The record-union., 1898-06-03
The Senate Has Nearly Completed
Its Consideration.
ExEscted F:na! Vote Will Be Taken Be-
fore kGj0urnmsat To-Day.
Tie House, Practically Without
Debate, Passes the Bill P1ovid-
ing Cor Emergency Expenses of
tho Army and Navy Depart
ments Incident to the War.

WASHINGTON, June when the
Senate adjourned this evening the war
revenue measure, so far as the FINANCE
Committee is concerned, was complete,
with the exception Of the bond provi-
sion and the amendments proposed by
the Democrats in lieu of the bond para
graph. While no agreement was reach
ed fixing a time for the taking of
final vote upon the BILL it was the ex-
pressed opinion on both sides of the
chamber that vote would De taken
tomorrow before adjournment. Ali
son, in charge of the measure, announc-
ed that he would ask the Senate to re-
main in session tomorrow until a vote
was reached.
At the opening of to-day's session the
Senate passed 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
alag.
Consideration of the war revenue biz
was resumed. and Butler (P) of North
Carolina addressed the Senate. He re-
s.gretted that the Finance Committee
had not seen fit to present to the SEN
ate a genuine revenue bill. In the
circumstances the responsibility for de-
lay in the passage of the pending meas
ure rests" said he. upon those who
have placed in the bill provisions that
have no place in a revenue measure.
He expressed his regrets that those
holding peculiar views on the money
question had seen fit to raise those con-
troverted questions of finance incorpor-
ated III the measure, as it forced those
who differed from the committee on
those questions to discuss them.
The statement brought to his feet
Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire, who
demanded that Butler make his charges
more specific.
In the course of a colloquy between
the two Senators, Butler declared that
immense sums had been contributed
to the Republican Presidential cam
paign fund by trusts and monopolists
and bond holders and money changers,
and that 50 per cent. of the money had
been raised and paid over to the Re
publican party under contract that
certain legislation promoting the inter-
ests of the trusts and monopolists
should be enacted.
Gallinger insisted that the charges
should be made specific; that Butler
had no right under the rules to arraign
him or his party unless he had definite
and specific charges to present.
Kyle P) of South Dakota also in
sisted that Butler give his authority
for such assertions.
Kyle stated that as the Chairman OF
the Populst party Butler had made
charge that was at least extravagant,
and that in making such statements
as the representative of the Populist
marty. the Senator ought to be certain
,of his position before making them.
Butler said that while he believed the
statement to be true, he had not made
lit upon his own responsibility with per-
sonal knowledge of its truth. Il have
,aearned +" said he '.in the course of my
experience as Chairman of the Populis'
Sparty committee, that there are inter
tests which will contribute to the sup
~port of any party in return for al
>agreement that that party VIII support
Alegislation favorable to those inter
<ests.,'
Hawley (R) of Connecticut interject-
ed the remark that he had no DOUBT
that the Senator tButler) knew what ne
was talking about, but Republican
tSenators had not been approached III
any such manner as indicated.
Gallinger and Allen followed In
heated exchange of words over the res
-plution introduced by the latter. pro-
Niding for an investigation of the meth
,Dds of the various parties in the last
presidential campaign
The former. who is a member or the
committee to audit and control the
contingent expenses of the Senate, tt
(which the resolution was referred, saio
nhat he was willing TO go into TINS
investigation at this time, but no proc
yhad been presented to the committee
that that was necessary. He pointed ou
that the other two members of the
committee had supported the same
Presidential candidate in 1876 as hat
Mr. Allen and he ought to labor witt
them if he desired action upon his res
Diution.
Allen insisted that Gallinger was en-
Geavoring to escape responsibility D.
attempting to load it upon the shoul
ders of the others.
Teller (Sil R) of Colorado, in tn
course of brief but emphatic state
1,,ent that the charges made by But