The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-23
Measure Defended by POpullStS, Democrats
and Republican Senator.
A BILL ACTUALLY PASSES House
The Anti-Option Bill Goes Through
The Lower Branch b. Vote of $50
to 87-The General Deficiency Bill
for the Year Ending June, 1894,
to Be Considered Next-Senator
Hill Skirmishes with the PopuIists.
WASHINGTON, June %.
" hohiNulONJ uuhO ~S.
1.-TWO very important amendments
were reported today from the
finance committee of tho senate

finance committee of the senate
II on the income tax provisions Of
the tariff bill. The one was to reduce
the exemption from $4, 900 to So, 900 and
the other was to have deducted from
the annual profits of banking, railroad
and other corporations On which the
tax is to be assessed the sums paid out
for working expenses, the fixed charges
Gnterest on bonded indebtedness) and
losses for the year.
The days session was spent in discus
sion of the income tax feature of the
bill. but no vote was taken on any Of
the amendments. The income tax was
defended by two populist senators, Mr..
Kyle and Mr. Allen, one Republican
Mr.. Teller. of Colorado; and one Demo.
cratic senator, Mr.. Jarvis, of North
Carolina. 1t was assailed by three Re.
publican senators. Mr.. Sherman, of
Ohio; Mr.. Patton, Of Michigan, and
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut.
The speeches of Senator'S Patton and
Jarvis were the first made by them in
the Senate. Senator Hill, of Yew York
was on the skirmish limo the whole day
assailing with eqnal alertness and per.
tiDacity the position of the the Pop
ulists and that Of the Demo-
Gratis. In a final acrimonious tussle
with the parliamentary manager OF
the bill. Mr. Harris. of Tennesses, un.
complimentary comparisons were made
by both senator's between the "planta-
tion manners of Tennsssee" and the
manners of the "slums of New York, ;
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
At 445 o'clock this afternoon the
anti option bill passed the house by a
vote announced to be yeas $50, nays 81
present and not voting, 1. This result
was reached after two hours consider
alton of the amendments to the bill
under the five minute rule, and al
hour speech by Mr.. Hatch (Dem J, Mo.
the author OF the bill, summing up the
arguments in its favor. In committee
Of the whole, an amendment offered
by Mr.. Bontner (Dem.) La, providing
that the hill should not apply to the
transactions where the delivery of the
articles traded in was intended and
WulOu dlOSc III uu6 COuEho VI UuolubSS,
failed of adoption by tie vote.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Aid
rich, (Rep., 1ll) to include trading In
flour within in the provisions OF th,
bill, and an amendment offered by Mr.
Cox, Dem., TENN, amended on mo
tion of Mr.. Lacey, (Rep., Iowa), ex
smpting from the provisions o. the bill
sales for future delivery by the owne
of article or his duly authorized agent
and relieving the seller from liability
where failure to deliver the article solt
was due to failure in the transporta
ton or other fault of q common
carrier beyond the SELLERS control, wa
agreed to in committee of the whole
but in the house the latter amendmen
WAS rejected, so that the bill 40 finally
pissed was the bill that came from til
committee on agriculture with the sin
gle addition of flour to the list of arti
cles which may not lie traded in.
The general deficiency bill for tn
year ending June 1894 was made tn
order Of business for tomorrow,