The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-05

| TO withhold his amendment. promising a
1 any time in the future he would assis
| him in getting consideration for his in
come tax amendment
| Mr.. Mills insisted on his amendment
and Mr.. Hoar then moved TO lay it OF
| the table.
Upon this the ayes and noes were de
nanded
WHY Mr. MILLS INSISTS.
Pending the voting. Mr.. Mills, wher
pressed by Mr.. Hoar for q reason for In
sisting upon his amendment at this time
said:
II want 10 tie II to the pending resoIu.
| ton. so that X may reach the American
people. who are in favor of it,
Discussing the amendment. Mr.. Mills in
quired who was 90 maintain the great
struggle upon which the country had en-
tered He declared the war might sex
in a fame the whole of Europe, and this
country might be involved for years, yet
the congress had not power TO raise
money except by taxing what Is now
taxed, and by the issuance of bonds. II
had no power to make the incomes pay
their proportion Of taxes.
Mr.. Foraker, Ohio. announced that he
was in favor OF both the resolution and
the pending amendment. He was in favor.
he said, of an income tax. He would
vote. however. under the circumstances,
10 lay che proposed amendment on the
table.
In course Of other remarks upon the
amendment by Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Stew
art, Mr.. Chandler pressed them hard to
know why they were not willing to sep
arate propositions which had not the
slightest relation the one to the other
Not receiving satisfactory replies, he COM
mented sarcastically upon the high order
of craftsmanship that induced them to
employ such tactics.
HOAR CALLS 1T DENAGOGrsM.
Mr. Hoar declared that the income tax
proposition was as big a piece Of dema-
gogism as was ever conceived. He In
quired OF Mr.. Stewart how much the mill
ionaire mine owners Of Nevada contrib
uted to the state through the income tax.
Evadins the question. Mr.. Stewart re-
piled that there were no millionaire mine
owners in Nevada, as they had been
ruined by Republican legislation.
THE AMENDMENT TABLED.
The ayes and noes were called on the
motion to lay the proposed amendment
en- the table. and 1t was carried, 80 to %,
as foliowsi
Yeas-Aldrioh. Baker. Canery, Carter.
Chandler. Davis. Deboe. Elkins. Fair
banks. Foraker, Frye. Gallinger, Hale,
Hanna Hansbrough. Hawlsy. Hoar.
Lodge, Mcbride. Mcmillan. Mason. Plat
Comm. Pritchard. Proctor. Quay. ssweu.
Shoupe Thurston. Warren, wellington,
Wetmore, Wilson-32
Nays-Bacon. Bate, Berry, Butier. Can
non. Chiffon, Clay, Daniel. German. Har-
ris, Heitfeld, Jones (Ark.), Jones CNev).
Lindsay. McEnery. McLaurin. Mallory.
Mills Money. Morgan. Pasco. Pettigrew.
Pettus. Rawlins, Stewart, Teller. Tillman.
Turner, Whites.
After some further debate upon the res
olution pending. in the course of which
both Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Bacon said that
Il was not intended to cover and did not
cover cases of contested presidential cleo
tons, the resolution was agreed TO. the
necessary two thirds voting for .it.
At s:35 p. m. the senate went into ex-
ecutive session. and when the doors were
re-opened. Mr., Hawley presented the re-
port of the conferees on tho bill suspend
ing the law relating to the purchase OF
supplies by the Quartermaster's depart
p1ent OF the army.
Mr.. Hawley. after the reading OF the
report, moved that II be agreed to.
Mr.. Morgan thought the proposed law
was unwise, imprufent and unnecessary.
He said 1t was most extraordinary that
bureau officers should be authorized to go
into the open market and purchase IN
limited supplies
After a brief discussion Of tho report 1t
was laid over until tomorrow. Then at
5 o'clock the senate adjourned.