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mittee he said taxes should be levied with

mittee he said taxes should be levied with
a view to the ability to pay.
Mr.. Wolcott advocated the coinage of
the seigniorage but offered an amend
ment directing the coinage to proceed
at the rate of not less than 81 Zoo, 900 per
month and authorizing the secretary Of
| the treasury to issue silver certificates as
the silver is coined. He attacked the
proposition to issue $3.50, 000, 900 in green
backs.
Mr.. Wolcott supported the minority
bond provision providing for bond issue
in the nature of a popular loan.
| At the conclusion of MIR. Woloott's
speec.. proposition was made to vote
upon the amendment offered by Mr. Cor
man limiting the excise tax upon rail-
road, steamboat, electric light, telegraph,
telephone, express and other operators,
to those whose gross receipts exceed $780,
900 annually and making the income tax
one-half of one per cent.
| Mr.. Aldrich moved to lay upon the table
the amendment offered by the committee
| for which Mr.. Germans amendment was
intended as a substitute. The motion to
table was made with the unanimous I'M
Outstanding that Mr.. Gorman's amend
ment should be placed upon its adoption,
should the motion to table prevail
This brought on the most Important
vote yet taken in the Senate upon the
revenue kill. The vote resulted: Ayes,
Al; nays, 81, as follows:
Gallery, Carter, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Frye, GalIinger, Gear,
German, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough,
Kyle, Lindsay, Mcbride. McEnery,
Mcmillan. Mason, Mitchell, Morrill,, Muir
ply, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt of
| Connecticut, Pritchard. Proctor, Quay,
Sewall, Shoup, Spooner, Warren, Yelling
ton, Wetmore and Wolcott-4l.
Nays-Allen, Bate, Berry. Butler,
Cannon, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel,
Faulkner, Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of
Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, McLaurin,
Mallory, Mantle, Money. Morgan, Pasco,
Pettigrew, Rawlings, Stewart, Tillman,
| Turner, Turpie and White-27.
| Upon the announcement of the vote Mr.
German, under the arrangement that a
vote should be taken on his amendment,
again offered it SO modified as to make
the tax apply only to gross receipts of
corporations in excess Of $3.50. 600 year.
Mr.. Nelson, Republican of Minnesota,
Hered an amendment to the proposition
the tax levied from one-half to one
quarter of one per cent.
The amendment was discussed for an
hour. Messrs. Allen, Lindsay, Platt of
Connecticut and White, participating in
the debate.
Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota gave
notice of amendments he proposed to offer
to Mr.. Germans proposition and was
proceeding to speak upon them. At Mr..
Elkin's request he yielded for motion
that the Senate go into executive session.
An effort was made pending the putting
Of the motion to secure vote upon the
German amendment, but it was unavail-
ing. MIR. Mason of Illinois moved that
when the Senate adjourned it be until
Tuesday next.
Mr.. Allison in demanding the yeas and
nays said it was highly important that
the pending bill be disposed of at the
earliest possible moment, as every days
delay meant the loss of needed revenue.
Mr.. Mason's motion prevailed by vote
of 33 TO 81.
! The Senate then at five O'Clock Went
into executive session and twenty minutes
later adjourned until Tuesday