Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-04
NUMBER
CONGRESSIONAL.

June el-There was a fairly good attend
dnee IN the galleries in anticipation Of the
opening Cf The income tax debate when Vice
President Stevenson called the senate to order
Some preliminary routine business was trans
acted when the tariff bill was laid before the
ehate rs soon Us the clerk had read tho
Mr. Hill- who assumed the leadership OF the
opposition to those provisions, took the floor
and deliyere carefully prepared argument
the tarin bin. Mr.. Higgins followed Mr. Hill.
Tnen Messr. Chandler and Allen passed
heated compliments Mr. Aldrich moved that
cease bc January l. 1893 The finance com
mittee compromise amendment TO the house
Had Which Sa das provided on which PG tine II ,bond %
seSd at at wa; ses,ea Il to 1899 The ,Ss
Dubois. Teller and Mitchell OF Oreson, Re-
eublicans, and Allen kyle and PETER. Popu-
1,t> Mr. Hill. who was present did not
vote \ he bnance committee amendment,
iixin, the time limit during which the tax
was TO run at January I, 1919, was then agreed
dicted that the income tax would be declared
uncons ti:u.ional by the courts
In the house tho anti.option i'll debate
WAS resumed Speeches were md by Messrs
Grosvener OF Oaio Wheeler OF Alabama
Stockdalc of Mississippi and Berry OF Arkan-
Bartlett and Quigs of New York and Boatner
OF Louisiana in opposition TO it Mr. Pence
H'opulisU of Color Ido spoke on the silver
question
June - Quite number OF bills we're
passed before the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed bv the senate The house.
bill TO incorporate tho supreme lodge of the
knt-htS OF PythiaS was reported iavorably by
senator Faul' ner and was Immediately passed.
When the tarIf bin was laid before the senate
Mr Kyle spoke in favor of the income tax
AT the conclusion of Mr. Kyle's speech Mr.
Vest offered additional amendments n
the income tax sections The most
important was one 10 reduce the ex-
frnv -
er exempted from the oper .tion of the tax
building and loan associations making
loans only to their shareholders another pro-
vidcs that in reckoning the profits OF corpo-
rations for taxation. actual operating ex-
penscs, losses and interest on fixed indebted
ness shall be excluded. Sherman and Patton
Allen and Jarvis spoke in favor OF it AT 8
o'clock Hill asked Harris in charge
OF the bill TO yield an adjourn
ment This Mr Harris refused to do and q
wordy war OF words followed during which
Hill said he would not be bullied by plantation
manners and Harris said he would not be die
tated to by New York slum methods Hill
then denounced the majority and rules COM
mittee for not CHANGING the senate rules
TO control debate, and without finishing SEN
ate ad1ourneI owing to lack of q quorum
In the house the anti-optionS bill was read
by sections for amendments and Mr. Aldrich
OF Illinois offered the first amendment insert
in -four in the list of agricultural products
affected by The bill The amendment OF Mr..
Aldrich was adopted on division. 90 to 3k Az
ter other amendments consider ably weaken
ing the bill had been adopted 1t was passed
by a vote OF lig 10 81
June 2t-But little actual progress was
made with the income tax section. Mr. Hill
made another speech in reply to the argu-
mc1ts advanced yesterday but there was no
repetition of the sensational cidents OF yes
terday a series OF amendments offered by
Mr. llill to reduce the amount OF the income
exemption from si0D to A,001. - 900, S2,bD
o. 5000 were in turn voted down.
fered yesterday, TO reduce the exemption TO
St.)00, was withdrawn to-day without explana-
tion. An amendment offered by Mr.. Hoar to
exempt The salaries of United States judges.
was accepted by the finance committee and
this led MIR Hill in n spirit OF fun apparently,
10 move TO exempt the salary of the president,
Althou h not accepted 10y IN 'ommtttee. IL
was reed to by a viva voce vote. Mr. Nc
Laurin, Democrat. Mississippi bein, the only
senator who raised his voice against 10
The house held u short session and. after
considerin. The deficiency appropriation bill
until 3: II o'clock il; went over until Monday
and the house adjourned.
June - The assassination of President
Carnot OF France, was announced in botn
houses by me>sape from the president Res
olutions Of regret and coincidence we're passed
and both houses Immediately adjourned for
the day
SO de ;rees in the senate chamber the senate
entered upon It's thirteenth week of the tariff
debate A. the opening Of the session Mr. Al
len made another inenectual attempt TO secure
action on mis- resolution directing the score
tary of the treasury 10 inform the senate OF the
total number or persons engaged in protected
industries whose wages might be Affected by
the tariff legislation Mr. Gallinger Rdpubli-
can. objected and Mr. Morrill, moved TO refer
il 10 the finance committee. Mr.. Allen gave
notice that as Ion as the resolution re-
mained unacted upon he would object
10 all legislation by unanimous consent
Mr. Morrill's motion was defeated
by vote OF 10 10 % Then the senate resumed
the consideration OF the income tax provisions
OF the tariff bill. Mr.. Hill made another
speech AGAINST the bill and offered a number
OF amendments which were all voted down
The amendment of the bnarce committee ex-
counties and municipalities was adopted after
which the senate adjourned
In the hoUSe an appropr iation of t2 OO0 was
a"reed urOn to pay Hon w. ID English for
his successful contest for the seat in the pres
ent cOn:reSS held by Samuel G. Hilborn. from
been inadvertently omitted from the list OF
contestants and contestees whose expenses
were paid Considerable discussion was pre-
cipitated by amendments offered to the para
graph TO pay Indian depreciation claims.
FJune % Only eleven senators were in tn Q
chamber when Vice President Stevenson rap
ped to order. Twenty minutes were spent
aftln2 the appearance of q quorum A bill to
amend the act providing for the time and place
for holding terms of the Unite1 ST ates court in
the state OF WASHINGTON was pa Sscd. The de-
bate on the income tax provision of the tariff
bill was resumed Senator Hill offered
amendment after amendment to various pro-
but they were all voted down and when the
senate adjourned no progress had been made
In the house consideration OF the New Mex-
leo statehood bill was taken up but had not
been disposed of when the house adjourned