The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-04

agreed to In tho conference room. Tho
roll wns called in order to place all on
record and ,hirty-seven senators voted
In favor OF tho resolution aud ono
(senator Hill) against II. Thovo, was
received with qualification, as many Of
tho senators believed 1t aignitied that
tho tarifl bill would pass. 5Hlrs
Tho senators present wore: Bate,
Tonnoasoo; Berry, Arkansas; Black.
burn, Kentucky Blankhcad, Louisiana
Brlcc. Ohio; Gallery, louisiana; Call,
Florida; Camden, West Virginia; Cock.
rell, Missouri, Coke, Texas, Daniel, Vir.
ginia; Faulkner, Wcat Virginia; George.
Mississippi; Gordon, Georgia; German,
Maryland; Gray, Delaware; Harris,
Tennessee; Hill, Now York; Hunton,
Virginia; Jarvis, North Carolina; Jones,
Arkansas; McLaurin, Mississippi; Nc
pherson, Now Jeraoy; Martin, Kansas
Mitchell, Wisconsin; Morgan. Alabama
Palmer, Illinois; Pasco. Florida; Pugh,
Alabama; Ransom. North Carolina;
Roach. North Dakota; Smith, Now Jer.
seY; Iurpie, Indiana; Vest, Missouri; ;
Villas, Wisconsin; Voorhees,, Indiana
Walsh, Georgia; White, Of California.
Tho two principal speeches mado dur.
ing tho caucus wcro thoso OF Senator
Jonos. explaining tho reasons for and
origin Of tho compromise and giving
como OF tho details Of the amendments,
and by Senator Hill in opposition to the
bill aa 1t Is proposed to amend 1t.
ROUGH ON WILSON.
Senator Jones said that bic had aeon
the necessity for amending the bill,
and, after giving tho matter due con.
sideration. had concluded that it was
possible that the bill. as first reported,
had not boen sufficiently couaiderate OF
the interests OF all sections. He had
then endeavorcd. in connection with
others, to remedy those defects as ho
aaw them. and, in doing 80, had tried to
consult senators representing all shades
OF opinion. He gave tho reasons why
the majority Of the Democratic senators
representing the south and west
wanted the income tax and why tho
minority from tho north and east
were opposed to it, and said that whilo
out OF deference tho minority had been
granted the concession of Limitation
OF the time tho law should continue in
force, and that while the period had
not been fixed, 1t would probably be
placed ut five years. lie said also that
many of tho inouisitorlal features OF
the bill had been. omitted, but that tho
amount exempted and the rate OF tax.
alton had not been changed. He also
said that the sugar schedule had been
changed so as to provide for an ad.
valorem duty OF forty per cent and an
additional duty OF one-eighth OF a cent
on refined suga", with penalty OF ono.
tenth of cent on sugar imported from
countries paying bounty on sugar,
the present law with the bounty to
stand until the first Of January next.
HILLS SPEECH.
Senator Hill. in his speech, took oc.
casion to compliment Senator Jones for
the patriotic and intelligent interest hc
had displayed in adjusting all differ
ences, but declared that so irreconcila.
BILE was his opposition to tho income
tax, he should feel at:liberty to offer any
amendment he saw proper to any para.
graph in the bill, so long as tho
income tax was part of it.,
Notwithstanding the resolution. He
devoted himself largely to the income
tax and said that whilo he was pleased
to hear of some of the changes that had
been made. he regretted that. the in.
come provision was still retained. He
denounced the compromise on this &c.
count. He declared that the income
tax WAS not necessary for revenue pur.
poses and he defed anyone to show that
it was. q 5yf.9
He repeated what he had said in his
public speech that no Democratic na-
tional convention had declared for an
income tax. He called attention to the
fact that the demands of the Demo.
cratic party for free raw material had
been ignored, and said that wool was
required to sta1d alono out of all tho
list representing the fruits OF this lie.
mand. He charged fatty that the in
como tax had been retained for tho pur.
pose of placating the south and west
and snld that because, if for no other
reason, New York would have to pay
thirty per cent of the tax, il
imposed, he should antagonize
the tax to the end. Ho declared that
he was not Modified by the Limitation
Of time. II the tax was right upon
principle it should 90 on permanently;
if not right it should DO expunged en-
tirely. 1t looked, he said, as if tho
change has been mado for tho solo pur-
pose OF getting votes. It could not be
defended upon that ground, and he
warned the party againet preparing n
bill which would require too much de.
fense and called attention to the proba-
bility that it would DO necessary to
defend tho sugar duty to retiuers. He
asserted that ten or twelve senators
had opposed the tax and said he had
opposed it from the beginning with
such q aingleness OF purpose TINT he
had asked for no concessions in the bill
ae long as it should remain-a state
ment which Senator Jones confirmed.