The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-21
Length of the Income Tax
Debate.
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!. SEEN ON THE COMIC SIDE.
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Allen and Chandler Indulge in
: PleasantrieS.
MAKES OF HIMSELF A BABOON.
What the Nebraska Senator Says
About the Gentleman From
-. New Hampshire.

WASHINGTON. June 20. - Very rapid
progress was made on the tariff bill to-
day. The income tax had been reached
when the. Senate adjourned. Only sixty
one pages OF the bill, the income tax and
the Internal revenue features, remain I'M
disposed. OF, and the end of the long debate
seems close at hand. The remaining
features of the free list were completed
to-day without friction. both sugar and
wool, the great controversial items, con-
trary to the expectation, not giving rise to
" debate.
: The contest over the income tax. which
promises to be extremely interesting if not
:. sensational. will begin tomorrow. 1t is
= the general expectation that it will occupy
two days.
The duration of the debate will depend
largely upon Senator Hill, and he has ex-
pressed the opinion that two days time
=. will be sufficient TO dispose OF the matter.
The disposition on the Republican side is
o:let tie DEMOCRATS settle 1t among them
selves.
AT the opening PETER addressed the
Senate on tile resolution instructing the
Committee on Postoffices and Postroads to
report back the postal savings bill Man
de Fson said he introduced postal savings
bill based on the English system, but did
: notfavor the paternalistic scheme of PEI
fer, which contemplated making the Gov
eFnIheut a banker of the people. No
aetion: was taken.
. A resolution offered by Cullom instruct
ing the Commissioner on Pensions to re-
pert what portion of the annual appropri-
.*ations for pensions will remain unex-
:pehGed at the end of the fiscal year, June
30.=was agreed to.
= :. = Consideration of the free list of the
. tariff. bill Twas resumed the pending cues
ii0n being PETERS amendment to put salt
::on:the duttable list at cents per 100
pounds. The present duty is cents
Retfer explained that. personally. he
!: favored free salt, but his constituents IN
i terested in salt manufactures believed
they were injuriously affected by placing
Salt on the free list.
:. =: ALP o'clock Aldrich demanded a sep
]. arate. vote upon the committees amend
+..ipent striking sugar from the free list
The amendment was adopted, SO TO %.
:Quay, Irby. Allen and Kyle voted aye :;
- Pefter voted no.
~ ALLEN moved to put all lumber on the
-. free list. Chandler charged that the Ne
=: tjfSska Senator had made bargain with
:. vote on sugar, his announcement that be
- b ad not yet made up his mind how TO vote
on the bill was a threat. and in getting this
>. amendment adopted he was completing
To-. the bargain. Allen retorted that his vote
:. and action were none of Chandler's bust
ness. Chandler said he proposed to make
: lit Ibis business. Allen subsequently re-
:" piled to Chambers remarks, and be
claimed ne was not to be deferred from
=; mis- purpose by Senator who put himself
in the attitude of baboon on every posi-
bic occasion.
Jones amendment, modified so as to
not include section 30. relating to custom
house brokers' licenses. was agreed to.
:. When the Senate reached the income
=: fax Hoar asked that it be passed over
>. until tomorrow.
J., PETERS amendment providing for a
:; duty on salt. was Iost-24 to 80.
=. The Finance Committees amendment.
- restricting the free entry of raw silk to
such as not manufactured any way, was
agreed to.
when sugar was reached Aldrich
merely demanded an aye and no vote on
p: the Finance Committees amendment to
strike it from the free list, where it was
=. placed by the House. The committees
amend ment was carried, SO to 22-the Re-
;publ1cans, except Quay, voting solidy
against and the Democrats for it. The
detailed vote is as follows:
=; ,Ayes-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blanchard,
% CGffery. Call, Camden, Cockrell. Daniel.
Faulkner. George. Gordon, German. Har-
ris. :Huntoon. Irby, Jarvis. Jones of Ar
kansas. Kyle. Mcpherson. Mitchell of
Wisconsin; Murphy, Palmer, Pasco, Pugh,
Quay, Ransom, Roach. Smith, Vest. Voor-
bees, Walsh and White. Total, 80.
Noes-Aldrich, Allison. Carey, Chan
dler, CulIom. Dubois, Frye. Gallinger,
Hale, Hawley, higgins, Hoar. Lodge,
Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill,. PETER. Per-
kins, Platt, Power, Proctor, ShOup and
Teller. Total, o.
BY party vote it was decided to put
logs and lumber. including dressed lum-
ber. on the free list.
T. PETER gave notice Of his intention to
offer an amendment to graduate the in
come tax so as TO make incomes in excess
of. $1,000 and below $4,000 subject to
tax of 1 per cent; between $4,000 and
= $4,000. 2 per cent; between S25OOO and
$50, 600. per cent; between $4,000 and
100000. per cent; above 100000, per
cent.
-. At4:t5 P. NJ. the Senate adjourned.
TEXAS MEN PROTEST.