The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-05-06
THE WAR FUND BILL.
The General Debate on the Measure
Opened Up in the House.
An ABSENCE OF PARTISAN RANCOR.
Both sides Admit the Necessity OF Raising
Money, but Disagree as to Methods
NO Important Business In
the Senate.

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the senate.
WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The general
debate upon the measure framed by
the ways and means committee to meet
the extraordinary expenditures of the
war with Spain opened in the house
yesterday. 1t will continue through
to-day and tomorrow at four o'clock
the vote will be taken. There was a
signal absence of that partisan raucor
which has always heretofore charac-
terized debates on revenue measures.
Both sides, speaking through their re-
spective leaders. Messrs Dingley and
Bailey, concurred in the necessity
which existed for immediate raising of
hundreds of millions to prosecute the
war, but the opposing doctrines which
they held clashed at the first
onset over the methods by which
the revenue should be raised. The
section providing for $500, OO0,OOO of
bonds became the target of the demo-
cratic and populistic opposition, and
Mr.. Bailey in an hours speech, argued
for an income tax which would raise
500, 900, 900 year; the coinage of the
silver seigniorage and the issue of
SIS, 900, 600 of legal tender notes, as an
alternative proposition. Mr.. Dingley
declared that 1t was almost incredible
that anyone could seriously propose in
such crisis that the government
should rely for funds upon the pro-
ceeds of another lawsuit over propo-
sition which the supreme court had
already decided against the govern
ment.
Mr.. Sayers, of Texas, ranking mi
nority member of the appropriations
committee, devoted his time to an ar
gument to demonstrate that the money
to be raised by the bill was excessive
and would breed reckless profligacy.
The expenses of the civil war in 1864,
when the government maintained q
900, 900 men in the field and had four
times as many ships as it has to-day,
were only 81, 100, 100000. In view of
that fact, he contended that to raise
$500, 900, 900 to carry on war, insigni6-
cant in comparison, must result in use
less waste and extravaganza. The
populists all vigorously opposed the
bond proposition.
Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, in by far the
most noticeable speech of the day.
added to his reputation as a brilliant
orator. He assaulted the position of
the opposition in the early portion of
his speech, but its partisan flavor dis
appeared toward the close and he
aroused the house and galleries to
cheers as, with eloquent words, he
touched the high, unselfish cause of
h.,,,, ~ Nrvi. tab ITnsN aI so
had drawn the sword, and then MELT
ed his audience to tears as he referred
to the blowing up of the Maine and
the new commonwealth we would rear
as monument to guard the memory
of the unforgotten dead.
The evening session was devoted TO
brief speeches by members unable to
secure time at the day session.
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The senate
was in session but an hour and half
yesterday, during which time no im-
portant business was transacted. Soon
after the senate convened Senator
Stewart, of Nevada. introduced the
following resolution for which he asked
immediate consideration:
That the secretary OF war be and is hereby
directed to furnish the senate with an estimate
Of the amount Of appropriation necessary TO
arm. equip, substst and furnish with munitions
Of war the Cuban army, now at war with Spain,
and such additions as may be made thereto
from the people Of Cuba until the Spanish
army shall be expelled from the island OF Cuba
or until the next session OF congress
Senator Hale, of Maine, suggested
the resolution had better go to the com
mittee on military affairs, after a
statement by Senator Allison, of Iowa,
that the whole subject covered by the
resolution was now being considered by
the proper committees of congress and
that there would be no delay in the
matter. Senator Stewart agreed that
the resolution should go to the mill
tary affairs committee.
No business of Importance pressing
| for consideration, the senate began
the consideration of bills on the gem
eral calendar. bill was passed to
! provide for the sale Of public lands in
| Missouri. At one o'clock, it being the
evident determination of some seua-
tors TO object to the consideration of
all bills brought up, Senator Wilson,
of Washington, moved that the senate
adjourn. At the request of other SEN
ators he changed his motion and the
senate went into executive session,
and, at les p, IN, adjourned.
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Parliament Sympathizes with Spain.
LONDON, April 2S. That the trend