The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-30
Passes the Bill Agreed Upon BY Reruhll-
can Members Of Committee.
Amendments to the Bond Feature,
Including the Income Tax
Proposition, Voted Down-Thc
Senate Agrees to the Report OF
the Confe1rees on the Naval APP
preparation Bill.

WASHINGTON April 29-The House
to-day passed the war revenue bin, with
only the amendments agreed upon by
the Republican members Of the Ways
and Means Committee added. In order
to accomplish this, parliamentary
maneuver was necessary, as the WnoIe
time Cor amendments was exhausted
by the minority in trying to amend the
bond feature of the bill. Dinghy Of
,fered as a substitute an entirely ne"
bill containing these amendments after
the bill had been reported to the House.
This was an old parliamentary trick
frequently resOrted to years ago. The
Morrill, tariff law was passed in this Way
in its original form. after it had been
loaded down with amendments in Com
mittee OF the Whole.
Many amendments were offered to the
bond feature of the bill, ranging from Il
proposition for the substitution of an III
come tax provision to an authorization
for an issue of S150000,000 of green
backs. but all were voted down. At the
last minute the Democrats decided TO
offer a motion to recommit, with IN
structions to report back the income tax
proposition as an amendment TO the
bond proposition This was due to the
fact that a number Of Democrats de-
clined to vote to strike out the bond
provision. The motion was defeated
l34 to Ia. -Four Republicans voted
with the Democrats and Populists on
this vote. But on the final passage of
the bin (Which was carried, 1S1 to 131)
the Democrats and Populists. with six
The Democrats who voted for the bin
are: Messrs. Cummings, Mcclellan and
G1iggs Of New York; Fitzgerald OF
Massachusetts. McAleer of Pennsyl-
vania and Wheeler of Alabama. Two
Republicans, Linney of North Carolina
and Thorpe of Virginia. voted with the
opposition. Quite a number of Demo
Gratis declined to vote.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, April 29-The House
convened at / o'clock this morning tc
allow two hours more general debate
on the revenue bill before the bill was
taken up at noon for amendment under
the five-minute rule.
Bland CD Of Missouri discussed the
bond feature of the bill to which, he said
the Democrats could never agree They
could not agree to the issue of any more
coin bonds, which would be construed
under Republican Administration tC
mean nothing but gold. So long as the
minis were closed to the coinage of one
half the money metal of the world, the
Democrats only under circumstances OF
extreme stress could consent to the is
sue of such bonds He argued the ad-
visibility Of the immediate coinage OF
the silver seigniOrage.
At noon the House went through the
formality of adjourning and re-cOnven-
Ing. Then under the order the oil
was taken up for amendment under the
five-minute rule. Under the arrange
ment made the bond sections of the
bill were first to be open to amendment
McMillin Cd of Tennessee offered, or
behalf of the minority, the amendment
to strike out Section p, the bond pro
vision. and insert in lieu thereof the in
come tax amendment. i is Identical
with the income tax provision of the
Wilson tariff law. with the taxable IN