The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07
PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION.
Nils Names ThI8 Rules TO Be OBJ
served in Revision.

A Conference Ordered by the Senate
OF the deficiency App-op-lation Bill.
Mills Offers an Amendment TO Chan
dler's Resolution for an Inquiry
Into the Dominion Coal Company
Ma,ts--The Proposal for the Ex
cluslon and Deportation of Anareh-
ISIS Taken Up
Washington. A1E ON the Senate to-
DAY the Dill introduced by Mr.. Davis
rep. o. Nl11esota last Friday, defining
options and futures, and imposing
special taxes thereon. was, at his request,
read a second tine and laid on the table.
Mr. Mills offered d resolution declaring
that in the revision of national taxation
these three principles should be
observed That all taxes are bur
dens, and can only be rightfully i'm
posed 10 raise revenue for the sup
port of the government; that when
taxes are imposed on imported goods, the
rates should be so low as not materially
to restrict the Importation of the articles;
and that in selecting the articles to be
taxed only those ready for consumption
should be chosen. and that all others i'm
ported for manufacture or remanufacture
should be exempt from duty. The reso-
luton was, at Mr.. Mills request, laid on
the table temporarily, Mr.. Mills saying
that he would call it up in few days and
make some remarks upon it.
A conference was ordered on the def
cheney appropriation bill
THE DOMINION COAL COMPANY.
Mr.. Chambers resolution for an inquiry
into the facts connected with the organi-
cation and history of the Dominion Coal
Company Of Nova Scotia was taken up,
and Mr. Mills offered an amendment, in
structing the special committee to inquire
also whether or not any officer of the gov
ernment or any member of congress is,
or was, interested in any corpora
ton or company engaged in mining
coal in any of the states or territories of
the United States, or in any railroad com
pany engaged in transporting coal that
would come into competition with the
Nova Scotia or Dominion coal in any mar
kets of the United States; whether in
fuences have been used to maintain a
tariff tax on coal for their benefit; also as
TO whether the removal of the duty on
coal would reduce its price to the con-
sumer of coal IN any part of the United
States. and if SO what parts of the United
States would be so benefited.
The amendment of Mr.. Mills was ap-
pended to Mr.. Chambers resolution, and
was treated as a substitute for it.
A suggestion was made as TO having the
inquiry made by new select committee
of five instead of by the Gray select COM
mittee, and after an Interchange of some
remarks between Messrs. Chandler and
Mills, the resolution was modified in that
sense. The resolution and substitute were
discussed until the close of the morning
hour, and then went over without action.
INSPECTION OF IMMIGRANTS.
The House bill providing for the inspec-
ton of immigrants by United States con-
suls was then taken up, with the substi-
tute reported by MIR. Hill from the com
mittee of immigration for the exclusion
and deportation of anarchists Mr.. Hill
addressed the Senate in support of the
substitute. It's provisions applying to an
archists were new. There was no au-
thority under the existing laws of the
United States to prevent the landing of
anarchists The laws of the
United States in relation to
immigration seemed to be remark
ably well framed and would do
much if honestly and vigorously carried
out, toward preventing undesirable i'm
migration. If anarchists were not ex-
cluded the United States would become
the dumping ground of the anarchists of
the world, Hence the necessity for the
proposed legislation at this time. 1t was
not proposed in the bill, he said, to make
belief in anarchistic principles a crime,
and, therefore, it was not necessary to de-
fine what anarchism was. No provision
was made for Indictment or punishment,
but provision was made that a person
known as an anarchist should not land in
this country; and if he did land then
certain proceedings were to be taken by
or through the Secretary of the Treas
ury. and that person should be deported
Mr.. Hill referred to a well known English
anarchist, Mowbray, who recently came
to this country, and who had been actu-
ally attempting to deliver lectures in
favor Of the anarchist doctrines in the
cities of New York and Brooklyn There
was no way, he said of deporting that
man, although he had been prevented by
the police from delivering his lectures. The
passage of the bill was in his Judgment
the proper thing to do, and it was better
under all circumstance to take the bill
as the Secretary of the Treasury had
presented it.
Several amendments were offered and
some were agreed to. Finally the
amended substitute was agreed to. The
bill passed and conference was asked
for, the Senate conferees being Messrs.
Hill, Faulkner and Chandler
After short executive session the Sen
ate. at As o'clock, adjourned until to-
morrow.