The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-09
THE WAR REVENUE MEASURE
REPORT TO THE SENATE FULLY tx
PECTED TO-DAY.

Houses Were i'm Session More Than
Twelve Hours-PracticaIly all the
Differences Have Been Adjusted.
Washington, June Sunless most
carefully arranged plans fail of realiza-
tion, the conferees Of the two houses
OF congress on the war revenue bill
Will make their report to the senate to-
morrow. With the exception of brief
intervals for meals, the conferees were
in session for more than twelve hours
to-day, and the republican representa-
tives Of the two houses continued their
conference considerably beyond the
hour of adjournment of the full COM
mittee. A meeting is to be held at ii
o'clock tomorrow, and If the details
still unsettled are then arranged. al
now seems probable, there will be no
difficulty in completing the work at to-
morrow mornings meeting. When to-
days meeting closed practically all the
differences had been adjusted, except
those on the tobacco schedule and the
coinage Of the silver seigniorage,
though there were some points still to
be settled with reference to the pro-
posed issue of bonds and certificates Of
Indebtedness. The terms Of the settle
ment of these controverted items may
make difference in the agreement on
other items SO far reached, but it is not
believed that many Of these will be ma
terially changed.
The settlement so far obtained is a
substantial victory for the senate.
Practically all Of the senate amend
ments have been retained, as have also
large majority Of the senate's more
material changes in phraseology.
Among the most important of these
which the report will show have been
agreed to by the conferees are those
providing for tax on inheritances, for
a duty on tea and for taxes on sleeping
and palace cars, petroleum and sugar
refining, on mixed flour and on bank
ers, brokers, circuses, etc. All these
provisions which were inserted by the
senate are retained in practically the
language of the senate amendments
The provision in regard to time certifi-'
Gates will be amended, but the amount.
which was $100,000,000 in both the SEN
ate and house bills, will remain at that
figure. The changes will be Of a char
acter making the proposed loan more
available by doing away with the re-
quirements for advertising. 1t will also
be made clear that this loan is intend
ed for merely temporary purposes.
Among the senate amendments
which will probably go out are those
providing for a tax upon receipts above
$5 and for a tax on insurance agents
as the Chiffon amendment extending
the provisions of the proprietary medi-
cines schedule to all manufactured ar
ticles. The republican members Of the
committee generally oppose the Chiffon
amendment but its retention was urged
by Messrs Jones and Bailey, the demo-.
cratic members of the conferences.
There also will be general reduction
in the senate rates fixed upon proprie-ss
tary medicines. The tobacco schedule
is proving to be one Of the most diff
cult with which the committee has to
deal. Much Of the time to-day was
spent on this schedule. The two points
in dispute are the size of packages Of
manufactured tobacco and the house
provision making the tax Of twelve
cents per pound agreed upon by both
houses apply to stock in hand. When
the conference ended tonight it looked
as If the senate would win in it's COM
| tention for striking out the retroactive
clause and the provision in regard to-
the size of packages would be compro-
missed and medium size agreed upon.
| While republican and democratic
| members of the committee have work
| ed harmoniously on all the minor de-
| tails, the democratic members, Mr.. Jone
| of the senate and Mr.. Bailey of the
| house, have on the more important
| questions held out for practically all
| the senate amendments. AS to the sill
| yer provision it now looks as if some
| thing in the line of the senate amend-
ment would be inserted but a majority
| of the committee opposed this PROPOSE
ton and If it is retained this will be
done only for the sake Of securing the
speedy adoption Of the report by the
| senate.
|
| HUNTING SENIOR JIMINES.