Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-11
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Il
SENATE.

The Aldrich resolution, as to the
stationing of one or more ships of the
navy at Honolulu, was presented and
was again laid over at Mr. Aid
rich's request, the last correspondence
from Hawaii not yet being printed.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Hawley requesting the President
to call the attention of the Nicaraguan
government to the proper adjustment
and settlement of claims of United
States citizens against it was presented
and referred to the committee on Mic
araguan claims.
The urgent deficiency bill was then
taken up, the pending question being
on Mr.. Hills amendment giving
United States courts jurisdiction of the
question of the constitutionality and
validity of the income tax, and MIR.
Hill addressed the Senate. He then
complained of a remark of MIR. PETERS
Yesterday intimating that he intended
to filibuster against the bill and said
that nothing had taken place since he
had been a member of the Senate
which justified the insinuation.
Mr.. PETER denied that he had used
the word flibuster since he had been a
member of the Senate.
"What was the precise expression ?"
Mr.. Hill asked.
"What I said was this" Mr.. PETER
replied, "tnat I was satisfied that the
Senators from New York and Pennsyl-
vania (Hill and Quay and their coad-
tutors had made up their minds to de-
feat the collection of the income tax, if
in their power to do so, and that this
movement, the offering of an amend
ment, was the first step in that pro-
ceeding; so 1 hope the Senator from
New York will not again even suspect
that 1 have any feeling of that kind
toward him. He has been extremely
polite, courteous, digni6ed, and SEN
atorial in all his department. so long as
have been member of this body"
1.-THE Senator" said Mr. Hill, "may
not have used the precise word fill
bustering,' and 1 think now that he
did not, but, nevertheless, l think that
the fair intimation from his remarks
was that, in some way or other, the
Senator'S from New York and Pennsyl-
vania were going to defeat this income
tax, if possible, by some methods not
exactly in accord with the usual meth
DDS of opposition"
1T certainly did not mean that" Mr..
PETER protested.
"Then l accept the Senator's dis
claimer," said Mr.. Hill. This sub.
ject, Mr.. President, is most important
oae, not merely the question of the ap-
preparation of moneys to enforce the
income tax; but concede that other
considerations are involved also. The
Secretary of the Treasury, in the dis
charge of his duty, has made certain
regulations for the collection of this
tax, to which I propose to call the at
tention of the Senate and the country;
and this appropriation, of itself, draws
the attention of the country again to
the Importance of this legislation. l
propose to review certain of the consid-
atoms that arise out of it,"
Mr. Hill then went on to read all ar
gument, fortified by quotations from
the writings of publicists and the deci-
sions of courts, TO show that an income
tax is an excise tax; that, by the terms
of the constitution, an excise tax must
be uniform; and that the income tax
provision in the tariff law is unequal,
un-uniform and unjust.
At 2 O'Clock bill was introduced by
Mr.. Vest and referred to the committee
on finance to regulate the coinage and
currency of the United States. 1t pro-
yides for the destruction of all treasury
notes and gold and silver certificates
now in the treasury, or that may come
into it, and to issue and pay out in lieu
of them an equal amount of notes pay
able in standard gold and silver coin of
the United States.