The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-07
TWO BILLS PASSED
,,rARy ACADEMY AND REvE-
NUE. REDUCTION.
gAzING PROVIDED AGAINST.
,orAL REDUCTION IN WAR TAN
$50, 100000.

paws 500 Annually the revenue
,,,o,, This source Will BE 100000
ooo-Wr. MOrgnn's Income Tax
.endment Rejected-More Discus
in, of Ship-Subsidy.
washington, Feb. 1.-TWO important
-.o.,s,res were disposed of by the Senate
+o-dav. the military academy appropri-
o+,on bin and the war revenue reduction
.....s,ra The former was under consider
Ito, less than an hour The only change
ado IN, it was the strengthening of the
,,rorfsion against hazing at West Point.
D,rirc the remainder of the afternoon
,,s.fon the war revenue reduction bill
80, before the Senate. a determined but
...,s,ccessful effort was made to reduce
.,,o.t,x on bank checks and to provide
that telegraph and express companies
.tould bear the burden of the tax on
messages and packages sent. The FL
,,,o,e Committees amendment levying a
49,. IN transactions in so-called bucket
mons - modifying the tax upon cigars
and cigarettes, and providing for re-
hate on unbroken packages of tobacco, in
,dlftion to several others Of minor
character were adopted.
An amendment substituting an income
tax for the war revenue measure offered
IN. Mr.. Morgan of Alabama, was rejected
by a party vote, q to 80.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska, offered some
amendments to the military academy bill,
making stronger the phraseology of the
committees amendment relating to haz-
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a. follows:
-That the superintendent of the military
academy shall make such rules, to be ap
proved by the Secretary of War, as Will
efrctuallv prevent the practice of hazing;
and any cadet found guilty of participant
ing in or of encourag ing or countenancing
.,ioh practice shall be summarily expelled
from the academy, and shall not there
after be reappointed to the corps of cadets,
m. be eligible for appointment as a COM
lnissioned officer in the army or navy"
The bill, as amended then was passed.
Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island called up
the war revenue reduction bill, and 1t
was read.
The first amendment added to the words
"promissory notes" providing for the re-
peal of abe stamp tax on such instru
ments) the words and any renewals
thereof"
The second modified the paragraph re-
moving the stamp tax on bonds making
il read as follows:
Bonds of every description, not includ-
ing, however, the bonds provided for in
the first paragraph OF schedule A of said
act, or bonds for ndemnifying any per-
son or persons. firm or corporation who
i
surety for the payment of any sum of
money or for the due execution or per-
Torrance of the duties of any office or
position, and to account for money re-
ceived by virtue thereof"
The amendment was agreed to.
The next amendment included per
fumery and cosmetics in the section pro-
viding pena ty for fai ure to affix stamps
to medicinal and proprietary preparations.
ii was agreed to.
other amendments were offered and
agreed to as follows:
Providing for a rebate upon unbroken
packages of cigars and tobacco; authoriz-
ing the cancel. alton of stamps on ferment-
ed liquors by perforation; reducing by one
half the tax upon foreign bills of eX-
change; for the appointment of a compe-
tent person to secure the enforcement of
the tax imposed upon legacies and dis
tri0utive shares of personal property;
providing that the purchaser of an uncom-
pounded medicinal drug upon which the
tax already has been paid shah not be
required to pay further tax.
The amendment of the committee fixing
the tax upon transactions in stocks
through so-called bucket shops" was
agreed to, with an amendment offered by
Mr.. Mason providing that a tax of two
cents Qnstead of one cent? ION each one
hundred dollars in value of the merchan-
disc covered or pretended to be covered"
A committee amendment modifying the
tax on cigars and cigarettes, in accord
ance with the proposition made previous
~ by Mr.. Plat of Connecticut, was
agreed to-
Mr. Allison offered an amendment. ex-
empting from the tax levied upon life in
surance companie "any post-mortem
assessment association organized and con-
Quoted solely for the members thereof"
lie explained that the amendment would
not apply to any of the recognized life
insurance companies, mutual or otherwise.
After much discussion it was agreed to.
Mr. Aldrich explained that the reduc-
uohs OF the revenues made by the bill
would amount to 500 100000 exclusive Of
the effect of the new amendment for tax
ing bucket shops" If each of these %,
wv bucket shops in the United States
should pay $500 the government would de-
rive SlO,UO00OO from that source.
An amendment was agreed to providing
lhat the tax on new banks shall be COM
puted from the time the institutions be-
gin business.
An amendment reducing the tax on
Dahk checks from to l cent was de-
Ieated. IS TO AZ.
AN amendment providing that the in
leihal revenue commissioner should place
the stamps provided for in the bill On
sale at the postoffices of the country, was
agreed to.
MI Jones of Arkansas moved to elimi-
nate from the bill the proposed exemption
i'"Nh tax OF telegraph and telephone mes
S'5es' Inc motion was rejected. Is to IS.
Mr Morgan offered as an amendment
=" lhe measure his proposition for an in
Toihe tax beginning on the first Of next
ouy and running for twenty years. The
anlehdlnent placed tax of per cent.
upon all incomes above $4,000 a year. The
a''endment was in the form of a sub
aHIule Tor the pending bill and for the
70" revenue law now in operation. The
'"Fhdfnent was voted down. q to 80. The
'9le was strictly on party lines.
ion. P''N "i'''0u' ui' 90
Mr. Aldrich then moved that a recess
Idhen until o'clock tonight and MIR.
'Cries OF Arkansas moved to adjourn
nc vote on Mr.. Jones' motion resulted
I' ayes to IS noes.
ut Hr. A!drich's motion then prevafle cd