Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-01

offered ar, amendment to the wine sched-
ule Of the tariff bill proper. iiXirg the
duty on still wines at 30 cents r.r ga,ion
when below IL per cent of alcohol, ana NJ
30 cents when above; also. exenpLns the
bottles or jugs from duty. Agreed TO.
Mr. Bynum Democrat, Of Indiana,
offered a committee amen1ncnt dtdGctlns
from the calculated income Of farmers
and Stock-raisers the amount expended IN
the purchase or production Of such pro-
duct or productions. which was agreed to
Mr. Springer DemOcrao, OF Illinois,
offered an amendment providing that IN
heritancps OF property should he SUBJ
jected to the provisions OF the income
tax.
Mr. Bynum Oemocrao, os Indiaru.
offered an amendment TO this amendment
including IN the enumeration OF incomes
everything received by git, devise. or
Inheritance. After some discussion both
amendments were adopted.
After the flood OF amendments that
failed Of adoption was one onered oy
Mr Mcguire. OF California. striking out
all the provisions Of the bDl relating 10
taxes on incomes. and iu lieu thereoI
providing for "A direct tax OF 5l,Sl,i-.
by apportionment among the states anu
also for direct tax on land values.
The following were the only members
who voted for II: Messrs. Johnson d)emo-
craO. Of Ohio; Mcguire democrap, OF
California; Warner ODemocraO. or New
York: Simpson Populisp. II Kansas ana
Harter Democrat. OF ohio.
REVENUE BILLS AGREED TO.
The irternal-revenue hill was then
agreed to as an amendment to the AriU
bill by vote OF 10 to -.
Among the Republicans who voted in
favor OF the amendment were Messrs.
White Of Ohio; Bowers, OF tanlorllt'
Taylor. Of Tennessee; Bartholdi. or MIS-
sour and Burdy. OF Ohio. The entire
New York delegation voted solidly against
1t.
Great cheering and applause greeted the
result.
Mr.. Wilson, Of West Virginia. thcn
offered an amendment 10 trcr r'ase. The
tariff on barley from 20 per cent. TO =
per cent. and on barley malt from %
90 81 per cent.
Several amendments were offered 10 Mr..
Wilson's amendment AMI the ilblster-
ing which was started late last Saturday
afternoon on the same question was re-
n"wcd. and the opponents of higher
duty on barley We're able - hlibu9ter
away the ten or fftecr minutes wEich
remained before the recess
Mr.. Wilson finally moved that ienate
be closed. and 4 vote was inallv taken on
this last motion. but although the ReIuhll,
cans and some OF the Democrats refused
90 Get between. the teilers. the hour ~
go arrived before quorum haj voted.
the House went into recess. ani ihe barley
schedule again won't over.
EVENING SESSION.
The last of the night sessions on the
tariff hin opened with full SAllcr!es ana
"a fair attendance of members. Mr Epi1c
ODamocrau. of Tennessee occupied the
chair. 1nl there was a long list or
speakers. including Msssrs. Bak.r N'opu-
lisO. ~ kans1s. Ken Ponulisp. ot N
hrazkl: Cooper GemocrlO. of Texas;
Russell OemOcraO. of Georgia, ia~chAl
Democrat. of Texas. lIouk d'tmpcr1n
OF Ohio; Harris PopulisO. cf k1nsas;
Stalliugs O.mocrau: =. "f Nlahan1' :
Hooker Rcpublcam, cf New York; cum
- H.
ard Op,mocrau, Of Louisiana; Mc' ic'ry
Neuuhlcaul. Of Minnesota. and bingham,
Rcpublcau. Of Pennsylvania
\ LABOR PROTEST.
Mr.. Cummings delivered al earnest pro-
test against the high-hand"d method which
had been adopted by the Ways al Il Means
Commit. .e i'm choking OF amendments.
lie vas probably the only conSf'5sman q
member of labor union. AMI he had
been "a Wcmber OF a labor orgaflaiion
for thirty years. He vas -" a mem,
; bcr Of Typ, graphical Gni)n. 80. T. or
New York Qoud applause In the rtil, ,ric~l;
and IL was rs the only repres 'ntduVe or
labor in Congress that 10 deVuived upon
him - enter his determined protest
3 against tho hill. Both while he was IN
the Committee on WAYS AID Means and
sine % had been under discus 'ioH IN
the House De had end ayor.d To- secure
CONSIDERATION ot ScF.Ial aue1dm MS IN
th. interest az the lahOriug class. but
he had not had the power 10 do so. Ia
the name Of thr gOld-beators h" pro-
testad. il the name of the printers
union. the furrier5 union. the cloak
makers union. the curled-hair workers,
tho rattan strippcrs, the WOry-worlters 2,
the sttelT,r makers. the diamoIi-work-
! ert and many other cldgs's of vorl0t -
/ men he entered his vigorous rrc,est lie
nal before now spoken in favor ~ th'
diamond -Cutt rs. anl when h. asked a
/ tariff OF n per cont. or cut diamonds
and the free entry Of uncut tn"3 tn
/ House had taken The hit betW on It's
| e.. IN. and against his earnest protest bad
| raised the duty-on .cut diamo7dD 10 y
! per cont. aai on U-cut diamonds - J.
! per cent ON account OF IN" Oss IN cllt
I ting the latter = pros nted = duty Of
+ nearly 30 PER cent. so that unlnss rcduc"
/ the diamond cutters of Now York woul0
/ have 10 go into other occupl,iJns.
FTo had iust received a letter from th'
. Diamoud-Cutters Union comm ling Inn
for his stand In their behalf last Friday
and urging him 10 use his 'forts 10 Lave
the duties reduced 90 the basis ASKED t1l
/ by them-lJ per cent. on cut stones ard
! the free entry ~ uncut stones.
1lr Cummings was warmly rpplaudsd
for his strors stand in :lvor OF th'
I labOrins class.