Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-12-21

Washington December A-The |
House to-day passed the War Revenue |
Reduction bill. The opposition sought |
Serecommit the bill with instructions |
10 reSaCt back a measure reducing tho |
revenue atIeast $4,000, 900. and inciud- |
Ing q provision Cor an income tax so |
drawn as TO escape at ADVERSE decision
bf the Supreme Court. .Snouou fall
I'D. 81 10 I55. Thereupon tho oih was
passed without the conourrertco or IN,
hinority who refrained from voting
rhc amendment placed I'm the OIL yes.
terday TO tax express receipts wes de-
feated on an aye and nay vote In the
House. 125 70 1s9.
The pension appropriation Pill car
fyipg tlA5.145.23o. was passed IN exact
~ thirteen minutes.
Robert w. wilcox, the delegate from
Haweii. was sworn In Immediately AZ
ter the approval OF the Journal, Aftes
the oath had been administered many
members came forward TO congratulate
Mr. Wilcox.
The consideration OF the War Rsve-
que Reduction bill was then resumed.
Mr.. Powers. OF Vermont, offered an
amendment. which was adopted, pro-
siding that the inheritance tax should
not be levied on the estates OF persons
WHO died prior to Juno "a, 1893.
Mr.. Nowlands. OF Nevada. offered q
modification OF the amendment ne pro-
tented yesterday TO tax Industrial cor.
ESnn whose gross receipts sxoeed
100000. one-twentieth or one per cent.
upon such receipts. and requiring such
corporations 20 nle Complete state.
ments ae 10 their receiptA tasoA. wages
paid, eto- His purpose. be said, wac 60
reach the great aggregations of wealth.
THE real purpose OF this amendment
SS %DPly n0 ~ 9s%snSS e Ne
Of Missouri.
Its purpose" replied Mr.. Nowlanda,
rs both TO raise revenue pnd 20 secure
lnformptiop ppon which to baso reEu-
lativo legislation."
Mr.. Grohvenor, of Ohio. opposed the
amendment lie expressed the hope
that the House would not attempt 20
make inroads upon industrial CORPORA
lions without investigation By the
proper committee OF the House.
IF you Will frame an amendment
that Will reach every corporation or
svery income ] will vote for IT, OBJ
served Mr.. Newlands amid applause.
Mr.. Grosvenor said he might favor
pm income tax II IL were constitutional
but he said It was futile TO discuss an
Income tax after the decision OF tho
Supreme Court.
Afr. sulzef of New York. was In ia
vor OF compelling the big corporations
10 bear their share OF tax burdens. The
amendment was lost. 70 TO los.
Mr.. Fitzgerald. OF Massachusetts.
moved 90 strike out the tax OF ten cents
| per pound or tea- He characterized the
tax as unjust Ind extortionate.
Mr.. Payne opposed tho amendment
| The tax on tea. he said. was about 80.
| 100000 OF revenue ond for ten years Ind
o., 49, TVk.
amendment was defeated. GO 20 76.
After tho bill had been read Mr..
Levy. OF Now York. offered ms aub-
Btituto for tho.bill a bill fixing the tax
on beer at $3.50 per barrel, six cents
upon tobacco and enuff and repeating
all the other sections OF the war reve-
nue. act. The substitute was defeated
without division.
After the bill had been reported to
the, House Mr.. Payne demanded a sepa-
ratio vote on the Smith amendment
| placing tax OF ono cent on each ex-
| pfees package.
On ON aye and 10 vote the House re-
| versed its ootion'of yesterday and de-
feated the Smith express receipt tax
amendment. 12b 20 1879.
Mr.. Richardson, OF Tennessee, on be-
| bali OF tho minority. then moved 20 re-
commit the bill with instructions "to
forthwith report bin reducing the
revenues under tho war revenue act Mt
least the sum OF $4,000. Goethe taxes
| remaining 70 be apportioned as 90 more
equally and Justly distribute the taxos
and to remove them from the articles
| most nearly the necessaries Of life, and
which enter most generally into con-
sumption"
The committee also will include I'm
the bill n provision so framed as to ac-
eomplish the Just ends OF an income tax
and yet escape the decision of the Su-
preme Court OF the United States IN the
bases growing out Of the Wilson tariff
law.
The motion to recommit was lost, 131
10 155. The bill was then passed, the
Democrats refraining from voting.
On motion OF Mr.. Barney, OF Wiscon-
sin, the House then went back into
committee OF the whole and took up
the confederation Of the Pension APP
preparation bill. Mr.. Barney stated that
there was no new legislation I'm the bill.
II was an exact copy Of the bill for the
current year both IA 20 language and
amount. 1t carried $l45. .230.
The bill was read through and passed
without debate or amendment in tx.
actly thirteen minutes.
AT 1886 the House adjourned.
THE SENATE.
Washington. December N@Only rou-
tine business was transacted by the
Senate to-day I'm open session. At 1928
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was taken
up Ia secret session. The Senate ad-
tourned at 2:45.