Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-06
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
The Senate Bill Taken up by a
Strictly Party Vote.
Alcohol Not Raw Material to
Democrats.
Bills introduced in tie House Under the
Call Of States.
Two States from California.
A Proposal to Open the sioux Reserva-
ton Without Consent OF the Indians.
Two States from California.
Proposal to Open the Sioux Reserva-
ton Without Consent OF the Indians.
WAsHiSsros, ID. c., Dec. ).
Senate.

continuing the existence OF the select COM
mittee on questions touching the meat pro
duct Of the United States, especially as TO its
transportation. Referred.
When the old tariff bill was taken up Mr.
Harris, of Tennessee, moved to lay on the
table the amendment to the House II pro-
posed by committee on finance, which is the
whole Senate bill, and demanded yeas and
nays.
The motion was rejected by strict party
vote. Yeas 10, nays, 26.
Mr.. Vance moved an amendment to the
tobacco section reducing the limit of the
claim for rebate from ten TO FIVE dollars
Rejected.
An amendment was offered and rejected
removing from internal revenue statutes all
provisions fixing minimum of penalty and
leaving the matter to the discretion of the
court
Mr.. Dawes offered resolution which was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary of Interior
for information AS to alleged outrage and re-
straint Of liberty committed in Alaska on In
dian females and other persons and what
steps, if any, have been taken by the de-
partment to protect the persons of females
in Alaska from such outrages.
Blair offered resolution containing select
committees on relations with Canada
Plumb offered a resolution which was
agreed 10 instructing the committee on cpl
demic diseases to inquire as to the causes Of
the introduction of yellow fever into Florida
dnring the past season ami whether instru-
mentalties of such Introduction are still in
force and what IL gi station is necessary to
prevent repetition.
Various amendments to the internal rev
enue statutes were offered by Vance and all
were rejected.
Vance offered an amendment which was
agreed to providing that when the health or
life of prisoner under the internal revenue
laws is endangered by close confinement the
judge may issue an order providing for such
prisoners reasonable comfort
When in the consideration Of section II
of the tariff bill, which deals with duties
upon imports" D." beginning with schedule A.
chemical products" was reached McPher
son called attention 20 the fact that the rates
of duty reported for chemical products made
no allowance for the remittance of tax on
spirits used in medicines. This remission
would, he .aid, simply operate as an addi-
tIonal bounty to the manufacturers of chem
zeal products. No member of the finance
committee would deny that there would be
great frauds on the revenue under the pro-
visions for free alcohol in arts and manu-
factnres. He therefore regarded those pro-
visions as the first step towards the otal
abr0gaton of the whiskey tax 1t would
be necessary either to repeal the
proposed legislation or abolish the
whole tax on uhiskey. He was
unalterahly opposed to such legislation to
any remission of tax on spirits, and to any
system which offered premium on fraud.
He called for the yea and nay vote on the
provisions as to alcohol used in the msnufac-
lures.
Allison thought there was some force in
McPherson's sugge ,tion that this was the
proper time to test the question whether the
sections relating 10 alcohol in arts and man
ufacturers should remain in the bill or be
excluded from it He denied, hswever the
force of MePherson's argument.
Adrich criticised the democratic senators
who favored free raw materials,
for opposing the proposition to remove the
tax on alcohol used in arts and manufactures.
He said, if, in the whole range of articles
taxed by the internal revenue laws or Gus
toms laws, there is one article on which the
tax should be removed, it is alcohol used in
arts. The discussion took a political turn
and Dawes asked Mcpherson whether he
would abolish the protective system or the
internal revenue system if the alternative
were presented.
Mcpherson said II am not in the habit of
jumping the stile until | reach it. When
any such question comes before the Senate
for action | Will take the matter under
prsyerfu consideration.
Dawes.-'l state distinctly and
1 should lihe to see the Republican
differing from me, that when that alte ernative
is presented to me. will vote for the abo-