The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
ESSION AL.
In the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--The chaplain
In his prayer at the opening of the ses-
sion of the house, invoked divine guild
ance to the close of the tariff debate.
Before the consideration of the internal
revenue amendment to the tariff bill was
resumed. Mr.. Black of Georgia secured
unanimous consent and had passed a
bill increasing the pension of John
Thompson of Jefferson county, GA.
The report of the committee on cleo
tions in the Settle-Wiliams (South Car
olina) contested election case, was pre-
sented. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole.
The day, according to the special
order, was devoted to debate under the
five minute rule, the whole internal
revenue amendment being open to
amendment. Mr.. Mcmillan attempted
to reach an agreement to vote upon such
amendments Us might be pending at a
p. M, but Mr.. Burrows objected tenn
porarily until he could confer with his
colleagues.
The first amendment offered was one
by Mr.. Tate (Ga.) to strike out sections
20, 30 and 81, relating to the tax on
whisky, and increase Of the bonded pc
Rod and manner of collecting the tax.
Mr.. Tate explained that if the amend
ment was adopted the law would remain
as II is. He was opposed to the increase
OF the tax on whisky.
Mr., Payne (Rep., n. ", who got the
fioor ostensibly to oppose the amend,
ment, took the opportunity to have read
some resolutions passed by the New
York legislature, instructing the New
York congressional delegation to vote
against the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Cultivate offered an amendment
to the amendment to increase the tax on
whisky from 80 cents to 81, when In
bond two years, and $l.30 for three
years, the bonded period to cease at the
end of that time. He had no intention,
he said, of pressing the amendment.
The provisions of the bill were wrong.
In the interest of reform a few days ago
the bounty on sugar had beer abolished,
now it was proposed to give bounty to
the whisky industry of this country.
1t was proposed to increase the bonded
period from three to eight years, at a
cost of 10 cents gallon. The Outh-
waite substitute was lost--l2 to 81.
Mr.. Dingley's amendment to restore
the provisions of existing law with ref
erence to the bonded period (making it
three instead of eight years. was carried
by 1O5 to so. This leaves the bonded
period as If is, and increases the tax
from 80 cents To 81. The Bland substi-
tute to permit the extension of the
bonded period beyond three years by
paying into the United States treasury
the cost of eXportation and reimporta-
tion of such whisky, was lost.
The senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-ReligiOus so
cieties appear to he making a systematic
fight on whisky and beer and desire to
tax these articles to such IA degree as to
make them prohibitory fixtures.
Petitions We're presented by Senator
Cullom praying that the internal reve-
nue. tax on these articles may be trebled
in the new tariff law.
The resolutions denying the authority
of the secretary of the treasury to issue
the proposed United States bonds came
up and Senator Allen of Nebraska took
the floor to reply to the argument of
Senator Sherman on Tuesday.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts fol
lowed Mr.. Allen in the debate on the
bond resolution introduced by the lat.
ter. Mr.. Hoar declared: In my
opinion, the bonds issued and sold by
the treasury department under existing
circumstances will be illegal and will
carry no constitutional or lawful obliga
ton on the government for their pay.
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