The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-01
The VOTE WILL BIZ TAKEN
After Messrs. Reed, Wilson and
Crisp Close Debate Today.
YESTERDAY MIR. DINGLEY GOT AN
AMENDMENT ADOPTED

And 1t is the First and Only Amendment
to the Tariff Bill Secured by the Kepub-
Iicans-The Income Tax Feature Fast
ened to the Measure-An the ew York
Men Voted Against It-How Mr.. Ding
ley Cleared the Parliamentary Fog.
Washington :January 31.-The House
| went into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill today, and Mr.. Dingley OF
Republican of Maine, offered an amend
ment to the whiskey section OF The
revenue bill against the extension OF
the bonded period, leaving the law
practically as it EXISTS at present. The
amendment was adopted, yeas, 1o5; nays.
so. This is the only amendment the he
publicans succeeded in incorporating in
the bill.
Mr.. Bland, Democrat OF Missouri,
offered substitute providing that
whenever..any whiskey remained in bono
for three years, the owner could have the
time extended by paying into the treasury
the sum it would cost to export and re-
import it. An amendment, offered by
Mr.. Tate, striking out the last three
sections of the bill and leaving the law
as to spirits as at present, as amended
by Mr.. Dingley's amendment, was voted
on after the chairman had with some
difficulty made the question clear to the
House 1t appeared that should the
amendment be adopted it would leave
the period of bond three years, raising
the tax from ninety cents to one dollar.
Mr.. Tate modified his amendment oy
decreasing the tax from one oo!ial 10
ninety cents, and su bsequently Withdrew
the modification This did not seem to
clear the atmosphere.
Mr.. Dingley endeavored to makes his
amendment clear, and explained tnaJ Gne
effect of itssadoption. would simply be to
continue the provisions OF the existing
law as to the extension of time while not
touching the question OF the increase Oh
the tax.
Mr. Everett, Democrat OF Massachu-
setts. voiced the sentiments OF many
members when he stated that he could
not get the Legislative effect OF the pro-
posed amendments clear to his MIND.
He asked the Chair to elucldate the
status of affairs.
The Chairman informed him that it
was not the duty of the Chair to explain
the legislative effect of measure. IL
he was required to do was to explain the
parliamentary status of the amendments.
Mr.. Enloe, Democrat Of Kentucky, sug-
gested caustically, that it was not the
province of the Chair to supply, the de-
ticient intelligence OF say memper;
The chairman explained to Mr.. Everett
and the House in general that it they
would observe order, Mr.. Dingley would
explain everything to the satisfaction OF
the members Mr.. Dingley succeeded In
somewhat clarifying the haziness OF the
committee. This was scarcely accom-
plished before matters were again
muddled by substitute to the pending
amendment offered by Mr.. Montgomery,
making some verbal changes in the text
of the bill.
Mr. McCreary. Democrat of Kentucky,
offered an amendment to this SUBSTITUTE
changing the period Of the bond from
three to five years.
Several points eof order were ralsed
against these. se.amendnlent by Messrs.
Dingley, Terry and outhwaite, but the
Chair overruled all the points and or
dered the substitute and amendment
read. -
After this was completed, Mr.. Outh-
waite made point OF order against the
amendment offered by Mr.. McCreary,
hOIQlng Gnab Inc louso Aoet e.HoaUy
voted on the paragraph covered by this
amend ment when it acted favorably on
the amendment of Mr.. Dingley.
Mr.. Springer, Democrat of Illinois, and
Mr.. Enfoe, Democrat of Tennessee, spoke
in opposition to the points of order. The
latter contended against Mr.. Dlngley,s
asseveration that the House could not
again act on the proposition to reduce
the period of the bond from eight to five
years after having voted to reduce it
from eight to three years.
Mr., Dingley asserted that the House
could not accomplish by indirect
methods what it could not accomplish
by direct methods
Mr. McCreary contended atswhile the
House was in favor of period of three
wears against eight, it had never voted
on a proposition to extend it from three
to five years. 1t was now competent for
the House to do SO.
The Chair cut the Gordian knot by
holding that it was not competent to
strike out what had just been inserted.
The House MIGHT strike out the entire
para graph in which the inserted words
appeared. The amendment of Mr.. Nc
Creary was in effect a proposition to un-
do what had just been done. He sus-
tained the point of order and ruled out
Mr.. McC Creary's amendment.
The question then recurred on the
su bStitute OF MT. montgomery, Wnlcn
was very similar to the one recently
offered by Mr.. Bland, and which was
promptly voted down.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Enloe,
Democrat of Tennessee, was adopted ex-
tending the operations of the law to dis
titled spirits in bond at the time the law
should go into effect.
Mr.. Walker, Republican of Massachu-
setts, offered an amendment increasing
the tax from 81 to 81. so a gallon, and
making some slight changes in regard TO
the time at which the law should take
effect. The amendment was defeated.
Mr.. Tate,s amendment was lost, yeas,
20: nays AZ.
.. Mr.. Tucker, Democrat of Virginia,
offered an amendment to the income tax
section Of the bill excluding from it's
operations charitable institutions and
corporations and organizations doing
business in the states not for profit, The
amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Bynum, Democrat of Indiana
offered committee amendment deduct
ing from the calculated income of far
mers and stock raisers the amount ex-
pended in the purchase or production OF
such product or production
This was agreed to. Mr.. Pence. Popu-
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