The age-herald., 1898-05-26
DANIEL SOUNDS
 NOTE OF DELAY Declares There is No Emergency For
 War Revenue Bill UNLESS MEASURE IS PASSED As It Came From Committee Amendments
 Will Be Offered, WHICH WILL PROLONG THE DEBATE Allen Says That Cowardice Will Be Committee d If an Enormous Debt is Transferred
 to Future Generations-Caffery
 Opposes Corporation Tax.
WHICH WILL PRoLoNG THE DEBATE


 MT. Allison. in charge of the war rev. enue bill in the senate endeavored to se- cure unanimous consent that final vote on the measure be taken on Saturday next before adournment. MT. Teller ob- jected. MT. Daniel, of Virginia. in reit- erating Mr. Teller's objection sounded the first note of delay against the measure that has appeared since the debaet began. He declared that there was no emergency which required the immediate passage of the bill and frankly announced that if certain provisions which were put into it by the democrats on the finance commit tee were not agreed to by the senate he would offer some amendments which in all probability would bring about consider able debate.
 He strongly intimated too that if the war should not be prolonged it might not be necessary to provide so much revenue as the pending bill would raise and he in- dicated desire to await developments that In all likelihood were close at hand be- fore passing upon a bill that meant so much to the people as this one.
 Before the revenue bill was taken up the pension deficiency appropriation bill was passed. It carried nearly 80 900O, ,000
 In the course of a long free silver speech MT. Stewart declared that the revenue bill as 1t passed the house was the "most mis- erabie, villainous piece of legislation ever enacted by any legislative body" He attacked vigorously the bond proposition of the minority of the finance committee and urged the coinage of silver segniorage and the issue of legal tender notes. With those provisions incorporated in the proposed law the people of the United States would be able easily to furnish all the money however heavy the governments demand might to prosecute the war;
 Being Flooded With Protests
 MT Allen, of Nebraska, said the senate was being flooded with protests from the various interests taxed by the measure as II they were being imposed upon simply because they happened to exist. He thought people ought to regard 1t as pa- triotic privilege the part of the busi- ness interests to assist in supporting the government in an emergency such as now existed. He did not regard taxes as bur den when they were equitably and justly assessed.
 MT. Allen maintained that there was no property and no individual which the gov ernment could not tax, whatever the con- ditions might be- "The sinister purpose of this effort to eliminate from taxation the corporations and other and varied business interests,'' said MT. Allen, ''is to create a vofd which may be f1ifad by an enormous increase In the interest-b bearing indebted
 
 . there was not the slightest necessity for the issue of bonds at this time. The debts createtd by the war ought to be liquidated without creation of debt.
 "We will be guilty of cowardice-inex- cusable cowardice, "adeclared MT. Allen, If we transmit to another generation an enormous debt. The people desire to pay as they go if possible, and 1t Is easily pos sible to do so now"
 MT. Caffery of Louisiana presented an extended legal argument against the pro- posed tax upon corporatins. He urged that in the drafting and passage of the pending measure the fiscal policy of the republican party ought to be followed.
 At the conclusion of MT. Caffery's speech, MT Morgan of Alabama moved to lay the pending amendment, that of MT. McIGnery of Louisiana exempting from the corporation tax limited liability corpora- tlons engaged in farming and planting, upon the table. The motion prevailed-S6 to 10.
 The negative votes were: Allen (popo, Bacon. Caffery, Clay, Cockrell, Faulkner, McEnery and Vest, democrats, and Chand- Ter and Hale, republicans.
 At this point MT. Allison, of Iowa, in charge of the pending bill, expressed the hope that some understanding might be reached whereby the debate should be concluded this week. He was satisfied that one day faithfully devoted by the senate to the bills consideration would be suf- flcient time to conclude the debate. He then asked unanimous consent that the bill be completed on Saturday next, be- fore adjournment.
 MT. Teller objected. MT. Jones, of Ark ansas. had no doubt that the bill could be completed this week, but he deemed it wise not to ha ser the senate by any definite agreement. He thought there would be no difficulty in reaching vote without an agreement at this time.
 MT. Dainel did not concur with MT. Jones, and others, who thought the bill could be completed this week. If certain provisions now in the bill were stricken out there were amendments to offer which he thought would certainly lead to debate. If the report that the Spanish fleet was bottled up at Santiago should prove true, he though1it might be necessary to plunge the nation into a great debt, debt to be paid by the next generation.
 MT. Allison desired 1t 10 be understood that it was no part of his purpose to pre- vent full and free debate, but he thought the measure ought to be disposed Ck us soon as possible. He gave notice that he would endeavor after today to secure longer sessions of the senate. The senate then decided to convene at Il a. m. to- morrow.
 Bills were passed as follows: Granting additional powers to railroads created by laws or the united states and operat ting lines in the Indian Territory and appoint ing commissioners to revise the statutes relating to patents, trade and other mar kets and trade and commercial names.
 Adjourned.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 Washington, May 25.--After the passage of a bill granting certain public lands to the territory of New Mexico the house devoted today's session to eulogies upon the late Senator. George, of Mississippi
 MT. Lacey, of Iowa, from the committee on public lands, called up and the house passed the house bill granting certain lands to the territory of New Mexico for common school, college, university, chari- table institutions, public buildings, irri. gating and Rio Grande river improve ment purposes. The bill Is intended 10 convey a partial grant of tho lands to which the territory would be entitled upon