Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-20

The previous question was ordered,
ia to 100. The vote required on Mr.
Blair's amendment to the Cooper sub
stitute. The amendment was agreed
to without division and a vote then
taken on the Cooper substitute. De-
feated 1903 to 175. The vote then re-
Cured on the engrosSment and third
reading Of the bill. Mr. Blair asked
unanimous consent that the amend
ment adopted to the substitute be
voted upon and an amendment to the
bill, but Mr.. Wise objected. There
upon Mr.. Marsh inaugurated a fill.
clustering movement by moving ad-
jOurnment, but it did not have suf-
ficient backing to secure the ayes and
nays, Mr.. Cooper, however. secured
the ayes and nays on a third reading
of the bill, and the roll was called
The bill was ordered engroSsed and
read the third time: 10 to III. Mr.
Marsh then resumed his tilbuStering
tactics.
Mr. Cooper moved the bill be recon
mitted to the committee on intersta te
inridge moved to amend the motion
to recommit by adding instructions to
! the committee TO report back the
amendment making all pooling agree
ments Illegal, until approved by the
Interstate commerce commission Mr..
Breckinridge's amendment was de-
feated $50 to 1oS. The motion to re-
,,,,tt I.,, Nl,N
vote on the final passage Of the bill
resulted: ayes 166, noes 10.
| Washington. Dec. Fin the sen
ate. on motion of Mr.. Allen, of
Nebraska, the amendment to the
bill amending section 3 Of the act
Of March 8 passed, withdrawing GER
tain lands from entry. Mr.. Allen cx-
planned the bill was important, in
view of the large number of persons
in the northwest driven from their
homes by drouth.
Mr.. Gray moved to take up the sugar
bill; lost, % to 81.
Mr.. Plat, OF Connecticut, spoke
briefly on the bill introduced by Mr..
Berry to establish the territory of In
dianola from the lands now occupied
| by the five civilized tribes. The bill
was referred to the committee on In
dian affairs.
The resolution OF Mr.. Higgins, call
ing for the correspondence relating TO
officers of mediation by this govern
ment between China and Japan then
passed. The senate proceeded to the
consideration of the pension bills on
the calendar. Among those passed
was Il bill granting Il pension of 500
per month to Major General A. Me
Clernand.
Washington, Dee, 12.--Thc house
went into committee of the whole on
the urgent deficiency Appropriation bill.
The only disputed items are $4,000
$2JO,OOO for special examiners of the
pension office Mr.. Bartlett, Of New
York, led the fight against the former.
and Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, against
the latter
MIR. Henderson vigorously attacked
lllt uI'I'I'i iill'Ii ioi cl'NNlti %
critising severely the conduct of the
pension officers. The examiners Of
pensions boosted that $4,000 In money
was saved to the government last year.
The mission of examiners was to Sc
cure evidence against, not in favor of
pensioners and claimants. lie aid
vSrd an amendment that would cut
off this auxiliary force of examiners
and keep in the field only the regular
number, one hundred.
Mr. SicklcS, amid Il roar of republic
an applause, repudiated the charge of
Wholesale fraud made against the pen
SiOners.
After some further debate Mr.. Bart
lett opened the discussion against the
income tax appropriation. He gave 1t
as his opinion that in the supreme court
it would be decided to be Il capitation
tax and therefore not being apportioned
among the states according to popu-
lation, unconstitutional. Mr.. McMil-
Ian defended the income tax as Il just,
constitutional and democratic measure.
Mr. Bartlett, Mr.. Mcmillan said: In
order to show the fragrant wrong done
by the system Of taxation under which
we have been living | will call your
attention to William Waldorf Astor.
This gentleman ran for congress once
against the present governor of New
York, and was defeated. His defeat
Soured and embittered him against the
government and our institutions He
inuvcd abroad and, not content with
what he could say against Ameri-
ca himself and our American insti-
tutions, he purchased one of the ablest
journals in Great Britain. lie lives
there now and his paper is doing its
work against our institutions. The
income of this man. derived from prop
erty in New York. is more than five
millions of dollars Il year, and he
does not pay thc does pay state tax,
county tax and municipality tax, 1t Is
truN but he does not pay the govern
mcut of the United States. and has
moi naiI tom dollars IN ton wears nj.