Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-17

of threatening those in charge of bill and of forcing undue and untimely action.''
 On another point in his speech MT. Vest said: IT have no right 10 say what the president will do, for do not enjoy tue executive s con fidence, but sincerely hope that if congress adjourns without financial legislation the president will call us mme- diately upon the fall of the gavel in extra ordinary session, and we will then see whether the republican party, by it's en- nctments, will bring prosperity to the peo pie of the United States
 'tWe will not have arepublican senate, ' Mir. Hawley suggested.
 "You will not have a democratic sem ate,b MT. Vest reiorted. of tue repab- licans exercise the power in their hands they will organizs this senate.''
 Mir. Vest pointed 10 the alcohol item in the tariff law as one costly if =ct of the sem ate rules, which compelled tbe acceptance of improper amendments. He said that the senator who offered the amendments to make alcohol used for perfumery free of tax (Mr. Hoar, republican, of Massachu- setts,) had suggested that if it were judged to be unwise it might be struck out of the bill in conferences. And yet the enforce ment of that provision would cost, accord- ing to the report of the secretary of the treasury, S1 ,000, 900 year, and would aff sct very seriously besides the collection ot the tax on distilled spirits. The amend ment had been drawn up, he said, by an apothe- cary ordr6g man in Massachusetts. It was crude and unsatisfactory and had been struck out in conference, but the confer ence committee had not been permitted 10 report.
 Finally a vote was reached on the ques ton of order, "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the decision of the senate?'' and the decision Of the chair was sustained by vote of 40 yeas to nays.
 The negative votes were cast by Messrs. Davis, Dubois, Hill, Mitchell of Oregon, Pettigrew and Q1ay.
 As toon as this vote was taken Mir. Quay again offered his amendment by adding at the end of the bill the provision that noth- ing in the law should preclude any court having jurisdiction from hearing proceed ings 10 lest the constitutionality or validity of the act.
 MT. Gray raised point of order against it, and the chair (Mr. Gallinger, repub- lican, of New Hampshire,) sustained it.
 MT. Lodge offered an amendment placing the officials authorized to be appointed for collecting the income tax in the civil service. Tabled-yeas 34, nays r.
 MT. Quay renewed his amendment for testing Lne constitulionality and validity of the income tax, and it was defeateCi-yeas 19, nays 32, as follows:
 Yeas-Messrs. Aldricb, Chandler, Davis, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawiey. Hill Lodge, Pettigrew. Platt, Proctor, Quay, Sherman, i, Smith and Wilson--19.
 Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Black burn, Blanchard, Butler, Call, Camden, Cockrell, Dubois, George, Gordon, German Hunton, Jarvis, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsey, McLaurin. Morgan, Pugh, Ran . som, Roach, stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vest, Villas, Voorhees, Walsh, White aud Wol- cott-32.
 The paragraph for salaries and expenses of ten additional revenue agents was amended at the suggestion of MT. Allison i, republican, of Iowa, so as to reduce the number to three and by striking out the words "and tu carry into effect the act inn posing tax of incomes.
 MT. Hill offered an amendment provid- ing that none of the appro priations should be used for the purpose of compelling tax payer to make any return or to answer any question except as to the sources and amounto tof his gains, profit and income.
 MT. Cockrell said he would offer no op- position 10 the amendment, and it was agreed tn.
 MT. Chandler, republican, of New Hamp- shire, asked Mir. Cockrell whether in the conference committee he would insist on keeping in that amendment.
 Mir. Cockrell replied that he would if he should then be of he same opinion as he was now, for he thought the amend mel t was right. The bill was thon reported 10 the senate from committee of the whole, and all of the amendments were agreed to and be bill was passed. The senate then |, al 5:45 o'clock, adjourned.