The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-01
TATE TACKLES THE TAXES.
He Wanted The Mckinley Rate Left
on Whisky.

the uRgestion-Dingley Offers the
Only Amendment That Goes
Through-Charitable Institutions to
Be Exempted From the Provisions
of the Income Tax Bill.
Washington, Jan. 3l.-The last day Of
the general debate on the tariff bill
opened with fair attendance in the gal
leries and rather slim attendance on the
floor. After the committees had been
called for reports the House went into
committee Of the whole to consider the
tariff bill.
Mr.. Tate, of Georgia, offered the first
amendment to the internal revenue bill.
IL proposed to strike out the last three
sections of the BILL which includes a tax
Of 81 a gallon on distilled spirits, and also
clauses referring to the bonding of dis
titled spirits and their withdrawal from
the warehouses. This would leave the
existing law as to spirits in force.
Mr.. Cultivate offered the following
amendment:
That on and after the passage Of this act
there shall be levied and collected a tax on
all distilled spirits produced in the United
States on which the taxes not paid before
that day per proof gallon, or wine gallon
when below proof, of 30 cents if paid within
five days after the date of distillation OF
entry in bond 81 il paid after five days,
and within one year; vi 10 u paid after one
year and within two years 81 20 If paid after
two years and within three years, and 81 80 II
paid after four years.
Mr. Outhwaite's substitute for the
whisky sections Of the revenue bill were
defeated-yeas AZ, nays 81.
MIR Bland offered a substitute to per-
nit distillers at the expiration of the
bonded period to pay into the treasury
the cost of expectation and importation
of liquor under the present regulations,
the product TO remain in this country.
Mr. Cultivate said the loss of revenue
under Mr.. BANDS scheme would be four
times the amount the treasury would re-
ceiVe under it. Mr.. Bland's substitute
was defeated without division.
DINGLEY GETS AN AMENDMENT.
Mr. Dingley, rep, of Maine, offered an
amendment, striking out OF the original
text of the bill the figures wherever
they occurred, as the period of bonds and
the figures where they occurred, as the
time for regauging, and insert the figure
in each case. This would leave the law
practically as it exists at present.
Mr. Dingley's amendment was carried
by vote of 81 yeas to 80 nays. Tellers
were asked for, and on this vote the
amendment was again carried by l05 in
the affirmative and so in the negative.
This is the first and only amendment
which the republicans have succeeded in
Incorporating in the bill.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Tate
striking out the last three sections Of the
bill, thus leaving the law as to spirits as
at present, as amended by MIR. Dingley's
amendment, was voted on, after the
chairman had, with some difficulty, made
the question clear to the House. IL ap-
peared that should the amendment be
adopted, it would leave the period of bond
at three years, while raising the tax from
80 cents to 81. The amendment was lost.
A number Of amendments were rapidly
offered, some in the nature of substitutes,
and bad parliamentary tangle resulted.
When this was Strengthened out only one
Of the amendments had gone through to
adoption, one extending the operations of
the law to the distilled spirits in bond
at the time the law should go into effect.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS EXEMPTED.
MIR. Tucker, dem, of Virginia, offered
an amendment to the income tax section
of the bill excluding from its operation
charitable institutions and corporations
and organizations doing business in the
states not for profit. The am endment
was agreed to.
MIR. Whiting, dem, Of Michigan, Of
fered an amendment to the wine schedule
of the tariff bill proper, fixing the duty on
still wines at 30 cents per gallon when be-
low IA per cent. alcoholdand at 80 cents
when above, also eXempting the bottles
or jugs from duty. This was agreed to.
MIR Bynum, dem, of Indiana, offered a
committee amendment deducting from
the calculated income of farmers and
stock raisers the amount expended in the
purchase or production of such product
or production, which was agreed TO.
MIR. Springer, dem, of Illinois, offered
an amendment providing that inner
itances of property should be subjected to
the provisions of the income tax.
Mr.. Bynum, dem, of Indiana, offered
an amendment to this amendment inclu-
ding in the enumeration of incomes
everything received by gift, devised or
inheritance After some discussion both
amendments were adopted.
A DIRECT TAX PROPOSITION.
Among the flood of amendments that
failed of adoption was one offered by Mr..
Mcguire Of California, striking out all the
provisions Of the bill relating to taxes on
incomes, and in lieu thereof providing for
a direct tax Of $3l, ,31l ,l25 for apportion-
ment among the states, and also for q
direct tax on land values. The following
were the only members who voted for it:
Messrs. johnson, dem, Of Ohio; Mcguire,
dem, of California; Warner, dem, Of
New York Simpson, pop, of Kansas, and
Harter, dem, Of Ohio.
The internal revenue bill was then
agreed to as an amendment to the tariff
bill by a vote of II TO SO.
Among the republicans who voted for
the amendment were: Messrs. White, Of
Ohio; Bowers, of California; Taylor, OF
Tennessee; Barthold, Of Missouri, and
Bundy, of Ohio.
The entire New York delegation voted
solidly against II.
Great cheering and applause greeted
the result.
Mr.. Wilson, Of West Virginia, then Of
fered an amendment TO increase the tariff
on barley from 20 per cent. 10 25 per cent.
and on barley malt from 30 per cent. 20 30
per cent.
FmIBUsTERING RENEWED.
Several amendments were offered to
Mr.. Wilson's amendment, and the filibus-
tering which was started late last Satur-
day afternoon on the same question was
renewed. The opponents of higher duty
on barley we're able 70 flibuster away the
ten or fifteen minutes which remained be-
fore the recess.
MIR Wilson finally moved that the de-
bate be closed and vote was finally
taken on this last motion, but although
the republicans and some Of the democrats
rushed TO get between the tellers, the