The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-06
FIXED IS ITS FATE
The House Voting on the Bank
Tax Repeal.
FRIENDS HOPES ARE NOW TORLORN
The Senate Voting on Amendments to the
Sugar Standardization Black. OF
Georgia Retains His Seat.
Washington News.

WASHINGTON, June G.-The fate of the
state bank bill, for this session at least,
will be definitely settled today.
The rules committee brought in an
order yesterday providing for closing
the debate on the repeal bill, and TAX,
ing a vote on it at the opening Of 20.
days session.
Unfortunately, the defeat of the
measure is almost inevitable. It's
warmest advocates do o expect it to
pass.
The Watson-Black contested election
case from the tenth district of Georgia
was disposed Of at this mornings SEES
sion. The committee, by unanimous
vote, decided hat Mr.. Black, the sit
ting member. is entitled to his seat.
Of the nine members present four
were republicans, namely, Daniels of
New York, Wheeler of Illinois, McCaul
of Massachusetts,, and Waugh of In.
diana.
MIR. McCaul explained to the members
of the committee that, in casting his
vote for Mr.. Black, he had not had an
opportunity of examing the records
closely but hal he should do so later.
Should a more careful review of the
case satisfy him that Watson was en-
titled to the seat he would ask to change
his vote and file a minority report.
In the Senate.
At 1920 the tariff bill was taken up,
the question being on Mr.. Jones amend
ment to the amendment to the sugar
schedule, p~ostponing its going into eff
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At l p. m, the discussion was inter
rupted by the vice-president with the
declaration that the hour had arrived
for taking Il vote on the amendment of
fered by Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, post
poning the repeal of the sugar bounty
provision from July l, 1894, to July l.
1898.
The vote was taken by yeas and nays,
and the amendment was agreed to
yeas, 80; nays, 81. Mr.. PETER, of Kan
sas. voted with the republicans.
Mr.. Manderscn offered an amend
ment to continue the sugar bounty in
full force and effect until July ], 1895.
1t was rejected yeas, 81 nays, 40.
In the House.
The next speaker was Mr.. Cobb
Oh AldDdIld a ulCu1DCIs VI C1C
committee who spoke in favor of the
repeal of the law. He said that the
proper way to test the value Of the
state bank system was to consider the
condition of the banks at the time the
general government saw tit to impose
the prohibitory tax. 1t was lot neces-
sary to go back to the years before the
food. What were the facts. When
these banks were forced to go into Ii
quotation, in 1866, every bank in the
north redeemed its obligations without
discount and without loss to a single
bill holder.
Mr.. Oates of Alabama, his party's
candidate for governor in that state,
followed his colleauge. Discussing the
question of constitutionafity Of the
tax law, Mr.. Oates referred to one of
the decisions of the supreme court of
the United States announced by chief
Justice Marshall, i'll which it
was held that the taxing power of the
government might be eXerted to the
point of destruction. If that be true,
doctrine, asked Mr.. Oates, is it not
true that the federal government is alb
solute? That is not a government of
enumerated and limited powers. He
~contended that the government could
not do indirectly, by an exercise of the
taxing power, that which it could not
do directly.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Oates re-
marks this committee rose. On motion
of Mr.. SayerS, senate joint resolution
was passed apprOpriating So 900 for
the payment of expenditures caused
by the & trust investigation order
ed by the senate and now in process.
At 4:5O p. IN. the house adjourned until
today at noon
TIC End the Debate.