The age-herald., 1898-06-04
NO VOTE TAKEN
 ON WAR BILL WOlCOtt'S Substitute to the SeisnOTaSe
 Amendment Agreed To. BOND PROPOSITION PASSED Incorporated in the Revenue Measure by
 a Vote Of 46 to Si.
ESTIMATES OF COST OF THE WAR
Allison Said that Excluding the Last Gail for Volunteers the War Would Cost $379,- 100000 the First Year~-Ihs.
 Aldrich-AlIen Controversy.

Washington, June 3--Whle the war revenue measure was not passed by the senate today two very important votes were taken, one on the pr0po sl ion to con the silver bullion in the treasury ani to issue silver certificates aLa.i,st the coin, and the other on the bond proposition pre- sented by the republican minority of he committee on finance.
 In lieu of the seigniorage amendment of- fered by the majority or the finance com mittee, MT. Wo.cott, of Colorado, proposed an amendment directlas ths secre 'ary of the treasury to coin the silver bullion In the treasury and to issue certificates against it. After some discussion vote was reaefed and the amendment was agreed to-4S to 31, the silver republicans voting for it.
 MT. Aldrich then pressed the amendment of the minority of the finance nm tee providing for the issue of $10)0c0,000 of certificates of indebtedness and s3OO. 600 900 of bonds to be used exclusively for the payment of the expenses of the war. By the decisive vote of 45 to 31 the bond amend ment was incorporated in the bill as substitute for the amendment to issue legal tender notes. The bond proposition re- ceiyed the votes of 37 republicans, demo- crats and a populist.
 A bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to keep certain l fe saving s>a- tons on the Atlantic ard gulf coast open and manned during June and July and ap- propriating $7O,060 for the necessary ex- pense was passed by the senate at tho opening of today's session.
 The senate oonculred in the house amendment to the bill rsmoV Ving all disabl ties imposed by the fourteent amel d. ment of the constitut- on.
 War Revenue Bill
 Consideration of the war revenue meas ure was resumed at the cOncluSloh ol ths morning business.
 In the course of a brief eolioquy concern ing the priority of amendment yet to be considered, MT. Jones (dem.), Of Arkansas expressed the opinion that all the revenue features of the bill ought to De compie,eo and passed upon before the bond provision was passed upon, because the amount or revenue raised might have had great weight in the determination of some other pending amendments He was satished, he said, that the bond provision would be incorporated in the bill, but held that senators ought to know what the bill would raise approximately before being called on to vote on the board question.
 Mir. Hale (rep) of Maine, lnqulreu whether MT. Jones though the small amount comparatively which would De raised by the pending revenue amehomehts would be sufficient.
 "I have no doubt" he continued, Eff this war lasts year it will cost the govern ment between $70O,00O,OO0 and sSOO,OO O,o9o. That is my prediction ana put rhyseii o'i record to that effect"
 Mir. Jones said that so much money might be spent but he did not think so. He was satisfied at all events that an issue or bonds was unnecessary. q do not believe" said he "that the war will last one year, SIX months or anythink like that time. And the cost will be certainly much less than stated by the senator" (Mr. Hale)
 The secretaries of war and navy eacn made an estimate of the expenses for one year and their aggregate estlmats were only about half the estimates of the sena- tor of Maine.
 TT Hale pointed out that no war was so expensiye as an expeditionary war. He said he had examined all the estimates made upon the expenses of the war, ana he was satisfied they would reach certalniy $700 ,000 000.
 Mir. Teller Talks
 MT. Teller, silver republican, of Cobra do reviewed the tariff legislation during the past ten years and then said It was evident that this bill was not to be a temporary measure. It was to all 1ntents and purposes to be permanent law. The expenses of the war would be large, but they would not end with the close or the war sThe United States, he said, pro- Ia posed to have a great navy, commensurate with the dignity and development of our | country and in addition all the cities along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts had a right to demand protection from foreign invasion. The expenses of the government were great now, but they were certain to be greater at the close of the war. Tt is the duty of the senate" he said "to take sufficient time for the consideration of the pending bill to determine how much money it will raise. I do not want to vote upon the bill until we know what we pro- duce in revenue. The government will-not be hampered in any way if this bill does not pass for ten days or until July l."
 MT. Aldrich said that careful estimates had been made of the revenue producing qualities of the bill, and he was satisfied the amount would be between $15O, 900, 900 the latter sum.
 Mr. Allison said that without including the last 75.00O volunteers called for the estimate made was the expenditures for the first year would be at least $379, 900. He made an addition of $75000, 000for for the additional volunteers as entirely req sonable.
 Hot Shot at Aldrich
 In colloqup between MT. Aldrich and Mir Allen the former said:
 "I never have agreed with the senator from Nebraska on any matter concerning the treasury and if I stayed here hundred years l believe I never should agree with him."
 That indicates to me-" replied MT. AL len, "that I am quite right"
 MT. Morrill,, of Vermont, the venerable chairman of the finance committee, deliver ed short speech In opposition to "the pro- positions that come to us from the populist side of the senate to Issue greenbacks and coin the seigniorage."
 This scheme, he said, was being "helped along by some of our naughty boys" He then made brief argument against the coinage of the seignlorage, concluding by saying that If bimetallism should ever be adopted 1t would be at a different ratio than 16 to 1.
 MT. Wolcott, of Colorado proposed an amendment to the amendment of tho com-