The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-18
ma INTERNAL REVENUE
Feature, Of the Mills Bill the
Subject Of Debate
co.c8LLED FREE WHISKY"
r.,i,y,l ropic-Thc Absurlity of
.,,cr, shown Up by Republicans.
onr own Wilson Attempts TO
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w,.u,ycr,y. D. G., July lion
..ior oi Mr. Clarlcy, Of Missouri, the
sn,,e s',,, biII was passed authorizing the
".,rpr;ion Of bridge across the Ar
y,. , river at Cummings Landing,
,, -. The House then went into
c,,ni,,rr Of the Whole (NIr. Springer,
',nino.. in the chair on the tariifbill,
" ;n,,rgel revenue feature being pend
Wv IN belIaio the Ways and Means
c'nni,,pe. ,Is Mr. McMillin, Of Tennessee,
- an amendment providing that
%.rapl required to be given by cigar
,,r,,ctufrrs ,@ shall be in such penal
.am a. the collector Of the internal rev.
aanm NAV require, not less than 500,
.,;,r an addition oi$lO for every person
""roa,rI ",,,, to hr employed by such manu-
Isr.rrrr Adopted.
,'n,. coming over from yesterday. One
T',cJ lsrreJ ty Mr. Wise, of Virginia, repeal.
T~ ~, ,Er fax on cigars, cheroOts and
%,,1o,,,. H., and one by Mr.. SOwden, OF
PsTn.ylylnIa. abolishing tax on spirits
iiSiIItl llmm apples, peaches, and other
i,rt. Mr. Wisc's amendment was de-
i,-,rj hv q vote OF - to IS, and MIR.
S,,lru. WIS withdrawn.
NJ Nichols. Of North Carolina, offer
J1n amendment repeating all internal
taxes. Rejected. ,,
men, aloIishing the tax on fruit spirits.
rmark OF Mr.. Cowles, OF North Car
alma 10 the effect that the Republican
n,r,y was in favor Of squandering the
.Tmlus in ill-dcseIycd pensions, met
vi,b severe criticism from Mr.. Milliken,
of Maine, and Mr.. Williams, OF Ohio,
tIp latter Of whom declared that every
soldier who could produce an honorable
discharge deserved apcnsion.
Mr.. Mcmillan sent to the clerks
le.k and had read IN extract from Mr..
BIainp's Paris lcitcrin which he opposed
lbr repeal Of the whisky tax, and says
that to cheaper lhc price Of whisky is to
increase its consumption enormously.
Mr.. Kelly, OF Pennsylvania, took issue
with Mr.. Blaine on this statement.
When Mr.. Blaine came home he found
that the bodies OF the supreme mOralists
On the subject Of temperance, and
thousands Of women united in the
Womans' Christian Temperance Union
were demanding the repeal OF the spirit
tax, he would say; 81 am ready to ad-
nit had formed an erroneous opinion;
but now will labor with you heart and
souI."
Mr.. Brewer said that Mr.. Blaine would
lind that ninety per cent OF the Republic
rans oi the country were in hearty ac-
cori with the views expressed in his
letter.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Minnesota, supposed
that the body Of mOralists referred to
was that body which sat in Chicago and
declared in removing the tax from
whisky and brandy, rather than from
blankets ni the people.
Mr.. Millikcn believed that the views
enumerated by Blaine were his when he
wrote the letter, were his views now,
and would he his views when he re-
turned to this country.
Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, addressed
himself to denial Of the charge that
the Republicans were in favor Of free
whisky, andtO show what he termed the
auiacity Oi the charge, he stated that
when the Republican party came into
power in the House 1t found calico 10
cents yard and whisky 20 cents gallon,
and that when it went out OF power
twenty-five years afterwards it left calico
at > cents a yard and whisky taxed
nearly s. gallon.
Mr., Wilson, OF West Virginia, sug-
gcsted that the Republican party in Chi
cago had got drunk after the Oregon
election and that the platform was the
result OF Dutch courage. When that
courage evapoNted the Republicans
came back and attempted to say that
tue platsorm did not mean what, in black
and white, it did mean on the record.
Mr. Adams, OF Illinois, and Mr.. But
tcrworth, Of Ohio, criticized as opening
the way for evasion Of the payment OF
the whisky tax the provision authoriz-
Ing the Secretary OF the Treasury in his
discretion to allow distillcries mashing
less than twenty-five bushels of grain a
day to be operated without stOrekeepers
and gaugrrs. Mr.. Buttcrworth moved
10 strike out the clause to which he had
objected, and his motion was advocated
10y Mr., Baync, Of Pennsylvania, who mr.
gued that the clause meant free whisky.
The committee then rose. There
have been few paragraphs OF the bill
passed over informally, and their con-
siicration will be proceeded with to-
morrow.
The vote on the final passage Of the
bill Will not be- taken until Saturday,
when 1t is expected that there will be a
ia!l attendance of members.
Mr., Mills states he will call the pre-
Nons question on the passage OF the bill
at ll;5O saturday morning.
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