The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-03

FINAL VOTE TO
BE TAKEN TODAY
Consideration Of War Revenue Measure
Practically Completed by the Senate.
DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENT
In Lieu Of Bond Paragraph Will PrOba.
bly, Come Up This Evening.
HEATED AND PERSONAL DEBATE
Mr. Butler, of North Carolina, Occupied the
Floor for Three and Half Hours and
Brought on a General Political
Engagement
HEATED AND PERSONAL DEBATE

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Washington, June 2.-When the senate
adjourned this afternoon the war revenue
measure so far as the finance committee is
concerned, was completed with the ex-
ception of the bond provision and the
amendment proposed ythe democrats in
lieu of the bond paragraph. While no
agreement was reached fixing the time for
a final vote on the bill 1t was expressed
opinion on both sides of the chamber that
a vote would be taken tomorrow before
adjournment. Mr. Allison, of Iowa, in
charge of the measure, announced that he
would ask the senate to remain in session
tomorrow until a vote was reached. All
the committee amendments except those
noted were agreed to this afternoon. Sew
eral efforts were made to amend or elm
mate the committee amendments, but the
efforts in each case were unsuccessful.
Mr.. Butler, of North Carolina, had the
floor for three and half hours this af-
ternoon. Within fifteen minutes after he
began to speak he brought on a general po-
litical engagement which lasted for more
than hour. The debate, which was
heated and at times personal, turned upon
the amount of money spent by the repub-
lican managers in the presidential cam
paign of 1896. Senators on both sides of the
chamber were brought into the debate and
good deal of i'll feeling was manifested.
At the opening of the session the SEN
ate passed a bill comforting American reg
istry upon the steamship China, one of the
fleet of the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany. The China has been chartered by
the war department to carry troops to the
Philippines.
Butler Takes the Floor
Consideration of the war revenue bill was
resumed and Mr.. Butler, of North Ca olina
addressed the senate. He regretted that
the finance committee had not seen fit to
present to the senate a genuine revenus
bill. In the circumstances the responsible
ty for delay in the pending measure, rests
he said, upon those who have placed in the
bill provisions that have no place in a
revenue measure. He expressed his re-
grets that those holding peculiar views on
the money question had seen fit to ra Sc
those controverted questions of finance In
corporated in the me ASSURE as it forced
those who differed from the committee on
those questions to discuss them. Mr.. But
Ter made characteristic attack upon the
republican party, in the course of which
he arraigned what he said was the deter
mination of the majority of the senate to
incorporate In the bill a provision for the
issue OF DOnuS. lie maze serious rene ctlOnS
upon the senate itself, charging that its
majority had been unduly influenced up n
the question of bonds.
The statement brought to his feet Mr.
Gallnger (rep. N. H. who demanded that
Mr. Butler make his charges more suecific.
In the course of colloquy between tie
two senators, Mr.. Butler declared that inn
mense sums had been contributed to the
republican campaign fund by the trusts
and monopolies, bondholders and money
changers and 80 ner cent. of the money
had been raised and paid over to the repub-
lican party under a contract that certain
legislation promoting the interests of the
trusts and monopolies should be enacted.
Should BE Specific
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
and specific charges to present.
At this point the political engagement,
which had been brewing for several min
utes became general. Mr.. Kyle (pop., of
S. d. inquired of Mr. Butler what author
ity he had for saying 80 per cent. of money
was paid under contract that the donors
should have special legislation
81 wish to congratulate the republican
party upon it's new defender" replied Mr.
Butler
.'If expressing a desire for definite in
formation is defending the republican par
it, AS the chairman of the populist party,
the senator (Mr. Butier) has made a charge
that is at least extravaganza. he Is making
his statements as the representative of the
populist party and he 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
1t upon his own responsibility with personal
knowledge of its truth. 81 have learned
said he sin the course of my experience
as chairman of the populist party commit
tee that there are interests which contrib
ute to the support of any party In return
for an agreement that the party will sup
port legislation favorable to those inter-
ests"
Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Allen followed In
a heated exchange of words over the reso-
luton introduced by the latter, providing
for investigation of the campaign methods
of the various parties in the last presi-
Dental campaign.
No Proof Presented
The former, who is a member of the com.
mittee to audit and control the contin'
gent expenses of the senate to which the
resolution was, referred, said that he was
willing to go into the investigation at any
time. but no proof had been presented ia
the committee that was necessary He
pointed out that two other members of the
committee had supported same presiden-
tial candidate in 1896 as had Mr.. Allen and
that he ought to labor with them ii nc
desired action upon his resolution
Mr.. Allen insisted that Mr.. Galiinger was
endeavoring to escape responsibility by
attempting to load it upon the shoulders
of Others
Mr.. Teller, of Colorado, in the course Of
a brief but emphatic statement. said the
charges made by Mr.. Butler were believed
by the people and ought to he investigated
3 by the senate, declared that it was motor
ious that the republican party had spent
moro money in the one campaign of 1856