The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-28
EIGHT THOUSAND A YEAR.
Victims Of Income Tax Injustice Re-
dueed in Number.
HOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE SAID
TO HAVE FIXED THINGS.

They Have Made the Modern Inquisitior
/ Applicable to Incomes of $4,000 or Ov
er and Tried to Remove Some Obnox-
ious Features-Specific Substitutes fol
Advalorem Duties in Many Cases-A
Challenge in the Senate
/ Washington, April 27.-The positive state
ment is made by Senator whose informa
tion has heretofore been of the most reliable
| character, that the copy of number o1
| amendments to be made to the pending
/ tariff bill by the majority members OF the
i finance committee was sent to the public
| printer last night. The most important OF
these amendments is the entire revision oil
| the iron and steel schedule, which it is said
/ is restored to the list of specific duties, in
4 stead of advalorem, and the rates increased
| sufficiently to make the increase noticeable
| Many other duties have been made specific
/ it is said, for the purpose of increasing the
rates. THE income taxshas been rearrang ed
| in many ways. 1t is said the limit of eX-
| emptions has been raised from $4,000 to $4,000
| and the period for which the tax is to run
| fixed at five years. The rate has been
| according to this story, reduced from two
| to one per cent. The provision that permits
/ inspectors to enter upon the premises OF
people has been eliminated and many other
| alleged inquisitorial features stricken out
! The remode1led sugar schedule did not &c
| to the printing Office as the committee has
/ notsyet agreed formally to the discriminat-
| ing duty of tenth of cent against those
countries paying bounty on refined sugars
| exported. That this will be agreed to is not
doubted by men who profess to be in touch
with members of the finance committee.
| Challenged to Vote.
| Washington, April 27-An incident of
| much interest happened during the speech
| of Mr.. Lindsay when that Senator and Mr..
| Aldrich, Republican of Rhode Island got in
| to a colloquy, during the course of which
| Mr.. Aldrich challenged the Democrats to
| take vote at 3o'clock this afternoon on
| the bill as it came from the House, or as it
! came from the Senate committee on finance
without further amendments.
| Mr.. Lindsay said he was not entitled to
speak for his party but for himself he was
! ready. Then Mr.. Aldrich referred to Mr..
| Harris who, he said, was the recognized
leader on the floor, but the Senator made
no reply. There was an apparent buzz
among the Democrats, however, and almost
| Immediately Messrs. Harris, Jones, Cor
man, Berry and Vest retired to the lobby
| and after consultation it was decided, as
| Mr. Jones stated afterwards, to take ssMr.
| Aldrich at his word and call for the vote on
| the bill.
| When at 1.25 Mr. Lindsay finished, Mr..
| Harris took the floor in reply to the
| challenge of Mr.. Aldrich. He said he
would accept the proposition to vote on the
amendments and then the final vote on the
| bill.
| AS this could only be done by unanimous
consent, Mr.. Harris asked that this consent
| be given. Mr.. Aldrichr said he asked the
| question in good faith and had no response
| to the inquiry. He did offer on behalf of
| Republicans to take a vote on the bill when
| it came from the House and there was no
reply. He then asked if they would take a
| vote on the Senate bill, but he did not in
| tend to give thirty days option on the
| proposition. If the Democrats would fix
| some time next week to take the vote
| on the bill as it came from the House, the
Republicans would agree. Mr.. White OF
| California, characterized the proposition as
| mixed and declared the Senate had been
| called Mr.. Aldrich said it was not custom
| ary to allow two hours to elapse before the
hand was called.
n. Harris said he did not desire to get
] into colloquy at the time Mr.. Lindsay was
| speaking, but as soon as he could take the
| floor he replied, which he did as soon as Mr..
Lindsay finished. Now Mr.. Aldrich, he
| said, was ingloriously backing out.
| Mr.. Teller, Republican of Colorado
! said there had never been an hour since
1 10 fha fho4
| it could get majority of the votes
| of the Senate The bill that would
eventually be passed would be ''fixed' in
! conference. 1t was to have the finishing
| touches of the executive of the government
| Mr.. Voorhees, denied that any new bill
| or material changes were in course of prep
| aration. He also denied that any amend
nents had been agreed upon or discussed
| by the committee last night as Mr.. Aldrich
| had said.
| Mr.. Hawley said he would not agree tc
take the House bill as it stands, for it
| murdered the industries in his state. The
amendments made to the bill improved
| things somewhat and he said he was bound
to take the best he could get and thank God
| for it.
| Mr.. Mcpherson, Democrat of New Jersey,
| a member of the committee, denied that, Sc
| far as he knew, any new agreement of any
| sort was under way, to which Mr.. Aldrich
replied that he would relieve him from the
| charge of knowing anything about it or be-
| ing in any way responsible for what was
| going on.
| Mr., voorhees, again denied the accuracy
of the assertion, and Mr.. Aldrich closed the
| incident by saying he knew what he was
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