The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-05

pressed by Mr.. Hoar for a reason for
Insisting upon his amendment at this
time. said: Il want TO tie IL to the
pending resolution so that IL may reach
the American people who are In favor OF
it."
Discussing the amendment. Mr.. Mills
inquired who was to maintain the great
struggle upon which the country had
entered. He declared the war might
set afiame the whole of Europe. n
this country might be involved Tor
years. yet congress had no power TO
raise money except taxing what Is now
taxed and by the %issuanc OF bonds. IL
had no power to make the great In
comes pay their proportion OF the taxes.
Mr.. Foraker OF Ohio that
he was both In favor of the resolution
and the pending amendment. He was
i'm favor, he said. of an income tax. II
was. however. under the circumstances.
better TO lay the amendment on the
table. In the course OF other remarks
on the amendment by Mr.. Mills and Mr..
Stewart, Mr.. Chandler pressed them
hard to know why they were not will
ing TO separate propositions which had
not the slightest relations, the one to
the other. Not receiving satisfactory
replies he commented sarcastically upon
the high order of craftsmanship that in
duced them to employ such tactics.
Mr.. Hoar declared that the income
ldA BIOIbEltiph Nas nc oe 49,
demagogism as was ever conceived. He
inquired of Mr.. Stewart how much the
millionaire mine owners of vad con-
tributed to the state through the state
income tax. Evading the question Mr..
Stewart replied that there were no mil
lionaire mine owners in Nevada, as
they had been ruined by republican Leg
islation. The ayes and noes were called
on the motion to lay the proposed
amendment on the table. and 1t was
carried-32 to cas- follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Baker. Caffery. Car
ter, Chandler. Davis, Deboe. Elkins,
Fairbanks. Foraker. Frye. Gallinger,
Hale. Hanna. Hansbrough. Hawley.
Hoar. Lodge. Mcbride. Mcmillan. Ma
son. Plat of Connecticut, Pritchard,
Proctor, Quay. Sewell. Shoup. Thurston.
Warren. Wellington. Wetmore, Wilson
Sc.
Nays-Bacon. Bate. Berry. Butler.
Cannon. Chiffon, Clay. Daniel. German,
Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Lindsay. McEnery.
McLaurin. Mallory. Mills, Money. Nor
gan. Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins,
Stewart. Teller. Tillman, Turner. White
Pc.
After some further debate upon the
resolutions pending. in the course Of
which both Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Bacon
said ID was not intended to cover and
did not cover cases OF contested presl-
dental elections, the resolution was
agreed TO. the necessary two-thirds vot-
ing for II.
At 1886 D.. IN. the senate e into
executive session and when the doors
were reopened Mr.. Hawley presented
the report Of the conferees of the hill
suspending the law relating to the pur-
chase Of supplies by the quartermas-
ter's department of the army. Mr..
Hawley. after reading the report, moved
that il be agreed to. Mr.. Morgan
thought the proposed law was unwise,
imprudent and unnecessary. He said
that II was most extraordinary that bu-
reau officers should be authorized to go
into the open market and purchase un-
limited supplies. After a brief discus
sion of the report IL was laid over until
tomorrow. Then at 5 o'clock the sem
ate adjourned.