Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-15
AUTHORIZES ISSUE
|. OF $7,0O0,0O0,0OO
AS WAR MEASURE
Passage Never in Doubt
During Two Days of
Consideration.
ITS SUCCESS IN SENATE
ALSO APPEARS ASSURED
Only Five Amendments of ANY
Importance Added After Be
ing Reported by Committee.
LOAN TO ALLIES IS POPULAR
Towner Proposal to Strike Out Sup-
gested $4,000, 100000 Aid
Voted Down, 2f8 to 8.
ITS SUCCESS IN SENATE
ALSO APPEARS ASSURED
LOAN TO ALLIES IS POPULAR
Towner Proposal to Strike Out Sup-
gested $4,000, 100000 Aid
Voted Down, 2f8 to 3.
IBy As.ociat.d Pr.s.1


/ WASHINGTON. April 14.-without
! dissenting voice. the House, amid plau-
/ ats OF members and spectators in tho
! galleries. to-day passed the $1,000 600
! ooo war revenue authorization measure
/ one member. London, of New York tho
only Socialist representative in Con.
gress, voted present. on passar. of
the measure. Owing to general pa;rs
/ and absentecs only $50 votes were re.
corded for the bill. but both Democratic
/ Leader Nitchin and Republican Leader
Mann announced that all of their mem-
hers would have voted afirmatIvely if
/ they had been present
Among those voting for the measure
/ was Miss Jeanette Rankin, the woman i
| Representative from Montana. ms
marked contrast to her recent vote on
I the war resolution. when she almost
{ collapsed after bursting into tear. and
\ declaring that while she wanted to
/ stand behind her country. she could
I not vote for war. to-day she voted:
Aye" in as firm voice as any other
( member.
DISCUSSION CONFINED
LARGELY TO AMENDMENTS
I Passage of the measure never was.;n
doubt during the two days it was under
! consideration in the House. and its sue.
! cess in the Senate by an almost equally
! overwhelming vote appears assured
! Discussion in the House was confined
! chiefly to proposed amendments but
only five of any Importance were added
! four OF which were agreed to by the
| Ways and Means Committee, which
! drafted the measure.
! The two most important amend
ments. drafted by Representative Len
/ root. OF Wisconsin and accepted by the
committee. would conflne the proposed
! 000.000.000 allied loan to countries ar
/ war with Germany. and permit loans
/ only during the duration OF the war
! Proponents of the first amendment
/ feared that without this limitation.
I loans might be made to countries now
/ neutral to draw them into the war or
/ for other purposes. Supporters Of the
/ second amendment feared that without
IL loans might continue to be made
after the close of the war for the re-
! habilitation OF warning nations.
! Other amendments would prohibit tbs
sale of the United States bonds at less
/ than par, permit the purchase of for
I cign bonds lat par" and limit the cost
/ OF disposinG Of the $1,000. 90 900 worth
/ OF bonds at one-tenth of 1 per cent
/ Of their total
( FITZGERALD WINS FIGHT
TO LIMIT COST OF DIsPosAE
| The hottest fight of the day. came
/ over the proposal of Representative
| Fitzgerald. of New York, 1.-The watch
! dog of the Treasury" TO limit the cost
i of disposinc of the bonds to one-tenth
/ OF per cent. The original draft OF tho
| bill would have permitted cxpendi-
turc Of c-hfth OF / per cent. 1ritZ-
gerald took the floor in behalf of his
measure. and rallied support from both
/ sides OF the House. Mr.. Kitchin in
charge of the measure. tried to Offset
/ FitIGcrald's amendment by inserting a
/ provision that tho Secretary of tho
! Treasury should expend onc-ffth of
per cent. "or as much necessary" but
/ he failed. \ proposal by Reprcsenta-
/ tive Moore. OF Pennsylvania. to limit
/ tho life OF the bonds to litty years,
another by Representative Green, OF
! Iowa. 10 create "a congressional COM +
mittcc to act with the Secretary of tho
I Treasury and the President in dlspos-
/ ing OF tho bonds. and other proposed
amendments similar TO Mr. GREEN'S
! We're overwhelmingly defeated.
! Any lingering doubts that may haSo I
I been entertained as to the popularity
/ OF tho proposed allied loan were swept
away with the voting down Of a pro-
/ p"sli hy Representative Towncr TO
| strike ont the $4,000, o0o, 600 loan pro-
/ rosal for the purpose Of giving Con-
| grcsS moro power to help administer
I il. MIR Towncr was not opposed TO
the loan itself, but he drew the Arc OF
tho bills supporters quite AS much ss
| il he had been
PICTURES FRANCE SUFFERING
WHILE CONGRESS QUIBBLEs
! REPRESENTATIVES Raincy. Of Illinois, X
ranking Democratic member Of the 3
Ways and Means Committee. aroused g
tho floor and galleries to cheers by an
impasSioncd speech In opposition to Tho
Towncr proposal III which he pictured sj
France, a friend In need OF tho United -
states. suffering while Congress quib- z
bled over terms of tho loan. Repre-,
SS.v9 PER ANNuM paid any ssIssn,ar g
who can earn II selling KLINE KAEN. see
Mr. Raw!ings. s23 West Bsoxd strest.--Ady.