Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-11
HILL ON THE INCOME TAX,
He Wants Its Oonstitutionality
Tested at Once.
GETS BACK AT SENATOR oooKRELL
When the Missouri Senator Mokas Side
Remark.
GETS BACK AT SENATOR oooKRELI
The nouss Passed II Dull Day, with
Appropriation bills the Chief Mat
tiers Under Discussion-Thc Hcst OF
Growing Cotton Attracts Attention.

washington, Jan. Ex-senator Ran
som, Of North Carolina, who was elect
ed president pro tenn OF the senate dur
ing the absence of Mr.. Harris, Of Ten
nassee. resigned that position to-day.
on motion of Mr.. German resolu-
ton was adopted electing Senator Har-
rls to the position of president pro tenn.
on motion of Mr.. Coke pem,), of Tex
as, a bill was passed for the establish
ment of a light house at the entrance
of Galveston, Texas, harbor.
In accordance with his announcement
made yesterday. Mr.. CociSrell Dem9,
of Missouri, moved that the senate
proceed with the urgency deficiency bill
which contains an appropriation TO
carry the income tax law into effect.
Mr.. Hill sought to have an understand
ing reached by which the considera~
ton of that portion of the measure
might be deferred until next week
saying he was not yet prepared to pro-
coed with his announced speech.
MIR. Coclkrell was not disposed to de-
lay the matter and the effort to reach
an understanding failed.
Mr.. Quay Rep), of Pennsylvania.
moved to postpone the consideration
1 OF the bill until next week, but the
! presiding officer stated that was not
in order.
A yea and nay vote was then taken
| on Mr.. CockrelPs motion and 1t was
agreed toe to 2-Messrs. Cameron
and Hin voting in the negative.
Mr. Blanchard tDem.). OF Louisiana,
asked for yea and nay vote on the
bill OF the committee on coinage re-
garding silver coins, Mr.. blanchard
saying that a paragraph as passed by
the house permitted the coinhge OF
| uncurrent silver dollars, whereas the
amendment Of the senate prevented
their coinage. The vote resulted yeas 40
| nays g. the negative vote including
Messrs. Blanchard. Kyle and PETER.
Some discussion arose over the para
graph approprintlng Sl5,295 for sta
tistiolan and other officers in the office
OF the commissioner Of internal revenue.
Mr.. Hill inquired whether this did not
apply indirectly to the collection OF the
income tax. An explanation by Mr..
CoclIrell appeared to satisfy Mr.. lllll.
The appropriation of S25,-
900 for the enforcement of
the Chinese exclusion act caused
some discussion and the fact was Ee-
ury bad estimated that $4,000 was act
ually necessary nor the remainder of
the fiscal year, but for the present the
committee recommended the amount
in tho bill.
Mr.. white said that the government
was dealing with willy and unscrup-
ulous race and the amount named In
the bill was less than necessary to en-
force the law.
The committee on appropriations had
inserted in the bill an appropriation of
100000 for continuing the Improvement
at Galveston In the harbor.
Mr.. Mitchell tRep) OF Oregon was
disposed to criticlse the committee for
picking one item In deficiency bill and
ignoring all other places.
Messrs. Cockrcl (Dem.) of Missouri
and Blanchard (Dem) OF Louisiana ex-
planned the committees action.
on the question OF agreement TO the
amendment Mr.. Quay called for d.
vision. The amendment was agreed to
III to 2.
At 2 o'clock the Nicaragua canal bill
was laid aside temporarily, and the
consideration Of the deficiency bill CON
tinued.
The remaining committee amend.
ments were also agreed to without d.
vision.
Mr.. Hill Dem) OF New York offered
! an amendment islfnllur 10 tnat oHereu
by Mr.. Quay yesterday providing that
nothing shall preclude any court OF the
United States having Jurisdiction
of the parties from considering and de-
termning us to the constitutionallty OF
tho income tax law whenever, by any
proceeding which shall have been com.
menced, or be pending, such questions
shall be pointed.
Mr.. Quay briefly advocated the
amendment and suggested that the only
thinG that now prevented the steps nj.
lowed by the amendment was section
1924 OF the Revised Statutes, which pro.
hiblts the maintaining by any court oil
a suit to restrain the collection OF O
tax.
Mr.. cockrell asserted that this sec.