The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-12-20
APPROVES THE CUT.
House Passes Measure Reducing
the War Tax.

81 a 10 luC JUS IL CObSNL hCds A
repeal bill was passed Saturday after.
noon without the necessity Of a record
vote. The democratic leaders agreed
on a resolution ordering the bin TO be
recommitted with an instruction to the
ways and means committee to report
back an income tax so as to permit OF
areduction of $40, 600, 900 in the ordinary
This provoked the only test
vote, the resolution being defeated 155
to 131.
When the bill was in committee Of
the whole Friday a special paragraph
was agreed upon retaining the tax on
express receipts and making the COM
panies pay it. When the repeal bill was
reported to the house Saturday the &C.
ton in the committee of the whole was
reversed, and the taxation of express
receipts was repealed, with the other
stamp taxes.
The revenue repeal bill as it passed
the house is exactly as recommended
by the committee. 1t fixes the tax on
beer at $1.60 per barrel, which is 60
cents more than the regular beer tax
and rs cents less than the tax under the
war revenu act. The bill passed re-
mits and repeats all of the stamp taxes,
including those on checks, kilograms,
express receipts, deeds, mortgage
and other c~onveyances, but it leaves
intact the stamp taxes on all t~ransac-
tions on boards of trade and stock eX-
changes and on all stocks, bonds and
debentures. 1t takes off the stamp
taxes on proprietary articles entirely.
1t leaves the special taxes on bankers
and the excise taxes on sugar and oil
refneries. 1t takes off the 60 cents ad-
ditional tax on cigars imposed by the
act of 1898. The taxation of inner
itances is left as in the war revenue
act, except that the tax is RENTED on
all requests to charitable and religious
associations, and there is also to be no
tax on estates wherein the testator
died prior to June 10, 1898.
Under the concurrent resolution al
ready passed the house will adjourn
over the holidays or Friday. The
week in the house is not likely to be
important unless the river and harbor
appropriation bill should be taken up
Wednesday or Thursday.
Pension Bill Passed.
Washington, Dec. 17.-In committee
of the whole Saturday the house took
up the consideration of the pension ap-
preparation bill. Mr.. Barney, of Wis
consin, stated that there was no new
legislation in the bill. 1t was an exact
copy of the bill for the current year,
both as to language and amount. 1t
carried $I45, 145, 23O. The bill was read
through and passed without debate or
amendment in exactly 10 minutes.
Hawaii Now Represented.
Washington, Dec. 17.-Robert W. vii,
cox, the delegate from Hawaii, was
sworn in Immediately after the APP
prevail of the journal in the house Sat-
urday. Mr.. Wilcox was escorted to the
bar of the house by MI. Perea, the del
egate from New Mexico. After the
oath had been administered many men,
bers came forward to congratulate
Mr.. Wilcox.
Senate Proceedings.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Mel
son (Minp.) gave notice when the SEN
ate convened Saturday that on Jan
uary 10 he would present resolutions
relative to the death of his colleague,
Senator Davis, and ask that business
be suspended to. pronounce eulogies on
the distinguished services of the de-
ceased.
The senate will devote the greater
part of its time this week to consid-
Grafton of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
If it should be necessary to do so in
order to get the ratification resolution
acted upon, and in case there is any
surplus time it will be devoted to the
consideration of the ship subsidy bill.
None of the appropriation bills can
be reported to the senate in time for
consideration during this week or IN
til after the holidays, and the same
may be said of the army bill.
VIII Not Punish the south.
Washington, Dec. 17.-No southern
state that has deprived negroes of the
right of suffrage by constitutional
amendment viii be punished for this
violation of the provisions of the if
teenth amendment by a loss of repre-
sentation in congress. The house COM
mittee on census by unapimous vote
Friday decided to lay aside all propo-
sitions which have been offered with a
view to bringing about special reduc-
tion of southern representation for
any cause.
Representative Crumpacker, of In
diana, who has introduced a bill cut
ting off representatives from North
Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi and
other states, was not present at Sat
urday's meeting of the committee,
but he will attend at another meeting
to be held at two o'clock this afternoon
and will doubtless demand a %rehearing
and another vote on the proposition.
There is hardly any reason to doubt
that Mr.. Crumpacker will be alone on
the committee in the effort to punish
southern states that have cut ont the
negro voter, because the democrats
are solidly against his bill as a matter
of politics and his republican colleagues
are willing to follow the lead Of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The committee Saturday by aninfor-
NAL vote also decided to retain the
membership of the house at 357, which
is the present number. Six members
voted in favor and five against this
proposition.
The greatest difficulty that seems to
confront the makers of the new appor-
tionment is not TO provide enough dis