Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13
AT TIE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Urgent Deficiency Bill Discussed
 in the House. SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN Warmly Advocates the NiCa- ragua Canal and Makes Some
 Startling Statements.
SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN

routine business of the house was disposed of, the urgent deficiency bill was taken up in committee of the whole upon motion of Mir. Breckinridse, democrat, of Kentucky. An effort was made to agree upon limlta- ton oi general debate. The opponents of tue item approprlaiing money to make the income tax jaw effective and of the item increasing the appropriation for payment of special pension agents and Mir. Breck- inrdge could not come to terms, however, and the discussion was begun under the rules.
 General Henderson,, republican, of Iowa, antagonzsd the item of $15o, GOO to pay special pension examiners.
 The discussion was participated in by Mes>rs. Coombs, democrat, of New York; Daniels, republican, of New York; Morse, republican, of Massachusetts, ana Sickles, democrat, of New York.
 MT. Bartlett, democrat, of New York, addressed himself to the item appropriating SPAS, ,o9o to execute the law for the collec- ton of the income tax. He said he had introduced in the first day of the session a bill 10 repeal that portion of the tariff blll, but he recognized that that bill would never see the ght of day. The only way in which the end sought by that bill could be reached was by defeating any appropri- ion for the enforcement Of the law.
 Mr. McMillin, the anthor of the income tax feature of tue tariff bill, replied 10 Mr. Bartlett, discussing the Iatter's assertion that the income tax was un just.
 The debate was closed by Mir. Breckin- ridge, who prophesied the return to power Of the democratic party that it might fui- filI,the pledges il had made to the people and upon which they had been charged with the responsibility of government.
 When the bill was read under the five minute rue, MT. Bartlett moved to strike out the item approprialing S245, ,O95 for the coll. .ction of the income tax. A vote was taken by tellers and resulted: Yeas 54, nays 127.
 When the item for $250, ,0O0 for special pension agents was reached, Mr. Hender- son of Iowa moved that he amount be re- duced to SIPS, ,G00. Pending action on this amendmeut the committee rose and the house adjourned until tomorrow.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The senate today signifitd unmistikablv its intention not to be led into any tariff legislation at this session. motion to take up the house bill of last session, mak- ing sugar free of duty, with the finance committee amendment to it imposing a flat duty of 40 per cent on sugar and abol- ishing he differen,iae was defeated, the vote being yeas 23, nays 27.
 The attempt to get up Mir. Vest's cloture resolution was also defeaied--yeas 24, nays 34.
 The Nicaragua canal was taken up and
 
 Morgan, democrat, of Ala bama, who is in charge of it. signitied his purpose to ask the senate tomorrow to fix another time for voting upon 1t.
 Bills were passed giving pensions of sl00 monlh 10 the widows Of Generals Banks, Crittenden and McClelland.
 The bill to organize the territory of h. dianola was discussed adversely by Mr. Piatt, republican, of Connecticut, and was referred to the committee on territories.
 MT. Pugh, democrat, Ala abams, presented the credentials of MT. Morgan as senator elect from Alabama for the term beginning March 1 next, which were read.
 The resolution off.red recently by Mr. Higgins, democrat, of Deleware, calling on the president for copies Of the corre- spondence relative to the peace negota- lions between China and Japan, was passed.
 At2 D. m. the unfinished business, the Nicaragua canal bill, was taken up, and MT. Gray, republican, of Delaware, took the floor. But he expressed the preference for taking up and acting immediately upon the bills for free coal, Tree iron ore, and for imposing fat duty of 40 per cent on all sugars, doing away with the dfferentias ol H and 10 of a cent. He believed 1t 10 be the duty of the senate, as matter of common justice and common regard for the interests of the country, to vote upon those bills at once. He therefore moved to pro- ceed 10 the consideration of the house bill to exempt sugars, molasses. etc., from duty, the amendment reported from the fl nance committee being to impose flat duty of 40 per cent on all sugars.
 Mr. Morgan made a slight protest against the displacement of the Nicaragua bill.
 Mir. Berry, democrat, Of Arkansas, de- mauded the yeas and nays, and they were ordered. The vote was taken and the mo- ton was defeated-yeas 23, nays P, as fol- lows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Black burn, Caffery, Cockerell, Coke, Faulkner, George, Gray, HarrIs. Hill, Aunton, Jarvis. n McLaurin, Ml' MMePhsTrson, T,, Mills, and Washburn-23.
 Nays-Messrs. Aldrch, Allen, Allison, Blanchard, CulIom, Dolph, Dubois, Gal finger, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hig- derson, Martin, Mitchell of Oregon, Mor- Till. Peffer, Perkins, Platt, Power, Q lay, Roach aud reller-27.
 Mir. Vest then moved to take from the calendar his cloture resolution, and that motion was also defeated-yeas "A, nays 3f.
 Among the negative votes were Messrs. Blanchard of Louisiana, Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Morgan, Peffer and Roach.
 MT. Harris explained the reasons for his vote in the negative. He considered the resolution as unnecessary, inasmucd as Il meeting of the committed on rules to take up the subject of cloture would be held to- morrow.
 When the consideration of the Nicaragua CdUdl Dlll was Tc5uineI mOTedu dis- cussed tine international question Involved in the right of this government to partici- pate in the construction of the canal in view of our treaties with other powers.
 There was, he said, mo. question between the United States or Great Britain or any other government touching this matter. Nicaragua and Costa Rica, in their pac- ity as sovereign powers, had affirmed what had been done, and case WIS presented in which there ceuld te no transfer of the | cor mi han1a nf g. vernment. He discussed at some length the right ofthe exeIeise of power under the | ution. 1t swasl not our policy, he | said, 10 acquire sterritoiy by conquest, but by purchase. He then reviewed the stti- tude of the United States in the acquisition of territory, and argued that it was within our power to, in like manner, engage In the construction of this canal by guar. autee.
 At the close of his remarks Mir. Morgan said that he would tomorrow ask unani-