The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-29

sufficient to prosecute great war He re-
garded the bond provision OF the bin as its
most benefcent feature. 1t opened the door
70 PatT to- SNIP Dy giving those who could not
glory OF supporting the government.
some of tho internal revenue features of the
DILL as especially onerous on the DOOR and
argued that the wealth of the country
tax He quoted Secretary Gage as saving
that $500.000OO0 was sufficient to prosecute
the war AS there was now in the treasury
$200OO.OOO he contended that a bond au-
| thorization was unnecessary.
Mr.. Hopkins CRep., Ill) commended the
raise extraordinary revenues over $55. 900. :
| Geo would be obtained from beer and tobacco
articles OF voluntary consumption. The
| remainder would come from tonnage tax
alton and from the stamp tax which would
| fan mainly on the classes able to pay. The
bond feature of the bill had been urged, he
| said by the patriotic administration which
was to prosecute the war. He derided the
| income tax proposition of the minority.
t Ras cdo ~ In hi his o criticism H
| greenbacks. In one year of the civil war
the greenbacks had cost the government
Mr. Mann (Rep, I'D made brief speech
| In support of the bill.
Mr.. Mcclellan Dem., N. W. a member
| or the ways and means committee, said the
| great mistake that we always made in the
| past when confronted by war had been to
underestimate the magnitude of the task
| before us.
GEN. HENDBRsoN's SPEECH.
| Mr.. Henderson (Rep., la made an elo-
| cuent appeal to the members to lay aside
| party politics and give cash without reserve
| to the government to prosecute the war.
He had believed that there would be no
war, but it had come. He despised war;
but the chief executive had unfurled the
| flag, and all his brain and heart and energy
should go to its support. Thus far politics
| had been kept to the rear. Together both
| sides had declared war and rallied the
| young men of the country. Let us not"
| said he, "hurl them into the ranks of battle
| and the jaws of death with the sound of
| Qlssens1ons ringing in their ears. care not
| how we provide the sinews OF war so that
| they are the least burdensome. But taxa
ton there must be. The step we have taken
| has already cut down our revenues. All
our estimates are gone. We need men, lnllets
| and cash. Let US move up like brothers.
| Let there be no this sire or that side, no
| Republican and no Democratic. Let us fold
| up our campaign speeches and back up the
step we have taken by giving cash without
| reserve" (Applause)
Representatives Lowering, of Massachu-
sets and Russell and Speery. of Connecti-
! cut, also spoke.
Representative Lanham. of Texas, said
he had no serious objection to offer to the
| come tax and the internal revenue tax
would provide sufficient revenue for all
| practical purposes.
|
| Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts. the latter
making a strong defense of the income tax
provisions proposed by the minority, also
| spoke.
Representative Sherman moved that when
| the House adjourned at the night session 1T
be 20 meet at 10 O'Clock, which was agreed
to. The committee then arose and at 535
| took a recess till o'clock.
i The night session was occupied by brief
| speeches, many of them mere pegs on which
| members, under the leave to print, could
hang speeches in the Congressional Record.
| (Dem., o., Howe (Rep., N. W Linney
(Rep., y. g.. Little Dem. Arkl, Rhea
(Dem., Ky0. Gum Dem., Idaho. Stephens
| Dem, Tex), SOuthwick (Rep., N. Y0,
Robinson Dem., Ind, Vincent Pop.,
K75an1. Crumpacker Rep., Ind. Ki tGh1
Sparkman Dem. Fla.), Bodkin Pop.,
Kan), Burk (Den Tex), and Simpson
Pop, Kan:) At 1890 p. m. the House re-
cessed until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.
The Republican members of the ways and
means committee held a meeting to-day, at
which fifty amendments to the war revenue
| bill were agreed to- These will be offered
in the House tomorrow. Many of them are
mere verbal amendments. but there were
some of considerable Importance. One Of
these exempts mutual and cooperative life
| insurance companies from taxation. The
tax on insurance companies is transferred
from the policies to the premiums In this
the amendment conforms to the law of 1866.
1 The tax on marine, inland and fire insur-
| ance policies is extended to cover employ
| ers liability associations, title insurance
companies. glass and all other special in
| Surance companies, of which many classes
have grown up in the past few years.
| Railroad Geographic messages and all
| other leased wire messages are exempted
by an amendment limiting the tax TO mes
| sages Ion which the company's charges are
| to be paid to be collected"
The tax on chewing gum is reduced from
| I n q E-np a
| The tax beer is extended to include
beer stored" The amendment was deemed
cense of dealers in leaf tobacco is reduced
| from $24 to So on those whose sales do not
$24 on dealers whose sales exceed that
amount
The most important amendment was one
| which levies tax of cent upon all pay
| telephone messages costing below % cents.
| The original provision exempted messages
for distance below thirty miles Mr.. Taw
| ment, which will cover all city and sub
urban business. will raise $5,OOO.OOO
tween the Republican and Democratic
leaders the question of the final vote
upon the war revenue bill If some of the
| Democrats should vote against the bill on
it's final passage on account of the bond
provision 1t is feared that their action might
be misunderstood abroad, where it is i'm
| portant that solid front be presented 1t
| seems likely now, therefore, that the OPP
| position will content itself with record
! vote on the proposition TO strike out the
| bond provisions and substitute the income
tax and that there shall be no roll call
upon the final passage. There will simply
be a viva voce vote.
| The Senate committee finance will
meet Monday to take up the war revenue
bill. The members of the committee do not
anticipate any delay in getting the bill out
of committee, and it can be stated that
there is no thought of eliminating a bond
provision in order to secure the expeditions
passage of the other portions of the bill
Said Senator Allison to-day: THE bill will
pass the Senate with a bond provision in
cluded, nor will there by any great delay in
its passage, in my Judgment"
Bills Passed by the Senate.
| WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Agafn to-day
the Senate was in the attitude Of waiting
for business to reach it. Bills were passed
as follows: TO examine. determine and re-
port the facts necessary to the establish
ment of free public highways into the
Yosemite National Park; for revising and
perfecting the classification of letters patent
and printed publications in the Patent Of
| flee and appropriating 1921 00 therefor.
Mr. Butler introduced the following reso-
| I,rtf TI,of he doH i,,Aa 0f