The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-22

ing Committee Reports.
WASHINGTON, June s1.-In the morn
ing half hour the Senate passed bill to
define the boundaries of three judicial
districts in Alabama and to regulate the
jurisdiction OF the United States courts
therein.
At 1890 the tariff bill was taken up,
the pending questions being on the in
come tax sections, and Hill addressed
the Senate in opposition to the tax.
Hill read his speech from typewritten
sheets very slowly and in somewhat
solemn tones and manner. Close atten.
ton was given to the speech on the
Democratic side OF the chamber, partic
ularly by the two New Jersey Senators,
Mcpherson and Smith, while the Repub-
lican Senators, with very few exceptions.
seemed to take little or no interest in 1t.
1t took him just two and three quarters
of an hour to read his speech, closing at
l:20 p. m.
1t was we'll understood, he said in
conclusion, that Senators intended to
vote on the income tax section not &C.
cording to their convictions, but &C.
cording to the decree of party caucus.
He trusted that such humiliating
spectacle would not be witnessed. 1t
WAS even boasted by some, he said, that
the income tag WAS the best feature of
the tariff bill. II that were so then he
would only say, in the language of the
Senator from New Jersey, Mr.. Smith,
God help the Democratic party"
The true statement of the case was
that Populistic votes were preferred to
Democratic votes. He felt little per.
sonal interest in the result. He was get
ting used to defeat in this Senate, and
defeat was matter OF Indifference to
him. But he would be false to his
country, false to his party and false to
himself II he did not raise his warning
voice and announce to his fellow Demo.
Gratis add to the country at large his
conf ntious and mature conviction on
this important subject in such great
crisis OF the country and the party's
history.
Higgins, of Delaware. followed with
speech against the INCOME tax section.
Another installment of the Allen
Chandler quarrel was here injected into
the debate. Each of these gentlemen
grows daily more bitter toward the
other, on the floor OF the Senate at least
and both passed the lie and you're no
gentleman in parliamentary forms. An
argument against the income tax by
Hoar followed. At the close Of Hoars
remarks, an amendment was offered by
Aldrich to change the limit for the ex-
1, 1900, to 1898 The amendment was
iQCtpd-uaQo no
The first com mittee amendment was
then agreed to without division) fix
ing the limit of the tax at January l,
1900. The next committee amendment
was to strike out of the House bill the
word "of every person residing in the
United States or any citizen of the
United States residing abroad, derived
in each preceding year" and to insert
in lieu of them the words received in
the preceding calendar year by every
citizen Of the United States and every
person residing therein.'
After some colloQuy the committee
amendment was amended by making
1t read "by every citizen OF the United
States, whether residing at home or
abroad, snd every person residing
therein"
PETER, Populist, of Kansas, offered
las ouuchumohu lOr BEduudtOu luCOn6
tax. Harris moved to lay it upon the
table and that motion was agreed to-
Yeas, AS; nays, S.
At this point two reports were made
from the select com mittee investigating
the connection OF Senators with the SUI
gar trust. The majority report certified
the fact that Havemeyer and Sesrles
had refused to answer proper questions,
and minority report by Gray and
Lindsay certified the same fact as to MI
Mccartney the stock broker. parlia.
mentary controversy was started by
suggestion OF Hill, that the reports 90
over without action until tomorrow,
while it was cont tended on the other
hand that the mere presentation of the
reports concluded the matter, and that
the President should certify the
report TO the district attorney.
No ruling on the question had been
made when the Senate, at 610, after a
short executive session, adjourned until
Tomorrow.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.