Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-20
Senate Passes Resolution for an
Auxiliary Naval Force.
CONSIDERATION OF REVENUE BILL
Mr.. Daniel for Liberal Expendi-
ture.
SHOULD PAY AS WE GO

Soon after the Senate convened today
Mr.. Hale (Me.). chairman of the commit
tee on naval affairs favorably reported
from the committee the House joint resolu-
ton providing for the organization and en-
roliment of an auxiliary naval force, which
shall form an inner line of defense An
amendment by the Senate committee pro-
vides that the force shall not exceed 5000
men.
The resolution was passed
A bill was reported from the committee
on Indian affairs authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to refund $15, 1876 to the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
Company. the sum having been deposited in
the United States treasury many years ago
as guarantee and for which no value
was received by the railway company. The
bill was passed
A joint resolution was also passed calling
upon the Secretary of War for report on
the Sabine Pass improvement.
AT the conclusion of morning business
consideration OF the war revenue measure
was resumed.
The pending question was upon section
p OF the bill, which had been stricken out
by the Senate committee. The section
authorizes every firm corporation selling
goods under contract to add to the pric,
such lax might be levied by the law.
Mr. German (MdD thought that the para
graph ought not to be stricken out.
Mr. Wolcott (Col) advocated the elimina-
ton of the paragraph.
The committee amendment striking out
the paragraph was agreed to.
To the stamp tax provision the COM
mittee, through Mr. Aldrich (RID, offered
an amendment in the nature of a
substitute for the committee amend
Tent regarding the tax on board of
trade and stock exchange transactions.
The substitute reads: Upon each SALE
Mt "a l., --11
of any products or merchandise at any ex-
change, or board of trade or other similar
place. either for present or future delivery,
foT each 500 in value of said sale or agree
ment of sale or agreement to sell, one cent.
and for each additional 500 or fractional
part thereof in excess of $780, one cent"
The amendment makes provisions for the
levylng and collection of the tax imposed.
The amendment was agreed to.
MIR. Daniel Speaks.
Mr.. Daniel (Va) then addressed the Sem
ate upon the general provisions of the pend
ing bill. In beginning he said that Con-
gress had no intention of abrogating its
functions. 1t would come together as usual
next December and would then be prepared
to furnish additional supply OF men and
means to the government. if at that time
they should be needed. He could conceive
Of conditions in which the President
would not be armed with every man and
every dollar necessary for the conduct Of
the war. Every man in Congress, what
ever his political affiliations, stood square,
ly behind the President, and individually
and collectively would give him earnest ard
sincere support
He maintained. however. that absolutely
no necessity existed for plunging the coun-
try into a great bonded debt on account of
the existing war. He was unwilling, he
said to mortgage pcsterity. to burden fu-
tEre generations with a debt. the example
OF which would be a constant temptation
to extravaganza.
Mr., Daniel cited the fact that not land
battle had been fought in the present war,
yet Congress was asked to issue enor-
nous amount of bonds.
He urged that every effort be made to
pay the expenses of the war as 1t pro-
crossed That was a great financial and
economical principle.
"The great statesman of England who
now lies DEAD, said Mr.. Daniel. 1.-The
statesman for whom the civilized world
mourns had the courage to insist upon the
principle, Pay you CO. >"
The bill as it came to the Senate from
the House. he said. provided for the pay
ment of the war debts tomorrow or the
next day. 1t provided for a postponemenr
of the day Of payment. This plan, he ar.
gued, was good neither in principle nor in
practice.