The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-03
Almost Ready for a Vote on the
War Revenue Bill.
BUTLER MAKES CHARGES
The Republican Party Mortgaeed to h
Trusts and Monopolies and Were
Paying on Their Indebtedness
in the Wa Revenue Bill.

CIu iutdouIt, 81 idi hs u biioi1t
committee is concerned. was completed.
with the exception of the bond provi-
sions amendments proposed by the
democrats in lieu of the house para
graph. While no agreement was
reached fixing a time for the taking Of
a final vote upon the bill, it was the
expressed opinion on both sides Of the
chamber that a vote would be ken
tomorrow before adjournment. Mr..
Allison. in charge of the measure. an
nounced he would ask the senate to
remain in session Tomorrow until a
vote was reached.
At the opening of to-day's session
the senate passed the bill comforting
American register upon the steamship
China of the Pacific Steamship COM
pany. The China had been chartered
by the war department to transport
troops to the Philippines.
Consideration of the war revenue bill
was resumed, and Mr.. Butler, pop, N.
c.. addressed the senate. He regretted
that the nance committee had not
seer At to present TO the senate a GEN.
uine revenue bill. Under the c
stances the responsibility in the pass
age of the pending measure 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 c~ontroverted questions
of finance incorporated in the measure,
az IL forced those who differed from the
committee on those questions to discuss
them. The statement brought to his
feet Mr.. Gallinger. rep, N. H., who de-
manded that Mr.. Butler make his
charges more specific.
In the course of a colloquy between
the two senator's, Mr.. Butler declared
that immense sums had been contrib
uted to the republican presidential cam
paign fund by trusts and monopoles and
bondholders and money changers, ana
that 90 per cent of the money had been
raised and paid over to the republican
party under a contract that certain leg
islation promoting the interests OF the
trusts and monopolies should be enact
ed. Mr.. Gallinger insisted that the
charges should be made specific; that
Mr.. Butler had no right, under the rules,
TO arraign him or his party unless he
had definite n specific charges to pre-
sent.
MIR. Kyle. pop. s. d., also insisted that
Mr.. Butler give his authority for such
assertions. MIR. Kyle stated that, as the
chairman of the populist party. Mr.. But
Ter had made a charge that was at least
e~xtravagant and that, in making such
statements, as the representative OF the
populist party. the senator ought to be
certain of his position before making
them.
Mr.. Butler said that while he believed
the statement to be true, he had not
made IL upon his own responsibility
with personal knowledge of its truth.
Il have learned" said he. in the
course of my experience az chairman OF
the populist party committee that there
are interests which will contribute TO
the support of any party in return for
an agreement that that party VIII sup
port legislation favorable to those in
terests."
Mr.. Hawley, rep, Conn, interjected
the remark that he had no u that
the senator (Butler) knew what he was
talking about, but republican senators
had not been approached in any such
as indicated.
Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Allen followed
in a heated exchange OF words over the
resolution introduced by the latter,
providing for an investigation of the
methods of the various parties In the
last presidential campaign. The for
mer. who is a member of the committee
10 audit and control the contingent ex-
penses of the senate to which the reso-
luton was referred. said that he was
w vi ~ 81 NV ttA1 -
this time, but no proof had been pre-
scented TO the committee that that was
necessary. He pointed out that the
other two members of the committee
had supported the same presidential
candidate In 1896 as had Mr.. Allen, and
he ought to labor with them IL he de-
sired action upon his resolution.
Mr.. Allen insisted that Mr.. Gallinser
was endeavoring TO escape responsibility
by attempting to load II upon the Shout
ders of others.
Mr.. Teller. sill. rep. Colo. In the course
of a brief but emphatic statement that
the charges made by Mr.. Butler were be-
Iieved by the people and ought to be in
vestigated by the senate. declared that IL
was notorious that the republican party
had spent more money In the one cam
paign of 1895 than II had spent in all pre-
vious campaigns since 1856.
Mr.. Chandler said he had directed at
tention To the charges of the large use
of money by the republican campaign
managers in 1896. and had suggested that
they ought to be investigated. but the
resolution of MIR. Allen had gone to Its
death on the 4th of last March.
Mr.. Butler resumed his speech, In the
| course of which he opposed any increase
of the bonded debt. and concluded at 2;4o
p. m.
The work OF perfecting the bill was
then resumed. MIR. Jones of Arkansas
t0Rf1nE lnT tnt toIitifiittt thht
amendments to the paragraph relating to
the stamp tax on medicinal articles, cne
, purpose of the amendments being to ex-
empt incorporated medicinal drugs and
medicines and physicians prescriptions.
The paragraph relating to the Industrial
or weekly aymen plan. was amended so
as TO provide that the tax should he 20
per cent. of the weekly payment of prem
ium. The tax does not apply to fraternal
or lodge insurance companies. The para
graph was further amended so as TO in
clude in the Insurance organizations ex-
emp;ed from the tax employees relief asso-
Citations and farmers cooperative soci-
cites.
The committee amendment placing a
stamp tax upon all receipts Tor money
was adopted.
Schedule n. relating to the tax on pro-
prietary articles. was so amended as TO
make IL read: Medicinal proprietary ar
~ticles." An exception In favor OF natural
-xsr. .a.-NH mas made IN the fAN