The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-30

Washington, April 29.-The house to-
day passed the war revenue bill, With
only the amendments agreed upon by
the Republican members OF the ways
and means committee added. In order
to accomplish this parliamentary ma
neuver was necessary, as the whole
time for amendments was exhausted
by the minority in trying to amend
the bond feature of the bin. Mr.. Ding
ley offered as q substitute an entirely
new bill, containing these amendments.
after the bill had been reported to the
house. This was an old parliamentary
trick frequently resorted TO years ago.
The Morrill, tariff law was passed in
this way in it's original form, after 1t
had been loaded down with amend
ments in committee of the whole.
ALL VOTED DOWN.
Many amendments were offered TO
the bond feature of the bill, ranging
from a proposition for the substitution
of an income tax provision to an au-
thorization for an issue Of Sl50,0O9,O0o
of greenbacks; but all were voted down.
At the last minute the Democrats
decided TO offer, a motion to re-commit,
with instructions to report back the
income tax proposition as an amend
ment to che bill, instead OF as sub
stitute for the bond proposition. This
was due &c the fact that number of
Democrats declined to vote to strike
out the bond provision. The motion
was defeat d-134 to 173. Four Repub-
licans voted with the Democrats and
Popuiists on this vote; but on the final
passage of the bill (Which was carried
lS1 10 1919 the Democrats and Popu-
lists, with six exceptions, voted soiidly
against the bill.
The Democrats who voted for the bill
were Messrs. Cummings, Mcclellan and
Griggs of New York, Fitzgerald of
Massachusetts, McAleer of Pennsyi-
vania and Wheeler of Alabama.
Two Republicans, Messrs. Linney of
North Carolina and Thorp of Virginia,
voted with the opposition. Quite a
number. of Democrats declined 10 vote.
PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, april ZS.--The house col-
vened at 10 O'clock this morning, TO
allow two hours more general debate
on the revenue bill before the bill was
taken uD at noon for amendment IN
der the five-minute rule.
Mr.. Bland Dem, MO- discussed the
bond feature of the bill 10 which he
said the Democrats could never agree.
They could not agree to the issue of
any mere con bonds, which would be
construed under a Republican admins
tration to mean nothing but gold. So
lCng as the minis were closed to the
coinage o. one-half the. money metal
of the world. the Democrats, only under
circumstances Of extreme stress, could
consent 10 the issue of such bonds He
urged the advisa bility of the immediate
coinage of silver seigniorage.
THIS IS UNFAIR.
Mr.. Newlands ISL. Rep. New ar
gued that the war would be confined to
the 1aVies of Spain and the U@ited
States, and that its duration would de-
pend upon how long Spain could main
tain upon the sea the guerrilla warfare
she has been accustomed TO wage upon
land. He thought the war should be
vigor ously prosecuted. and apparent eX-
travagancC row might prove economy
in the end. BY the terms of the biz,
twothirds of the taxes were to be laid
upon consumption, and one-third upon
the current transactions of. business.
Not a dollar was to be raised from the
accumulated wealth OF the country.
This was unfair, he said.
Mr.. GroSVenor (Rep., o. said that at
such . crisis as this there were, as
Stephen A. Douglass said, about two
classes q the country-patriots and
traitors. he was willing to accept the
ocratic side. however wild and imprac-
ticable, in good faith. He would not
impugn or even suspect a lack of pa
triotism. Mr.. Grosvenor then proceeded
TO critlcise some of these suggestions.
Speaking of the bond feature he de-
clared that the bonds would be taken
by the people of the country, not only
as profitable investment, but as evi-
0ence to the world that this country
proposes to free Cuba in the face of
Spain, Austria, or any other country
that saw cit to interfere.
The other speakers before noon were
Messrs. Curtis (Rep., Kan.), Shafroth
ISL. Rep, Colo), and Brown (Rep., o. |
AT neon the house went through the
of adjourning and reconven- |
ing Then, under the order, the bill I
fve-mi2ute rule.
AMENDMENTS. OFFERED.
Under the arrangement made. the
bond sections of the bill were first to |
be opened to amendment. Mr.. McMil- |
in Dem, Tenn.), offered, on behalf |
Of the minority the amendment to |
sion, and insert in lieu thereof the in !
come tax amendment. 1t is identical |
with the income tax provision Of the |
Wilson tariff law, with the taxable in |
come reduced from $4,000 to 81 600 per |
3nnum and the per cent increased from |
to 3 per cent.
Mr.. Walker '(Rep., Mass.) offered as
an amendment to the original section |
provision to change the terms of the |
ponds so as to make them redeemable |
me year after the date of their Issue
md payable after three years and upon
he expiration of seven years, OF gu GA
certain day within three years, as
he secretary Of the treasury might
.lect. Mr.. Walker declared that his
amendment would save the people |
rom $2O.OO0,OO0 to s50,00O,O 900. Mr.. Wal
ler declared that the bill should be
'ecommitted and that every Republi-
an should vote for the motion.
COINCIDENCE.
Mr.. Berry Oen., Ky.) called atten-
ion to the remarkable coincidence that
~ this bill it was proposed to issue