The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-30
WIPE IT OUT.
War Revenue Tax to Disappear
Entirely.
House Committee on Ways and
Means Authorizes
Its Chairman TO Report a Bill
to Congress.
CUTS OFF S77,OOO,OOO
From the Amount of Money
Now Being Collected.
Repeal to Take Effect on the
1st Of July, 1902.

Washington, Jan 3O.-The house COM
mittee ways and means has unan-
imously authorized Chairman Payne to
report a bill repeating all the Spanish
war revenue taxes, except the tax on
mixed -four
The repeal is to take effect July l,
1902, except the duty on tea, which is
to take effect January l, 1903 Chairman
Payne made a statement showing that
the total reduction would be $77, 900, 900
annually. The delay in the repeal of
the tax on tea is for the purpose of en-
abling the holders who have stocks on
hand to dispose of them before the re-
peal takes effect. Mr.. Payne says the
country will start upon the fiscal year
with $1T4,000,000 available cash.
An amendment was offered by Mr..
NewlandS to except from the repeal the
tax on petroleum and sugar refiners,
and by Mr.. Richardson to repeal the
customs duties on trust made goods.
Both were defeated by party votes Mr..
Newland's amendment also provided for
a tax of one-tenth of one per cent on
the gross receipts of all corporations,
whose annual receipts exceed $10,000,-
coo.
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Washington, Jan. 3G.-The hearings
on Chinese exclusion were continued
before the house committee on foreign
affairs. h r. Fuller, in behalf of the
brotherhood OF railroad employees, spoke
in favor of strict exclusion. He said the
objection to the Chinese, from the labor
standpoint, was that they come into
competition with American workmen,
the Chinese having such habits of cheap
living that they work for wages which
respectable American workmen could
not afford to take. Andrew FTurusuth,
of the Seamen'S union, San Francisco,
gave the extent of Chinese labor on the
Pacific coast, showing that they prac-
tically monopolized the labor field in
the salmon canning industry and were
competing with American labor in
cigar making, tailoring, laboring and
many other branches.
He said the Chinese worker in these
cases accepted wages SO much lower
than the white man that the former
secured the work.
Mr.. Furusuth said the labor organiza-
tions would not be satisfied with any
bill which did not protect American
workmen from Chinese coming from the
Philippines well from China.
IN THE SENATE
Washington, JAN 30.-About 20 of the
petty officers of the German warship
now here were among the spectators
in the galleries at the opening of to-
days session of the senate.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Proc
tor directing the secretaries of the in
terror and of agriculture to report to
the senate any facts they may possess
regarding the preservation of the Amer
lean buffalo or bison, and whether any
extinction of the animal Adopted.
Mr. Hoar at the conclusion of routine
business called up for consideration the
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States respecting the succession to the
presidency in case the president-elect
should die between the time of his cleo
ton and the date of his inauguration |
Without a word of comment the reso-
luton was adopted, the president pro
tenn announcing, at the request of Mr. !
HOar, that twO-t thirds of the senators
had voted for it.
Among the bills passed was one to /
establish the Fredericksburg and ad- !
lacent national battlefelds memorial |
park in Virginia. The bill appropriates |
$100. .000.
When the Philippine tariff bill was !
taken up a O'Clock, Mr.. Tillman took :
the floor. He announced that he would |!
not talk much about the Philippine +
tariff but desired to discuss the part
South Carolina took in the war of the
revolution. He arraigned Mr.. Lodge for ,
to prevent discussion on the
TilIman asserted tried to parcel out ,
the time of the senate" Adverting 10 (.
yesterday 5 proceedings, Mr. Tillman /
to Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana, |
as IN v gallant young friend from In |
diana, who sprang into the fray" AS |
to the necessity of the tariff in the !
Philippines, he said that there was
plenty of money for the carpetbaggers |
over there to spend.
Reaching the real subject of his |
speech, he said: South Carolina has |
created more history than any other |
state in the union,
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Jan. 30.-After some pre-
lin mary minor business in the house
today the committees were called and
Mr.. Moody (Ore.) from the committee I
on mining presented a bill for the pro- |
lection of the lives of miners in the |
territories. 1t provides that in every |
mine over 100 feet in depth mine owners |
be required to provide $500 cubic feet |
of pure air for every fifty miners Mr. |
Lacey Oowa), the author of the bill, |
urged the Importance of proper venti- |
lation of coal mines. He offered an |
amendment providing that the man
a gers of coal mines should employ shot |
firerS to fire shots therein.
While the bill was being discussed |
something of a stir was caused by the |
appearance of officers and marines of |
the German cruiser Moltlxe who |
into the public gallery in uni
form and accoutred with their side /
arms. The confusion was so pro-
nounced that the speaker was obliged I
to call the house to order.
The Lacey amendment was adopted |
and the bill was passed.
The house then went into committee
Of the whole and entered upon the con-
sideration of the bill for the creation of !
permanent census bureau.
Mr.. Hopkins, chairman of the census
committee, which reported the bill took
the floor and explained it's provisions
He said that the committee in the
of the bill had endeavored
to meet the. demands of the house as
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