The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-07
DEMOCRATS DENY DELAY
THEY ARE NOT HOLDING UP
THE WAR REVENUE BILL
Far Considered, They Say, Have
Been Suggested by the Republic
ans-NO Great Difference of
Opinion Excepting as to the Bond
Issue-The Days Work.

WASHINGTON May 6.-The senate
committee on finance spent the day in
considering amendments suggested by
the Republican senators as a body and
bD Senator Wolcott as an individual to
the stamp tax schedule of the war rev.
enue bill These amendments were
largely matters Of detail, but all were
intended to increase the volume of rev.
enue to be derived from the proposed
law.
Mr.. Wolcott's amendments were in
tended to extend the provisions SO as
to make them applicable, as far as
possible, to all classes of individuals.
He expressed the opinion, in pressing
his suggestions, that the general dis
tribution of war taxes had the effect
OF causing the people to be more pa
triotic than they otherwise would be.
Some Of the amendments look to tax
ing the transactions of grain and prod
uce exchanges, especially those bearing
upon dealings in futures.
Several changes were adopted, and
the proceedings were generally &C a
harmonious character. Indeed, IT, re
mas been no marked division, except
over the bond question and as to the
revenue the bill shall yield. These diff
rerences were emphasized again in to-
days proceedings
Senator Wolcott expressed himself as
favorable to the extension Of the reVe-
nue. features of the bill Some have IN
TERED from his position on this point
that he Is opposed to the proposed bond
issue, but such is not the case It is
understood that he will support the
bond clause of the bill.
The position of Senator Jones, of Ne
Vada, on the bond issue has not de-
veloped.
The Democratic members expressed
themselves solidly in opposition to the
bond iSSua ~
members of the committee with some
OF the amendments they will formally
offer. They include the provision for
the taxation Of the gross receipts Of
corporations to the extent Of per cent
and the coinage of the silver seignior-
age In the treasury.
senator Jones, Of Arkansas, today
took occasion to deny the report that
the Democrats have been responsible for
the delay in the committee 1--WE have"
ne said, practically spent the entire
time IN considering amendments sug-
gested by the Republicans, and if any
party is responsible for the delay. it is
the Republican party"
Mckinley Worried
At the meeting Of the cabinet TODAY
the fate Of the revenue bill in the SEN
ate was discussed. The president has
received information that the senate
committee on finance will report that
measure with the bond feature elm
mated. This fact is causing the adj
mn1stration great uneasiness and en-
parfassment, and the statement is
made that the possibility of adverse ac-
ton In the full body Of the senate is a
source of much anxiety.
The president laid before the cabinet
the information he had as to what Is
10 be looked for from the senate, and
while not expressing absolute conf
dence in favor of action by the senate
with the bond feature reincorporated
expressed the hope that there would be
a satisfactory majority for the bond
provision.
Should it not become a part of the
law many urgent preparations for the
war7will have to be held back. The
money to be secured from bond sales If
IS represented, is needed imperativeIy
Tor the execution Of the plans mapped
out, and adverse action by the senate
would be likely to interfere unless the
money Is otherwise provided, and by
as speedy methods as the issuance Of
bonds. ~
The securing Of the freedom of Cuba
through the dispatch or large detach-
ments of troops there, will mean large
expenditures on that account, The adj
ministration is anxious to impress this
fact upon congress in order that ample
revenues may be at hand for vigorous
prosecution of the war;