The times., 1898-06-05
PASSED THE REVENUE BILL
The Senate Adopts the War
Measure After Long Debate.
NO IMPORTANT CHANGES
Amendments Introduced for the
Purpose of Making Trades-Ycs-
terday's Proceedings Il Succession
of Roll CaIIs-Income Tax Amend
ment Defeated.

The war revenue bill was passed by the
Senate last night at 1904 o'clock by the
decisive vote of As to 2S The last day
of the consideration of the bill was de-
void of interesting features. There was
no debate to amount TO anything, Mr..
Morgan having been persuaded to with
draw his amendment providing for the
government of such territory as the
United States had acquired or might ac-
quire during the progress of the war. He
subsequently offered the amendment in
the shape of independent bill.
After a discussion of an amendment
offered by Mr.. Morgan directing the en-
forcement of the provisions of the income
tax sections of the Wilson bill, which by
the way, have never been repealed, the
Senate proceeded to action by taking up
the various pending amendments and
thus finally disposing of the measure
which has in one way and another been
before Congress since the 25th of April
last and before the Senate since the "a
day of May. The war revenue bill was
originally introduced by Mr. Dingley in
the House April 25th, and reported by
him from the committee the next day.
Three days of debate were allowed and
on the 29th ii was passed in the body. 1t
was received in the Senate and referred
TO the committee May ID and reported TO
the Senate by Mr.. Allison May L.
The bill as it passed this evening is
quite different from the measure that
passed the House but in this respect the
fate of the war revenue measure is not
different from that of every revenue bill
that has even been enacted into law 1t
has been loaded with amendments, all for
the purpose Of having plenty of material
upon which to base trades when the mea-
sure gets into conference. 1t was for the
last named reason that many of the
amendments offered by individual mem
bers during the past two or three days so
readily found their way into the bill.
Yesterdays proceedings were almost a
succession of roll-calls on amendments.
/ The income tax amendment was knocked
/. out by but three majority, Messrs Caf-
! ferry and German voting with the Repub-
/ licans Sleeping car companies were
/ finally hit, and will be forced to pay their
share of the war expenses by an amend
ment offered by Mr.. White and amended
by Mr.. Gallnger. forcing those corpora
tons TO place a l-cent stamp on every
ticket calling for a seat in q parler or
palace car, or a berth in sleeping car. It
takes but a moments thought to show
that this means several thousands of dol
lars a week revenue.
Mr.. Mills sought 10 effect a cut in the
/ provisions of the Dingley bill of % per
cent but he was defeated by the decisive
vote OF Il 10 %. Mr.. Mason's proposition
TO lax the manufacturers of adulterated
flour was successful and henceforth those
manufacturers will be required to paS
license tax of $40 year and plainly mark
their product so that he who runs may
know that he is buying powered clay and
rock instead Of wheat flour.
The Senate was in ne humor. with a
war on hand 10 repeal any law that
upheld the hands of the Administration
and by a vote of 43 to 2f refused, at Mr.
| Pettigrew solicitation, to repeal that
! part of the Sherman resumption act of
| 1875 which authorizes an issue of bonds
| to maintain the gold reserve"
In the midst of this slaughter of amend
/ ments with which the Senate was flooded
| there was one shining exception and that
| was the proposition of Mr.. Chiffon which
! effectually reversed the decision OF the
committee in putting all the taxes of
/ schedule B on patent medicines, cosme-
tics and perfumery Mr.. Chiffon took the
| ground that any article made under a
! trade mark. patent right. or any name
| or designa ion not open to general use,
should pay its share of the war taxes,
| especially in view of the fact that the ex-
| elusive use of the trade name granted
! by the Government enhanced its value,
! and he therefore moved 20 add to the ar
| ticles taxed by the committee any arti-
cles, substances, preparations. or COM
| pounds, except food products and prepa-
Iations otherwise provided for, that are
| made and sold or removed for sale under
| pa.ent right, trade mark, or any name
| or designation not open to general use
The scope of this amendment. which was
| agreed to by vote of Al to 81 and which
will be contended for in conference. is
far reaching and will add millions of dol
| lars to the revenues to be derived under
| the bill. 1t is one of the best amendments
| agreed to so long as it is revenue that the
! Government wants.
Unexpectedly to the Senate, Mr. Tillmans s
amendment for a 10-cent tax on tea was
agreed to by majority of six votes, but
there is a strong suspicion that this will
! come off in conference. The Republicans
who voted for it were Messrs. Carter
| Chandler, Elkins, Foraker Gear Mcbride.
| Perkins, Pritchard, SewelI, Wetmore Will
son and Wolcott. The Democrats voting
against 1t were Messrs. Bacon Bate Ber-
ry, Clay, Daniel and Turpie.
! Mr.. Pettigrew, who seemed to have an
! his desk, sought to impose a tax of / 1-2
! per cent on the value of all products
made by trusts Mr.. Chandler amended
| ii by imposing a tax of per cent on ''all
plutocrats," but the Senate would have
none of it. Amendments fell before the
| votes Of the Sente like grass before a
mower, the last to meet the swift-moving
! knife being a proposition of the majority
| of the committee offered by Mr. Turpie
| as substitute for the bond provision
and providing for the issue from time to
time of $15O000.000 of Treasury notes, bear
! ing interest at per cent, but void of
! legal tender qualities, This was rejected
| by a vote of 45 to 2S
The final vote found the following
Democrats voting for the bill: Caffery,
German, Lindsay, McEnery, Mitchell.
Murphy, and Turpie. Messrs Faulkner
and Gray were paired in its favor Mr..
Kyle, independent of South Dakota, also
voted for the measure. The Senate in
sisted upon its amendments and sent the
bill to the House.
Mr.. Morgan was the first speaker on the
war tax bill. He made long argument
in favor of his amendment to compel the
Secretary of the Treasury to carry out
the provisions of the income tax law,
which has not been repealed
MIR. Morgan's amendment was defeated
by vote of thirty-eight to thirty-fve
Mr. Turley offered an amendment i'm
posing a tax of a quarter of one per cent
on the gross receipts of transportation
telephone and telegram and express COM
panies doing an Interstate business. Mr.
Turley said his amendment was intended
to reach companies that could not be
reached by State taxes. The amendment
was rejected-yeas. "a; nays, 3S.
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