The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-20
TWISTED MEN OF The NAVY.
lAxREs'- pRorEsT AGAINST Az IN
GREASE OF NO AVAIL

IEshipueEt. IN Bond Through the
Ualted statse OF Goods Intended
For the free Zone of Nexico 20 BE
snspeaaed-A Conference On the
AgrleuIsuraI Appropriation Bill
Agre. A Tc-Fire Insurance Pay
nae g. TO ne Deducted In Making
Returns lof the Income From Real
Estate.
washington. Feb. 1s.-Another day was
spent by. the AHsuse to-day in consideration
OF tae naval appropriation bill without
iisposing OF it. The proceedings were
marked by several spirited passages
5stween AIr. ,sayers. chairman OF the com
nittee on appropriations and members Of
the Committee on naval affairs, over
amsndments offered by the former to re
ducs AMOUNTS carried in the bill. Only
in two Of taese was the Texas member
suecessssL and then the amounts were
insxzrdhcant.
~ the beginning of the consideration
Tot tss bin, Chairman ONeil. dem, Of
Massachusetts, overruled the point OF
order made yesterday by Mr. Sayers
against the proposed increase of the force
Of enlisted men in the navy holding that
IL " - III QlAAEAs MISUNDERSTANDING the eN-
istiag statutes limited the number to 5000
men.
From this ruling Mr.. Sayers appealed.
bat the committee of the whole sustained
the chair-l43 10 81. And against this Mr..
Sayers uttered his earnest protest
In the course of the day several other
important matters were acted upon by
the House. The joint resolution reported
yesterday by the committee on ways and
means directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to suspend the shipment in bond
through the United States of goods des-
tined for the free zone of Mexico was
passed Also a bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint Gen. Don Carlos Buell., a
colonel on the retired list of the army.
4 conference was agreed to on the agri-
cultural appropriation bin
The report Of the conferees upon the
joint resolution extending from March l
10 April Is. 1895, the time within which
income tax returns may be made, was
agreed to.
The statement of the ,conferees was as
follows: The effect of the action on the
first amendment OF the Senate is to allow
the owner of real estate TO deduct the
amount necessarily paid for fire insurance
from the income from the same, when
making his returns 1t applies only to
real estate. 1t does not enlarge in other
respects the amount OF deductions thar
may be made. Under the income tax law
deduction might be made for necessary
repairs, but not for betterments. This
provision remains and is not enlarged
by the amendments agreed upon.
''The effect of the second amendment is
to REQUIRE corporations to return the tax
list or corporate property. and relieve the
individual from the necessity of doing so.
1t is agreed to by the oonferees to pre-
vent the possibility of double taxation.
Whilst the law guarded against this, it
was thought not improper to add any addi-
tional assurance thereof that was neces-
sary. The amendment added by the con-
ferees to the second amendment frees EN-
ployers from the necessity of returning
the names and salaries of their employees
except when called for by the commission
er, or TO verify the returns of employees.
For that purpose the right viii still exist
From the third amendment Qimiting
heterogeneous tax payers shall be re
euired to answer to those specifically pro-
vided in the acO the Senate conferees
recede. This was thought best not only
Tor the government but for the tax
payer
The House, at 5:tO O'Clock, adjourned
pntil noon tomorrow.