The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-07-05
FfFTY-THfRD CONGRESS-.
Second Session.

WASHINGTON, June 27.--SENATE.---The inc ONE
tax was considered Tuesday. After an hour and
q half's discussion Mr.. Hills amendment TO ex-
empt from the tax the incomes derived from
securities OF states, counties and municipali-
ties was rejected: yeas a. nays 80 Mr.. Hills
amendment to strike from the income tax pro-
vision the clause embracing personal property
acquired by inheritance was rejected; yeas 26,
nays a. Then Mr. Hill moved an amendment
requesting the exemption OF state bonds, not
counting county municipal The amend
ment was rejected; yeas "a, nays 80. Some
eight sections, covering about eighteen pages
Of the tariff bill were disposed Of Tuesday, oil
applying to the income tax, and twelve pages
more remain to be gone through with before
that portion of the bill will be completed.
HoUsE-Another legal holiday has been
added to the list Of those now existing, so far
congress has the power to do so, as on mo-
tion of Mr.. McGann, the senate bill making
labor day national holiday was passed. The
house went into committee of the whole and the
deficiency bill was taken up. Considerable
discussion was precipitated by amendments Of
fered to the paragraph to pay Indian depreda-
tion claims. The house retained the amend
ment, and amended 1t was passed. At 5:l0
d. m. the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON. June 2S.-SENATE-Senator
Hill Wednesday continued his fight against
the income tax; several amendments offered
by him were voted down. Mr.. Vest offered an
amendment exempting such banks, savings
bers who do not participate in the profits and
where interests or dividends are paid only to
depositors.' Agreed to- The progress made
was from section 50 to section o6 covering ten
pages of the bill. The senate adjourned at $3.50.
HoUsE-The house Wednesday afternoon had
under consideration joint resolution extend
lug the operation of the present appropriation
bills for ten days from July !, when the pres
ent appropriations expire and the new ones
should 20 into effect. An offer of the house
came over to the senate to advise the members
of the senate appropriation committee that the
resolution would soon be sent over, and it was
hoped that the senate would consider and pass
it Wednesday evening. The inference taken
from this was that the president had probably
intimated that he would like speedy action to
enable him to get out of the city for u short
time, as there was no necessity for the passage
Of the resolution until Monday.
WASHINGTON. June a9.-SENATE-Senator
Hill Thursday moved to strike out from the
tariff bill the entire income tax features The
motion was defeated by a vote of "a to 40. A
very important amendment was offered by Mr..
Aldrich Tep.. r. I) to the whisky tax section,
and no opposition being made to it on the part
Of the finance committee. 1t was agreed to
without a division. The effect of 1t is to make
the tax of 81. gallon appear on the passage
(nstead Of two months afterward) to all dis
titled spirits then in bond or that may there
after be produced in the United States. The
section as to playing cards and as to the manu-
facture of tobacco were agreed to without op-
position.
HoUsE-The morning hour Thursday was
occupied with the consideration of bills
ported from the committee on naval affairs,
and the following were passed: Creating the
office OF assistant chief of the bureau of sup
plies and accounts; to suspend the restriction
regarding age in the appointment Of assistant
paymasters in the navy in the case of the grad
yates of the naval academy who were at sea on
charging them from the service; fixing the pay
of the twenty-seven mates in the navy and pro-
viding for their retirement The bill providing
for the admission Of New Mexico as Q state
was considered under the special order adopt
ed Wednesday, and finally passed without
division.
WASHING TON, June e80-SENATB-The tarin
bill after an incubation period of thirteen
weeks in committee Of the whole, was Friday
taken out Of the committee and reported to the
senate. The bill and amendments were
ordered to be printed, and will come up for
the action Of the senate on Monday next at 10: 80
| a m. The important amendments that have
| been agreed to, and some that are yet to be Of
| fered, will have to be acted on, and will be
! open to further debate. The joint resolution
extending the general appropriations for
thirty days was passed, signed by the speaker
| and vice president and sent to the president
| Of the United States. An invitation to the
senate to attend a religious service at st.
Matthew'S church in Washington, next Sum-
day, in memory of the murdered president of
France, wss received from the secretary of
state and accepted, and the vice president was
instructed to make proper arrangements
therefor.
HoUsE-A senate bill was passed to relieve
the services of Dennis Murphy q paymaster in
the army at the beginning of the war. The
claim against Murphy was merely technical,
but the passage of the bill was essential to the
| closing up Of the estate Of the father OF Sena-
| tor Faulkner, of West Virginia, who was on
| Murphys bond. senate bill was also passed
| transferring 70 the state Of of'North Dakota, for
| the use OF the militia, wooded portion OF Fl.
| Totten military reservation in that state A
| joint resolution was also agreed to providing
for the printing of 500 900 copies of the report
Of the secretary Of agriculture for the year
| 1894
WASHINGTON, July 2.-SENATE - Senator
| Sherman came out boldly Saturday in some
| comments on the subject of rates and regula-
| tions for sleeping and parlor cars, these ex-
| pressions being drawn out in connection with
| the resolution he introduced in the senate Fri
| day directing the committee on Interstate
commerce to investigate the question. The
| senator thinks congress should put stop to
| extortionate charges for inadequate service.
| Nothing of importance transacted in the sem
| ate Saturday.
| HoUsE-About thirty pension bills were
| passed by the house Saturday and Friday
|
| of work by the committee Of the whole. cover
| ing several weeks, and raises the number Of
| pension measures which the house has acted
| on to seventy-one. though but three bills of
this character have passed both houses of con-
gress The pooling bill will probably be
| brought before the house for consideration in
| few days. 1t is believed that it will have
little opposition for its passage.
Out of Employment.
UPPER SANDUsKY, O., July 2.-The
strike on the Columbus, Hooking Val
ley & Toledo railway has stopped work
on the streets in this city, throwing a
number of men out of employment,
owing to the inability to procure stone.
Otherwise this city is not as yet affect
ed by the strikers. None of the en-
ployes here are out, and will not likely
60 out. No freight trains passed
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