The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-12
HEADS OF COMMITTEES.
WHY VIRGINIA FAILED TO GET
MORE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Nr. .Bsnkhead's Opposition to Appropria-
tiops for These objects-more humo's
Of An Extra Session of Congress.
TIMES BUREAU, RAfLLY BUiLDINo'
WAsHrSGroN. March ii, lSS5'

actions of the presiding officer oi the
House will be subjected 10 microscope
scrutiny. and while the impartial searcher
after truth will probably concede lhat IN
point Of general ability speaker CRISP was
The peer OF many Of his predecessors ne
viii be forced TO admit that ne demon
stra,ed a lack of Judgment IN the selection
Of The chairrncn Of some of the House
,o,,,,i,toee While some of these gen
,Ion,on were I'D 10 the standard Of execu-
live ability requisite to MI these positions
with credit. others Of them were tsllufes
and accomplished little beyond appoint
ing a son or some favored constituent
clerk TO their committees al sd4aIS u
six dollars per day.
Tbe chairman of the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds was Hon.
John H. Bankhead. Of the sixth Alabama
district. Although charm an OF that
committee for four years, about the only
bill recommended by ms committee ior
a public building that succeeded In get
1ing through the House was the recent
extrsvagant appropriation OF several mil
lions or dollars for new public building
al Chicago. where IL was claimed by
many who knew that the one already
there was fully adequate for the needs OF
the Government. But for the opposition OF
I.
mont building at Newport News would
now be a law; the additional sum asked
for the post-office at Norfolk would have
been granted by Congress, and the build
Ing for Winston and Salem, y. c, would
have been assured.
THE NEWPORT NEWS BUILDING.
The bill for the building at Newport
News was favorably reported from the
committee many weeks before the hnal
adjournment OF Congress. but no amount
of persuasion on the part of Congress
man Tyler could induce Mr.. Bankhead TO
ask the Committee on Rules to set aside
n day for the consideration of the bills
favorably recommended by his commit
Tee.
Even when over Thirty congressman
who had charge of many of these bilis
petitioned the Committee on Rules ana
secured a day, Mr.. Bankhead's diplomacy
rendered their efforts abortive, he in
sisting on precedence for the bill for the
purchase Of a building site for the new
Government Printing Office, and inaugu-
rating a useless hlibuster, which con-
sumed the entire time allotted 10 the COM
mttee. forcing the advocates or Govern
nent buildings needed in Virginia and
elsewhere 10 begin their work anew In the
Fifty-fourth Congress.
EXTRA SESSION BUMoRs.
The crop of extra session stories is on
the increase, and spectators are clutch-
ing eagerly at every stray straw that a
Tickle breeze watts in that direction.
The reason assigned for the revival of
Saturdays rumor Is several questions
asked counsel by one of the Associate
justices Of the Supreme Court during the
argument IN the injunction cases now
pending in that court. Thes knowing ones
argue that these questions portend an
adverse decision for the Government, ana
that If the income tax law is declared
unconstitutional, the loss of its expected
revenue WILL so embarrass the Treasury
Department that an extra session VIII
be unavoidable. The opinion IS shared
I'm by some Of the subordinate oflcors or
the Treasury but the heads Of the de-
partment rdicule the idea.
IscoME TAXES.
Acting Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue G.. w. Wilson has just issued
a circular as 10 the preparation OF the
lists of income taxes. In this circular the
commissioner says:
Under the terms of 2 joint resolution
of Congress. February 10, 1882 the time
for which returns may be rendered with
out penalty, was extended to April 10.
1895. 1t is not deemed advisable TO au-
ttorize n corresponding delay in the
preparation OF the lists for assessmenL
but rather in view of the shortening
of the time between the rendition OF the
return and the date when the tax becomes
due and collectable, viz. July /, 1873, 10
provide for the preparation of the lists
in three monthly sections. as follows:
one Tor February. in March; one for
March, in April, and one for April pre-
pared in May.
The one fo- February will contain an
alphabetical list of all the persons and
corporations. WHO will have made returns
prior TO March TO- 1895; that for March
will include the names Of all rendering
returns after March 9Th. and prior 10
April 10th; the list Ior April should in
clude the names or those rendering re- |
turns after April 9th and prior TO May !
10th.
The total of the assessments on the |
section for the month Of February, 1881, !
10 be forwarded 10 this o.lce March |
10. 1895, will be included with the assess
ments on the March list, form %, and IN
the receipt form % IL for March. the
total OF the section for March 10 be for |
warded April 10th, In the list, and re-
ceipt for April and the total Of the Sec
tion for April 10 be forwarded May 10th, |
in the list. and receipt for May, 1895
In case any income tax returns are re-
ceived by the collector from persons or |
corporations subsequent 10 May 9th and |
prior TO June J. 1895, or If the collector
during that period discovers that persons
or corporations who have not made re-
turns are liable TO the tax. he Will at the
end OF the period prepare and forward |
10 this office a list on form S67 10 be
denominated supplement TO the list for |
the section for April. 1895, which Will in
clude the names Of all such persons and |
corporations, and the amount due from |
each.
THE VIRGINIA CONTESTS.
Clerk Kerr. Of the House, has up TO |
this time received the testimony for con-
testants for seats in the next Congress |
in twelve cases. In addition TO Messrs. |
Thorpe and Yost, Judge Cornett, OF Nir- |
ginia, has filed the testimony in his case. |
The only North Carolina case received |
~ that OF Cheatham, inl his contest |
against Congressman Woodard.
These contestants will be allowed ten |
days more for rebptial Under the follow |
ing law:
In all contested election cases the time |
allowed for taking testimony shall be |
ninety days, aud the testimony shall be |
taken in the following order: The CON |
testant shall take testimony during the |
first forty days, the returned member |
during the succeeding forty days and !
the contestant may take testimony Ia |
rsbuttal only during the remaining ten |
days OF said period.
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