The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-28
CONGRESS-
Senate.

Inc feature of the session Of the Sonata
on on me 18th was the speech Of Mr. Turpia
u'tIl.. inqi upon the war revenue measure
re strongly contcndcd that bond Issue was
unnecessary: that all the funds required for
~ ~, persecution "f the could BE raised
~. hheoISn ta the proposed Inheritance tax by
we taN on corporations. by the coinage Of
,ne SiiFer selGntorage and Ivy the fSsur of
n,,i .tH"i ithuer notes. These four means OF
,,ri1, unta,hins money would yield To the govern
Ftt tn,Ht uHflhG the next year. he maintained
iu!iS Nbptrr,sD. an amount in excess IL
AZ. snt estimated sum necessary for the cor
uiVt "t the war.
Inc death of Gladstone was made the
tfe'ne or the Chapiain'S invocation at tho
opening Of the Senate on the nth 4 rrs6
tNllon presented by MIR Mills tTcx1 was
tf"sStN. II calls upon the secretary of war
lor plans anu specifications for the Improve
nuht OF Aransas Pass harbnr At the con.
tusioh or the morning business conSiderR.
@ s@.ph nI the war revenue bill was resumed
MI Mchaurin Is. CO delivered a set speech
Ih" House was not in session on the oO,b
anN ihe Senate adjourned after routine
consideration Of the revenue bill The com
ma[tre NIT, on finance finding it necessary to
make additional amendments to- the war
revenue bill before Processing farther with
'he measure. \ session OF the committee
was hfid but there waS not sufficient time
10 rearh conclusion of the changes npccs
sarS and IN trying 10 arrive at an under
standing of what should hr done to perfert
IL, one nd.l; thSre j. no division on party lines
ldrSetN or technical character.
For five hours on the sd the Senate had
the war revenue measure under discussion
me entire time WAS occupied hy Mir Chill
ton tDem., Tex. Mr. Lodge tRep. Mass
and Mr.. Turley Dem. TennA. Mr. I@dge
confined himself 10 a discussion Of the pro-
posed AK on corporations and bank deposits
strongly urging that such taxes he not i'm
posed. Mr.. chiffon and Mr.. Turley covered
pretty fully the general features of the bin
IheIr speeches dealt Comprehtusiycly with
the theories nf taxation and were therefore
In the very nature of things legal and tech
meal dissertations upon The subject No ac-
tioh "i any Kind WAS taken on the bill At
the opening OF the session Of the Senate 4
communication was received from Secretary
or War Aiccr together with a draft nf bill
proNIulhg for a gradual increase In the mum.
per OF officers Of the corps If engineers The
hlIl provides that the corps IT engineers af
the army shall consist hereafter II one chief
engineer, with rank Of hrigadirr- general:
seven c"innelS fourteen lieutenant -cnlonelS.
tWenty-elght majors. thirty five CAPTAINS
thirty first ieutcnHutS. twelve second lien
tenants, and battalion Of engineers All
promotions shall bc made by seniority The
communication AMI bin were referred to th,.
military affairs committees
The feature Of the war revenue measure
placing tax uf uHe-VUartcr of ! per cent
upon the gross receipts of corporations WAS
nhu'f a,SCuS>l3n In tn" Senate throughout
on TN" nth. Incidentally the proposed taN
on bank deposits WAS advCrttd t.. The prin-
cIpai speeches were delivered hY MIR i'Iarr
,k"p., Conn and Mr.. Lindsay dem. Kyl.
poratl"n tax. The weight If the formers
argument WAS thrown against the tax ON
me lhr ground that 1t was unconstitutional he
oaIN" tn" tax NaS not levied alike on all
persons engaged IN particular line of bust
ness. He maintained that an Uccupatipu
tax could be levied provided that the condi-
il"iiN were fair and equitable but that the
hlslnesS "f corporation could not be taxed
simply bccauS" il was conducted by "A cor
Portatlon. 70 bc equitable, the tax must he
lald upon the business whether II WAS con
Quoted by c"rporatou a partnership.
nrll or an individual MIR Lindsay vigorous
ly antagunized the proposed issue nf legal
tender notes, declaring that It arccntuatrd
me existing menace To- the g.hd reserve nf
the treasury and WAS. besides the dearest
money ever devised. He held that such an
lsSue would l." Il blow to the nations tiuan-
claI cf'uli lie, too. presented an argument
tanning that if enacted into law il would
breed batch of law suits. instead of pro
Nlding what the government needed ready
money with which to conduct the war upcr-
atiOns.