Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-18
The Direct Tax Bill Receives
Hard Knocks in the
Senate.
Tariff Weapons Which the Democrats
Hare Been Forging.
Mr.. Randall Reports the cowles Bill
from the Apr regulations Committee
How It will Reduce Internal Revenue.
Senate
WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.

WAsnIS0roN, FEB. 10,
In the Senate. to-day, = bill appropriatins
$50 600 for th- establishment Of = lighthouse
and fog signal at or near Old Orchard shozl,
Princess bay, N. Y, was reported from the
committee on commerce, and passed.
The Senate bill to place Maj. James Pei
ger on the retired list as colonel in the regu-
ular army was, on motion OF Mr.. Sherman,
taken from the calendar and the report read.
fter An hours discussi IN the bill WAS passed.
The Senate then resumed consideration Of
the resolution reported from the committee
on privileges and elections A. to outrages in
Washington county. Tex, and Mr.. Coke
proceeded with his argument, again quoting
extensively from the testimony to prove
the bad re putation Of the three memorialists,
Hackworth. Moor and Schutze.
Mr.. Coke yielded the foot TO permit Mr..
Sherman to present the conference report
on the direct tax bill, and Mr.. Blair stated
his views in opposition to the bill. He said
he had voted against the bill originally be-
cause he considered it unconstitutional and
iniudicious. Under its provisions the State
of New Hampshire would receive about
Sls5 900, but its share of the taxes that
~ould be required TO carry out the law,
would be $500 900. There were practical
reasons y hy he was opposed to the bill.
Large claims arising under the swamp land
ac: and from other sources, we're now kept
from being pressed on the government by
the fact that the States which would make
them we're debarred by the existence Of the
counter claim against them for nonpsvment
of the direct tax The states that had not
paid their share of the direct tax would go
sco, free. and then would present their
claims under the swamp land law, which.
though they might have legality in them, had
no justice in them
Mr. Edmunds said that he was not present
when the bill was acted on; but that from
what he had seen in the newspapers a day
or two ago he believed it involved q very
heavy heavy expenditure by the United
States; that certain parts Of II did not rest
upon principles of justice; and that the mon
ey to be paid under it would be mere GIT
or grstuity mot resting on any Foundation OF
principle or Justice to some of the states.
If he had been present when the matter came
up he wonld have asked the senator in charge
of it to xplsin precisely what was mean oy
and what would be the effect of, certain
phrases OF the bill lie was very much
afraid that they would be surprised one, two
or three years hence to see what its income
had been as regarded some of the States and
as regarded the justice of taking money out
Of the treasury on such conditions But, as
he had not been present he had no right to
move reconsideration of the vote by which
the conference report had been agreed to.
The Senate then at 2. NJ, adjourned.
House.
In the House today, Mr.. McCreary Of
Kentucky submitted the conference report
on the ii 2lomatic and consular appropriation
bill.
The report was agreed TO.
Mr.. McMillin of Tennessee, from the
committee on ways and means, reported the
reduce taxation and simplify the laws IN re-
laiion to Internal revenue Committee OF
the whole.
| MIR. Breckenridge of Kentucky, from the
same committee, reported the bill Ito reduce
taxation and for other purposes" Mr.. Reed
of Maine, asked that the report on this bill
be read.
I The Speaker stated that the bill was not
before the House for consideration
| Mr. Reeds there a report?
( The Speaker-There is brief report.
The bill Was referred to a committee OF the
whole The effect of the report Of these
two measure. Is to place them upon the
calendar ahead of the internal revenue bill
to be It ported from the committee on appro-
priations and to give them the right of way
unless the friends of the Cowles bill can
muster a sufficient force to set them aside.
Randsll of Pennsylvania, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported the
CowIes bill. amending the internal revenue
laws, which was referred to the committee
of the whole, together with minority sab
stitute reported by Forney of Alabama.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole on the postoiiice appropriation bill.