The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-03

Washington, June 2.-When the SEN
ate adjourned this evening the war rev.
enue measure, so far as the finance
committee is concerned, was completed,
with the exception of the bond provis-
ion amendments proposed by the Dem
ocrats. While no agreement was
reached fixing time for the taking of
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, in charge of the meas
ure, announced he would ask the sen
ate to remain in session tomorrow until
e, vote was reached.
At the opening of today's session the
senate passed a bill comforting Ameri-
can register upon the steamship China,
one of the fleet of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company. The China has
been chartered by the war department
TO transport troops to the Philippines.
The China is now under the Hawaiian
flag.
- Consideration of the war revenue bill
was resumed and Mr.. Butler Pop., N
CD addressed the senate. He regretted
that the finance committee had not seen
ut to present to the senate a genuine
war revenue bill In the circumstances
the responsibility in the passage of the
pending measure rests, said he, upon
those who have placed in the bill pro-
Visions that have no place in a revenue
measure. He expressed his regrets
that those holding peculiar views Oh
the money question had seen fit to raise
those controVerted questions of finance
incorporated in the measure as
it forced those who differed from the
committee Oh those questions to discuss
them.
The statement brought to his feet
Mr.. Gallinger (Rep., n. h. who de-
manded that Mr.. Butler make his
charges specific.
CHARGE OF BRIBERY.
In the course of a colloquy between
the two senators, Mr.. Butler declared
that immense sums had been contrib
uted to the Republican presidential
campaign fund by trusts and monOpo-
lies and bondholders and money chang |
erS, and that SO per cent of the money |
had been raised and paid over to the /
Republican party under a contract that /
certain legislation promoting the inter /
ests Of the trusts and monopoles /
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 pre-
sent.
Mr. Kyle Pop., S. d. also insisted
that Mr. Butler give his authority for
such assertions.
Mr.. Kyle stated that as the chairman
OF the Populist party, Mr.. Butler had
made charge that was at least ex-
travagant, and that in making such
statements, as the representative Of the !
Poputlst party, the senator ought to be
certain CT his position before making
them.
Mr.. Butler said that while he believed +
the statement to be true, he had not
made 1t upon his own responsibility .
with personal knowledge OF its truth.
I have learned said he in the
course of my experience as chairman / i
of the. Populist party committee. that
thereFare interests which will contrib (
ute TO the support of any party in re- !
turn for an agreement that that party :
viii support legislation favorable to
those interests" :
Mr.. Hawley (Rep., Comm interiected :
the remark that he had no doubt that !
the senator (Butler) knew what he ,
was talking about, but Republican
had not been approached in
any such manner as Indicated. {
Mr.. Galinger and Mr.. Allen followed :
in heated exchange of words over the = =
resolution introduced by the latter.
p DIVIDING for an investigation of the .
methods of the various parties in the
last presidential campaign. :
Inc former, who IS a member of the :
committee to audit and control the con- y
tinSent expenses OF the senate to which !
the resolution was referred. said that e
he was willing TO go into the investiga- l
tlon at this time, but no proof had d
been presented to the committee that Il
that was necessary. He pointed our
Inst the other two members of the d
had supported the same .
presidential candidate in 1896 as had q
Mr. Allen, and he ought to labor with
-hem II he desired action upon his reso- $
ution. c
Mr.. Allen insisted that Mr.. Gallinger 81
vas endeavoring to escape responsible u
" by attempting to load it upon the W
shoulders of others. v
REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION. i +,
Mr.. Teller ISL. Rep, Colo9. in the 81
curse OF brief but emphatic state IN
nent that the charges made by Mr. ii
5utler We're believed by the people and C
ught 20 be investigated by the senate til
eclared that II was notorious that the OF
republican party had spent more m
money IN the one campaign of 1896 than m
had spent in all previous campaigns al
nee 1906 He added that no party ha
al ever employed methods IN a cam na
alsn so corrupt as were the methods or
the Republican party in that cam
aiSn, and that such methods were a
lenace TO our form of government He CT
'ould be glad, he said, to give-up three m
lonthS OF the hot weather in making mr.
ucn an investigation as was provided pa
Or by the resolution of Mr. Allen. an
MI. Gallinger replied that he was iul
'lIilnS 10 enter upon the investigation a
5 soon as Mr.. Teller could induce his Ac
ohtical colleagues to take action. He di.
|. acted attention to the fact that the SO
ommlttee was composed of one Demo- we
rat, Mr. Jones Of Arkansas, chairman an
the Democratic national committee. De
r. Jones of Nevada, a member of the
opuist party, and himself, Repub
can ,
Mr.. Chandler said ne had directed at m.
ntion to the charges OF the large use Oe
money by the Republican campaign ri,
anagers in 1896, ana had suggested NJ
lat they ought 10 be investigated. but IA
le resolution Of Mr.. Allen had gone to ON
5 death on the 4th of last March. s.nor !
trough any fault of the Gallinger ON
mily, nor through any fault of the he;
ew Hampshire family, but SOLELY ]
rough the fault of the Jones fam be
While expressing a willingness that 7
cry act Of the Democratic national OF
mmittee should be scrutinized, Mr. {
mes of Arkansas did not believe any 2.
ngible results would come from such Cit
investigation as had been conten-
3ted.
Mr.. Butler resumed his speech, in the in
urse of which he opposed any in ad,
ease of the bonded debt, and CON opr
lded at 2:4O p. m.
REVENUE BILL AMENDED. -
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