The San Francisco call., 1898-05-21
V AR MEASURE
 AMENDMENTS Several to Be Decided by
 the Senate. AS TO ISSUES OF BONDS. DANIEL OF VIRGINIA IS IN
 OPPOSITION. Many Important Substitutes for Par agraphs in the Original Bill
 Remain to Be Acted
 Upon.
AS TO ISSUES OF BONDS
DANIEL OF VIRGINIA IS IN
 OPPOSITION.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,

Sdll OIl1C0, IAl55S AAOOoot
 Washington, May 20
 At the conclusion of to-day's session of the Senate, the reading Of the war measure had been completed. About seven-eighths of the amendments pro- posed by the Senate committee nave been agreed to. Those remaining are, quite naturally, the most important In the bill. and will provoke a great deal of discussion. The principal amend ments yet to be passed upon are those relating to the issue of bonds and cer- tif1cates of indebtedness, the tobacco tax, the tax of proprietary articles, the issue of greenbacks, the coinage or the silver seigniorage, the issue or silver certificates, the inheritance tax and the tax on corporations. The action upon some of the amendments will be de- pendent upon that on others. Aidrlch (R.) of Rhode Island, to-day offered as a substitute for the paragraphs relat- ing to the coinage of the seigniorage, the issue of silver certificates and the issue of legal tender notes, the bond provision prepared by the Republican minority of the Committee on Finance. If the bond provision should be accept ed by the Senate, the amendments Of fered by the Democrats in lieu or 1t will naturally be rejected.
 Daniel (D.) of Virginia delivered a speech strongly opposing an issue or bonds and supporting the substitute paragraphs opposed by the Democratic majority of the Finance Committee.
 Soon after the Senate convened to-day Hale of Maine. chairman oI the CoInInll1 ins tee on Naval Affairs, favorably reported from the committee House joint resolu- tion providing for the organization ana enrolment of an auxiliary naval force I1{nl EoI iy,pa iDn n An amendment by the Senate committee provides that the force shall not exceed 5000 men. The resolution was passed.
 A bill was reported from the Commit tee on Indian Affairs and passed authoriz- ing the Secretary of the Treasury to re- fund $15,39 to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, the sum having been deposited in the United States Treasury many years ago as guaran- tee and for which no value was received.
 A joint resolution was passed calling upon the Secretary of War for report on the Sabine Pass improvement
 At the conclusion of the morning busi- measure was resumed. Daniel then com menced his speech.
 Every man in Congress. whatever his political affiliations, Daniel said, stood squareiy behind the President and indi- vidually and collectively would give him earnest and sincere support. He main sity existed for plunging the country into a great bonded debt on account of exist ing war. He was unwilling, he said, to mortgage p93stterity, t9 burden den future gen. which would be constant temptation to extravaganza.
 Daniel maintained that the authors Of the House bill had protected the wealth and taxed the property of the country. He said that the stamp tax was the most odious and pestiferous tax invented by man. It was a tax which must be paid daily. The corporations, he thought. ought to be willing to be taxed their share of the burdens imposed by the war; and many would receive great sums of money from the Government itself for contracts for war supplies. In, conclusion, he expressed the hope that the com mittee amendment levying the tax on cor porationS would be agreed to, as he was assured many of the corporations them selves would not object. and the people would most heartily approve it.
 The committee amendment striking out the tonnage tax was agreed to-
 The committee amendment relating to the taxation of legacies and distributive shares of personal property was read. A committee amendment maintaining the legacies excepted $10,OOo instead of s500O was agreed to.
 Lodge could see no good reason for ex- cepting bequests from a wife to a hus- band, or husband to wife. He therefore moved that the provision making this exemption be stricken from the bill. tance tax, but any exemptions or excep-
 Elkins opposed the levying by the gen eral Government of an inheritance tax.
 Lodges amendment was rejected.
 Pending the discussion of an amend ment by Bacon, the inheritance tax para graph was passed over.
 Upon the completion of the reading of the bill, Aldrich offered the bond pro- vision and the provision authorizing cer- for the sections of the bill reported by the majority of the committee providing for the coinage of silver seigniorage, the issue of silver certificates and the issue of United States notes.
 The bill was then laid aside. The Sen ate, at 4:35 D. m., went into executive ses- sion and shortly afterward adjourned until tomorrow