St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-23
HILL And HARRIS hot.
THEY BOZY BECOME THOROUGHLY
DISCUSSED WITH EACH OTHER
AND auAnREL IN THE SENATE.

Plantation Manners Compared to
the Manners of the New York
slums-Windy Discussion Of
the Income Tax-Populist Kyle
and Republican Teller Favor
FISHERMAN Strikes Hard.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Quite num-
Der of bills were passed before the COIL
slderation of the tariff bill was resumed
by the senate today. The house bill to
incorporate the supreme lodge of the
Knights of Pythias was reported favor
ably by Senator Faulkner. and was
Immediately passed. The following bills
were also passed:
Senate bill for the relief of Charles
college, Missouri (being payment for
use of property during the wary: senate
bill appropriating $4,000 for the inves.
tigatiOn and tests of American timber
by the forestry division of the agricult-
ural department; senate bill making
the first Monday in September of each
year uabor) legal holiday; house bill
granting to citizens of Saucelito, CAL.
certain rights over Lime Point military
reservation.
When the tariff bill was laid before
the senate Mr.. Kyle took the floor. He
made general argument in favor of the
income TAX. dwelling on the decline of
farm values ia the West. and the
gradual concentration of wealth in the
hands of the few. He argued that the
protective system had been responsible
tor the concentration of wealth in the
hands of the few. and that it was just
and equitable that the few should bear
their share of the burden of taxation.
which their wealth made them able to
BEAR While Mr.. Kyle was speaking
Senator Call. of Florida. rather
SHOCKED SPECTATORS
in the gallery by removing his shoes
and elevating large pair of sky blus
stockinged feet to the neighboring desk.
He gently agitated the superheated at
mospnere with a palmleaf fan. and
seemed to succeed in making himself
fairly comfortable.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Kyle's
speech, Mr.. Vest offered four additional
amendments to the income tax sections.
The most Important one was one 10 re-
duces the exemption from 81 900 to So, 900;
another exempted from the operation of
the tax building aud loan associations
making loans only to their shareholders;
another provides that in reckoning the
profits Of corporations for taxati on
actual operating expenses, losses and
interest on fixed Indebtedness shall be
excluded. The other amendment was
as foliows:
Insssction So strike out the following
amendment:
Provided, that mutual life insurance
companies shall not be required to pay
an income tax upon the sums repaid to
their policy holders as dividends or in
terest upon the surplus premiums held
by such companies.
The following is added to the exemp-
ton clause In the same section. provid-
ing the charitable, beneficial and other
societies shall not be subject to the tax:
'.Nor to any insurance company or as
ISOLATION, which conducts all it's bus
mess solely on
THE MUTUAL PLAN,
"~ o"'S Ava s..o oeus ~ 'eo PolioS
holders or members. ana having no cap
ital stock, and no stock or shareholders.
and holding all Its property in trust and
in reserve for its policyholders or menu
bers; nor to that part Of the business of
any insurance company having a cap
ital stock and shareholders, which is
conducted ON the mutual plan. separate
from its stock plan or insurance COM
pany, and solely for the benefit of the
policvholders and members insured on
said mutual .nlan and holdinu ali the
property belonging TO and derived from
said mutual part of its business in trust
and reserved for the benefit Of its mol
;cvhoiders and rsinsnred IN sold
.s,,.na1 49, ~ s'''A
nu.ua, pau
MI. 1eHer supported Lne income tax
proposition. He quoted from the utter
ances of some of the leaders of the Re-
publican party. past and present who
advocated the income tay in tho mast
n,,,,a. d Mo.to, nnd at,roe.a.;no W. t =.
oilsei : no. son 'au c'lal ael.iileu - as
1.-THE most just and equitable OF all
taxes"
Senator Sherman had eulogized,it. as
had Senator Morrill,. of Vermont.
.That was during the war D inter
n"s was uu,in . sAo "a.' In.ei
rupted MI. Morriii: II was proposed
as a war measure.
"Oh. Mr.. President" replied Mr..
Teller. II don't tn ink an unjust and
ineouitabla tax was nronosed mr. defend.
cd evan 10 war tsxn
~ AZ. Esa.a va es s ,,. r.u
M. ohernhan ioiioWed WI. !elier IN
opposltion7to the income tax. MT. Pat
ton. the new hepuolican senator from
Michlgan, followed with set speech
against the general features OF the tariff
Dill.
MR.. ALLEN REPELLED
tho idaa covertlv or onan,v advancad
NV the onnnnenfs of the income tav
tH.t the Pnnnlists had No regord fn,
nronarsv is DECLARED yahe,nsntiu
that congress was in the hands Of the