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END OF THE TARIFF TALK
THE VOTE ON THE BILL TO BE
TAKEN SATURDAY.

The Internal Revenue Features OF the
Measure the Subjects of Yesterdays
Debate-The Amendments of Messrs,
Sowden and Wise Voted DoWn-The
Unfinished Paragraphs.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE house this
morning went into committee of the whole,
with Mr.. Springer in the chair, on the
tariff bill, the internal revenue feature
pending. On behalf of the ways and
means committee, Mr.. Mcmillan of Ten
nessee offered an amendment providing that
the bond required to be given by cigar
manufacturers shall be in such penal sum
rs the collector of internal revenues may
require, not less than 800, with an addi-
ton Of SO for every person proposed to be
employed by such manufacturers. The
amendment was adopted.
There were two pending amendments
coming over from yosterday-one offered
by Mr.. Wise of Virginia repeating the tax
ON cigars, cheroots and cigarettes, and one
by Mr.. Sowden of Pennsy ylvania, ABOLISH
ing the tax on spirits distilled from apples,
peaches and other fruits.
Mr.. Wse's amendment was defeated by
vote of 43 to IS, and Mr.. Sowden's was
withdrawn.
Mr.. Nichols of North Carolina offered an
amendment repeating all internal taxes.
1t was rejected
Mr.. Farquhar of New York offered an
amendment reducing from 50 to So the
special tax on cigar manufacturers. IL was
lost.
SoWDEN AGAIN TO THE FRONT.
MIR. Sowden again offered his amendment
abolishing the tax on fruit spirits. In ad-
vocating the amendment Mr. Cowles of
North Carolina referred to the fact that the
republicans had refraned from voting yes
terday on a proposition to repeal the tobac-
co tax. Instead of fulfilling their pledges,
the republicans had remained seated in
conscious peace in company with the nem-
bers of the ways and means committee. A
remark of Mr.. Cowles to the effect that the
republican party was in favor of squander-
ing the surplus in ill-deserVed pensiOns, met
with severe criticism from Mr.. Milliken Of
Maine, and Mr.. Williams of Ohio, the
former of whom declared that every soldier
who could produce an honorable discharge
deserved a pension.
MR.. M'MILLIN's OPPOSITION.
Mr.. McMillin opposed the amendment,
declaring that there WAS no way of prevent
ing frauds on the revenue if fruit spirits
should be exempted from taxation. Grain
spirits could be mixed with fruit spirits and
thus escape taxation, and no expert Gf there
were any such in the house, could detect
the fraud
Mr.. Simmons of North Carolina, while
| earnestly advocating the abolition Of the
tax on fruit spirits, announced his opposi-
| ton to total repeal Of the whisky tax IT, in
crder TO effect that repeal, taxation would
have to o put on the necessaries of life.
Mr. Sowdens amendment was rejected by
a vote of A to 70.
AN OLEOMARGARINE PROPOSITION.
Mr.. Warner of Missouri offered an
amendment providing that the special tax
on wholesalers and retailers in oleomargar-
inc shall be $40 and IS respectively. 1t was
rejected
Messrs. Adams of Illinois and Butter
worth of Ohio criticist d as opening the way
for evasion Of the payment Of the whisky
tax. the provision authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury in LIS dis ;retion to allow
dstillerles mashin& les' than twenty-five
bushels of grain a day s. be operated with
out storekeepers and gaugers
MIR. Kelley OF Pennsylvania regarded all
the administrative features of the bill
having relation to the collection of the iu-
ternal revenue tax as a well devised plan for
relieving moonshiners from responsibility.
BUTTERwoRrHs MOTION.
Mr.. Butterworth moved to strike out the
clause to which he had objected, and his
motion was advocated by Mr. Bayne of
meant free whisky. The motion was lost
by a vote of 73 TO o.
Mr.. Lawler, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment to abolish the tax on oleomargarine
and It was rejected by yeas to 101 nays.
The last section of the bill was then read,
and on motion of Mr. Bynum, of Indiana,
the date upon which the bill shall go into
effect was fixed as Got 1, 1888. The COM
mite then rose.
There have been a few paragraphs Of the
bill passed over informally and their con-
sideration will be proce6ded with to-mor-
row.
The vote on the final passage of the bill
will not be taken until Saturday, when it
is expected that there will be full attend
ance of members. Mr.. Mills states that he
will call the previous question on the pass
age of the bill at IL 80 o'clock Saturday
morning.
The house, at 5 o'clock, took a recess until
S o'clock; the evening session to be for con-
sideration Of bills reported from the COM
mittee on commerce.