The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-03
OPINION IS EXPRESSED
THAT A FINAL VOTE WILL BE
TAKEN TODAY
URGENCY DEFICIENCY BILL
Passed by the House to Provide for
Emergency Expenses of the
Army and Navy
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, June 2.-When the sem
ate adjourned this evening the war revenue
measure, SO far as the finance committee is
concerned. was completed with the excep-
ton of the bond provision and the amend
ments proposed by the Democrats in lieu
Of the bond paragraph. While no agree
ment was reached fixing a time for the
taking of final vote upon the bill, it was
the expressed opinion on both sides of the
chamber that vote would be taken to-
morrow, before adjournment. Mr.. Allison
In charge of the measure, announced that
he would ask the senate to remain in ses-
sion tomorrow until vote was reached.
At the opening of todays ses-
sion the senate passed bill
comforting American register upon the
steamship China, one of the fleet of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The
China has been chartered by the War De-
partment to transport troops to the Philip
pines. The China is now under the Ha-
waiian flag.
Consideration Of the war revenue bill
was resumed and Mr.. Butler Pop) of
North Carolina addressed the Senate. He
regretted that the Finance Committee had
not seen fit 10 present to the Senate a genu-
Inc revenue bill. Under the circumst ances
the responsibility for delay in the passage
Of the pending measure rests. he said, upon
those who have been placed in the bill pro-
visions that have no place in a revenue
measure. He expressed his regrets that
those holding peculiar views on the money
question have seen fit to raise those con-
troverted questions of finance incorporated
in the measure as it forced those who diff
fered from the committee on those ques-
lions to discuss them.
The statement brought to his feet Gal
linger (R.) of New hampshire, who de-
manded that Mr.. Butler make his charges
more specific.
In the course of a colloquy between the
two senators, Butler declared that i'm
mense sums had been contributed to the
Republican presidential campaign fund
by trusts and monopolists and bondhold-
ers and money changers, and that 80 per
cent. of the money had been raised and
paid over to the Republican party under
Il contract that certain legislation promot-
ing the interests of the trusts and monopo-
lies should be enacted.
Gallinger insisted that the charges should
under the rules to arraign him or his party
unless he had definite and specific charges
to present.
Kyle (P) Of South Dakota also insisted
that Butler give his authority for such as
sertions. Kyle stated that as the chair
man of the Populist party, Butler had
made a charge that was at least extrava-
CANT, and that in making such statements,
as the representative of the Populist party
the senator ought to be certain of his po-
sition before making them.
Butler said that while he believed the
statement to be true, he had not made It
upon his own responsibility, with personal
knowledge of its truth.
II have learned" said he, in the course
OF my experience as chairman of the Pop
ulist party committee, that there are in
terests which contribute to the support of
any party in return for an agreement that
that party will support legislation favor
able to those interests"
Hawley (R) of Connecticut interjected
the remark that he had no doubt that the
senator knew what he was talking about,
but Republican senators had not been ap-
preached in any such manner as indicated
Gallinger and Allen followed in the heated
exchange of words over the resolution in
troduced by the latter providing for an
investigation of the mthods of the various
parties in the last presidential campaign.
The former, who is a member of the
committee to audit and control the con-
tingent expenses of the senate, to which
the resolution was referred, said that he
was willing to go into the investigation
nj ti,71n hut
scented to the committee that that would
be 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 if he desired action upon
his resolution.
Allen insisted that Mr.. Gallinger was en-
deavoring to escape responsibility by at
tempting to load 1t upon the shoulders of
the others. Teller of Colorado, Silver Re-
publican, in the course of a brief but en-
phatic statement that the charges made
by Mr.. Butler were believed by the people
and ought to be investigated by the senate
declared that 1t was notorious that the Re-
publican party had spent more money in
the one campaign of 1896 than it had spent
in all previous campaigns since 1856. He
added that no party had ever employed
methods in campaign so corrupt as were
the methods of the Republican party in
that campaign, and that such methods
were menace to our form of government.
He would be glad, he said, to give up three
months of the hot weather in making such
an investigation as was provided for by
the resolution of Mr. Allen.
Gallinger replied that he was willing to
enter upon the investigation as soon as Mr..
Teller could induce his political colleague
to take action. He directed attention to the
fact that the committee was composed of
one Democrat, Jones of Arkansas, chair
man of the Democratic national commit
tee; Jones of Nevada member of the
Populist party, and himself, Republican.
Chandler said he had directed attention
to the charges of the large sums of money
spent by the Republican campaign manag.
ers in 1896, and had suggested that they
ought to be investigated, but the resolu.
ton of Mr.. Allen had gone to its death or
the 4th Of last March, mot through any
fault of the Gallinger family, nor through
any fault of New Hampshire family, but
solely through the fault of the Jones fam
fly"
While expressing willingness tina. every
act Of the Democratic national committee