The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-26
MONEY FOR WAR EXPENSES.
The Senate Measure Will Raise All
nuaily $151, ,494, 4,OG6.
THE SENATE.

NAY 10TH. The debate upon the war
revenue bill was begun in the Senate.
Phe opening statement was made by
Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, the ranking
member in the absence of Mr.. Morrll,
of Vermont. 1t was estimated that the
bill, as it came from the House of Rep
resentatives, would raise about $780,
600, 600 q year. AS reported from the
Senate committee, Mr.. Allison estl-
mates that it will raise $l5l, 491, O66.
May 17TH.-In the Senate consider
able progress was made In the war rev.
enue measure Jones, of Arkansas,
stated in a general statement that the
taxes should I've levied upon property
and not upon consumption. \ bill was
passed providing that the pay and al"
lowance of the volunteers enlisted IL
the Urited States army shall begin on
the day of their enrolment at the State
camps. with a proviso that volunteer
troops sent to the Philippine islands
NAV draw one months pay in advance.
1t was explained that the bill applied
to those who had as volunteers enlist
ed in the United States Army. The
tobacco schedule was passed over for
the present.
May 18TH. The feature OF to-day's
session of the Senate was the speech OF
Mr.. Turpie Dem. J. Of Indiana, upon
the war revenue measure. He strongly
contended that a bond issue WAS un-
necessary; that all the funds required
for the prosecution of fhe war could be
raised through the proposed inheritance
tax, bv the tax on corporations, by the
coinage of the silver seigniorage
and by the issue of legal tender
notes. These four means of OBJ
tanning money would yield to the gov
ernment during the next year, he
maintained, fully $500, 900, 900 in excess
of the estimated sum necessary for the
conduct of the war. After an extended
debate, part of which occurred in secret
legislative session, the conference re-
port on the bill suspending certain
parts of the existing law relating to the
purchase OF supplies by the War De-
parment was adopted. The bill per-
mitting officers OF the regular army to
accept staff apr ointments in the volun-
teer army without losing their rank or
place in the regular service was passed.
NAY lGTH.-The Senate made consid-
erable progress with the war revenue
measure today, two.thirds of the meas
urc having becq .cad. TIE committee
amendments Lave generally heen
agreed 10. The proposition to place ::
stamp upon proprietary articles and
perfumes now in stock aroused & lively
discussion. Mr.. Daniels, of Virginia,
expressed his qualification that the
Senate committee had stricken out the
House provision subjecting tobacco
ctt99c!l; gQY - bend to the additional
tai i&10rlsed.
NAY 2O-H. The Senate completed
the reading OF the war revenue bill.
About seventh. eight of the committee
amendments were agreed to, Ih2se
remaining are the most important, be-
ing the issue OF bonds and certificates,
the tobacco tax, the tax on proprietary
articles, the issue of greenbacks, the
coinage OF the silver seignoraSe, the
issue of silver certificates, the inherit
ance tax and the tax on corporations.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, favorably
reported from the committee the House
Joint resolution for the enrolment of an
auxiliary naval force At 4:35 the Sen
ate went into executive session, ad-
journing soon afterwards until Mon
day.