Show 1 senator hill fighting exemptions his amendments voted down salaries of U S judges and the president exempted from operations of bill washington anne the senate today call offered a resolution for a committee of fire senators to investigate the election and control of senators and representatives by corporations bherman said he was willine the invests catlon should be allowed 10 far as florida was concerned but did not think it just to include the whole country the resolution went over and the tariff was taken up illel said yesterday would become known in history as populist day alluding to the speeches of kyle and alien he said no had been made to repeal the state bank tax or enact a free coinage bill in this bill both of which are considered part of the democratic platform while especial extorts have been made out side the platform to incorporate an income tar in the bill no other system of taxation opened such broad field for fraud and evasion and none offered such temptations it a tax were to be imposed there was no reason why the exemption should be when in monarchical countries where this tax wa levied the exemption was but and even down to was it to compensate for the high cost of living here lie believed the higher the exemption the harder it would be to defend this tax nearly two hours hill gave way to who also opposed the income tax at the conclusion of Gallin pere remarks hilll moved to reduce the exemption from the income tax from 1000 to 1000 defeated by a vote ot 18 to 42 follows yem aldrich barey chandler davis frye hill hoar irby clodfe manderson Mand ereon peffer ns platt Shou washburne total 18 nays alien bate berry blackburn caffey dickrell coke dolon dubois faulkner georae german gray hans brouna harris harlev hunton jarvis of oregon of alcon fin morgan murphy palmer pascoe power proctor faeh koach smith teller turpie vest vilas voorhees walh and white total 42 hill then moved to reduce the exema aton from defeated 28 to 33 hill then moved to reduce the exemption to 2500 lost 25 to 33 hill then offered an amendment to reduce the exemption fetn to lost hill then offered an amendment to change the date on which the income tax provision of the bill should so into effect from january to january defeated an amendment by hoar t include judges of the united states courts in the exemption was agreed to without objection jec tion sherman whether any estimate should be made as to the probable yield of revenue from this tax vest replied that the general estimate was he proposed an amend ment to exempt the salary of the preal dent of the united state from this am position tax and used this amendment as a text lor criticizing criticising critic ising in a deml humorous way the action of the financial committee in exempt lne the salaries of federal judges he failed to see he eaid why the salaries of judges should be exempted and thought that if compliments were to be said one certainly was due to the besides the president happened to be a resident of new york and the tax would fall with an especially heavy hand on new york 1 I am not authorized to speak for the president hill said with a natle in trisor any other matter but this wold be a delicate compliment to one citizen of new york and I 1 think the committee ought to accept amendment the As cleveland is the last democratic president we shall ever have from new york said vest rising to bis leet the appeal is almost irresistible if you persist in this species of taxation said hill he will be the last democratic president from auy state when the amendment waa put it was carried by a viva voce vote hill then moved that interest on united status bonds exempt by the provisions of the bill be subject to the income tax without voting on the amendment the senate weini into executive session and at adjourned abe house washington june 23 the house held a short session and after deficiency appropriation bill until it went over unlit monday and the house adjourned the only break in the monotony was a lively debate on pensions and the commissioner of pensions and the committee on pensions were beverely Bevc rely criticized |