.
Legal controversy over the action Of
the pension Office in reducing the pension
Of Judge Long of the Michigan supreme
court was revived today by the filing Of
a petition in the district supreme court
praying for mandamus to compel Sec
rotary Smith and Commissioner Lochren
to restore Judge Longs pension to the
former so a month rate and to make up
the loss he has suffered by the reduc-
ton of his pension.