Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-05-03
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

10 dispose OF the idle labor and dis
courage idle wealth in the District Of
Columbia" 1t embodies the principle
Of TAXA ion Of uaearned increment, the
proceeds to be applied to the employ
ment OF idle labor
Mr. PETER then sought to take up
the resolution for the appointment of
n committee on communication. to re
ceive petitions from Coxey's army, but
the motion was defeated bya vote Of
Il republicans y, populsts 4, demo
Gratis u to 26 democrats p, republi-
cans 81
Mr. WashburI addressed the senate
in opposition to the bill. Mr.. Dolph
followed with another installent Of his
speech.
The house devoted the entire day to
business from the committee Of the
District of Columbia. The bill to per
NIT bookmaBing at the regular spring
and fall meetings Of the jockey clubs
and at the driving parks of the Dis
trict Of Columbia was acted upon. The
hin. to the surprise of ALL was de
feated by a vote Of 81 to 90.
Washington. April 24-In the senate
today Mr.. Mills, of Texas, took up the
DEBATE Oh the tarif bill. He said there
v ere objections to it which he would
sees 10 have remedicd, but, whether
successful or not it was a party meas
Urc, and he appealed to democrats to
sink PERSONAL preferences and vote
for It,
He said that the opponents of the
income tax said that it was inquis-
itorial, anarchistic socialistic, to lay
a tax Of per cent. on incomes, but
when a poor fellow wants a shirt and
is taxed 100 per cent for it, nothing
is said about its being socialisic and
auarchistic.
An income tax will be passed" he
declared emphatically; 'if not by this
congress. then by the next" The fore
ible way in which the senator made
this statement elected applause from
the galleries which was checked by
the presiding officer
Mr. President" continued Mr.. Mills
earnestly, there is a duty deyOlving
on this body which cannot be eyaded.
We must pass this bill; make it as
good as we can first, but pass it we
must. We must not only pass it., but
must stop talking about it, The Ameri-
can people demand it. They have
sent Us here for that purpose
In the house Mr.. Hepburn persisted
in hanging on the flank of the demo
Gratis and by harrassing them, he eX-
poets to force consideration of the
pension bills reported from Friday
nights session.
At the opening ne objected to APP
prevail of the journal and forced a roll
call The journal was approved 232
to 0. The house soon went into com
mittee Of the whole and resumed con
sideration Of the post0ttice appropria-
ton bill An amendment providing Il
limitation of ten years upon the pay
ment of money orders, and for the
destruction of money order files at the
end Of that time was adopted
The committee then arose. The bill
amendment adopted in committee Of
the matchmaking all publications
pUrporting TO he isSuel periodically
aud ID subscribers, but which are
merely books or reprints of books
whether they be issued complete or i'm
parts bound or unbound, sold by sub
scripdop or otherwise subject to
postage at third class rates when
transmitted through the mails was
stricken from the bill after a spirited
debate.
The amendment affected books Te-
prints given as premiums with coun-
try newspaper subscriptions, etc.
Washington April 25.-In the senate
today, Mr. Allen. OF Nebraska. offered
the following resolution for which he
asked immediate consideration:
Whereas. 1t is currently reported
that unarmed, law-abiding citizens of
the United States are about to peace
ably assemble in Washington to petl-
ton the government for Il redress of
their grievances. and
Whereas. Threats of arreStng such
persons have been made on their en-
tering in the District Of Columbia and
the city of Washington therefore,
be 1t
Resolved. First that under the con
stitudon of the United States,
citizens Of the United States regard
less of the rank in h. have the I'M
doubted and uuques,eIable right to
peaceably assemble and petition the
government for areiress OF their griey-
ances at any place within the United
States, where they do not create a
breach Of peace, menace or endanger
persons or property, or disturb the
transaction of the public business or
the free use Of streets and highways
by the public; second, that such per
sons have as undouhted right to visit
and assemble in the city Of Washing
ton for any and all peaceable purposes
as In other portions Of the territory