The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-10
BONDS OR GREENBACKS

| Washington, May 8.-The expectation Is
that the war revenue bill will be received
in the senate from the committee on
finance abou Wednesday, but its report
may be delayed for a day or two beyond
that date. The fact is that the commit
tee has found so many changes consid-
cred desirable from its standpoint that
progress has necessarily been slow. The
| Republicans have suggested many more
amendments to this bill than have the
Democratic members. and many of those
suggested by them have been of such i'm
| portance as to require careful attention
and much time. Shere are many matters
ye requiring consideration, and until
thees shall have been voted upon in COM
mittee, it will be impossible to fix a day
for reporting the bill.
Whether the bill shall carry a provision
for a new government loan on bonds de-
pends entirely upon Senator Jones Of Ne
vada. So far as II can be learned he has
not yet made known his position in the
committee and the other members profess
to be ignorant of the subject. The under
standing on the outside is that he will op-
pose the bond feature and that conse-
| quently when the bill is reported this pro-
vision will be eliminated and probably
authorization for the issuance of green
backs substituted for 1t.
Whateved the verdict of the committee
on tn bond clause the bond question will
be the basis of the senates cosideration
Of the bill. This subject will in any event
be debated at length in the senate. It IS
| generally conceded that even though the
committee dispaces the provision the
frineds of the bond polyicy will be strong
enough to restore It IN the senate If
vote is taken The opponents Of bonds
hold that the strength Of the bond row.
| sion Is due to the fact that state OF
war exiss and they are hopeful that war
: may come to a close before II win be
necessary to vote upon the bill. They
do not indicate any purpose OF holding
the bill in the senate with this purpose
in view, but they now assert It to be
their intention to debate the BIZ at ength
or at least to the extent necessary TO
present their views fully to the country
The Republican amendments are direct
ed to the improvements Of the details OF
the bill and to the elimination oot many
small items and the insertion Of, others
which viii bring in more revenue. The
Democratic members OF the communities
are generally assisting their Republican
colleagues in this matter and admit the
bill IS being improved by the process;
but they insist that as they have so far
been engaged on Republican amendments
thkat party should take the responsibility
for the delay that has occurred. It IS
expected that one or two days more will
be necessary to the perfection OF the
measure according TO the Republican
plan. How much more time will be nee
essary according TO the Repubiandtfd DIFF
essary for the Democratic Suggestions
cannot be foretold. It would not, how
ever, be very surprising II the bill should
not be taken up for debate before the
last days OF the week
In the meantime, the senate win devote
It's time TO miscellaneous questions Mon
day viii be devoted TO the postofics ap-
pris ton bill and speeches will be madeu by
Messrs, Faulkner. Butler, Pettigrew and
Oilers