The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-02
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Senate.


Continued from Second Edition.
The question being upon Mr.. brakes amendment to
continue the existing provisions OF the laws 2pth9rzng
ton of country newspaper within the county of their pub
est OF Country papers as against the great daes
Mr. Hal thought the public interest would be better
subserved by giving to Indian appropriation bill the tme
now proposed to be consumed by the iraDkng bill for
action besides, every knew the ranking bill would
Mr. Conkling would like to be assured by the Senator
that he (Mr lHarAn) knew as factthat the bill was to
Mr. Harlan would not say he knew it he would know
results OF mathematical demonstraon; but only from
Der of Senators had expressed themselves in ayer of the
Mr.. Ramsey By their votes,
NJ HsTlan-By & their speeches ,, .soro t0 Hill
acted in order 6 to 5 address the Senate upon his
the iranking system cut down without suitable equva
Mr. Ramsey thought the apprehension of the New York
Tribune that the bill in danger from its friends in this
eRSsetts Mr. Sumner That Senator had introduced his
substitute six weeks and yet not prepared
MIR Howard thought it manifest the bill had not friends
enough in the Senate to hurt anything. Uaughter)
Mr. Ramsey proceeded to urge the necessity of dispos
Mr. Po@eToy moved that the bill be passed over.
Mr. Hamlin appealed to the senate 70 make the vote
datoy proceedings which he considered trng and dis
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll Willy and others
desiring the vote TO be test upon the BILL and Mr. sum
ner and Mr. Howard protesting against any such under
MT Pomeroy's motion was then agreed to and the bill
was laid aside e-yeas, 80 nays 20.
House.
Continued from the Second Edition.
Mr. kellogg characterized the income tax odious
and unpopular tax 1t was imposed at time OF national
given the country that it should be continued until
1870 and longer would therefore its longer
continuance il not to be abolished he would
favor reduction the and increase exemption
Mr. Kblaok said he had always favored making the in
capital the country its fair contributions to
the revenue he not in favor of taxing profits If
the presented itself whole, whether the in
tax should be retained struck out altogether
would vote TO strike out altogether II rritat-
ing and provoking and revenue enough could be col
lected without 1t plausible thing TO say
that the income affected rich only, but the fact
was that il affected all the business the country and
finally fell upon the people at large.
Hall moved TO increase the exemption TO $1,000, and
the House that since e66 lhe internal
had reduced from three hundred and ten millions
TO hundred and sixty millions; he in favor of
reducing the income tax by raising the exemption This
would take out the small professional men and clerks and
reach of pinch on necessity
Mr. Ward had refrained from interfering hitherto with
the Tecomme ations of the Committee OF Ways and
Means 1t seemed TO him that the opposition TO the con
tnuance OF the income tax from very small spe
eal interest special interests got hold OF the news
pursued members into their committee and
to their houses and special interests we're very apt to be
regarded in torgetfuness of the interest OF the great
of the people. II they abolished the income tax
they abolished the only tax that reached personal pro-
perry that reached the income OF the bondholder