Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-02-01
years after having voted to reduce it from
eight to three years.

years AFTER nevlDg voted TO REFUGE It from
eight to three years.
Dingley asserted that the House could
not accomplish by indirect methods what
it could not accomplish by direct methods.
McCreary contended that while the Honse
vas in favor of period of three years
against eight, it never voted on the propo-
sition to extend it from three to dve years.
1t Was now competent for the House to do
so.
The Chair cut the Gordian knot by hold
ing it was not competent to strike out what
had just been inserted, but the House
might strike out the entire paragraph in
which the inserted words appeared. The
amendment of McCreaIy was in effect
propot ition to undo what had just been
done. He sustained the point of order and
ruled out McCreary's amendment. The
question required on the substitute of
Montgomery, which was very similar to the
one recently offered BY Bland, and which
was promptly voted down.
An amendment was offered by Enloe,
which was adopted, extending the opera
tions of the law to distilled spirit in bond At
the time the laws should go into effect.
Tucker offered an amendment to the in
come tax section Of the bill, excluding from
the operations charitable institutions and
corporations and organizations doing busi-
ness in states not for profit.
Whiting offered an amendment to the
wine schedule of the tariff bill fixing the
duty on still wines at 80 cents a gallon
when below IA per cent. alcohol, and 30
cents when above; also exemptiug bottle or
jugs from duty. Agreed to. Bynum Of
fered q committee amendment deducting
from the calculated income Of farmers and
stock raisers "the amount expended in pur-
chase or production of such product or pro-
duction." Agreed to.
Springer offered an amendment providing
that inheritances of property be subjected
to provisions of the income tax. Bynum
offered an amendment to this amendment
including in the enumeration of incomes
every thing received by gift, devise or in
heritance. After some discussion both
planned that the adoption of this amendment
would bring in revenue of S3,000,0O0 or
81 100000 year, and the Gould estate
would have paid 81, 400, 900 to the treasury
had the amendment been in force.
Malone offered an amendment relic wing
corporations from operations of the income
tax law, striking out the clauses providing
for the collection of data by deputy collec-
tors. Lost.
The internal revenue bill was agreed to
as an amendment to the tariff bill, l75 to
Sc. Among the Republicans who voted in
favor of the amendment were: White.
Bowers, Taylor, Barthold, Bundy. The
entire New York delegation voted solidly
against it. Great cheering and applause
greeted the result.
Wilson offered an amendment to incre ase
the tariff on barley from 20 per cent. to 25
per cent. and on barley malt from 30 per
cent. to 35 per cent. Tracey offered an
amendment to this amendment, increasing
the rate on barley from 25 to 35 per cent.
Payne offered substitute providing for a
duty Of 90 cents bushel on birley instead
of 20 per cent. ad valorem, and changing
the duty on barley malt from 80 per cent.
ad valorem to 80 cents per bushel. Pick
Ter offered an amendment to this substitute
providing for the retention of the provi-
sions of the existing law. tz4
The opponents of higher duty on bar
ley filibustered away the 10 or IL minutes
which remained before recess. Wilson fin
ally moved that debate be closed and a vote
was finally taken on the last motion, and
although The Republicans and some Demo-
Gratis rushed to get between the tellers, the
tour of $50 arrived before quorum voted,
and the House went into recess and the bar
ley schedule went over.
The last of the night sessions on the
tariff bill opened with full galleries ard
fair attendance of members. Enloe oc-
cupied the cnair. There was long list of
speakers. Cummings delivered an earnest
protest in behalf of the several labor unions
against the high handed methods adopted
by the ways and means committee in chok
ing off amendments. House adjourned.