The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-17
{ THE SENATE.


Debate On the Income AK Lasted Nearly
Five IIours--Shcrman Agrees With t1t0
in Part. Hst Otherwise Differ. Widely.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE debate
in the senate FriIay on the subject OF
he income tax occupied tnc better
part OF Ave hours. Mo~tof that time
was used by Mr.. Hill in advocacy OF
the amendment offered by him the pro.
cediny day. giving courts Of the United
States Jurisdiction to hear and deter
mine suits 10 test the constitutionality
and validity Of thestax.
He assuiled the tax as IAN unequal,
supuniform and unjust, and expressed
his conviction that the senate would
agree with him that the provision as IL
now stood was unconstitutional, un-
wieldy and unavoidable. and that 10
ought not to be inflicted on the Tux.
PAYERS, the executive officers, or CON"
gress.
Mr.. Sherman rep, o. said that in
the main he agreed with the New York
senator in regard to the tax. but he
held that a refusal Of the senate to ap-
propriate money to carry it out would
tend to overthrow the principles on
which the government is established
and would be particularly wrong in
regard to revenue measure, which
the senate had no power, to originate.
Speeches were also made by MIR: Du:
.bois rep, Id, Mr.. Quay rep, Pa and
Mr.. Mitchell rep, Orel
4 motion by Mr.. Quay to postpone
the further consideration of the bill
and amendment till the first Monday
in February received one vote (hs own}
in its favor and fifty-four against. 4
point of order was made against tho
Hill amendment that it was general
legislation on general appropriation
bill, and was sustained by the pre-
siding officer, Mr.. Faulkner dem, w.
Ea.l.
An appeal from this ruling was taken
by Mr.. H;ll and at that stage Of tho
proceedings the whole matter went
over til Saturday.
Two financial bills were introduced,
one by Mr.. Vest (dem., MOI to substi.
tute for the treasury notes and gold
and silver certificates notes Of equal
amount, payable lin gold and silver
coins of the United States" and ono
by Mr.. Mcpherson dem, n. J.) author.
izing tn issue and sale of bonds.
Under. the rules of the house thu
was private bill day, and three hours
were spent in IN unavailing considera.
ton, in committee of the whole OF u
bill that engaged the attention OF the
body on the day last devoted to the
private calendar in July, 1894. It was
for the payment of $4,000 for stores
and supplies froma loyal Tenncsaecsn
in the war, as adjudged by the cours
Of claims;
Tho bill clicited discussion Of shs
general policy Of congress with rcsTcs
of these bills, and Mr.. i,oatncr dem.
La. said that if it was the intention to
| pay none of them the sooner that fact
was known the better it would be for
the peace OF mind of the representa-
tivcs from the southern states.
Mr.. Cockrell dem, Tcx.) said he had
no request to make of the conqucrOrs
on account of the claims advanced by
| men who established their LOYALTY IN
the government thirty years after this
war ended. tai it a1gs,' s..-t
Mr.. Dockery dem. MOI said that,
for himself, he would repeal the Bow
man and Tucker bill, abolish the conn
mittce Oh war claims and declare the
war closed. No action was had upon the
bill,
The house laid on the table the bill
to remit to the contractors for build
ing the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius the
penalties imposed for delay in her con-
struction.
Under unanimous consent, number
of important bills were passed.
Mr.. Dngley's substitute for the bill
reported by the committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, relating to the
appointment and duties of shipping
commissioners, was passed; also the
committees bill increasing from 500
to 1000 day the penalty for the vio-
slation of the law for the protection OF
the salmon fisheries of Alaska and de
recting the appointment Of Inspectors
~ coo that tho law &c onfOrcp1