The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05
PASSED BY THE SENATE
War Revenue Bill Received Sem
ator Nantes Vote.
A TAX is PLACED ON TEA
II IL Expected That 1t Will Raise
s1o.oOO.ooO Every Republican
and Seven Democrats Voted
for the Bill.

Washington, June 4.-The war revenue
measure was passed by the senate at
7:05 o'clock this evening. The bill was
under consideration eight hours to-day.
A score or more of attempts were made
to amend ii. but in only three or four
instances were the attempts successful.
A party effort was attempted to amend
the bond provision of the measure, but
it was futile in every instance. The most
notable amendment to the measure to-
day was that offered by Mr.. Tillman.
DEM. S. c.. placing a duty of 10 cents
a pound on all tea imported INTO the
United States. The amendment created
no debate and was adopted by a vote of
3S to 81. 1t is calculated by the senate
experts that the duty, il it be finally
enacted into law, will raise at least &c.,
O00, 900 a year and probably more. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Chiffon,
DEM, Texas, a member of the finance
committee. provides for a tax gradual
ed according to price upon all articles
sold under a patent right, trade mark or
name, not pen to general use. and
which are not otherwise taxed by the
bill.
Through an amendment offered by
WI us ~ ~ ~ sNt'oat "
cided not to place a stamp tax on bum
dies of newspapers, wholly or partly
printed, which weigh less than 100
pounds.
A tax of 4 cents a barrel was placed
on adulterated flour and a stamp tax
of 1 cent on every ticket emitting the
holder TO a seat in a palace or parlor
car or berth i'm a sleeping car. the COM
PAM selling the seat or berth being re-
quired to affix the stamp.
On the passage of the measure every
republican voted in the affirmative. BY
parties the vote in favor of the meas
ure was: Republicans, 49,: democrats,
z; populist, /; silver republican. /; to-
tai. As. Against the bill the vote was:
Democrats, 20: populists. Z; silver repub-
lican, i; total, rs. The democrats who
voted for the bill were Messrs. Caffery,
German. Lindsay . McEnery, Mitchell.
Murphy and Turpie. The populist was
Mr.. Kyle and the silver republican Mr..
Mantle.
After the transaction of brief routine
business. the senat resumed considera-
ton of the war revenue measure. AS
no amendment was pending, MIR. ALI
son suggested the bill be reported from
the of the whole to the sem
ate. The suggestion developed some
amendments and also the absence of a
quorum. Mr.. Mason. who said he had
an important amendment. demanded IA
call of the senate. After a delay of Is
minutes a quorum was secured.
Mr.. Morgan, DEM, Ala, then offered
the endme of which he gave no.
tice, requiring the secretary of the
4 treasury to proceed with the collection
of the taxes under the provisions of the
income tax law of 1894, not directly re-
pealed by the Dingley bill. If the sec
rotary of the treasury should refuse to
levy the taxes under the law, the
amendment provides that il shall be
the duty of the attorney general to pro-
coed against the secretary of the treas
ury to compel him to perform the du-
ties, n IL the attorney general should
refuse to take action, any taxpayer of
the United States may bring the neces-
sary action to compel the enforcement
of the law. Mr.. Morgan said that full
opportunity was presented by his
amendment to have the question
which it involves settled by the SUI
preme court, for quite naturally affir-
native action taken by congress on the
subject would relegate the entire sub
ject to the supreme court.
could scarcely refuse, Mr..
Morgan thought. to provide for another
test of the income tax question in view
of the fact that it will be forced to in
crease taxation and time borrowed
money in order to prosecute the pres-
ent war. With the conclusion of his
speech, MIR. Morgan asked for a yea
and nay vote upon his amendment.
The amendment was rejected. 80 to 3s.
as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon. Bate. Berry,
Butler, Cannon, Chiffon. Clay. Cock
rell. Daniel, Faulkner, Harris, Heitfeld.
Jones of Arkansas. Lindsay, McLau-
rim. Mallory. Mantle. Martin. Mills.
Mitchell. Money, Morgan, Murphy,
Pasco, Pettigrew. Pettus, Rawlins,
Roach. Stewart, Teller. Tillman, FUR
ley, Turpie. White-35.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison. Burrows.
Caffery. Carter, Clark, Davis. Deboe,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker. Frye, CAL
linger, Gear, German. Hale, Hanna,
Hansbrough. Hawley, noar, Lodge,
Mcbride, Mcmillan, Morrill,, Perkins.
Platt of Connecticut, Plat of New
York, Pritchard. Quay. Sewall. Shoup,
Spooner, Thurston. Warren. yelling
ton. Wetmore, Wilson. Wolcott-3s.
Mr.. Turley, dem, Tenn, offered an
amendment levying an excise tax of 4
of 1 per cent upon the gross receipts of
transportation firms. companies or cor
porations doing an interstate business,
or a business between a state and a
foreign country. The amendment also
placed the same excise tax upon tele-
graph and telephone companies. send
ing messages from one state or terri
tory to another. The amendment was
rejected. "a to IS.
Mr.. White of California offered his
amendment placing a tax upon sleep
ing car firms. companies and corpora
tions of Y of / per cent upon their gross
receipts. In the case of sleeping cars
operated by the railroads the tax is
levied only upon the gross receipts from
the sleeping car business. He spoke
strongly in favor of the amendment.
After a desultory debate. which took a
wide range, Mr.. Gallinger of New
Hampshire offered in lieu of Mr..
Whites amendment a substitute pro-
viding after July 1. 1895. a stamp tax
of / cent on every seat sold in a palace
or parlor car and on every berth in a
sleeping car. the stamp to be affixed to
the ticket and paid for by the car COM
pany. Mr.. White accepted the substi-
tute and IL was Incorporated in the bill
without division.
Mr.. Mills. dem, Tex. proposed this
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