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

revenue amendments a row occurred |
over the amendments to the barley
schedule pending last Saturday, and
by dint of manoeuvering Lockwood,
who is opposing them, managed to |
prevent vote until the hour of re- I
cess arrived.
At IL o'clock tomorrow, according |
to the special order, the tariff bill will /
be reported to the House, and three !
hours will be allowed for closing the
debate-one and one-half hours on each |
side.
Reed will make the closing speech
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
amendments 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,
lit is a foregone conclusion it will he
defeated If made.
A semi-off1cial estimate made Ly
Wilson and some friends on the COM
mittee gives the bill "a majority,
divided as follows: Democrats, 1872,
Populists, II, total 1913, against 126
Republicans, 80 Democrats and one
Populist CNewlands, 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, $1.10; 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 L understand the bill increases
the bonded period to eight years?'
asked Dockery:
1T does
Then it should be voted down.
Montgomery, of Kentucky, 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 Tates
amendment to strike out the extension
of the bonded period was carried, 104
to rs.
Montgomery offered an amendment
Extending the bonded period, but if in
bond more than three years, the owner
must pay the estimated cost Of expor-
Itation and reimportation.
A heated discussion arose between
IOuthwaite, Montgomery and Caruth
the former claiming people were not
interested in the over-production of
whisky, so it can be speculated in, and
favoring the entire prevention of the
expectation 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-
fecting 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-
Icam Of Massachusetts, increasing the
tax to $3.50 was lost.
The amendment by Gear Republican,
lof 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
Iperiod three years was adopted.
The amendment of Tucker exempting
the incomes of educational and charit-
liable institutions from the income tax
was adopted.
Whiting, one of the Democratic mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee, offered an amendment to give the
wine producers of the east an oppor-
tunity to fortify their wine with the
grape spirits of California. The act
lof 1890 limited the amount q beet
or cane sugar that could be added To
wine to 4 per cent. The amendment
was to increase it to 10 per cent and it
was agreed to.
Prince Populis), of Colorado. Of
fered an amendment providing for a
graduated income tax of one per cent
on $500 up, to per cent on over
$780, 600 Lost
Sibley DemocraD, of Pennsylvania
offered an amendment of per cent on
$4,000 to $4,000, 8 per cent to S1OO. 900
per cent to 100000, 1 per cent above
5000, 900. Lost.
Reed presented a petition from the
convention of wooden manufacturers
of New York city, held on January 10
; against the passage of the Wilson bill
saying the meeting was attended by
men who represented $500, 900, but
! who would be exempt from the opera.
ton of the income tax
, Enloe DemocraD, of Tennessee
made sarcastic comments on Cochran.
speech of yesterday.
Campbell Oemocra), of New York
: We had better leave the Democrat,
party.
Enloe-Oh, no, you will not leave tn,
! Democratic party; you would have NJ
place to go.
Kilgore offered an amendment in
Guiding United States bonds under tn
Income tax. Lost
Springer offered an amendment in
E Guiding the income from money o;
property received by gift or inneri
! lance. Adopted.
: Mcguire OemocraD, of California
! made a vigorous speech favoring nj
2 single tax amendment and then tin
t hour of o'clock having arrived, &C
Icording to the arrangement agreed up
: on, a vote was taken upon maxim,
the internal revenue bill an amendmen
Ito the tariff bill and the amendment O
= Mcguire was still pending.
v Maguires amendment was lost-6 t
q $780, only Johnson and Harter, of Ohio
Mcguire, of California; Warner, o
New York; Tracy, of New York; an
e Simpson, of Kansas; voted for it.
d The vote then required upon tn