The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05

browning TOT n TAX OF iour cents a bar
rel on adulterated flour. The amend
ment was agreed TO. al to 20.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered an amendment
repeating the law of 1875. authorizing
the secretary Of the treasury TO issue
bonds without direct authority from
congress. BY an aye and nay vote the
amendpent was rejected. AZ to 81.
Mr.. Allen, pop. Neb.. offered an
amendment providing that no bonds or
certificates of Indebtedness issued I'M
der the proposed act should be used as
"a basis for national bank circulation,
and that the secretary of the treasury
should have authority to issue bonds
to increase the gold reserve for any
purpose without direction of congress.
The amendment was rejected. 2S to A..
Mr.. Chiffon. dem, Tex, offered an
amendment placing a stamp tax grad
uated in accordance with the price up
on articles, substances, preparations or
compounds except for two products and
preparations otherwise provided for in
this act that are made and sold or re-
move from sale under patent right,
trade a or any name or designa-
ton not open to general use The tax
ranges from one-fourth of a cent on
five-cent articles. to four cents on a
dollar package. The amendment was
agreed to, Al to 81.
Mr.. Lindsay. dem. Ky. offered an
amendment providing that no stamp
tax shal be placed on packages of
newspapers. wholly or partly printed,
which weigh les sthan 100 pounds. Con-
siderable time was consumed in discuss
ing the amendment, which finally was
agreed TO. AZ to 20.
Mr.. Tillman. dem. s. c.. offered an
amendment a after July. 1898. a duty
of 10 cents a pound be imposed upon tea
imported into the United States. The
.v~D.I~@- .. -.. a., 20 a. 10
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Pettigrew levying a tax of one-half per
cent. upon the value of all articles
manufactured by a trust. The amend
ment was rejected. A. TO "a.
The bill. which had been considered in
the committee of the whole. was then
reported to the senate. In the senate
those amendments that had been agreed
To were adopted.
Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas proposed to
amend the bond provision of the bill by
striking out the words after 10 years
from the date of their ISSUE" thus maxi
ing the redemption of the bonds OPP
tional with the government within 20
years. The amendment was defeated.
81 to A.. An effort was made by Mr..
Jones Of Arkansas to make the bonds
payable at any tim after three years,
at the option of the government. but
that, too, was defeated, 81 to AZ.
Mr.. Butler, pop. n. c., offered the
proposition to establish a postal saw
ings system i'm lieu of the bond provis-
ion Of the bill. The amendment was re-
jected without division.
In lieu of the bond sprovision. MIR.
Stewart offered a provision for the is
sue of treasury notes to the mount of
$500. 600, 900 receivable for government
dues. on motion of Mr.. Allen, the
amendment was laid on the able by a
vote of "a to Is.
Mr.. Turpie.. dem, Ind, proposed as
a substitute for the bond provision a
proposition to issue $50. 900. 900 of treas
ury notes of denominations of s., $40.
$40 and $50. or multiples thereof, the
notes to be redeemable in n yea and
payable i'm three years from date of is
sue. to bear . per cen. interest, to be
good for public dues and to be used by
the government in payment of war ex-
penses. The amendment was rejected
by "A vote of 2S to A.. Several minor
amendments were offered and re-
jected.
As finally completed. the bill was
placed upo its passage. Ii was passed
by a vote of As to 2s, the detailed vote
being as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison. Baker, Bur-
rows, Caffery. Carter. Chandler. Clark.
Davis, Deboe. Elkins. Fairbanks. For
aker. Frye. Gallinger, Gear. German
Hale. Hanna. Hansbrough. HawIey,
Hoar. Kyle, Lindsay. Lodge. Mcbride,
Mcmillan. McEnery, Mantle. Mason.
Mitchell. Morrill,. Murphy. Nelson.
Perkins, Plat of Connecticut. Plat of
New York. Pritchard. Sewell, Shoup,
Spooner. Thurston. Turpie. Warren.
Wellington, Wetmore, Wilson. Wolcott
As.
Nays-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry. But
Ter. Cannon. Chiffon. Clay, Cockrell,
Daniel, Harris. Heitfeld. Jones &yArk-
ansas. Jones of Nevada. McL3urin,
Mallory. Martin. Money. Pascoe. Petit
grew. Pettus. Rawlins. Roach. Stewart,
Sullivan. Tillman. Turley, Whites.
Mr.. Allison moved that the ena in
sist upon it's amendments and hat con-
ferees be appointed. The motion was
agreed to and Messrs. Allison. Aldrich
and Jones of Arkansas were named as
conferees.
The senate then at 7:12 y. m. ad-
journed.