The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-26

Washington, May 25.-Late this at
ternoon Mr.. Allison of Iowa, in charge
of the war revenue bill in the senate.
endeavored to secure unanimous con-
sent that a final vote on the measure
be taken on Saturday next before adj
journment. Mr.. Teller of Colorado OBJ
jected. Mr.. Daniel of Virginia, in re-
iterating Mr.. Teller's objection, sounded
the first note of delay against the meas
ure that has been heard since the de-
bate upon it began. He declared that
there was no emergency which required
the immediate passage of the bill, and
frankly announced that if certain pro-
visions of the bill, put into it
by the Democrats of the fl
nance committee, were not in
corporated into it, he would offer
some amendments to the measure that
would probably precipitate debate. He
strongly intimated, too, that if the war
should not be prolonged, it might not
be necessary to provide so much rev.
enue as the pending bill would raise,
and he indicated a desire to await de-
velopments that in all likelihood were
close at hand before passing upon a
bill that meant so much to the people as
this one.
Speeches on the general features of
the pending bill were delivered today
by Mr.. Stewart Pop., New, Mr.. Allen
pop, Neb) and Mr.. Caffrey (Dem.,
La.
The senate convened an hour earlier
than usual to resume it's discussion of
the war revenue measure. Scarcely a
dozen senators were present.
Mr. Hale of Maine reported an appro-
priation bill to supply deficiencies in
pensions and for other purposes. As re-
ported, the bill carries $S,49S, 405, of
which sS,075.S72 is for pensions, and the
balance for the army. navy and courts.
STEWART ON BONDS.
After the transaction of considerable
morning business consideration of the
war revenue measure was resumed, Mr..
Stewart of Nevada taking the floor. Mr..
Stewart said he proposed to address
himself particularly to those para
graphs in the bill which provided for
the coinage of silver seigniorage and
the issue of legal tender notes. He held
that the amount of money produced
from taxation under the bill would de-
pend largely upon the policy adopted
relative to the issue of more money and
the issue of bonds. He believed that
with an issue of bonds it would require
largely more taxation to produce a
given sum than it would without an is
sue of bonds.
speech Mr.. Stewart declared that the
revenue bill, as it passed the house of
representatives, was the most miser- I
able. villainous piece of legislation ever
enacted by any legislative body"
He attacked vigorously the bond
proposition of the minority of the /
finance committee, and urged the coin 7
age of the silver seigniorage and the /
issue of legal tender notes.
ALLEN OPPOSES BONDS.
Mr.. Allen (Pop., Neb). in opening his
speech, said that if the wishes of some, /
at least, of the advocates of the pend /
ing bill were consulted, it would carry 1
only provision for the issue of bonds I
and would not place a cent of taxation
upon the people. He did not regard /
taxes a burden, when they were justly .
and equitably assessed. and maintained
that there was no property and no in
dividual which the government could
not tax, whatever the conditions might /
be.
The sinister purpose of this effort to
eliminate from taxation. the corpora
tions and other and varied business in
terests,' said Mr.. Allen, lis to Gre
ate void which may be filed by an
enormous increase in the interest bear
ing Indebtedness of the United States"
He declared that there was not the
slightest necessity for the issue of
bonds at this time. The debts caused
by the war ought TO be lfquidated
without the creation of a debt Re-
turning to the proposition that a tax
be placed upon corporations, Mr.. Allen
said that he was glad that some cor
porations were willing. even anxious, to
pay their share of the war burdens
He then read a telegram from Henry
I. Oxnard, saying that the American
Beet Sugar Manufacturers association
did not want to be excluded from the
upon which a tax was to
be levied. He thought this was a most
gratifying suggestion, coming from a
and a manifestation of
patriotism that might well be emu
ated.
Mr.. Allen made an argument against
he issue of bonds, in favor of the coin
ige of the seigniorage and in favor of
IN income tax. He announced that he
would at the proper time offer an
to the pending bill, restor-
ng to the statute books the income tax
feature of the tariff law of 1894.
DISCUSSED THE WAR.
Briefly discussing the war, Mr. Allen
laid that the very purpose for which it
vas begun had evidently been aban-
Toned. The poor people of Cuba were
starving by the hundreds every day,
yet not an ounce of food or medicine
lad been conveyed to them.
II will vote every dollar and every
nan necessary to conduct the war" he
'aid. Il feel interested in it, parity
because / received from the 'effete
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