Evening star., 1898-05-16
WAR REVENUE BILL
Its Consideration Begun in the
Senate.
EXPLANATION OF ITS PROVISIONS
Statement of Its Objects by Sen
ator Allison.
AID FOR THE BAN S

Mr.. Morgan (Ala) introduced a resolu-
tion calling upon the Secretary of the In
terror for information in his possession con-
cerning the progress of work the Mica
ragua canal. and concerning the financial
affairs of the maritime canal company.
The resolution was agreed to.
After some time spent on bill amending
the charter of the lexington and Soldiers
Home Railway Company of this city, Mr..
Allison iowa called up the war revenue
bill, and made a statement of its features
to the Senate.
Mr.. Allison said as the bill came from the
House of Representatives 1t was an internal
revenue measure ami reported to the
Senate it was still an internal revenue bill.
Comparatively. there are provisions in
IL for increase of customs duties. In all
its parts 1t is revenue measure, and as
IL came from the House the estim ites in
dicated that it would raise about S1co,-
OpOOpp
Mr.. Allison then ana!yzed the bill as it
came from the House. presenting the vari-
Gus salient features of the bill and the
sons why they were Incorporated by the
House.
He sail that ;he finance committee had
carefully examined all Of the schedules of
the bill and had been led to believe that
schedules A STAMP taxes) and b 6proprie
tary articles) were too general in their
scope. They had consequently been amend
ed on practically all OF the provisions of
the bill the committee had no; seriously
divided on the beer and tobacco taxes,
on schedules \ and AMI on tile tonnage
tax matter the committee was Substantial
ly unit.
Necessity of the Bill.
Mr.. Allison said further that in the COM
mittee there We're no differences of opln-
ion as to the necessity for the bill 1t was
purely war revenue measure. If there
were no war there would be ncssity for
the bill With a view to ascertain how
much money would be required to run the
war during the next fiscal year. although
he expressed the hope that il would last
only few weeks q few months at the
most. Mr.. Allison said that the committee
had obtained the best possible estimates
OF tne Secretary of War and the Secretary
or the Navy: The estimate of the former
had been based upon the mastering in of
I-"F" volunteers. and did not include pro
i nision I"r the l@,On additional men author
l%ei ny Congress to be enlisted since the
estimate was made. Secretary Alger esti-
mated that his department. would mead s1.O
H--',',-., 80 10 TINS sum must be added at
Ieast SlJ.oJo,OD to pay expenses authorized
by Congress after the estimate was rnade
me eStimate Of tie Secretary of the
Navy OF The expresses of his department
ior the same period was S755JG 25o but
IL addition TO this sum the amount car
red by the naval appropriation bill must
Ds considered as part of the expenses of
the navy u
In ADDITION to the $50 800 ooo already an
IropriSted as war fund. which Mr. Alii-
son am ouncSd par ent heticalIy had bean
pracucaIly expended. the Forthcoming gem
eral deficiency bill would carry y Isf
c,ency app opriation for the current wear
OF about S3J.un,0Do. ard there is a naval
deficiency Of about s22275HfO
Expense of the War.
Inc Senate finance committee heretofore
neured that it would require a total Of at
-tast SS'9l92.oo to pay the expenses of
the war from the present time until the
q no
any emergency expenses that might arise
at any moment The total anount Mr.
Alilson thought. would be rather above
than below the sum he had indicated
Sir- Aili5on then carefully analyzed the
ordinary receipts and expenditures of the
government In TIE course of this state
nent he exp-3ssed the opinion that the es-
Innate # the Secretary of the Treasury
that the present tariff would this wear
raise SeDO,Oo0.0.o was too high In present
circumstances and conditions ne doubted
waethsr the bill would produce more than
Indeed. ne thought that the biu az aoreed
10 by all the members would produce even
10 exceed S1lDHH.G1. while he thought the
Houss e bill would not produce to exceed
Items of Increase.
Mr. Allison here gave detailed estimate
OF the items Of Increase. The principal in
creases over present revenues of these
Items are as follows: on fermented LIQUORS.
s2SOcoGD; on tobacco and snuff, s125GOO-
coo: on bankers, s2,J0o.Co0; brokers. s1.5OO-
COO; theaters circuses. etc. s.. .sDO. $50; bank
checks. atc., $5HONO: bills of ladino Cay
press and freight. s1O.nOO.agO; life insur-
ance- Sl.2iI.UpD; mortgages. $1,000 500; re-
eelp's. etc. in schedule b. S2SoooDO; lega-
CieS. S3.t-p.tsE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
In tie House of Representatives TODAY
ar Marsh Gll) presented the conference
report upon the bill authorizing the army
cfhcers to furnish food 10 the Cuban peo-
PIE and arms and equipments 10 Cubans
to increase their fighting effectiveness
sgains- Spain during the present war
The report was adopted without objection.
Eder suspension of the rules Mr. Hull
tIcwa) called up the Senate bill provid-
ing Tor an increase in the force of the adj
lutant generals Office, by authorizing the
PRESIDENT TO appoint one assistant aJiutant
general with the rank of colonel and an
oiher with rank Of major. Mr.. Hull said
the increase proposed by the bill was
necessary by reason OF the increase of the
work in the adjutant generals office oc-
casioned by the war. and this increase of
Work would continue many months after
the return of peace while the army was
being reduced TO peace basis
Ihe Dill was passed. 1t provides for the
selection of the additional assistant ad-
jutant general from. the force now in the
sdtutant generals office
Nm j. Seweh (NJ). MarCin T. McMahon
NY. John L. Mitchell (WIs) and Will
lam h Bo1san (CalD members Of the
beard Of managers of the National Home
Tor Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was called
up PeEding disposal of the measure Mr.
Lacey 4owa) raised the question of the
eigibihty of Senators Sewel and Mitchell
as being contrary to the federal Consti-
tuition.
Mr. Griffin (Wis). in charge of the bin.
said they received no emolument as mem
hpir eli iofb
never been questioned.
A roll call was ordered on the resolution.
The roll call resulted in the passage of
the reso!ution-yeas, 126; nays, 81
The Presidents First Veto
The SPEAKER then laid before the House
message from the President vetoing a
Dill corferTing upon the Court Of Claims
The Jurisdiction to retry the case of rep-
resentatives OF Isaac p. Tice against the
Initeo states. broJ ght in iTT3 to recover
:Z3.V~. the alleged value of certain meters
10 measure the quality and strength of
distilled