The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-15
Only One Member Of House
Votes present" Instead
of Affirmatively.
SENATE TO PASS BILL
BY MIDDLE OF WEEK
Measure Authorizes Loan to
Allies and Issue of Treas
ury Certificates.

dissenting voice, the house amid
plaudits of members and the galleries
today passed the seven billion dollar
war revenue authorization measure.
ot New York. the only Socialist in con-
gress. voted present"
! Owing to pairs and abscntees only
3S9 votes were recorded. but both
Democratic Leader Kitchin and Re-
| publican Leader Mann announced that
all of their members would have voted
affirmatively II they had been present
| The formality OF a roll call would
have been dispensed with if several
members who voted against the war
resolution had not insisted upon hav-
Ing the opportunity of recording them
selves in favor of providing money to
carry on hostilties now that the ma
| tion is at war.
The bin authorizes $4,000, 100000 in
bonds, of which $1,000, 100000 will be
loaned to entente countries. and the
| issuance of treasury certificates for
$4,000, 100000 ultimately to be met by
increased taxation.
To Senate Monday.
Passage of the measure never was
In doubt during the two days it was
under consideration in the house and
favorable action by an overwhelming
vote Is expected in the senate where
II will be taken up Monday.
1t probably will be signed by the
president by the middle OF next week
Discussion in the house was con
fined chiefly to proposed amendments
Five of these were added, four OF
which were agreed to by the ways and
means committee and none of which
materially changed the intent OF the
bills trainers.
l The two most important amend
root OF Wisconsin and accepted by the
committee. would confine the proposed
$3.000.000.000 allied loan to countries
at war with Germany and permits
loans only during the war.
Others would prohibit the sale of tn,
United States bonds at less than par
permit the purchase of foreign bonds
"at par and limit the cost of dis.
position of the $4,000, ,OOO.o 900 worth OF
bonds to onc-tenth of one per cent OF
, their total
Representative Fitzgerald. chairman
OF the appropriations committee, mad,
the proposal to cut in half the cost o
L.
, OF the measure tried to offset TIL,
amendment by inserting "a provision
, that the secretary OF tho treasur,
, should expcnd onc-rirth of tho pc
| cent "or aa much as Is necessary
, but he failed.
| A proposal to limit the lifc OF th
, bonds to 80 years, another to create
, congressional committee to act will
the secretary of the treasury and tn
I president in disposng OF the bonds
. and other proposed amendments wer
overwhelmingly defeated. Democrat
= and Republicans alike declared the,
were satisfied to leave the details t.
' the secretary and the president,
Any doubts that may have been en-
tertained as to the popularity OF tn
y proposed loan to the allies were swep
y away with the voting down, 217 to
OF proposal by Representative Tow
, ner. made at the outset of the session
to strike out the $4,000 900 900 loa
, feature. with a view to having 1t au
"a thorized later with provision for con
v gressional participation in administer
q ing 1t. Mr.. Towncr was not oppose
. to the loan. but he drew the fire O
the bills supporters quite as much a
A ii he had been.
I Chairman Simmons OF the senate ii
r nance committee will take the bill II
|. with his committee Monday and sin C
I there is no opposition to it he expect
to report ii to the senate at once.
O Leaders expect to keep it in tn
r unfinished business until passe,
o There will be no great opposition 0
: the floor. although there may be som
i debate.
e TEXAS TO RELIEVE