The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07
ON VAR REVENUE.
HI MAKES A SPEECH TN THE
SENATE AGAINST THE BOND
ISSUE FEATURE OF
THR BILL.

T6H BILL
Says the Bond Provision Was Inserted
at the Demand Of the "Mouey Class"
and that the Republican Senators
Who Uphold that Feature of It are
Paying Back the Contributions to the
Republican Camgaign Fund.
WASHINGTON, June 2-When the
Senate adjourned to day all the com.
mittee amendments to the War Rev
enue bill. except as to the issue of legal
tender notes or bonds. have been acted
upon.
Senator Allison expressed the hope
thrt the bill would be finished to-mor-
row evening, and this seemed to meet
the approval Of the Senate, although
no announcement was given TO have
the bill finally acted upon to morrow.
Among the amendments agreed to
to day we're those requiring q stamp
Of q cent OF receipts and on pro-
prietary articles when retailed. Sena.
tor Gallinger offered an.amendment TO
reduce by half the tax on proprietary
articles, but it was defeated by the
vote Of % to AZ.
Most OF the speech making today
was by Butler North Carolina), the
burden OF whose talk was that the
bond provision Was inserted at the de
mand Of the money classes who had
contributed to the Republican cam
paign fund.
Butler began by expressing regret
that such a bill as could have had the
unanimous support of the Senate had
not been brought forward.
The responsibility for the delay in the
passage of this bill, he thought, rested
on the shoulders of those who had
seen ht to insert in it provisions which
had no proper place in it, and who
thus forced discussion and protest
on the part of those who opposed the
financial views sought to be carried
out.
A remark of Buffers to the effect
that Republican Senators were Hnduly
Influenced in support Of the bond
proposition, provoked Mr.. Gallinger
to demand more specific allegations.
Mr.. Butler replied that in the last
Presidential campaign immense sums
were contributed to the Republican
party by trusts, monopolists, bond
holders, and the money lenders; that
now these interests demand legisla-
ton favorable TO them, and that the
refusal OF such legislation would be Q
breach Of contract on the part Of the
Republican Senators and Representa-.
tives.
The pending bill he asserts, was In
the interest of the very rich people Of
the country.
He calculated that for every g of
taxes that would fall upon SO, OOO, 600
people, who owned half of the prop
erty OF the country, not more than 81
would fall upon 10000 people who
owned the other half.
After some colIoquy, Butler contin-
ued his speech by saying:
1.-THE bond section of the bill was
inserted at the demand Of the money
classes, who had contributed to the
Republican campaignfu fund, and that it
is not In the public interest.
1.-THE chief purpose of this BILL" he
said, sis not to raise revenue to carry
on the wal. That is an easy matter.
Its chief purpose is to 8 this occa-
sion to commit the country to q policy
of bond issues and bank papers, and ]
submit that those who strive to put
through such offensive legislation, un'
der the whip and spur of a war meas.
ure, ought to be the last people in the
world to challenge the patriotism OF
others. It ia an attack upon the mass
ca Of the people"