St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-24
4 DAY DEvOUREO BY DAVE.
HILL k5K0P0LZsS The ATTENTION
or THE SENSTE.
INCOME TAN AMENDMENTS.

The New Yorker Offers Several o!
Them and They Are Rapidly
Voted Down-Salaries of init
ed States Judges and the Pr es-
ident OF the United States X
empt From Taxation.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Mr. Harris,
The Democratic manager of the tariff
bill. reconSidered his threat of last night
TO hold the senate i'll continuous session
today till consideration of the tariff bill
was completed in the committee OF the
whole. He was appealed to by senators
on both sides, in view of the suffecating G
and almost ihsupportable heat in the
chamber, WHICH kept the. thermometer
IT 80 all day, and in view of the fact of
the funeral of Senator Perkins, of Kan
sas,which was TO be held this afternoon,
not to prolong the session. Reluctantly
he yielded. and the senate adjourned
shortly after o'clock. But little actual
progress was made with the income tax
sections. Mr. Hill made another
speech today in reply to arguments
advanced yesterday. but there was no
repetition of the sensational incidents
of Yesterday. A series of amendments
offered by Mr.. Hill to reduce the
amount for the income exemption from
$1,000 TO $1,000, $4,000, S2,50O or 5000.
were In turn voted down. The amend
ment of the committee offered yester-
lay to reduce the exemption to $1,000
was Withdrawn today without explana-
tlcn. An amendment offered by Mr..
Hoar TO exempt the salaries of United
States judges was accepted by the
finance committee. and this led Mr..
Hill, in
\ SPIRIT OF FUN
apparently, to move to exempt the sal
airy of the president of the United
States. Although not accepted by the
committee, it was agreed to by viva
voce vote, Mr.. McLaurin (Dem., Miss.)
being the only senator who raised his
voice against 1t.
The half-hour usually devoted to
miscellaneous business in the senate
today was occupied by Mr.. Call with a
resolution providing for committee of
five senators to investigate the election
and control of senators and represent
atives by corporations. He made a
briet speech on the subject.
Mr.. Sherman said he was willing that
the investigation should be allowed so
far AS Florida was concerned, but he
lid not think it was just to make isto
broad ana sweeping as contained in the
resolution, ana including the whole
country.
The resolution went over, and the
tariff bill was taken up.
Mr.. Hill took the floor. He said that
yesterday would be known in history as
PopulIst day (alluding to the speeches
Of Senators Kyle and Allen). He said
hat no attempt had been made to
attack the repeal of the
STATE BANK TAN,
nor to enact free coinage bill in this
1lll, both of which are indorsed by
many Democrats and considered part
Df the platform, while special effort had
been made to go outside of the platform
70 incorporate the income tax in the bill.
NO other system of taxation opened
such broad field for fraud and
evasion, and none offered such
temptations. If the TAX were
to be imposed, there was no reason why
the exemption should be $1,000, when in
monarchial countries. where this tax
was levied, the exemption was but $50,
and even down to sell Was 1t to COM
pensate for the high cost of living here?
He believed that the higher the exemp-
ion the harder it would be to defend
his lax
Mr.. Hill argued that the inheritance
AK imposed in several of the states
would be seriously affected by the i'm.
position of an income tax. He ridiculed
the Popuilst party and the Democratic
party tor having adopted the income tax
idea. the most populistic OF the Populist
party's schemes. He spoke nearly two
hours. and was succeeded on the floor
by Mr.. Galiinger. who also opposed the
income tax. AT the conclusion of MIR.
Gaillnger's remarks Mr.. Vest Withdrew
his amendment to reduce the exemption
from $1,000 10 5000. and
ALLOWED MIR. HILL
to move to reduce il from $4,000 to
f1,OO0. The motion was defeated, Is to
42. as follows: