The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-06-04
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in b particular line of business. He
maintained that an occupation tax
could be levied, provided the conditions
business of o corporation could not be
taxed simply because 1t was conducted
by a corporation. To be equitable
The Fact Must Es Laid
upon the business whether it was con.
Quoted by a corporation, a partnership,
a firm or an individual. Mr.. Lindsay
vigorously antagonized the proposed
issue of legal tender notes, declaring
that it accentuated the existing menacc
to the gold reserve of the. treasury,
and was, besides, the dearest money
ever devised. He held that such an
issue would be q blow to the nations
financial credit. He, too, presented an
argument against the proposed corpor-
alton tax, maintaining that If enacted
into law would bring about lawsuits
instead of providing what the govern
ment needed-ready money with which
to conduct the war operations. To-day
the senate will resume the discussion
of the pending measure an hour earlier
than usual, the session beginning at IL
o'clock. g.
In h House.
The session of the house was brief.
several bills were passed, notably those
for the organization Of naval hospital
corps; to facilitate military trials for
small offenses, and to authorize the ap-
pointment of a commission to allot GER
tain lands t and ecure the cessation of
the Cintah Indians in their reservation
in Utah.
Washington, May 26. = Late yester-
day afternoon Mr.. Allison or Iowa, in
charge of the war revenue bill in the
senate endeavored to secure unanimous
consent that a final vote on the meas
ure be taken on Saturday next before
adjournment. Mr.. Teller of Colorado
objected. Mr.. Daniel of Virginia, in re-
iterating MI. Teller's objection, sound
ed the first note Of delay against the
measure that has been heard since the
debate upon 1t began. He declared
thatlthere was no emergency which re-
quired the Immediate passage of the
bill, and announced that If certain pro-
visions Of the bill proposed by the Dem
ocrats on the finance committee were
not agreed to by the senate, he would
offer some amendments to the measure
that would probably precipitate de-
bate. He strongly intimated, too, that
If the war should not be prolonged, it
might not be necessary to provide as
much revenue as the pending bill
would raise, and he indicated a desire
to await developments that, in all likli-
hood, were close at hand, before pass
ing upon a bill that meant so much to
the people as this one. Speeches on
the general features of the pending
bill were delivered by Mr.. Stewart, Mr..
Allen and Mr.. Caffery. Before the rev.
enue bill was taken up in the morning
the pension deficiency appropriation
bill was passed. 1t carried nearly &c.
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After the passage of a bill granting
certain public lands to the territory of
New Mexico the session of the house
was devoted to eulogies upon the late
Senator George of Mississippi.
Washington, May 27.-No substantial
progress "a made by the senate to-
ward the disposition of the war v
nue. measure, although it was under
consideration for three hours. Speeches
were delivered on the bill by MI.
White Of California and Mr.. Teller of
Colorado. The former opposed the Is
sue Of bonds and strongly advocated
the coinage of silver seignorage and
the tax upon corporations. In his dls-
n,,ce;o,> - 49, Ioo< Paofyrra Mr. "h1fQ
drew out the fact that an amendment
was to be. offered to the bill by Mr..
German placing a tax of one-half OF l
per cent on certain large corporations.
Mr.. Teller dwelt largely upon the
proposition to levy an income tax. He
had not concluded his argument when
the bill was laid aside in order that
eulogies might be pronounced upon the
late Senator Walthall of Mississippi.
In the House. ~:
In a long session yesterday the house
passed few bills. but the discussion
involved a wide range of subjects.sA1-
ter a brush over the civil service,
brought on by a paragraph in the de
iciency pension bill providing for some
TEMPORARY clerks in the, war depart
ment. the house considering. a bill to
amend the internalcrr revenue laws,
listened to lengthy speeches from MI:
ShafOrth of Colorado and MI. Grow OF
Pennsylvania upon the free coinage'0 OF
silver and greenbacks as legal lender,
respectively. Pending . yea M nay
vote upon the internal revenue bill q
house adjourned. = 4
Washington, May Is. "A notable
speech on the war revenue measure
was delivered in the senate by MI.
German Of Maryland. In the course
Of an argument In support of a tax
on corporations he denounced as IN
famous the decision Of the supreme
court declaring the income tax law OF
1891 as unconstitutional. The warn
ing sounded by some senators that II
2 tax were placed upon corporations It
would be pronounced unconstitutional
by the supreme court had, he said, no
eject upon him. "a decision against
such an enactment would not destroy
cur financial structure, but It would
destroy the court which should hand 1t
down. Mr.. German took decided ssue
With the majority Of his fellow Demo
Gratis upon those propositions to COIN
the silver gcigniorage and to issue legai7
lender notes, and made q powerful az.
eument IN favor Of the issuance Of
bonds to raise funds; with which 4stp
Prosecute the wal. MI. Teller con-
hsa the coin.