The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-15
GORMAN VERSUS HILL.
A Royal War of Words On the
Senate Floor.
THE QUESTION OF REVENUE.
The Urgent Deficiency Bill the DC.
Casion of the Tilt Over Tariff,
Finance and Party Treach-
erY---Business of
the House.
BY Southern Associated Press.

| of southern AsBOc1ate1 Pre9s.
WAsHINGToS, January 14-SEN-
ATE. After the routine morning
business the urgent deficiency bill
was taken up, the question being on
MIR. Hills appeal from the decision
ruling out the amendment offered
by him, to authorize the United
States Courts to henr aud determine
questions as to tbs constitutionslity
and validity OF the income tax.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor aud
concluded his specch begun Satur-
day-a free silver speech.
MIR. German next addressed the
Senate. The pending proposition
was, he said, simple and plain one
An appropriation bill was before the
Senate providing for deficiencies.
among them ono to enable the Sec.
retary of the Treasury to carry out
the law for the collection of an in
come tax.
"But what the Senator from New
York DESIRES" MIR. German con-
tlnued, us provision, separate
and distinct, exceptional in this
case, that O provision that would en-.
able any taxpayer TO suspend the in
come tax; by injunction to reverse
the rule to prevent the money COM
ing iuto the Treasury until every
question that might be raised by
every unwilling taxpayer should be
decided by tho Supreme Court OF
the United States.
| "lou cannot eliminate" said he
"a single provision of the tariff law
which brings revenue into the
Treasury without substituting some.
thing In its place that will produce
an equal amount of revenue.
"Ihere never was more hazard
GUS undertaking than that of re.
vislng the tariff law ct the time the
Democratic party undertook it. The
bill WAS compromise measure,
and no bill could have passed the
Senate except by compro.
mise. AS Whole the tarlil
law Is the act Of the Democratic
party, and it is the best tariff law
that has been Oh the statute books
for forty years. The Senator from
New York was not q party to that
compromise. There is something in
the atmosphere of Northern New
| York which, it seems to me, makes
it impossible for statesman from
that section ever 10 compromise.
| (LapGhter.)
'lf that Senator had had his way
he wonld have had 5000, 900, 600 OF
bonds TO Issue III order to pay the
current expenses of the Government
between that time aud 1897.
Can we." be asked, reduce the
expenditures? ] answer no. The
general expenses of the government
VIII grow rather than diminish. In
deco, the Secretary of the Treasury
puts the Expenditures for 1896 some
millions higher than those for 1895,
eud be Is quite right ~ that esti
mate,
Appealing directly to Republican,
Senators, Mr.. Gormnn said You
come into power on the 18th Of March
next under better conditions than
we did on the 18th Of March. lsg3.
And sny to the Senator from
PENN. (Mr. Quay that |, for one.
IN any question that Affects the
fnances OF the Government or that
IS necessary TO prevent the bank.
ruptcy of the Treasury, or that is
necessary 10 reform the currency. |
will help you. ana yon ought to vol
nnteer 10 help us now."
Mr.. Hill replied to the speech OF
MIR. Gorman, who should. he said.
have confined himself to u vinaica
ton OF his own course. instead OF
trying to put other Senators in q
false position. That Senator had
been with him (Mr. HilD in bis
b3ht against some Of the provisions
OF the tariff bill.
That Senator had not been alone
in his predictions of the failure ol
the revenue under the bill. He
(hliD had also made the like pre-
diction. He had not voted for the
Iar!H bill. winch be again alluded
to, iacetiously. as "the German
smith BrIce Wilson and Company's
bill, and he declined to be held
responsible by MIR. German or any.
body else for any OF the evils which
1t had inflicted on the country.
He supposed that the men who
voted for bill should be held re-
sponsible for lt-not those who
voted against 1t. The Senator from
Maryland, instead OF com pIaipIno
OF the amendment offered to the
urgent deficiency bil, shonld
have been glad of the opportunity
Afforded him to vindlcato himself
nat was an opportunity which the
senator doubtless sought. HI
hiil) did not propose now to enter
into any discussion about the PRO
prlety OF the income tax. The dis
tingnished Senator from Marylan,
) had been with him (aa he supposed