Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

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The republican attack on the war rev.
enue bill was continued in the Senate
today by Senator Penrose He declared
that the measure was war legislation in
time of peace" and said that the neces-
sity for additional revenue arose from
the total failure of the democratic dscal
poncy OF tariff for revenue only"
we have untaxed foreigners, u tax
our own citizens" said Senator Penrcse,
national humiliation This is the real
reason why this war revenue measure
Is sprung now upon Congress and the
country
Progress Made on Bill.
The Senate made considerable prog
ress with the bill late yesterday after
noon. The tax on rectified spirits WIS
agreed to-. as well as the committee
amendments striking out the tax on
gasoline, reducing the tax on bank cap
ital and surplus to 81 a Thousand, strik-
ing out the tax on life and accident
We're passed over for future consider
alton, however
Before the recess was taken Senator
simmons gave notice that he would
ask Tor a night session tonight in
order to hurry along the consideration
of the bill.
During the debate yesterday after.
noon Senator Martin of Virginia, chair
man OF the appropriations committee.
made a vigorous reply to the charges
of Senator Smoot that the democrats
mad been extravagant in their appro-
priations for the government. He crit
iclsed senator Smoot for referring to
the possible payment by the United
States of s25,0OO.00O under the pro-
posed treaty with Colombia. pointing
OUT that the treaty has not been rati-
Ned. Then he added:
1T can hardly be charged that it is
IN extravaganza on the part OF the
democratic party to- make honorable
amends for the wrong doing of the
republican party" referring to the aid
given Panama in obtaining independ-
over OF the Panama Canal Zone by this
country.
Senator Bristow of Kansas inter-
rupted Senator Martin to say:
IF the s25,000.00O is ultimately paid.
it will be paid. in my opinion, to a
lot of blackmailers who are undertake
ing to blackmail the American people
out of money that is not due them,
and never was due them"
~. In all probability" said Senator
of the European war, if any indem-
nifty is demanded by Belgium from
Germany for the consequences of the
war. 1t will be denounced by the Ger
man reichstag as blackmail
Calls Statement SANDER.
THE senator from Colorado" shouted
Drie
remarks that the government of the
United States had treated Colombia
as Germany has treated Belgium. There
could be no greater SANDER pro-
nounced against the government of
the United States. and nothing more
unjust, and in my opinion 1t borders
on treason.
Senator Martin said democratic APP
for 1915 exceeded those
for 1913, the last year of the republican
administration, by $S6.496.066. but he
classified as extraordinary expendi-
lures" $103,000.000 of the democratic
which he claimed were
incident to the Mexican crisis and the
war in Europe. Appropriations for rou-
tine governmental expenditures. he
said, were in reality some S6,500.oo0
less than the last republican appro-
priations. The total appropriations for
the fiscal year 1915. he said: were
710.19 for 1913.
Senator Lane of Oregon. democrat.
came out frankly in opposition to the
war tax bill. and declared that ne
would vote against 1t. He said that he
thought this was no time to be impos-
ing additional taxes upon the people
Of the United States, when money was
already tight. He insisted that it would
be better to lop OF $l00.000.000 OF ex-
Senator Lane chided the
democrats with making a political mis-.
take by insisting upon these added
taxes and said that they would not
please the voters.
Lewis Scores Penrose..
Senator Lewis of Illinois undertook
10 reply to Senator Penrose for the
democrats and entered upon scath-
ng criticism of the Pennsylvania
himself. He charged that some of the
republicans who, until recently. had
been in charge in Pennsylvania. had
,illaged the state, that when they were
lot in Office they were in the peniten-
larry and when they were not in the
they were in office.
Can it be true" interrupted Senator
2enrose, that the report 1 hear is
rue That the senator from Illinois
'ecently was arrested by the sergeant
farms of the Senate that he might
,e brought here to attend to his
luties?"