The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
WARM POLITICAL DEBATE
ON MONEY SPENT BY REPUBLICANS
IN LAST NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
Bill Providing for Emergency War
by HOuse-Hawaiian Annexation.

ton of the bond provision and the amend
ments proposed by the Democrats in lieu
of the bond paragraph. While no agree
ment was reached fixing a time for the
taking of a final vote upon the bill, it was
the expressed opinion on both sides of the
chamber that a vote would be taken to-
morrow before adjournment Mr.. Allison
(Rep., la, in charge of the measure, an
nounced that he would ask the Senate to re-
main in session tomorrow until a vote was
reached. All of the committee amend
ments, except those noted, were agreed to
this afternoon. Several efforts were made
to amend or eliminate the committee
amendments, but their efforts in each case
were unsuccessful.
Mr.. Butler (Pop., N. c. had the floor for
three hours and a half this afternoon.
Within fifteen minutes after he began to
speak he brought on general political en-
gagement which lasted for more than an
hour. The debate, which was heated and
at times decidedly personal, turned upon
the amount of money spent by the Repub-
lican managers in the presidential cam
paign of 1896. Senators on both sides of the
chamber were brought into the debate, and
a good deal of i'll feeling was manifested.
Messrs. Gallinger, Kyle, Allen, Hawley.
Teller and Chandler took part in this dis
Cussion.
In the course of colloquy between Mr..
Butler and Mr.. Gallinger, the former de-
clared that immense sums had been contrib
uted to the Republican presidential cam
paign fund by trusts and monopoiists and
bondholders and money changers" and that
SO per cent. of the money had been raised
and paid over to the Republican party un-
der a contract that certain legislation pro-
noting the interests of the trusts and mo-
nopoles should be enacted.
Mr.. Gallinger insisted that the charges
should be made specific; that Mr.. Butler
had no right under the rules to arraign
him or his party unless he had definite and
specific charges to present, and if the rules
of the Senate gave him that right they
ought to be changed.
At the opening of the session the Senate
passed a bill comforting American register
upon the steamship China, one of the fleet
of the Pacific mail Steamship Company. The
China has been chartered by the War De-
partment to transport troops to the Philip
pines. The China is now under the Hawaiian
flag.
After the political debate noted above the
work of perfecting the revenue bill was re-
sumed Mr. Jones Dem., Ark offering for
the committee some formal amendments to
the paragraph relating to the stamp tax on
medicinal articles put up as proprietary ar
ticles. AS amended the paragraph reads:
Provided that no stamp tax shall be i'm
posed upon any uncompounded medicinal
drug or chemical, nor upon any medicine
sold to or for the use of any person which
may be mixed or compounded for said per-
son according to the written recipe or pre-
scription of any practising physician or sur
geon And the stamp taxes provided for in
Schedule B shall apply to all medicinal
ticles compounded by any formula pub
lished or unpublished which are put up in
style or manner similar to that of patent,
trade mark or proprietary medicine in gen.
eral or which are advertised on the pack
age or otherwise as remedies or specifics
for any ailment or as having any special
claim to merit or to any peculiar advan-
tage in mode of preparation, quality, use or
effect"
The paragraph relating to the industrial
or weekly payment plan was SO amended
as to provide that the tax should be so per
cent. of the first weekly payment of
premium. The tax does not apply to the
fraternal or lodge insurance companies. The
paragraph was further amended so as to
include in the insurance organizations ex-
empted from the tax, employees relief as
sociations and farmers cooperative So
cieties.
The committee amendment placing a
stamp tax upon all receipts for money was
adopted.
Schedule B, relating to the tax on pro-
prietary articles was so amended as to
make it read; Medicinal proprietary
ticles." An exception in favor of Natural
spring waters was made in the tax placed
upon waters.
In connection with the consideration of
the committee amendments to Schedule b
Mr.. Gallinger gave notice of an amendment
reducing all the taxes levied in this schedule
one half.
From the committee amendment provid-
ing that all articles covered by Schedule B,
which are in the hands of manufacturers,
wholesale or retail dealers should be taxed,
Mr.. Faulkner proposed to strike out the
clauses of the amendment which included
the stocks of proprietary articles in the
hands of wholesale or retail druggists. He
maintained that it would be working an in
justice to the dealers who had purchased
the goods and had them in stock. Mr.. VOL
colt held that if the amendment were
adopted it would render the provisions use
less. Mr.; Faulkner's amendment was re-
jected-26 to a.
Mr. Allen proposed an amendment to the
paragraph exempting all articles in the
hands of retail dealers. 1t was rejected. The
committee amendment was then agreed to.
1t provides that upon all the articles and
preparations at present in the hands of man
ufacturers or of wholesale or retail dealers
the tax stamp shall be placed by the dealer
when the articles are sold at retail. Mr.. Gal
linger then offered his amendment reducing
by one-half the taxes levied upon all me-
dicinaI proprietary articles, preparations
perfumes, cosmetics, etc, included in Seized
ule B. He maintained that the tax was oner-
Gus and unnecessary.
In antagonizing the amendment Mr.. Aid
rich said Schedule b had given the commit
tee more trouble than any other part of the
bill, but he was satisfied that the tax pro-
posed by the committee was equitable ard
Just. The tax on these articles was insig-
nificant. he said, compared with that on beer
and tobacco and they were we'll able to
stand it. The amendment was rejected-22
to AZ.
Mr.. Allison said that as the bill was now
completed so far is the committee was con-
cerned. except as to the bond provision and
the substitutes offered for it, he would be
be effected. He believed that the bill could
be disposed of tomorrow and hoped that Ii
might, as such contamination was partic-
ularly desirable.
Mr. Jones Dem. Ark.) had no doubt that
a final vote on the bill would be reached
Mr.. Allison then gave notice that he would
ask the Senate to remain in session to-nor
row until the bill was completed and passed.
Mr.. White offered an amendment ievying
tax of one-quarter of 1 per cent. upon the
gross receipts of every person firm or cor
roads. In Offering the amendment he said:
This amendment will permit the payment
or a part of the war burdens by the various
Sleeping-car companies. They have been
long DESTROYS of contributing 10 the govern
ment expenses, but could not because OF the
lack of necessary legislation. Such tax as
propose will not fall. fancy. upon the
consumer.
After agreeing to uaat at II o'clock ta-