The herald., 1895-01-11
THE SEN ATE.

Some Talk on tho Canal aud DeA Glen o y
Bills.
By THE HERALD's Leased Wire.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Rau-
som, elected president pro tenn. OF the
senate during the abssncs OF Harris,
resigned today. Ransom expressed the
deep sensibility OF the honor conferred
upon him. On motion Of German, a
resolution was adopted electing Senator
Harris president pro tenn.
Then. in accordance with his an
neunoemsnt made yesterday, Oockrell,
Dem ocrat, OF Missouri, moved that the
senate proceed to the consideration OF
the urgent deficiency bill. which con-
tains an appropriation to carry the in.
come tax law into effect. A yea and nay
vote was then. taken on Cockrell's mo.
ton and 1t was agreed to-; 43 to 20.
Messrs. Gam eron and Hill voted in the
negative. The reading OF the bill was
then proceeded with.
The appropriation of $25, 900 for the
act caused some discussion, and the
fact was developed that the secretary
OF the treasury had estimated that $75,-
mainder Of the fiscal year, but for the
present the committee recon- mended the
amount in the bill. The remaining com
mittee amendments were agreed to
without division.
Hill. Democrat, OF New York offered
m amendment similar to that offered
by Quay yesterday. deciding that moth
ing shall preclude any court OF the
United States having jurisdiction over
the parties from considering and deter
mining % to the constitutionality of the
income tax law, whenever by any pro.
oeedings, which shall have been COM
menced or be pending in such courts,
such questions shall be presented.
Quay briefly advocated the amend.
ment and suggested that the only thing
that now prevented the steps allowed
by the amendment was section 1924 of
the revised statutes, which prohibits
the maintaining by any court OF suit
TO restrain the collection of tax.
Hill asserted that there WAS o well
founded judgment on the part OF the
best legal talent that the law ia uncon-
stitutional wholly or partly and the best
lawyers had advised their clients that
the law was to be resisted.
Mr.. PETER moved to lay the amend
Dent on the table.
Mr.. Cookrell suggested that the only
convention which had inserted plank
In its platform against the income tax
WAS that of the state represented by the
senator from New York and that had
mot been carried by the people. This
led Mr. Hill to reply that the same con
vsntion referred to by the senator also
endorsed the tariff bill for which, the
senator had labored and voted. Harris
Democrat OF Tennessee, suggested the
Withdrawal OF the motion but PETER.
Populist OF Kansas, objected. The mo-
sion to lay on the table was lost.
Hills amendment will come up TO.
morrow.
d Quay gave notice of the three follow
Ing amendments which he intends TO
offer to the urgent deficiency bill. VIZ
To insert q provision repeating the in.
come law, to insert the entire Mckinley
tariff act and to insert the wool tax.
The urgent deficiency bill was H. g
laid aside and the Nicaragua canal on
taken up. Gallery. Democrat. OF l. d.
isiana declared that while fayoring ne
construction ofthe canal, he was oppcdaa
TO the means proposed in the bill Tor
effectinga this purpose. Mr.. Gallery AZ.
gued against the constitutionality of hs
measure, and asserted that the Uniiof
States had no authority to delegate iie
power to- regulate com marco to tAe
maritime canal commission. cor
mission sofs engineers should exam ne
the route. Without completing his res