The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-01

for his side and Speaker Crisp and |
Chairman Wilson will close the Demo- |
cratic side. At o'clock a vote will |
be taken upon the bill and pending |
Under the rule, the only |
motion which can intervene before the !
final vote is taken upon the passage of
the bill after the amendments are dis
posed of, is the motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
AS the Republicans have decided to
refuse to join in an effort to recommit,
it is foregone conclusion it will he
defeated If made.
A semi-oficial estimate made By
Wilson and some friends on the com
mittee gives the bill "a majority,
divided as follows: Democrats, 1872,
Populists, II, total 1893. against 126
Republicans, 80 Democrats and one
Populist (Newlands, of Nevada)- Total
159
The House went into committee of
the whole. According to the special
order, the day was devoted to debate
under the five minutes rule, the whole
internal revenue amendment being open
to amendment.
Tate, of Georgia, offered an amend
ment striking out the section relating
to taxes on whisky, increase of the
bonded period and manner of collect
ing the tax. Tate explained that if
the amendment was adopted the law
would remain as it is.
Cultivate offered an amendment to
the amendment to increase the taxes
on whisky from 80 cents to 81; when in
bond one year, S1.10; when in bond
two years, $1.30; at three years the
bonded period 10 cease. The provis-
ions of the bill were wrong. In the
interest of reform, a few days ago the
bounty on sugar was abolished; now
it was proposed to give a bounty to
the whisky industry, to increase the
bonded period from three years to
eight at a cost of 10 cents a gallon.
DO 1 understand the bill increases
the bonded period to eight years?'
asked Dockery.
st does
"Then it should be voted down.
Montgomery, of Kentucky, a member
of the ways and means committee,
strongly defended the whisky provis-
ions of the bill.
Caruth, of Kentucky, made an elo-
quent plea for the extension of the
| bonded period in the interest of the
Blue Grass distilleries.
Dingley offered an amendment to
strike out all the words providing for
an extension of the bonded period.
The amendment by Bland, providing
an extension of the bonded period be-
yond three years was lost.
| Dingley'S amendment to Tate's
amendment to strike out the extension
of the bonded period was carried, 104
to rs.
Montgomery offered an amendment
Iextending the bonded period, but if in
bond more than three years, the owner
must pay the estimated cost of expor-
tation and reimportation.
A heated discussion arose between
IOuthwaite, Montgomery and Caruth.
the former claiming people were not
interested in the over-production of
whisky, 50 it can be speculated in, and
lfavoring the entire prevention of the
deportation of whisky. while two Ken
lucky members asserted the action of
the House meant ruin to the great
producing industry. The amendment
was agreed to without objection, per-
lfecting the text of the bill so as to
leave no doubt of the fact that all
whisky in bond is to be subjected to
Ian increased tax
The amendment by Walker Republi-
lcan) of Massachusetts, increasing the
tax to $3.50 was lost.
The amendment by Gear Republican,
Iof Iowa, increasing the license of re-
tail dealers to $50 and the wholesale
dealers to 5000, was lost.
Dingley's amendment increasing the
tax to 81 and leaving the bonded
period three years was adopted
The amendment of Tucker exemptine
the incomes of educational and charit
able institutions from the income tar
was adopted
Whiting, one of the Democratic mem
, bers of the ways and means commit
tee, offered an amendment to give thu
wine producers of the east an oppor
tunity to fortify their wine with tn,
grape spirits of California. The ac
of 1890 limited the amount 9: bee
or cane sugar that could be added t,
wine to 4 per cent The amendmen
was to increase it to 10 per cent and i
l was agreed to.
: Prince Populist), of Colorado. of
fered an amendment providing for ;
graduated income tax of one per cen
on $500 up, to per cent on owe
100000. Lost.
Sibley OemocraD, of Pennsylvania
: offered an amendment of 2 per cent Of
$4,000 to $4,000, 3 per cent to 500 OOC
pei. cent to 100000, 1 per cent abov
$200,000 Lost.
Reed presented a petition from tn
convention of wooden manufacturer
of New York city, held on January II
= against the passage of the Wilson bill
saying the meeting was attended b
. men who represented $500, 900, 900, bu
d who would be exempt, from the opera
y ton of the income tax
: Enloe Democrat, of Tennessee
{ made sarcastic comments on Cochran
> speech of yesterday
Campbell Democrat of New York
; We had better leave the Democrat
{ Iparty.
= Enloe-Oh, no, you will not leave til
4 Democratic party; you would have Il
- place to go.
Kilgore offered an amendment il
lcluding United States bonds under I'll
Income tax. Lost.
Springer offered an amendment il
e Guiding the income from money
property received by gift or inner
u lance. Adopted
= Mcguire DemocraD, of California
II made a vigorous speech favoring n
e lSingle tax amendment and then If
it hour of 5 O'Clock having arrived. a
/ Icording to the arrangement agreed III
on, a vote was taken upon mas1iT
'e the internal revenue bill an amendmel
to the tariff bill and the amendment
J. Mcguire was still pending.
" Maguire's amendment was lost-6
"a 100, only Johnson and Harter, of Obi
= Mcguire, of California; Warner,
lie Simpson, of Kansas; voted for it.
ID The vote then required upon Il
h adoption of the internal revenue amen
= lment. All the Populists and quite
:, number of Republicans includil
II Bowers, of California; Pickler, of Sou
Is Dakota; Hartman, of Montana; Swee
he of Idaho Bartholdi, of Missouri: Ia
I'd lor, of Tennessee; White, of Ohio; III
Doolittle or Washington; voted for
Ill The main body of Republicans, mo-
~ ever, did not vote. The vote again
" 1.-THE amendment was confined to Dem
OF Gratis from the eastern states.
is The amendment carried-175 to 56.
n rT,ba ohair stated the uendinn amen