The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-28
.PARTlESCLASH
OVER THE BOND PROPOSITION IN
THE WxR REVENUE MEASURE.
Democrats aud PopuIists vigorously
Opposela Leading Feature of the
Republicans' Bill.
MINORITY FOR INCOME TAX
COINAGE of SILVER sEIGNIoRAGE
OR ISSUE or legal. TENDERS.
Speeches By Messrs, DingIey. Bailey,
snyer~ and Others at the Day
ana Night Sessions.
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Mr.. DoLLEyER,s ELooUENCE
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HIS AUDIENCE IN TEARS AT THE
CONCLUSION OF HIS REMARKS.
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Republican Senator'S Confident They
Can Passs the Eth ssith the Aid
OF t-Fese@DeDiocrats.
Speeches By Messrs. DinSIey. Bailey,
sayers and Others at the Day
ana Night Sessions.
MR.. DoLLIvERs ELooUENCE
HIS AUDIENCE IN TEARS AT THE
CONCLUSION OF HIS REMARKS.
Republican senatsrk Confident They
Can Pnsssais9 HiltAsith the Aid
OF "a Few Dem ocrats.
Special TO the 1ndlanapells journal.


WASHINGTON. April 27.-The war rev.
enue measure is threading it's way through
the House. 1t will pass that body on Fri
day, and will reach the Senate either Sat
urday or Monday next. 1t is in this body
that 1t will meet the only real opposition it
will encounter on its path to the White
House. The Senate opposition will be con-
fined entirely to one feature of the bill
that authorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to borrow money on bonds-and this
will come wholly from the free-silver ele-
ment. 1t is understood to-day that this
element has abandoned expectations, even
perhaps, hope, of defeating this feature of
the bill, and will not adopt obstructive tao
tics against it, They will speak against
issuing bonds and vote against it, but
inasmuch as ter or twelve Democrats are
believed to stand ready to vote with the
Republicans to lodge the necessary power
in the hands of the government, the OPPOSE
ton will abandon their plalf of starving the
treasury into consenting to some of the
proposed wildcat schemes of initiating the
currency. The free sil,erites in the Sem
ate seem to have come to an appreciation
of the fact that it will be highly unpopular
to deny the administration the power to
raise ample money to conduct the war they
helped to bring about This knowledge,
coupled with the other knowledge that it
Will be within the power of the administra-
ton, under existing law, to- borrow money
on bonds for the ostensibie purpose of main
tanning the gold reserve, has caused the
change in the plans Of the free-silver men.
The President spiked their chief gun when
he failed to ask Congress for authority to
issue. gold" bonds. The silverites expected
to make their fight against the word gold"
and it's omission from the measure has de-
moralized them. Their, principal plea
against the issuance of bonds heretofore has
been that they opposed SO doing in times
of peace, but now that this plea has been
taken away, largely by their own act, they
refuse to authorize the borrowing of money
on bonds in times of war. Ready money
cannot, of course, be got by, the govern
ment in any other way.
An Associated Press dispatch says: While
there is 70 doubt that the senators of all
parties who advocate the free coinage of
silver will Noppose the bond feature of the
war revenue bill. the present prospect is
that they will not seek to delay it's passage
on account of that provision Senators Teller.
Pett1greW ana Butler al expressed the Opin-
lon that this would be the course pursued.
Senator jones, of Arkansas, declined to ex-
press any opinion upon the point saying
there had been no exchange OF views on 1T
among the Democratic sena tors. The bond
provision probably will be stricken out of
the bill in the committee on finance and re-
stored in the Senate The full Democratic
strength of the finance committee is relied
on to oppose the provision. Senator Jones,
of Nevada, silver Republican, is counted
upon to support a motion to eliminate the
bond feature. His vote would be decisive,
as he holds the balance of power in the
committee. In the event that the bill is