Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-07
BY VERY NARROW MARGIN
Attempt to Revive the Income Tax
Law Of 1894 Proves a
Failure.
SENATOR MoReAN's AMENDMENT LOST.
Consideration of the War Revenue
Bill In Continued by the Senate
Tax of One Cent on Sleeping Car
Dcrtha - House Passes n Number
of Hills.

Washington, June AFTER the TRANSACT
ton of brief routine business the senate
Saturday morning resumed consideration
of the war revenue measure.
AS no amendment was pending, Senator
Allison suggested the bill be removed from
the committee of the whole to the senate.
The suggestion developed several amend
lnents, and also the absence of a quorum.
Senator Mason (rep. 1ll.), who said he
had an important amendment, demanded
call of the senate.
After delay of Is minutes quorum was
occurred
Senator Morgan dem, Ala) then took
the floor and offered the amendment of
which he gave notice Friday, requiring
the secretary of the treasury to proceed
with the collection of taxes under the pro-
visions of the income tax law of 1894. not
directly repealed by the Dingley bill If
the secretary of the treasury should re-
fuse to levy the taxes under the law. the
amendment provides that It shall be the
duty of the attorney general to proceed
against the secretary of the treasury to
compel him to perform the duties. and II
the attorney general should refuse to take
that action, any taxpayer of the United
States may bring the necessary action to
compel the enforcement of the law.
Senator Morgan said that full op portu-
nifty was presented by his amendment to
have the question which 1t involved set
| tied by the supreme court, for. quite nat
Orally, aIurmaUSe aCllOn taken Dy con-
| gress on the subject would relegate the en-
tire subject to the supreme court
Congress could scarcely refuse, he
| thought. to provide for another test of the
| income tax question. in view of the fact
| that 1t was forced to increase taxation and
| time borrowed money in order to prosecute
1 the present war.
Defeated by Narrow Majority.
| With the conclusion of his speech, Sena-
l fnr 81 SlSe cd n md no 1ynf 70
upon his amendment. The amendment was
rejected by vote of So to 3s. as follows:
Yeas-Allen; Bacon. Bate. Berry. Butler
FauEner MarpIs Heitfed Joees ank
Lindsey. McLaurin. Mallory. Mantle, Mar.
tin. Mills. MITCHELL. Money. Morgan. Muir
| Turpie. Whites.
Maysl AZ RI Allison BurreMs. canery
banks. Foraker. Frye. Gailinger, Gear
German, Hale, Hanna. Hansbrongh. Haw-
LEY LEY P PeaEn hodg SAL n Nor
| Pritchard, Quay. Sewell. Shoup. Spooner,
Thurston. Warren. Wellington, Wetmore,
| Wilson, Wolcott-3s.
Tax ON Sleeping Cars.
| The senate adopted an amendment to
| the war revenue bill providing for q tax
| of one cent on every berth In sleeping
| car and seat in a palace car sold, as sub.
| stitute for Whites amendment. levying a
tax OF one-fourth of one per cent. on
| gross receipts on sleeping car companies
| Senator Turley (dem.. Tenn.) offered an
| amendment levying an excise tax of one.
| fourth of one per cent. upon the gross re.
ceipts of transportation firms. COM
! panies or corporations doing an In
terstate business or business between
state and foreign country. The
amendment also placed the same excise tar
upon telegraph and telephone companies
sending messages from one state or ter,
ritory to another. The amendment was
rejected by vote OF ~ to IS.
House Proceedings.
Washington June 4-Upon request Of
Mr.. Dingley the house ordered the printing
of 5000 copies of the revenue bill as 1t shall
pass the senate.
He then moved to adjourn, but with
drew it. and Mr.. Payne (rep.. N. " called
up the senate bill to grant an American
register to the ship China. It was passed
Mr. Lacy (rep.. Ia.) secured consideration
of the senate bill to protect homesteader
who may enlist and serve in the forces o
the United States.
i After some delay 1t was passed. an,
upon motion of Mr.. Dingley the house ad
il iourned Mt 11A5 n m