The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-07
upon the rich in proportion to their

! urged SgGlQSG CllS OIL Is CEdt IL Is III
expedient. 1t is accused Of being in.
euisitorial, but it is no more so than
customs taxes. internal revenue taxes
and State taxes. The personal prop.
erty taxes collected in nearly all the
States are far more inqulsitorial than
the income tax. It is said that it in
vites perjury. This government has
too much important business on hand
to lose time looking after the morals
OF men whose veracity is not worth
two cents on the dollar. The fact that
some may escape the tax is no objec-
tlon to the law. 1t is objected tnat
this tax will endanger the tariff bill.
am not afraid that any Democratic
member will refuse to relieve the COM
mon people of the heavy burdens
placed upon them by the Mckinley
bill for fear he will impose light bur-
den by means of an income tax upon
those who are amply able 30 bear 1t.
The close of Bryan's speech was the
signal for vociferous applause, cries OF
vote, vote and cheering. I'm nedi-
ately after. without waiting for the
hour of $50 to come, the committee
rose and the House took recess until
8 o'clock tonight
THE LAST DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Thls was
the last day of general debate on the
tariff bill. It opened in the House with
a fair attendance in the galleries and
rather slim attendance. on the floor.
After the committees being called for
reports, the House went into a COM
mittee of the whole to consider the
tariff bill.
Tate, of Georgia, offered the first
amendment to the internal revenue
bill. 1t proposes to strike out the last
three sections of the bill which in
cluGes tax of 81 q gallon on distilled
spirits, and also the clauses referring
to bonding of distilled spirits and their
withdrawal from warehouses. This
would leave the existing law as to splr-
fits in force.
Cultivate offered the following
amendment: That on and after the
passage of this act there shall be levied
and collected a tax on all distilled spir-
its produced in the United States on
which tax is not paid before that
day, per proof gallon, or wine, when
below proof, 80 cents if paid within
Eve days after date Of distillatioh or
entry into bond; 81 if paid after five
days and within one year, S1.10 If paid
after one year and within two years,
S1.20 If paid after two years and with.
In three years, and S1.30 if paid after
four years.
Outhwaite's substitute for the whis-
key sections of the revenue bill vas de-
feated- d-yeas ~, nays 81.
Bland offered substitute to permit
distillers at the expiration Of the bond.
ed period to pay into the Treasury the
cost of expectation and Importation Of
liquor under the present regulations,
the product to remain IN this country.
This was defeated without opposition.
Dingley, (Rep.) of Maine, offered an
amendment striking out of the original
text of the bill the figure 6 where they
occurred. as the time for regauging,
and insert the figure 3 in each case.
| This would leave the law practically as
it exists at present.
! Dingley's amendment was carried
81 yeas rs nays. Tellers were asked
for and on this vote the amendment
was again carried-105 in the efrma-
tive and S6 in the negative. This is the
first and only amendment, which the
Republicans have succeeded in incor-
porating in the bill. The amendment
offered by Tate, striking out the last
three sections Of the bill, thus leaving
the law as to spirits as at present, as
amended by Dingley's amendment, was
voted on, after the chairman had, with
some difficulty, made the question clear
to the House. It appeared that should
the amendment be adopted it would
leave the period OF bond at three years
while raising tax from 80 cents to
81. The amendment was lost.
a rumber of amendments were rap
| IDLY offered, some in the nature ofsub-
stitutes, and a bad parliamentary tan
gle resulted. When this was straight
ened out only oRe of the amendments
had gone through to adoption-eXtend-
ing the operations of the law to the Iis-
TILED spirits in bond at the time the
law should 60 into effect.
Tucker, Of Virginia, offered, an
amendment to the income tax section
of the bill, excluding from its opera
ton charitable institutions and corpo-
rations and organizations doing bust
ness in the States not for profit. The
amendment was agreed to.
Whiting, Democrat, of Michigan, Of
fered one amendment to the wine
schedule of the tariff bill proper, fixing
the duty on stilled wines at 30 cents
per gallon when below IA per cent. al
cohol and at so cents when above. Also
fXemptiug the bottles or jugs from
duty. Agreed to.
Bynum, Dsmocrct, of Indiana, Offer
ed committee amendment dedrcting
from the calculated income of farm.
ers and stock raisers the amount ex-
pended in the purchase or production
of such product or production, which
was agreed to.
Springer, Democrat, of Illinois, offer
ed an amendment providing that inhe-
ritances of property should be subject
ed to the provisions of the income tax.
Bynum, Democrat, of Indiana, offer
ed an amendment tc this amendment
including in the enumeration OF In
comes everything received by gift, de-
viSeG or inheritance. After some dis
cusslon both amendments were adopt
ed.
Among the food of amendments that
failed of adoption was one offered by
Mcguire of California, striking out all
the provisions of the bill relating to
taxes on incomes, and in lieu thereof
providing for direct Tax of S31.3l1,-
l25 of apportionment among the States
and also for a direct tax on land val
uss.
The following were the only mem
bers who voted for it: johnson of
OHIO. Mcguire, of California, Warner,
of New York, Harter of Ohio, and
Simpson of Kansas. The internal rev.
enue bill was then agreed to as an
amendment to the tariff bill bya vote
of It's to 56.
Among the Republicans who voted
in favor of the amendment were White
of Ohio, Bowers ct California, Taylor
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