The morning call., 1895-01-11

aud Blanchard OF Louisiana asked for an ave
aud no vote on an amendment by the commit.
tee regarding the recoinage OF silver coins.
Blanchard said that the paragraph as passed
by the House permitted the coinage of the un-
current silver dollars. whereas the amendment
of the committee prevented their coinage. The
vote resulted Ayes 40. noes 8, the negative
vote including Blanchard, Kyle and PETER
The appropriation OF $50, 600 for the enforce
ment Of the Chinese exclusion act caused some
discussion, and the fact was developed that the
Secretary Of tbs Treasury had estimated that
$4,000 was actually necessary for the re-
mainder Of the fiscal year, but for the present
the committee recommended the amount in the
bill. White said the Government was dealing
with willy and INSCRIPTIONS race of men and
the amount named In he pill was less than was
necessary to enforce the law. The remaining
committee amendments were agreed to without
division.
Hill offered an amendment similar 10 that
offered by Quay yesterday. providing that moth
ing shall preclude any court of the United
States having jurisdiction OF the parties from
considering and determining as TO the constitu-
tiOnallly of the income-tax law whenever. by
any proceedings which shall have been COM
menced or be pending in such courts, such
question shall be presented.
Quay briefly advocated The amendment and
suggested that the only thing that now pre-
vented the steps allowed by the amendment
was section 1924 Of the Revised Statutes,
which prohibits the maintaining by any court
of a suit 10 restrain the collection OF tax. Hill
asserted that there was well-fOunded judg.
ment on the part OF the best legal talent that
the law is unconstitutional wholly or partly,
aud the best lawyers had advised their Cheats
that tue law was 10 be resisted.
PETER moved 10 lay The amendment on the
table, and Cockrell suggested that The only
convention which has inserted plank in its
platform against The income tax was that of
the State represented by The Senator from New
York, and that had not been carried by the
people. This lea Hill TO reply that the same
convention referred 10 by the Senator also
Endorsed the tariff bill for which the Senator
had labored ana voted. Harris OF Tennessee
suggested the withdrawal OF the motion, but
PETER objected. The motion to lay on the
table was lost. HIPS amendment will come up
tomorrow.
Quay gave notice OF the three following
amendments, which he intends TO offer to the
urgency deficiency bill: To insert provision
repeating the income tax law, to insert the en-
tire Mckinley tariff act and 10 insert the wool
tax.
The urgency deficiency bill was laid aside
and the Nicaragua canal bill taken up. Gallery
of Louisiana declared that, while favoring the
construction of the canal. he was opposed 20
the means proposed in the bill for effecIing that
purpose lie argued against the constitution
allty OF the measure and asserted that the
United States had no authority TO delegate the
power to regulate commerce 10 the Maritime
Canal Commission.
A commission OF engineers should examine
a route Without completing his remarks,
Caffery yielded TO motion TO proceed with ex-
eputiVA husiupsq and r O'clock fnp Senate
went into executive session and a, 20 P. NJ.