Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-06-06

that so heavy a tax should have
been placed upon tobacco because by
some it was considered a luxury. He
maintained that the placing by the
house of representatives of one-third
of the tax to be raised upon beer,
one-third upon tobacco and one-third
upon stamps was severe, If not al
most unjustifable. Mr.. White de
nounced the stamp tax as a burden
from which all would be glad to es
cape. 1t was a nuisance and pa
excellence a tax upon the plain peop'e
of the land. Concerning the inheri
lance tax Mr. White maintained that,
notwithstanding the objections urged
against it by reason of its being
invasion of the prerogatives of the
states, it was perfectly justif1abl
and he expressed the hope and bell t
that the courts would sustain the &C
ton of congress in enacting the pro
position into national law. Mr. Whit
then entered upon a long discus
sion Of the proposed corporation tax
which he earnestly supported. In con
clusion, he appealed to- the senators
to permit the bill to pass in such
form as would distribute with reason
BILE equity the burdens it imposed and
to lay taxation that would be fair
to the American people and would
reflect honor upon the senate. Mr.
Teller followed. He asserted that the
bond feature of the bill was in no
wise cognate to a revenue measure,
and declared it was merely attached
for the purpose of taking advantage
of The war exigency to secure author
ity for a bond issue. The proceeding
was without precedent in the his
tory of our country. Mr. Teller said
he did not believe there should be a
line drawn between state and ma
be drawn the states might render
it impossible to conduct a great war
AS for himself, he would not only tax
corporations, but he would also in
clude producing individuals. He
would not put tax upon the poor,
he would put it upon the rich. He
would put tax on salaries, as wei
upon those of senators as upon
others. But, he said, the taxing
power was greatly curtailed by the
decision of the supreme court in the
income tax case. With the greatest
respect for that body, he said, he
maintained that the courts decision
meant simply that the rich could not
be taxed. He believed that decision
was the most serious blow at the
sovereignty of the people since the
government was erected. Before Mr.
Teller had concluded his speech tn
bill was laid aside that the senat |
might pronounce eulog1es upon tn
late Senator Edward C. Walthall o
Mississippi While the special orde
was pending a Dill was reported by
Mr.. Sewell providing for the employ
ment of retired army officers during
the present war. 1t was passed.
Washington, May 26.-The hous
passed a resolution directing the sec
rotary of war to prepare and submit
plans and estimates for the improve
ment of Arkansas Pass channel and
harbor, Texas. A bill providing for
the sale of unallotted lands of the
Pottawattamie and Kickapoo Indians
in Kansas and a bill amending tn
law for times and places of holding
terms of United States courts il /
Idaho and Wyoming were also passe !
by the senate. The bill carries y
paragraph inserted by the senate pro-
viding that temporary appointments
of clerks may be made without civi |
service examinations. Mr.. Cannon
said the temporary character Of tn
appointments and the urgent neces
sity for them made the provision
wise. The house concurred in the
senate amendments to the bill. Tn
senate amendments to the bill grant
ing additional powers to railroad !
companies operating lines in tn |
Indian territory we're concurred In !
The house then went into committee
of the whole to consider the bill to
amend the internal revenue law |
relating to distilled spirits. A
amendment offered by Mr. Dingle
spirits exported and subsequently i'm
ported should pay the same interna
tax that it would have been require
to pay at the time of importation ha |
it not been exported. 1t was IN |
tended, Mr. Dingley explained, to pre- !
vent the export of spirits for bond |
ing purposes, to which reference ha /
been made in the debate. Pendin
the roll call the house adjourned.
Washington, May 27.-Soon after
the senate convened, Mr.. Carter re-
ported from military affairs committee
a bill providing for a second assistant
secretary of war to receive a salary
of $4,000. 1t was passed. Mr.. Nor
gan offered this amendment to the
war revenue measure: when any of
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