The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-01
Proceedings I'm Detail.

Before consideration of the internal rev.
enue amendment was resumed this morning
Mr.. Black, OF Georgia, secured unanimous
consent and had passed a bill increasing
the pension of Jane Thompson, of Jeffer-
son county, Georgia.
The report of the committee on elections
in the Settle Williams South Carolina)
contested election case was presented.
The House then went into committee of
the whole To-day, according to the special
order, was devoted to debate under the
five-minute rule, the whole internal revenue
amendment being open TO amendment. The
nrSt amendment offered was one by Mr.
Tate TO strike out sections 80 80 and 81
relating TO the tax on whisky, the increase
of bonded period and manner of collecting
the tax Mr. Tate explained that if the
amendment We're adopted the law would re-
main as 1t is. He was opposed to the in
crease OF the tax on whisky.
Mr. Paine, who got the floor ostensiblv
to oppose the amendment. took the oppof-
tunity to have read some resolutions passed
by the New York Legislature instructing
the New York congressional delegation to
vote against the Wilson bill.
increase the tax tax on whskY from 90 nenfs to
10 81, when in bond one year 81 10 for two
years. and Sl.30 for three years. the bonded
period TO cease at the end of that time
He had no intention he said, of pressing
the amendment The provisions of the bill
were wrong. In the interest of reform. a
been abolished, now ii was proposed to
give bounty, to the whisky industry OF
this th y country. 1t was proposed to increase
years, at a cost of 10 cents a gallon
''Do L understand that this bin increases,
the bonded period 10 eight years?" asked
Mr. Dockery.
1T does"
Then it should be voted down.
Mr. Cultivate went on TO hotly inyeieh
against the proposed extension.
Mr. Montgomery, a member of the ways
and means committee strongly defended,
the whisky provisions of the bill
Mr. Bowers, Mr.. Bynum and Mr.. Holman
supported the Tate amendment in brief
speeches, while Mr.. Ellis and Mr. McCreary
defended the committee proposition.
Mr.. Cultivate declared that he wanted
the whole subject sent back to the commit
tee for more careful consideration. With
from Kentucky. he believed the extension
was urged in the interest of the distillers
who wanted the United States to pay the
expense of aging their whisky. The in
crease of 10 cents per gallon was simply a
bait.
extension of the bonded period in the inter-
est of the bluegrass distillers.
strike Out ali words providing eh1nent for en ex TO
tension Of the bonded period. The utmost
confusion followed when the voting began.
Mr.. Bland, providing for an extension OF
the bonded period beyond three years tpon
the payment by the owner TO the Secretary
OF the Treasury of the estimated cost Of
expectation and reimportation were sue
cessively lost.
DINGLEY'S AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
After great deal of cross-firing, the COM
mittee finally voted on the Dingley amend
ment to the Tate amendment TO strike out
the extension of the bonded period, and it
carried-104 TO 79.
MIR. Montgomery came forward with a
substitute. which was practically a restora-
tion of the provisions of the bill with some
slight verbal changes. The Chair sus-
tanned a point OF order against the substi-
tute TO the effect that il was not a substi-
tute but an amendment. MIR. McCreary
followed Mr.. Montgomery with another sub
stitute. which restored the provisions OF the
bill except that the bonded period was ex-
tended only To five instead of eight years.
Mr.. Outhwaite made the point OF order