The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
Gould NOT DECIPHER 1T
Mr.. Calls Amendment to Nicaragua
Canal Bill a Puzzle.
DAYS DOINGS IN THE HOUSE
Consideration of the Urgency Deficiency
Bill-votc on the Motion to Strike Out
the Appropriation for the Collec.
tion of Income Tax.
By the United Press.

By the United Press.
Washington, Dec. Reconsideration
of the Nicaraguan canal bill was re-
sumed and Mr.. Morgan finished his ar
gument in advocacy of it, He asked
unanimous consent to have the vote
taken upon it next Thursday; but objec-
tion was made by Mr. Caffery and then
Mr.. Morgan asked that the vote be TAX
en- Immediately. But Mr.. PETER desired
to occupy some time in presenting his
views and the bill went over. In the
meantime, an amendment to it was sent
up by Mr.. Call and when its reading
was called for by Mr.. Morgan, there
was no one at the clerks desk who
could make anything out of the manu-
script except the words 1.-THE United
States of America" And it was left to
be deciphered at the government print
ing office.
Aside from about an hour devoted
to an animated discussion of the poll
cy of the pension bureau under the
present administration, the session OF
the house today was strictly business
one
house went into committee of the whole
and resumed Consideration of the ur-
gency deficiency bill, the pending ques-
ton being the amendment offered by
Mr.. Henderson (Rep. la to reduce the
amount of the appropriation for special
pension agents from $25OOO to $l25,OOO.
Mr.. Hicks (Rep. Pa) advocated the
amendment He said that the special
agents had been changed under the In
fluence of the unjust charge of fraud
against the pensioners made in the
presidents message of 1898 from
friends of applicants for pensions to
antagonists. This was shown, said
Mr.. Hicks by their method of examin-
ing applicants, which was often hasty
and unfair. In response to challenge
from Mr. COombs Dem. N. ", he gave
an instance in Pennsylvania, which, he
asserted, bore out his statement.
Vote on Deficiency Bill.
After an hours debate the house, in
committee of the whole, voted SO to SO
not to reduce the appropriation in the
urgent deficiency bill for the payment
of special pension examiners from $780,
600 to $l25,0O0 upon the amendment Of
fered by Mr. Henderson, Rep., 1a.) The
bill was then reported to the house with
favorable recommendation. Mr. Cock
ran, Dem., N. Y.) moved to re-commit
the bill, with instructions to strike out
the appropriation for collecting the in
come tax. On this question the yeas
and nays We're ordered.
The motion to re-commit was lost
yeas 40, nays 16S; the bill was then
passed.
Those who voted in the affirmat zSE=zs
Mr.. Cockran's motion to strike out the
income tax were: Messrs. Adams, Pa),
Aldrch, Baker, IN. H., Bartlett, Bing-
ham, Boutelle, Brownell, Brosius,
Bundy, Cadmus, Campbell, Clancy,
Cochran, Coffin, Coombs, Curtis, On. ",
Dalzell, Daniels. Draper, Dunn, Fielder,
Gardner, Gear, Geissenhainer, Graham,
Grosvenor, Grow. Harmer Hicks, Hook
er, IN. ", Lefever Loudenslager, Mar
vim, Mcdowell, Morse, Page, Reyburn,
Russell, Comm, Scranton, Sickels,
Stephenson, Stevens, w. A. Stone, Stor-
er, Thomas, Wadsworth Wanger, We
yer and Woomer. Messrs. Tracy and
Everett answered present"