The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-24
SENATOR'S CRACK A SMILE.
Hill and Vest Indulge in Jokes About
the Presidency.

empted From the Income Tax, but
Humorously Says He Is Not the
Mouthpiece of the President-Vest
Tells Why the Appeal Was Almost
Irresistible - Calls Attack on the
Corporations Fails TO Draw Blood.
Washington June 23.-In the Senate
to-day a resolution heretofore offered by
MIR. Call for the appointment of special
committee of five senators to investigate
the subject of the organized efforts of cor
porations TO control the election of mem
bers of state legislatures and members of
congress, and to influence the legislation
OF congress. was taken up Immediately
after the meeting of the Senate, and after
remarks by Mr. Call, it was suggested by
MIR. Sherman that the scope of the pro-
posed investigation was too broad, cover
ing, as it did, the whole United States,
and that no sufficient foundation seemed
to have been laid for it. If it were con-
fined to the state of Florida he would not
make any objection. The resolution was
not so modified, and it went over without
action.
The tariff bill was taken up, the ques-
ton being on the various amendments to
the income tax provisions, and Mr.. Hill
became again the central figure of the
proceedings. He started out at once and
talked for an hour and three-quarters,
worrying alike the senator's of his own
party and those of the Populist party.
He spoke of the latter as "coming to the
front like the rubbish and dirt in boil
ing pot of water And he said that
''barbed wire, the only thing that it had
obtained by its coalition with the demo-
Gratis, was its fit EN- blem.
THE INCOME TAX.
Talking upon the income tax feature Of
the bill Mr. Hill commented on the fact
that the word cotton" appeared in
Italics in the bill, showing that at first
the profits on cotton were not to be &C
counted for; and he minated that the
intention had been at first to exempt the
profits made from cotton, and that that
was one indication of sectionalism in the
bill 81.
Mr.. Hill was followed by Mr. Gallinger,
rep, of New Hampshire, in a speech
against the tariff bill in general and
against the income tax feature of it in
particular.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice of an amendment
to the inheritance clause of the income
tax provision. The amendment proposes
to exempt from liability to the tax inner
itances from lineal ancestors or Hneal de-,
scendants and inheritances and gifts be-
tween husband and wife.
After some remarks of Mr.. Allen, the
committee amendments to section "a, the
first of the income tax sections, were
agreed to without a division.
An inquiry was made by Mr.. Allison as
to the amendment offered yesterday by
Mr.. Vest to reduce the exemption from
"a, 600 to s., 600
Mr. Vest said that he withdrew it. He
had offered it under a misrepresentation,
supposing that his colleagues on the
finance committee favored it. He had
learned this morning, however, that they
did not all favor it. His action had not
been Influenced by any argument made in
the Senate. He took the full responsible
ity of Withdrawing the amendment.
HILL MOVES TO CUT THE LIMIT
Mr.. Hill then offered an amendment re-
ducing the exemption to 81 900. This was
rejected-yeas Is, nays AZ.
Mr.. Hill then moved to amend by making
the exemption $1,000 Rejected-yeas 20,
nays IS.
He then moved to make it 81 500
Mr.. Kyle suggested that if Mr.. Hill
would graduate his amendment it would
get more votes. au z
The reply of Mr.. Hill was that he pre-
pared his amendments, and that gradua-
ton proposition had been voted down yes
terday by pretty large vote. This, he
said, was the only practical way of reach
ing the point.
The amendment was rejected-yeas, 25 (;
nays, IS.
Then MIR. Hill renewed the amendment
offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest-to make
the exemption S3,0O0-and said that it
seemed yesterday TO be universally ap-
proved. He suggested that the amend
ment should be determined by its merits
and not by the fact Of its being offered by
: one senator or by another.
HILL AGAIN DEFEATED.
: This amendment was rejected-yeas 80,
nays IS, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Carey,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dubois. Frye Gal
/ linger Hale, Hansorough. Higgins Hill.
Hoar, Irby, Lodge Henderson, Mitchell of
Oregon Morrill, Patton PETER, Perkins.
Platt, Power, Proctor, Quay. Sherman
Shoup, Teller and Washburn-30.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bate. Berry, Black
burn. Canery. Call, Cockren, Coke Dolph,
Harris. Hawiey, Hunton, Jarvis. ' Jones es1 9f
Arkansas. Kyle, Lindsay Mcpherson Mar
tin, Mills, Mitchell, of Wisconsin. Morgan,
Murphy, Palmer. Pasco, Pugh. Roach, smith
Turpie, Vest, Villas, Voorhees,, Walsh, and
Whites
The exemption therefore remains fixed
at s., 600.
Mr., Hill then moved to postpone for one
year the time for the income tax to begin
and to end-lS96 and 1901. Rejected
yeas 20, nays Al.
This finished the amendments to sec
ton 81, and section So was then taken up.
The committee amendments, mostly of a
formal character, were agreed to-
HoER's AMENDMENT DEFEATED
Mr.. Hoar offered the amendment of
which he had given notice couple of
hours ago-to except from the tax in
heritances from hneal ancestors or de-
scendants, and between husband and
wife
Mr.. Hoar's amendment was rejected
yeas %, nays SO.
Mr.. Hoar then moved the same amend.
ment, only restricting it TO inheritances
below - 900. This amendment was also
reiected-yeas 81, nays 30.
On motion of MIR. Hoar, and without
opposition, an exemption from the income
tax was made in favor of judges of Unite d
States courts.
Mr. Platt moved 10 strike out the pro-
viso that only one deduction of $4,000
shall be made from the aggregate income
of all the members of a family. The vote
on this amendment was-yeas 30, nays 81,
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Carey. Chandler
Cullom, Davis Dixon, Dolph, Dubois FRYE,
lJalllnger. Gray. Hale. Hansbrough, Hawley,
higgins, Hill Hoar, Lodge. Mitchell OF Ore