The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-31

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3i.-Without vast
ing any time the house went into com.
mittee of the whole, and Mr.. Covert re-
sumed and finished his speech against the
tariff bill.
Mr.. Cox defended the income tax. w.
A. Stone opposed the bill. Mr. Bartlett
denounced the income tax. Mr.. Pence
spoke in favor of an income tax. Mr.
Piggott, Mr.. Williams. Mr.. Dunn also
spoke, and then Mr.. Walker of Massa-
chusetts.
Mr.. Walker said that the men who
would be reached by the income tax were
only such men as those who controlled
the manufacturing and transportation in
dustries, and who did the most toward
developing the resources and wealth OF
the country. They were the men who
were making the country worth living in;
and in doing so they had benefited the
poor man more than themselves for no
man could accumulate fortune who did
not serve his fellow-men thousand times
more than he served hims elf.
But he maintained that even under ex-
isting circumstances the taxes were paid
by the rich, and not by the poor He said
that large fortunes were taxed by natural
means; but by attempting to tax the rich
and exempt the poor, the poor were struck
every time. The administration of taxes
was like hitting long bar OF steel, with
the poor man at the end--you hit the bar,
but the poor man receives the blow. In
warning the majority against the passage
of the Wilson BILL he cautioned them that
they were sowing the wind to reap the
whirlwind
Tell the people the truth" he ex-
claimed, land give up demagogy." He
said the bill gave the tax collector power
which no Judge in the country possessed
Mr. Breckinridge defended the income
tax.
More Argument
Mr. johnson said he would vote for the
income tax, but he should do it under
protest and as the lesser of two evils.
Mr.. Simpson declared himself in favor
of an income tax.
Mr. Cochran said that while he and
those who agreed with him on this ques-
tion were willing to vote for q bill for
revenue only. they had been asked to add
5 to the revenue bill an income taxa special
tax levied at $1,000 people out of IS, ,00O.-
900. 1t was proposed to deliberately create
tax class. He had always believed that
the duty of this people is TO snpport it's
government by tariff levied for revenue
only.
Mr.. Bryan argued in favor of an income
tax, and then the house took "A recess.
The Night Session.
At the night session almost the entire
evening was devoted to discussion Of the
income tax. Messrs. Coon bs and Hendrix
opposed it. while Messrs Dearnod, Tuck
er, Maddox, Wheeler and Davis endorsed
1t. Mr.. Lucas opposed the entire tariff
measure, including the income tax feat
ure.
In the Senate.
In the senate yesterday Mr.. Aldrich pre-
sented petition from the representa- stives
of 900 woolen goods manufactures in %
states and one territory, opposing the pas
sage of the Wilson tariff bill.
Mr.. Stewards resolution declaring that
the proposed issue OF bonds Is without du-
thority of law was laid before the Senate
and Mr.. Stewart spoke in support OF IL.
Mr.. Sherman then made speech in
support of the secretary's power and duty
to issue and sell bonds. He expressed re-
gret that anybody should be found now
TO question that authority. He felt like
standing up for the honor of the country
and for the power proposed to be exer
cised by the secretary That power, he
contended, was given by the law in the
strongest, clearest and most direct Ian
guage. M
Mr.. Quay offered an amendment to the
resolution, limiting the use Of the money
to be received from the bonds to the re-
demption of the legal treasury notes pre-
sented at the New York sub-treasury.
Mr.. Dubois offered as a substitute the
resolution reported in the house.
Mr.. Teller made a speech, taking much
the same position as Mr.. Sherman-that
the secretary OF the treasury had power TO
issue bonds to provide for the redemption
of Rreenbacks, and for no other purpose.
The bill to repeal the federal elections
law was then taken up. 1t was agreed
that general debate on the bill should
cease at p. IN. Tuesday next.
Mr.. Chandler offered two amendpents
to the bill, the first providing than flIe flag
of the United States and the words "for
representative in congress" should be
stamped on every box for congressional
ballots in the elections in the states and
providing that penalty of 500 fine or 80
days Imprisonment, or both, shall be i'm
posed for any violation Of this provision.
The second amendment requires cleo
ton judges to make up and 'pu blicly de-
clare the result of the congressional cleo
tion i'm the precinct immediately after the
close of the poll.
Mr.. Turpie then made speech In favor
Of the bill, and after an executive session
the senate adiourned