The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-05-24
WAR REVENUE
Senate Has a Five Hours Go
Chiffon, of Texas, Riddles
Dingley and John Bull

Waehiugton May @- For five hours
today the senate had the war revenue
measure under discuasion The entire
time was occupied by Mr chiffon ldcm.
Tex). Mr. Lodge rcp Mass) and Mr.
Turley Cdem.. TcunJ. while Mr Lodge
confined himself to % discussion of the
proposed tax on corporations ana bank
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DC NOT "'''s''' MT "'''''' "''' WI
ley covered pretty fully the general ica-
lures OF the bin Their speeches dealt
with tn, rboorios of tax
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tur" of things legal and technical disSer-
tations upon the subject No action of
ann. ti,d ,.,s t,l..p uuou then
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and cUofully-wriuen speech upon the
general features of the war revenue bill
H., .,,,rcss,o th.. o,i,,t,, tl,,, tbo y,st
amount OIL money p'"l"7'" 10 "' '"'7''
by the pending bin would NOT %" needed
for the naval and military opcratious be
e,ro c,.,,,.ro.s .t,i,l .or,.o,,. nov, ,..c.r,-
"'' NC 'Nl''77'" JUS "i"''H''S9' "'"
ever. To join with others. I'm furnishing
annie resources for the conduct of the
.n not. ,soo H.. n...,..
Wo"ld nc mistake /" appropriate an
amount greater than s2j0oD.o00 for war
purposcs.
Mr. chiffon snid that the Dinplev law
and the pondlng hin had very noar re-
Iationsbip lie ondoavor.d to show that
tho receipts fom tho pfnplr,. law yycro
not sufficient TO meet the government. s.
ordinary demands.
In course of his remarks upon the iuber-
itance tax. Mr.. Chiffon EXPRESSED the
poinion that next TO "a tax ON incomes and
upon corporations the succession tax CON
tanned more elements or Justice than any
other feature of the pending bill
Mr. Chiffon defended the proposition of
,he majority Of the finance committee TO
issue certificates against tho silver seig-
nioraco.
Mr.. chiffon said the people. the plain
people would rebel against bonds unlcs.
the issue was absolutely necessary. Tho
! necessity for bonds did not now exist
in Mr. Chlltons opinion ana hc docs NOT
| think it would exist at amy timo during
the present war lIo spoke for two hours
and half
lie was followed by MT. Lodge 'Mass.
who addressed himself particularly TO the
proposes TAX ON corporations. lie held
'n'l lh' I"'l 'hAt many states now Ie
'''l ' ''N upon corporations was ana ar
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Ho said u,a lax yyo,IJ fam cbi.ey r,..
railroads ,pe4g.l q, b,l.r-.f,t. ,'.n,
mcrce. and bo maiutoIpc1 tnoi tbc r,u
roads ana b,plks ana otbcr cor,or,,,.,r
ought to be corpn.llod An ,,,, n,.ir sh,.
or l,o war burdens
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lu favor of tho is.ue ,f le,.,l tapa.. ,,t.
,s nro,iled for I'm tI,o .tui. r.,.,rt,.l l.,. ,b
m,iorit- Of t,. finance. ....,n,,itI,.
m v,s .tb,p ,,r,.5 tb,t .tb. KIM ,y,ni
NOT ho pr,sed rurf,a, t.d,, ana it ,y,
Ioid aside
Mr. Ft,e mo, Win, v,s i'm tho ,b,i
called Mr. Carter rf,D, t, D.a ,h.i
i'm or5ar i,,t b,. rni,1t .r,n,,t ., l.iu rr.,
, rba cammittr. oD comm.r,a Ie sor
tbst he r.rr.itrl exceedingly to adm
a., Americ,n r.,.isfrr n r,r.i,.n b.ut .bl
but In ths ras, id n,nd 10 seemed me-.
sss,rv alrb,ugb 10 aid ,ppoar "a, Inc
s,rt ~ lJ..qb,r.u tb.f ts. ,,,r d.,,r
mont was le,ylpe upon CONGRESS I'm mai
ipp Inc r.ou.st Tb. nlu pr,yi1.5 r.r Al
/, ,Imi..i,p d., American raristr, %
sta,o.r Zaal,n1f8 NJ Frre said he a.
D.. usi received t.lsarlm from tho vy
dan5rt,pent ,,reiue tnat tbe bm ho p3s
.l as mo SHIN hsd be.n chartered
, e.ne,,, tr,ons o Manila
p.fticrrv. manfred yybor. .1,. sb
!, w,s bunt Mr. Perkins r.pI,.d tbat h
r sfesma., belonged 10 mo OccauIs stear