The sun., 1894-02-01
THE INCOME TAX MEN WIN.
.,rtR pTLB ADDED TO THE VII
.ov RtIL Br 4 VOTE OF 17S TO 50.


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v,,,mmi.xs, In Bebsir or Labor, Fires
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..,.,on-rhe Final Vote 90 re Tahsn
I'll. Anernoon Auer Speeches BY Mr..
v.,a. speaker Crisp, nd Oh = irrn an Wilson
u,suxcroS Jan 31.-The House TO-DAY, by
.,,,s O, - TO -. attached the Internal Reve-
hin with the income tax sections. as an
-.,dmeut TO the Wilson Tariff bill. and
,...d the debate under the fve- minute rule.
.AIs an amendment increasing the duty on
,.,,.v and barley malt. offered by Chairman
wn.on was still pending. BY the terms OF
A. order under which the debate has been
..,dnctsd the House will meet to-mor-
at II A. VI. or IL o'clock; then the
sn and all pending amendments must be
,.ror,ed 10 tho House and the previous dues-
~, tberson shall bo considered as ordered.
v,.spsaker Reed will have one hour and
s.,in which TO sum up and present the obiec-
no,, OF tho Republican minority TO tho bill.
s,..ker Crisp will follow in an hours speech
,,,upport OF the bill. and Chairman Wilson OF
,hs COMMITTEES on Ways and Means will close
~ dsbate having half an hour for that pur-
pose .-...
n no unexpected delay occurs. the House
,ilI proceed to vote on the amendments and
A. massage OF the bill at about L. VI. A vote
usv be had upon any amendment that has
nan agreed to in Committee OF the Whole. but
N is believed that tho yeas and nays will be
.,led upOn only few OF them. MIR. Wilson
mad not determined tonight upon any
,.ye that Ivy which the duty was raised
10 II, 30. and - por cent, respectively. upon
rouch. cut and set diamonds. II the advo-
. h.
.msntmcnt putting II on tho free list and
,boli.hnc the bounty. Mr.. Wilson says he will
ask for it. but they have made no request OF
him. OF course. there will be vote on the in
come tax amendment.
Amotion to recommit'the bill will be in or
der but not motion to strike out tho enact
ing clause and thus kill the bill One motion
10 adjourn will also he in order. It is tho OK
pectation OF the managers OF the bill that the
vote on its passage Will be renched before u
o'clock and with the solid Popuist vote they
estimate u majority OF about fifty in its favor.
Not to exceed twenty-five Democratic votes
are expected against the bill.
The Ways and Means Committee were beat
on once more to-day. the bonded period on
vhiskey being reduced. This action caused
the charge to be freely m ade that the Commit
tee Of the Whole acted at tho dictation OF tho
intimated more than once that certain mem-
bers were acting in the capacity OF paid agents
Of that organization.
The Populistic element in tho House whose
strength can be roughly estimated by the fact
that Populist Pences proposition for an in
come tax graduated from one per cent on in
comes from S.. 500 and upward. to five per
cent on incomes OF 500 900 and upward.
received ~ votes on n mere standing vote and
without telers.
Prof Wilson and his friends tonight are
jubilant because the income tax opponents
and the Democratic opponents OF the bill ad-
nit that they have not strength enough to
defeat II in the House. and are apt to make no
determined resistance at all. leaving the
Senate to convert the bill into measure which
Hll be able to receive the loyal Democratic
npport. Prof Wilson and his friends are
more than ordinarily happy. chiefly because
their escape from utter defeat has been
20 narrow. They have little cause to
congratulate themselves. however. as the
measure that will pass the House to- o-morrow
10 now called the Wilson bill only by courtesy.
After the Senate has iuggled with it for seven
or eight months. IL will not be in shape even
to entitie it to that compliment. AS Mr.. Cor
man snys. the Senate will probably make a
revenue bill OF IT. It will then receive some
otnet name tifdu tHlt Ol lHo
Close OF tho Debate the Income Tax.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l.-Atter the reading OF
Yesterdays journal and the calling OF commit
tees for reports. and the transaction OF some
other unimportant matters. the House went
into Committee OF tho Whole to consider the
Wilson bill. and Mr.. Richardson Dem. Tenn
took the chair.
Mr.. McMillin Dem. Tenn. ask ed unanimous
consent that the vote on the pending amend
nsnts and on all other amendments which
may be offered be taken ut O'Clock this after
noon. but Mr.. Burrows rep. Mich. objected
todsbate being thus limited. as there would be
one hour tomorrow morning before the bill is
reported to the House.
Mr.. Tate Dem. Ca offered the frst amend
msnt TO the Internal Revenue bill. tho amend
msnt proposing to strike out the last three
sections Of the bill. which includes tho tax OF
VI per gallon on distilled spirits. and also the
clauses referring to the bonding OF distilled
spirits and their withdrawal from the ware
houses. The adoption OF this amendment
would leave the existing law as to spirits in
force
Mr. Tate explained that the terms OF the pro-
posed law gave tho distillers In distilled
liquors only one month in which to take out
their store of liquors at the present price OF
NAnVtb GENTS per GdllOn. mis- Woulu result IN
driving many smaller dealers out OF business
and would give mailer revenue to the Gov
eminent instead OF an increase. lie also OBJ
lseted to the extension OF tho bonded period
hom three to eight years.
Mr.. Payne Rep. n. " had read q resolution
hom the Legislature OF New York In oppos.-
uon to the Wilson bill. He also had read an
extract from . prominent Democratic paper
In New York city attributinG the falling of In
the Democratic majority in yesterdays cleo
uons In New York to the Wilson bill There
vas falling on in the Fourteenth district
nom Democratic plurality Of B. s25 to Re-
publican plurality OF 9S4. and in tho Fifteenth
district falling of In the Democratic plu-
nlIty from II .S'i9 to 4Sd7. lReDubliean Rp-
plAussl
Mr., Cultivate Dem. o. offered tho follow
NJ amendment;
aA on and after the passage Of this act there shall
~s'lei aud collected tax all distilled spirits pro
~''s1 N The nited states on which the tax Is not
.a before that day, per proof gallon wine gallon
.lsa below PROOF. 30 cents II paid within ave days
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