The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
Congressional Proceedings.

WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY o. Ex-senator
Edmunds of Vermont visited the senate
ana was given most cordial greeting. The
urgent deficiency bill was reported from the
committee on appropriations, and debated
al some length. - The house put In the
tlme IN discussing the diplomatic consular
appropriation bill.
THURSDAY Discussion was resumed in
The senate on the urgent deficiency bill
The amendments concerning the enforce
ment OF the Chinese exclusion act and the
income tax bill were reached but were laid
over for the present. The income tax pro-
visions in the bill we're then reached. They
appropriate S211 800 for salaries and ex-
penses for six months Of 1903 additional
deputy collectors, including stationery and
| printing, to carry into effect the act of
August %, 1894, imposing tax on incomes,
and $4,000 for salaries and expenses of
| ten additional revenue agents for the same
| purpose. In the afternoon Mr.. Caffery of
Louisiana addressed the senate in opposi-
ton TO the means proposed in the Nicar A.
qua canal bill - The Hawaiian corre-
| spondence was laid before the house and
was referred to the committee on foreign
affairs. A resolution was agreed to on the
motion OF Mr.. Flynn of Oklahoma, asking
| the secretary OF the interior to tell congress
why the agreement made in 1889 with the
| kickapoo Indians of Oklahoma, for the ces-
| sion OF their lands to the United States and
ratified by congress in 1893, has not been
carried out Thirteen pension bills, favor
ably act 9d upon by the committee OF the
whole at previous session of the house
were called up and passed.
FRIDAY.--While the urgent deficiency
bill was under discussion in the senate Mr..
Hill OF New York complained of remark
OF Mr.. Peffer's yesterday lntimating that he
intended to tilibuster against the bill,
and said that nothing had taken place since
he had been member OF the senate which
justified the insinuation. Mr.. PETER denied
that he had used the word filibustering
since he had been in the senate, and lively
tilt followed in which Mr.. PETER rather got
the best end of the argument - In the
house, Mr.. Fithian of Illinois asked unani-
nous consent for the consideration of bill
to amend the act of 1889 for the protection
OF the salmon fisheries in Alaska. The
a nendment increases the penalty for viola
ton of the law from 500 to $1,000 day,
and directs the appOintm of inspectors
to see that the law is enforced. There was
no objection, and the bill was passed. The
house then went into committee of the
whole to consider bills on the private cal
endar.
SATURDAY Teller of Colorado
addressed the senate in support of con-
tinuancs of the income tax. He pointed to
the large treasury deficits which had been
temporarily met by bond issues. The gold
supply was down to SIT 100000 and was
do away with the income tax, therefore,
should be accompanied by plan to raise
the revenue of the government required.
Mr.. Teller gave 1t as his opinion that the in.
come tax would become permanent, even
though it was limited 10 five years by the
present law He believed it was such an
equitable tax that the people would insisr
upon its continuance. - The house was
not in session.
MoNDAY.-In speaking in the senate Cd
the urgent deficiency bill, Mr.. German OF
Maryland, in appealing to republican sen.
ators for help, said: "You come into power
on the 4th of March next, under better con-
ditions than we did on the 4th of March
1893. We have removed from your path
way many of the distractions. You have,
as compared with our work, little to do.
You come with a majority in the lower
house as great as we had there. You have
in this body majority equal to, if not
greater than, that which we have. The
responsibility will be then on you. And /
say to the senator from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Quay that l. for one, will treat him and
his friends in spirit different from that
which he has manifested to u.s. On any
question that affects the finance of the gov
eminent or that is necessary to prevent the
bankruptcy of the treasury or that is neces-
sary to reform the currency, | will help you
and you ought to volunteer to help us now"
- In the house an attempt was made
to have the oleomargarine bill made a spe-
cal order for Wednesday, but objection was
made and it went to the calendar. No bust
ness of public interest was transacted.