The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-01
Massachusetts, increasing the tax of

Massachusetts, increasing the tax of
$3.50 was lost.
An amendment by Gear (Rep.) OF
Iowa, increasing the license of retail
dealers to 500, and wholesale dealers
5000, was lost.
D.ngley's amendment, increasing the
tax to 81 and leaving the bonded period
three years, was adopted.
INCOME TAX AMENDMENTS.
An amendment by Tucker exempting
institutions from the income tax, was
adopted.
Whiting, one of the Democratic mem
bers of the ways and means committee,
offered an amendment to give the pro-
ducers of the east an opportunity to for
tify wine with grape spirits, California
stock.
The act of 1890 limited the amount OF
beet or cane sugar that could be added
to wine to 4 per cent. An amendment
to increase it to 10 per cent was agreed
to.
Pence (Pop.) of Colorado. offered an
amendment providing for q graduated
income tax, of per cent on $2500 up to
per cent over 800, Lost.
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an amendment to place a tax of 2 per
cent on incomes of $4,000 to $50, 900; 3
per cent, to 100000; per cent. to
100000; 10 per cent. above 5000, 600.
Lost.
Reed presented the petition OF the
convention of woollen manufacturers Of
New York city, January 10th, against
the passage of the Wilsen bill, saying
Al. l.
represented $500, 0,000,0 900, but who would
be exempt from the operation of the in
come tax.
Enloe (Dem.l of Tennessee made sar-
caetic comments on Cockran's speech OF
yesterday.
Campbell (Dem.) of New York said :
"We had better leave the Democratic
party"
Enloe--Oh, no; you will not leave the
Democratic party. You would have no
place to go.
Kil0ore offered an amendment includ-
ing United States bonds in the income
tax. Lost.
Springer offered an amendment in
Guiding an income on money or property
received by gift or inheritance. Adopted.
SINGLE TAX KNOCKED OUT.
Mcguire (Dem.) OF California made a
vigorous speech favoring his single tax
amendment, and then the hour of
O'Clock having arrived, according to the
arrangement agreed upon, vote was
taken upon making the internal revenue
bill an amendment to the tariff bill.
Mag1ire's amendment WAS lost, 6 to
1S0. Only johnson and Harter of Ohio,
Mcguire of California. Warner OF New
York, Tracy of New York and Simpson
of Kansas voted for it.
The vote then recurred upon the
adoption of the internal revenue amend
ment. ALI the Populists and quite 9
number OF Republicans, including Bow
ers of California, Pickler of South Da
kota, Hartman OF Montana, Sweet Of
Idaho, Bartholdt of Missouri, Taylor oi
Tennessee, White of Ohio and Doolittle
OF Washington, voted for it. The main
body of Republicans, however. did not
vote. The vots against the amendment
was confined to Democrats from eastern
states. The amendment carried, lie
to 56.
A ROW OVER BARLEY.
The chair stated the pending amend
ments were those to the barley schedule,
pending when the committee rose last
Saturday. Lockwood made the point oi
| order that these amendments could not
be voted upon until the bill was reported
to the house. The chair overruled it.
Lockwood appealed, and the decision
was sustained, 1S9 to ID. Lockwood's
evident purpose was to secure time tC
prevent vote until 5 80, when the com
mittee would have to rice. He made the
point of order that when the committee
rose last Saturday the debate had moi
been closed. He desired to debate the
question. The chair took him off his
feet by declaring that when the commit
tee rose last Saturday it was dividing on
motion to close the debate. He or.
dered the tellers to take their places
The advocates of the barley amendments
rushed forward and ran between the
tellers. The opponents Jagged behind
while the minutes ticked by. The
tellers lacked only seven votes of 6
quorum when the hour of $3.50 arrived
and the committee rose and the house
recessed until O'Clock.
THE LAST NIGHT SESSION.
The last night session of the tariff
! debate was unusually interesting. The
speakers were Baker (Pop.) OF Kansas
Bingham (Rep.) of New York, Hooker
(Rep.l of New York, KEN (Pop.) O
Nebraska, Caminetti (Dem OF Califor-
mia, Cummings (Dem.) OF New York
Stallings (Dem.) of Alabama, Cooper
(Dem.) OF Texas, Blanchard (Qem.) o
Louisiana, Ryan Dem.) of New York
Paschal (Dem.) OF Texas. McCleary
(Rep.) of Minnesota and Houk (Dem.,
! of Ohio.
1t was after midnight when the house
adjourned.
THE TORRENs LAND SYSTEM,