The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-12

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so, would bo serving the best interests
OF tho entire country, in my judgment"
Quay moved to postpone further con-
sideration of the bill and amendments
until Feb. 1, and il was the duty of con-
gress to exert all its power to prevent tho
collection of the income tax. ~ believe -
he said, 'it is the highest privilege of tho
minority of this chamber to prevent the
carrying out of this, the highest crime of
the criminal tariff act, placed on the stat
ute books by the last session of this dis
! credited congress"
At the conclusion of Quay's remarks
his motion was defeated-1 10 A., Quay
| requesting tho yea and nay vote and Hill
! not voting.
Senator Sherman said that no had lis
tened with pleasure to Hills speech and
agreed with him in the main, that the i'm
come tax was inquisitorial and unjust and
that 1t, perhaps, ought TO bo repealed.
He did not agree with Hill, however, in
supposiug that the amendment offered by
him was requisite in order TO give citizens
the right to a suit in the courts il they
considered the tax unjust or unconstitu-
tional. He thought any citizen had an
unquestionable right to raise the question
by suit at law in the courts. Sherman
regulate question of collection of taxes
The house of representatives was supreme
on the subject. The senate had no moral
right to refuse the appropriation. If the
law is bad, it is a law, and congress is bound
to furnish the money TO carry tho law into
effect. The best way to reform the law
was to enforce it. If the senate failed to
appropriate tho money necessary to carry
the law into effect it failed to do its duty.
Ii was violation OF tho constitution to at
tempt to change the recent tariff. There
was no justification in Withholding the APP
preparation, such a course was destructive
TO legislation.
Hill, i'm reply to Sherma II, stated that
ho could not agree with him in the con-
tention denying the right of the senate to
act originally on the question. Mitchell
of Oregon said that there ought not TO be
any difference of opinion among senators
in regard to the propositions. First, that
the appropriation proposed in the pending
bill ought TO be made, and second, that
the amendment offered by the senator
from New York ought to be adopted.
Morgan raised a point of order against
the amendment, holding that 1t was gem
eral legislation on n general appropriation
bill and the chair so ruled. Hill appealed
from tue ucclSlOn OF tnc cnalr and on
this appeal no addressed the sem
ate, holding that the amendment was
proper and that he wanted to take tho
judgment of the full senate on the matter
tomorrow. Before Hill spoke on the APP
peal, Mcpherson, democrat, introduced a
bill on the currency question which Al
drich asked to have read IN full. Objec-
tions were made and Mcpherson with
drew the bill. Later leave was given TO
print tho bill in the record and also ono
presented-b -by. Vest. to-day tho ,an,s
question. The senate then went into OK.
ecutive session and at 3 20 adjourned.
Vests financial bill provides that tho
treasury notes and gold and silver certIii-
Gates shall be destroyed and an equal
amount of notes payable in gold and
silver coin be issued and paid instead of
the notes. No coin notes of larger de-
nomination than $1,000 or smaller than
$40 shall be issued, and denominations
higher than $50 shall not exceed one
fourth of the total amount of coin notes
outstanding at the time. The coin notes
are to be legal tender for all debts.