Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-12-20


I The house devoted the day to bust
ness reported from tie District of Col
/ umbia committee.
| Representative Hit, of Illinois, in.
troduced the f. flowing resolutions: ere
I solved, that the secretary of state be
! requested to communicate to the
house, il not Inconsistent with the in
terests of the public service all cor
respond nee, reports and other docu
ments not heretofore made public
touching the payment by the United
States of $425, 900 to Great Britain for
damages growing out of the contro-
versy as to the fur seals in Behring
seq or the seizure OF British vessels
engaged in taking s ais in these
waters"
Mr.. Linton introduced bill pro-
hibiting the printing of any words or
devices upon the American flag by in
dividuals.
Washington. Dec. Fin the SEN
ate. on motion of Mr.. Allen. of
Nebraska the amendment TO the
bill amending section of the act
of March 3 passed, withdrawing GER
tain lands from entry. Mr.. Allen ex-
planned the bill was important, in
view of the large number Of persons
in the northwest driven from their
homes By drouth.
Mr.. Gray moved to take up the sugar
BILL lost. % to 81.
Mr.. Plat. Of Connecticut. spoke
briefly on the bill introduced by Mr..
Berry to establish the territory of In
dianola from the lands now occupied
by the five civilized tribes. The bill
was referred to the committee on In
dian affairs.
The resolution Of Mr.. Higgins, cali
ing for the correspondence relating to
offers of mediation by this govern
ment between China and Japan then
passed, The senate proceeded to the
consideration If the pension bills on
the calendar, Among those passed
was a bill granting a pension Of 500
per month to Major General a. Nc
Clernand.
Washington. Dee 70. The house
went into committee OF the whole on
the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill The only disputed items are
$243,000 for collection Of the Income
tax and S250,0O0 for special examiners
of the pension office. Mr.. Bartlett,
Of New York. led the fight against thc
former. and Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa,
against the latter.
Mr. Henderson vigorously attacked
the appropriation for special exam
iners criticising severely the conduct
Of the pension officers. The examiners
of pensions boosted that $4,000 in
money was saved to the government
last year, The mission of examiners
was to secure evidence against. not in
favor Of pensioners and claimants.
He advised an amendment that would
cut off this auxiliary force Of exam
iners and keep in the field only the
regular number, one hundred
Mr. Sickles, amid roar of repub
lican applause repudated the charge
OF wholesale fraud made against the
pensioners,
After some further debate Mr.. Bart
lett opened the discussion against the
income tax appropriation. He gave il
as his opinion that IN the supreme
court 1t would be decided to be a CAPT
tation tax and therefore not being APP
portioned among the states according
to population. unconstitutional. Mr..
Mcmillan defended the income tax
as a just, constitutional and demo-
cratic measure. In the course of
hot colloquy with Mr. Bartlett, Mr.. Me-
MILAN said: In order to show the
fragrant wrong done by the system of
taxation under which we have been
living | will call your attention to
William Waldorf Aston. This gentle
man ran for congress once against the
present governor of New York. and
was defeated. His defeat soured and
embittered him against the govern
ment and our institutions. He moved
abroad and. not content with what he
could say against America himself and
our American Institutions no pur-
chased one Of the ableSt journals In
Great Britain. He lives there now and
his paper is doing ITS work against our
institutions. The income Of this man,
derived from property in New York. Is
more than five millions Of dollars o
year, and he does not pay The does
pay state tax. county tax ana munich
pality tax. 1t Is truel but he does not
pay the government or the United
States and has not paid, ten dollars in
ten years although he has this colos-
sal fortune which Is protected by cur
army and defended by eur navy"
Al this point fessrs. Henderson and
Cochran both stated that they consid-
cred rhe debate on the merits Of the
income tax Improbable. Roth hoped
the elections had furnished an intel
lectual awakening on the democratic
side which would result In Il repeal Of
this odions tax. After 4 short speech
by Mr. Breckenridge. defending the In.
come tax Mr.. Bartlett moved ID strike
out the, appropriation for the collection
VI the tax