The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-19

on this point. expressing the hope that
If the passage of the bill would ex-
pedite in any wise the movement of
this force it would be put through
without any further delay whatever.
He referred to the battle Of Manila as
the most notable naval triumph of the
world, because of its remarkable one
sidedness, and expressed surprise and
disappointment that eighteen days nave
been allowed to elapse before troops
sufficient to enable US TO follow the ma
val victory with an attack upon the
Spanish land forces at Manila had even
been put in readiness to start upon
their mission.
German repeated his criticism made
in open session of the provision in
serted by the conferrees. but said he
would not place any barrier in the way
of action upon the report
There was no division upon the ac-
ceptance of the report.
The Senate resumed open legislative
session at 12:15 D. m, and began the
consideration of the war revenue
measure.
Turpie CD of Indiana addressing the
Senate said that the differences were
only in method. There were no differ
ences as to the purpose of supplying all
the means and men to the Government
to carry on the war Turpie said that
the pending bill carried provision for
a basketful of certificates Of indebted
ness in order to meet the deficiencies
caused by the Dingley law. The Dem
ocrats had been sharply criticised be-
cause of the monthly deficit Of the go
called Wilson law, but the Dingley
law was showing singular deficits
without criticism. Now, Turpie said, il
was proposed, in the pending war
measure, to take care of all the Ding
ley law deficits with the certificates of
Indebtedness.
The question presented to Congress
was how the necessary money should
be raised The committee was agreed
that $3.50, 100000 should be raised by
taxation, and the remaining sum, from
$120 OUv,OO0 to $150,OO0,00O, by other
means.
Turpie thought the tax on succession
was one of the best features of the
bill. He said it was a tax on accumu-
lation, while the tax on beer and to-
bacco was a tax on consumption. Tur-
pie strongly urged the proposed tax
on corporations. He estimated this tax
would yield $1O0,000,0OO, and that the
inheritance provision would produce
$J0,0O0O0O more. This would supply
the amount necessary to be raised. The
remaining $150000, 900 necessary could
be raised by the coinage of the silver
seigniorage and the issue of legal tender
notes.
The section Of the bill providing for
the issue of greenbacks, he said, was
proposed by the majority of the COM
mittee as substitute for the bond sec
ton of the bill as it came from the
House. For the present Turpie said
the Democratic policy of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver had been
relegated to the hustings and to the
arbitrament of the ballot. He argued
at length in favor of the issue of green
backs or legal tender notes.
Referring to the proposed issue of
bonds. Turpie said it's promoters had
put it as a rider in this bill, in order
to place Congress in durance.
German suggested that the penalty
for failure to affix the stamp to any
drug or medicine, perfumery, etc, was
too severe. The bill. as it passed the
House, provided a penalty of 500, but
the committee had changed this SO as
to make the offense a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than
$500 or Imprisonment for not exceed
ing six months.
The provision was amended by strik-
ing out the maximum fine, leaving it to
the discretion of the courts to make it
less than 500.
German moved then to strike out the
clause providing for Imprisonment.
Messrs. Gray, Mills and Cullom also
supported the notion and Messrs. Aid
rich, Jones of Arkansas, Chiffon, White
and Cockrell opposed it.
The amendment was rejected-26 to
p.
German asked the Senate to return to
Section of the bill, providing that any
person willfully evading the require
ment to place revenue stamps upon any
legal document or taxed paper of any
kind should be fined not more than
$500, or imprisoned not more than six
months, or both. He moved that the
fine be fixed at 500 instead of $500.
The motion was agreed to-30 to is.
German then moved to strike out the
Imprisonment clause.
This was agreed to without a divi-
sion.
On Germans motion, Imprisonment
clauses were stricken out of Sections
and 8, providing for the use of revenue
stamps.
The Senate refused to strike out the
Imprisonment feature of Section IL,
which provides for the affixing of
stamps to stock transferred
In Section 10 of the bill the stamp
taxes provided were made effective ION
the 1st day of June" This was amend
ed so as to read ION the 10Th day of
June"
The bill was then laid aside for the
day, and at o'clock the Senate went
into executive session, and at 5:15 D.
m. adjourned
IN THE HOUSE.