The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 28, 1898, Page 4

SILVER COIN IN THE OF A PRIZE Monitor Terror Captures and Brings to Port a Small Steamship. Naval Officials Fear All Vessels, Taken Heretofore May Have to Be Returned to Their Owners. ST, April 27 like incident that has rippled the cus- tomary calm of Key West to-day was the arrival this morning of the little Cuban coast steamer Ambrosio Bolivar, | in charge of a small prize crew from the monitor Terror. The boat itself is insignificant. Her appearance is that of a broken-down tug-boat sorely in need of fresh paint. Stowed away in this disreputable-looking craft, her cap- tors h found more than $60,000 in Spanish silver, to say nothing of a sup- plementary cargo of bananas and a few passengers. The Bolivar was coasting along, hug- ging the shore a few miles off Car- den: when the Terror sighted her and soon overhauled her. Two of the Boli- var's officers were held to assist In run- ning her to Key West, and others aboard were put ashore in small boats and permitted to go their way. The Bolivar is the Terror's prize ex- clusively. She came into Key West without other escort than a small prize crew put aboard her by the monitor. Her advent shortly after the arrival of the cruiser Detroit, however, which ., by James Gordon Bennett. | came over this morning to take —The only war- | HOLD | | | coal, gave rise to the report that the Bolivar was the Detroit’s prize. { The silver specie the little coaster | had was destined for the payment of some of Spain’s long-suffering soldiers and unpaid troops. The fact that the | Bolivar is a Spanish vessel and had not | loaded in any American port makes her | a legitimate prize of war, even in the light of the President’s proclamation, | the purport of which is made public in local papers here to-day. The proclamation exempting from capture vesse sailing from foreign ports prior to April 21 and those sail- ing from domestic ports prior to May | 21 is varfously interpreted he The ronse: s of opinion, however, is that | it means that we must return to their | owners most, if not all of the steam- | ships taken by our mavy as prizes of | war since the fleet sailed from here last | Friday, beginning with the Buena Ven- tura and ending with the Panama, so gallantly taken by the game little Mangrove. Naval officers express the hope, however, that in the case of the Panama, at least, the fact that she was loaded with provisions for Havana and was actually an armed vessel carrying two fourteen-pounders, will place her legally in the category of contraband of war. A SPANISH FLEET . T0 NAKE AMERICAN YACHTS Copyrighted, CADIZ, April 27.—The Spanish have sent a fleet to the Mediter- | ranean to prey upon the many yachts owned by the citizens of the United States which are there. Her new torpedo-boat destroyer, the Destructor, accompanied by the torpedo-boats Barcelona, Nabu and | Ritamosa, sailed to-day from this port. Their object, | am told, is to retaliate on the | United States for capturing Spanish ships by taking all the American | for Tarifa, Ceuta. yachts in the Mediterranean. The warships in the harbor to-day include the iron broadside | ship Victoria and the torpedo-boat destroyers Proserpine and Osada. | 1808, by James Gordon Bennett. | PREY OF | | | | They took an eastern course The Columbia and Normannia, which were recently bought from | the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, are bemng stiffened to | receive artillery. has not yet been armed. English engineers have been engaged at large | salaries to get the highest possible speed out of them. The torpedo-boats Halcon, Urion and Berona have received their armament. | The Gibraltar | GAGE CONFERS WITH BANKERS Proposed Bond Issue Dis- cussed by New York Financiers. Will Help to Make It a Success as a Popular Loan. — Spectal Dis; NEW YORK, April 27.—Secretary Gage was in consultation with leading bankers here to-day. Secretary Gage, All tch to The Call ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ “Beauty is but skin- deep” was probably meant to disparage beauty. In- stead it tells how easy that beauty is to attain, “There is no beauty like the beauty of health” was also meant to dis- parage. Instead it encour- ages beauty, Pears’ Soap is the means of health to the skin, and so to both these sorts of beauty. All sorts of stores -sell it, especially draggists; all sorts of people use it. !den:::ted the public gardens and then after the conference, said he thought it wise when in this city, to hear what the leading financiers might have to say concerning the present condition of | things and the outlook. He was also | desirous of getting their views on the | financial measure now before Con- | gress. “All the gentlemen present at the conference,” continued Mr. Gage, “ex- pressed a kindly interest in the popular features of the contemplated masures and so far as was necessary and proper, offered their co-operation in making the bond issue a popular loan.” The Secretary said he was not in favor of raising any issue at the pres- ent time calculated to cause discontent among those holding opposite political | views. The bills pending should be adopted on their merits. The money stringency was inciden- tally discussed. according to Mr. Gage, and nothing definite was decided on in the matter of placing our bonds in the European markets. It was. admitted by Mr. Gage that some of the financiers thought the rate of interest on the new bonds ought not to be less than 3% per cent, but most he said, were satisfied with a 3 per cent bond. Conditions were favorable in Mr. Gage's opinion for a $200,000,000 issue and there was little likelihood that the amount would exceed that sum. The Secretary re- lurinud to Washington on the midnight train. WASHINGTON, April 27.—There was some discussion to-day in the Senate Committee on Postoflices and Postroads of the bill introduced by Senator | Chandler to provide for a popular loan | through postal savings banks, and the suggestion was made that it might fur- nish a more acceptable means of rais- | ing funds for the war than the bond | clause of the House revenue bill. } The measure provides for the issu- ance of postal savings notes of $50 and | $100, payable to bearer and bearing 3 | per cent interest. A sub-committee was appointed for the conslderation of the details of the bill. It was notice- able that all the members of the Post- office Committee present, including Re- publicans as well as members of other parties, expressed a desire to avoid a bond issue if possible. The postal savings bill was also un- der consideration and the cpinion was expressed that the committee would be able to report upon this measure after one or more meetings Serious Bread Riots. ROME, April 27.—Several bread riots took place to-day at Bari, capital of the province of that name. A mob of 2000 at- tacked the tax office, burned the papers, roceeded to make an assault upo ‘own Hall and was frustrated nalice. n the gflwm ‘The latter attempt y the prison guards and ‘erla.nd, Norway and Sweden, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898. NEUTRALITY 1S OBSERVED Proclamations Are Being Issued by European Powers. So Far Germany and Austria Are the Only Nations to Hold Out. Colombia the First of the Latin Republics to Declare It Will Extend No Favors. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 27. The State Department posted a notiée to-day stating it had been officially ad- vised of the issuance of neutrality or- ders by Italy, the Netherlands, Switz- Russia and Colombia. It is supposed also that official notice of Great Britain’s and France's neutrality will be received by to-morrow. Including France and Great Britain, four of the six great powers of Europe have declared their neutrality, namely: Great Britain, Italy, France and Rus- sia” There remain of the great powers Germany and Austria, neither of which has yet acted. The delay of Austria does not cause surprise, as Austria’s sympathy with Spain is more pro- nounced than that of any other country of Europe. It is not doubted, however, that Austria will assume a neutral at- titude sooner or later. The delay of Germany is felt to be due solely to Germany’s consulting her own commercial interests before shap- | ing the exact terms of her neutrality proclamation. and Great Britain have opposed the right of search as detrimental to Brit- ish and German commerce. Spain has announced a much more rad- fcal doctrine than the United States on this matter. The Spanish order, pub- lished in the Official Gazette last Mon- day, announced the purpose of exercis- ing the right of search of all merchant ships on the high seas. The President’s proclamation of yesterday qualified the right of search by saying that it “is to right of neutrals, and the voyages of mail steamers are not to be interfered with except on the clearest grounds of suspicion. etc.” It is understood that this matter of right of search is caus- ing hesitation on the part of Germany and that if it is satisfactorily estab- lished that German merchant ships shall not be subjected to harassment Germany will adopt the same course as other nations. The attitude of Portugal is felt to be more important just at present than that of any of the great powers of Europe, owing to the presence of the Spanish fleet at the Cape Verde Islands, | belong to Portugal. Neither. the State Department nor the Portuguese Min- ister at Washington had received word up to to-night as to the purpose of Portugal on the question of neutrality. This caused considerable apprehension in official cir¢les here, as it was felt that Portugal's vicinage might induce her to withhold neutrality for a time. She owns the Cape Verde group, which would give the Spanish fleet three very important bases of opera- tion. Late in the day the press dis- patches from Lisbon, saying that the Cabinet Council will declare neutrality | to-morrow, relieved this apprehension | considerably. The effect of the -decree will be to compel the Spanish fléet at Cape Verde Islands to leave imme- dlately. It is felt, however, that Por- tugal has done her neighbor a good turn in deferring the proclamation un- til to-morrow, as the Spanish fleet has been laying in stores and coal for sev- eral days past and doubtless will be fully equipped and ready to sail be- fore the neutrality proclamation forces them out of Portuguese waters. Colombia is the only South or Cen- tral American country which has thus far declared neutrality. Spain has counted much on the co-operation of Spanish-American countries, but there is no reason to doubt that all of them will adopt a neutral position. Members of the diplomatic corps dis- miss the reports coming from Europe that another move toward European intervention will be made as soon as Spain suffers a decisive reverse. This is said to be purely conjectural; as no such move has taken form thus far by the exchange of notes. It is accepted as settled that no moYe ships intended for the American navy can leave the ports of those countries which have de- clared their neutrality. This result is most serjous in the case of the cruiser Albany, now at the Armstrong yards in England. The view among diplo- matic officials is that neither the Al- bany nor the torpedo-boat Somers can leave, even though the United States flag was raised over them before the proclamation of neutrality was issued. It is said the raising of the flag can- not avoid the manifest uses of the ships for war purpose . N0 DANGER OF - WATER FAMINE Citizens of Sausalito Resént a Misstatement Concerning Their Town. Not at the Mercy of Flames Nor Likely to Suffer Thirst. From Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, April 27.—The citizens of this town were considerably amused to- day to learn that they were in danger of a water famine and that if a fire broke out the place would be at the merey of the flames. At least, this was the absurd story published in two of the morning dallies, and it is asserted that the imagin- ations of the correspondents led them into ludicrous error. There is plenty of water here and a freer use of it would conduce to less lurid misrepresentations. “It is a shame that this place should so frequently be placed in a false light by inveraclous newspaper correspondents,” said Trustee A. Sylva. “All that occurred was as follows: I asked Mr. Tillinghast, secretary of the Sausalito Land and ‘Water Company, why water was turned off at 11 p. m., and he said in reply that it was because water in the springs did | not rise well until August, and, in accord- ance with the practice of companies gene- rally throughout the State, economy was necessary just now. Mr. Tillinghast said he had asked other companies to assist them, but it was an absolute falsehood 0 say that he had promised to give up his system if they would do so. His quot- ed statement that the company hul%een f{.:filn;.h\mdnd. of wells was never e. ¥ £ From the first Germany | Thus far | to Spain | the Azores and the Madeiras, | | be exercised with strict regard to the | throughout . Kansas. DISARMS THE STATE TROOPS Governor Leedy of Kan- sas Issues Some Pecu- liar Orders. Disregards Every Wish Made by Representatives of the War Department. It Is Evident That the Government ‘Will Secure Raw Recruits and Not Guardsmen. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 800000000000000008 O WICHITA, Kans., April 27.—At © midnight to-night Governor ©Q Leedy was hanged in effigy on First street in front of the ar- mory of the National Guard. Crowds of people are marching back and forth on the street hooting and yelling: “Down with Leedy and Weyler.” 00CCOSCCO ] [+] (] [ (4] ] o o 000000000000000000 TOPEKA, Kan., April 27.—Governor Leedy took action to-day which practi- cally disarms the State National Guard, and there is every indication that Kan- sas will have no troops ready for ser- vice outside of the State for several weeks, possibly a month. It is clearly the purpose of the State administration to “turn down"” the State militia, and the three regiments from Kansas must be made up largely from raw recruits. Goevrnor Leedy received a message from the War Department authorizing him to organize the State troops to suit himself, though advising him that the department preferred the enlist- ment of the National Guards. He also secured permission to mobilize his re- cruits in Topeka instead of at the Gov- ernment barracks at Fort Leavenworth as the War Department had ordered. Immediately upon-securing this au- thorization, the Governor telegraphed to theé captain of every Kansas militia organization directing that all army clothing and all equipage belonging to the State or Federal Government be forgvarded at once to the adjutant-gen- eral in Topeka. This step in effect dis- arms the militia and has raised a storm Following this action thé Governor named five recruit- ing officers, assigning them by Con- gressional districts, and these officers will enroll the Kansas volunteers. Gov- ernor Leedy orders that after the com- panies are recruited they shall select their own company officers. TOPEKA, Kans., April 27.—The Gov- ernor’s orders directing the militiamen to deliver their uniforms, guns and all other equipment to the adjutant-gen- eral has caused open revolt in some of the National Guard organizations. Word came from Wichita that the | equipment of the company there would be held for hall rent and other ex- penses. incurred in keeping up the com- pany, and there is talk of assembling the Second Regiment at Emporia to- morrow, despite the Governor’s‘order. At Hutchinson to-night Governor Leedy was hanged in effigy by the an- gry militiamen, When the Governor was informed of; this affair he said: “If the boys will keep their shirts on they will find that I will treat them right.” The Governor'’s Populist supporters insist that it is his intention to enlist as many of the privates of the Natjonal Guard as are eligible under the War Department’s requirements. BALTIMORE, April 27.—The Fourth Regiment, Maryland National Guard, | has broken camp at Pimlico and re- turned to the armory in this city. It is reported they have rebelled because of dissatisfaction at not having beeen assigned to active service by General Wilmer, the Fifth being assignedtothat honor. MONTIJO MAY BE RECKLESS Possibility That He May Proceed to Meet the Fleet of Dewey. Commander of the Spanish Squadron at the Philippines More Brave Than Wise. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 28.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Dally Mall, tele- graphing Wednesday, says: It is thought possible in some-quarters that Admiral Montijo, commander of the Spanish squadron at the Philippines, who has a reputation for reckless bravery and determination, but- does not shine as,a tactician, may put to sea and take the offensive. The pub- lic is elated by the Montserrat’s suc- cess, which is regarded as furnishing proof of the ineffectiveness of the blockade of Cuba. Senor Romero Robledo declared in the Cortes to-day that Spain ought to make up her mind to strugg!> alone, since no one would support her. He said he believed the present sltuation was the result of repeated acts of weakness on the part of Spain toward America and that he considered as wholly useless the autonomy project for Cuba. On the other hand, he thought Spain ought to do everythin: possible to revivify and strengthen the integrity of the empire and to main- tain the sovereignty of the mother country in Cuba. Admiral Beranger, former Minister of Marine, is of the opinion that it would be exceedingly profitable to Spain to adopt privateering. The Senate to-day delivered to the Queen Regent its re- ply to the speech from the throne. The members of the Government were present. MADRID, April 27.—It is difficult tp describe the state of the public mind to-day without being paradoxical. Every one believes that the Spanish- American fleets in the far East may have engaged or are just on the eve of engaging in the first battle of the war. The foundation for this belief is a tele- gram from Rear Admiral Montijo, commandant-general at Manila, to the Minister of Marine late last aight, which says: “I am leaving with a squadron to take a position of expecta- tion for the enemy.” The people, con- sequently, are possessed by a feeling of disquiet and confidence, Disquietuue is shown in the eagerness with which all details and strengths of the respective squadrons are discussed and the con- fidence by the knowledge that the Spanish forces will move heaven and earth to win a victory. The Heraldo bulletin board in Calle Sevilla is be- sieged by a constantly | crowd awaiting news with impatience. 10 SUPPORT THE DYNASTY Prelates Will Try to Off- set the Sympathy To- ward Carlists. May Try to Convince Castilians That the Queen Was Not for Peace st any Price. Spaniards Yet Growling About Un- cle Sam’s Attitude and Worrying Over England’s Policy. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. MADRID, April 27.—As a counter- poise to the growing sympathy toward the Carlists among the people since Don Carlos raised a vigorous war note against the United States, the Spanish cardinals and prelates are now assem- bling here to visit the Queen Regent collectively, declaring their adhesion to and support of the dynasty. They will endeavor to convince the people that the Queen Regent has never advocated peace at any price, but thoroughly participated in the enthusiasm of the people to defend the honor and rights of Spain. This attitude of the prelates will cause a sensation throughout the coun- try, greatly irritating the Carlists. To- night Madrid is absolutely unmoved. The capture of the American bark Sar- anac by a Spanish gunboat near Man- ila caused a momentary excitement, but the town is expectant of the result of the action likely to occur off the Philippines and awaits the outcome with perfect confidence. This confi- dence in the navy is an article of faith with the Spaniards. The papers po- litely chaff the Americans on “their want of dash in capturing only fishing- boats and ocean tramps.” One journal says: “El Morro's sig- nal guns were mistaken on board the American squadron for offensive fir- ing. The gunners of El Morro know that the squadron has kept well out of range, and they wish it would not.” There is a strong expectation of European complications and increaging doubt in the “assumed neutrality of England.” It is believed she would join America to-morrow were she not deterred by a fear of uniting the pow- | ers In a crusade agalnst the Anglo Saxon.” EXEXFX XXX XXX XXX XXX FIRST REACHES NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, April 27.— The First Regiment of Infantry, under command of Colonel Evan Miles, arrived this morning from Presidio Barracks, San Fran- cisco, 510 strong, and went into camp at the fair grounds. They crossed the continent on three special trains. 'The Californians were given a rousing reception as they marched to the fair grounds. Mayor Flower has received many petitions from Spaniards residing in New Orleans, pray- ing for protection, saying that * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * # they have been threatened. * * *® * * * * * * * * * * * * * B * * * * * * EXREXFXFRRXXRRRRRR GOVERNMENT WILL BEAR THE EXPENSE ‘Will Provide for Volunteers During the Interval Between Enroll- ment and Muster. WASHINGTON, April 27.—The War Department has issued the following circular bearing on the expenses in- curred by the volunteer troops between the time of their enrollment and their muster into the service of the United States. It is in answer to many in- quiries that have been made on the subject by State officials: All absolutely necessary expenses for-the subsistence, transportation, sheltering and general maintenance of the volun- teers during the interval during their en- rollment (enlistment) and their muster (or being sworn) into the service of the United States and all incidental expenses connecged therewith, such as the hire of officers, clerks, messengers, etc., for mus- tering officers, will be met by the Gov- ernment of the United States from the appropriation at the disposal of the sev- eral staff departments of the army. Cer- tificate vouchers for all expenditures authorized will be forwarded to the War Department for audit and payment. rmm Spanish Warship Near Callao. TACOMA, April 27.—Mrs. Susie Pet- ers of this city recetved a letter from her son to-day, who is an apprentice | on the Oregon. The letter is dated Callao, Peru, and says they are on the lookout for Spanish torpedo-boats and expect to meet one. He says a Span- ish warship left Callao three days be- fore the arrival of the Oregon. —_—— Friendship of Japan. YOKOGZIAMA, April 27.—The local Jounrals urge Japan to consent to America buying Japan’s two cruisers now building in the United States. B L i General Lee Summoned. RICHMOND, Va., April 27.—General Fitzhugh Lee has been summoned to ‘Washington and will leave here on the noon train to-morrow. TULARE LAD CRUSHED UNDER TRAIN WHEELS. Loses His Life While Stealing a Ride on the “Blind Baggage” to Fresno. FRESNO, April 27.—The body of Syd- ney Lawler of Tulare was found this morning horribly mangled on the rail- road track near the Southern Pacific freight shed. Last evening Lawler and two other lads named Thomas and Clark thought they would come to Fresno on the “'blind baggage” for a lark. They boarded the train and rode as far as the | Valley road crossing near Fresno. At | that point Thomas and Clark entered the passenger coaches, but Lawler remained | on the baggage-car alatrorm. Arriving | in tewn Thomas and Clark left the train | and spgnt the night hunting for their | friend. They could get no clew to his whereabouts until they found his body at | the Morgue at about noon to-day. | No one knows how the young man met | death. The supposition is that he at- tempted to leave the train after his com- anions went into the cars and slipped | eneath the wheels. | It is reported shots were heard in the | vicinity of the station last evening about | the time the train came in, and it is| thought that some brakeman may have fired at Lawler. This Is to be investiga- ted. An examination of the body made | Civil | he declared CONSIDER GOl OF THE WAR Statesmen Dis scuss the Bill to Increase the Revenue. Dingley Says Th ree Hundred Mil- lions a Year Will Be Required. ' Bailey Asks Tax, Not Bonds. for Income Call Office, Riggs House, | ‘Washington, April 27. The opening of three days’ debate on the war revenue measure attracted | crowds to the House- galleries to-day | and the attendance on the floor was | also large. Rev. Hezwell, who deliv- | ered the invocation, asked the Divine | aid and direction for our army and| navy. Without any evidence of excite- | ment or preliminaries of any kind the | House went into committee of the| whole, after the reading of the journal, and entered upon the consideration of the bill. Owing to its importance Ding- ley, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, did not ask that the first reading of the bill be dispensed with as usual with bills of minor impor- | tance. Dingley emphasized the necessity of united action in support of the measure in order not only to impress Spain but the countries of Europe with the profound | conviction that the American Congress and the American people stood shoulder | to shoulder without regard to party in | the determination to nrosecute to a_suc- | cessful termination the war we had un-| dertaken.., Dingley’ spoke with great earnestness, and was listened to with profound atten- tion. Many of the Democrats left their | places and took seats on the Republican side to hear the better. With great im- pressiveness Dingley said that unless all signs failed the war would not be a three | months’ affair, nor a six rionths affair, | and that the more preparat.ons we made, | both for offense and defense, the shorter | it would be. When he reacned the ques- | tion of the bond issue he was besleged | with questions by McMillan, Sayers and other Democrats, and there was some:| discussion of the probable cost of the‘ war. Sayers ventured an estimate of $300,000,- 000 Per annum, which Dingley rejected, calling attention to the ‘War cost $1,100,000,000 ~er annum. Sayers, while avowing his willingness to vote every dollar necessary to prosecute the war, contended that there was no ne- cessity for authorizing in this bill the raising of $700,000,000, when Congress would meet again in December. A ple- thoric treasury in time of war, he ar- gued, would invite endless schemes of speculators until it was gone. ingley_pointed out that the authoriza- tion for $500,000,000 bonds was simply an authorization. If not needed all the bonds would not be issued. Dingley briefly dis- cussed the proposition which the minor- ity would advance for an income tax as | a substitute for the bond proposition. The Supreme Court had declared the tax un-| constitutional, and yet it was proposed | in place of an authorization to borrow | money to renew a law suit which had already been decided against.the Gov- ernment. ‘It seems .so_ preposterous in such an exigency,” said Dingley, “‘that| I can hardly believe such a proposal is to | be seriously presented.” The proposition | to coin the silver seigniorage he charac-| terised as one of the absurdities of finance | which was never heard of beyond the act that the | leaving as little of the burden of our ine | tervention in Cuba to the future as pos- sible. If the war upon which-we are about to enter was to secure new national pos- sessions or any other acquisition of mate- | rial assets, the case might present a view omewhat different. But here, for the first time in the history of the world, a nation- has of its own volition thrown away- any prospect of aggrandizement and has based its action upon disinterest- ed grounds, so that what we are about to do, however much it may minister to the present satisfaction and moral com- fort of the community, concerns posterity vastly less than it does us. - “If there was a case in the history of the world where a situation amounting to a declar: s the direct re- sult of th pose of the people themselves, It cannot be sald that the President of the United States_has plunged his country into a war. If he had done so, heedlessly put- ting in peril the welfare of a country like this, instead of being entitled, as he is, to the respect and confidence of the world, it would be better that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the-sea. His- tory will acquit the President of such an ac. of hostility to the public welfare. I do not predict the size and the cost of the undertaking in which we-are embarked, but my conviction is that we will gain all that we lose and infinitely more things we have already gained, and one is the outspoken sympathy of this great Eng- lish speaking race, of which we are a part; another is a larger sense of the unity of the American people, a unity that has already killed the spirit of sec- tionalism, taken the poison out of parti- san strife and brought in the better era American patriotism. UtBeu (Pop.) Bt Colorado, in ‘stating the position of the Populists, announced his unalterable opposition to the bond pro- | vision of the bill. Nothing, he declared, could cause such a shudder among the eople of the country as the announce- et that they were to be saddled with another bond issue. i Then, discussing the provisions of the bill, he asked why the taxes were to be | exclusively levied against the poor. did not the rich railroads bear part of | the burden? Why did not the colossal | Standard_Oil Comvany bear its share? { Thesburdens should fall equally on all inferested. Lacey (R.) of Io amendment to pr | instruments on which _the were inadvertently omitted Ridgeley .(Pop.) of Kansas closed the debate for the afternoon with some brief remarks in opposition to the bond feature of the bill. 4 At 5 o'clock thé House recessed until 8 o'clock. The night session of the House was de- | voted to brief speeches by members who were unablel to secure time during the day. Many speakers only had time to ask -permission to extend their remarks in the record. Onmly two_ Republicans— Gibson_of Tennessee and Olmstead of New York—spoke to-night. The Demo- crats and Populists all opposed the bond proposition. The speakers were Kleberg Dy, Texas; Wheeler (D) - Kentucky: Lewis (D.), Washington; Green (Pop.), gave notice of an nt the invalidation of stamps due borders of the United States. Selgnior- | Nepraska: Cowherd (D.). Missouri; Ben- ge was the profit from coinage. We are | ton (D.). Missouri; Vandiver (D.), Mis- not now coining silver. Alabama; De Vries Pingley was given a hearty round of applause when he concluded. Balley, the leader of the minority, fol- lowed Dingley with the opening argument on his side. e said that his side realized as much as the other the necessity of raising revenue to carry on the war, and they stood willing to co-operate in plac- ing at the disposal of the Government every material aid for the prosecution of the war to a successful and speedy termi- nation. There would be no difference of ogln(on that the Government should be abundantly provided with revenue. But, said he, the minority would not be either led nor driven into the support of meas- ures which commended themselves neither to thier consclence nor judgment. They reserved the right to oppose the measures bf’ which the majority proposed to pro- vide the war fund. Bailey spoke with a trace of bitterness at the treatment the. minority had re- ceived at the hands of the majority. The chairman of the Ways and Means Com- mittee had said that the pending bill fol- lowed closely the system of war taxation which obtained at the close of the Civil ‘War. That system, Bailey said, had been followed in respect to those taxes which fell most heavily upon the producing and consuming classes. Beer, tobacco and other articles were taxed, but in one re- ‘.EQC(' in his opinion utterly indefensible, t! e system in vogue at the end of the Civil War had been discarded. The tax on bank capital and bank deposits was omitted. At one-half of 1 per cent such a tax would produce $10,000,000, If there was one species of property above all others that ought to be the subject for extraordinary taxation it was bank de- 0sits, the only form of property owned y one class which was used by another. There were in banks of the United States $1,700,000,000 of deposits. Proceeding with his criticism of this and some other features of the bill, Bailey declared that, imperfect as it was, his side of the House would take ft f the other side would accept their propo- sition for an income tax which would provide an additional income of $100,000,000. (Democratic applause.) He thought the estimate of Dingley ($25,000.000 a month for war expenses) a reasonable one. ailey also contended for the proposi- tion to coin $48.000,000 of the silver seign- ’“"‘?)gf' and to that he thought an issue of $58,000,000 of legal tender could be added With propriety. The greenback circula- g:t? c!(?ul be extended that far without ger. 3 The gentleman from Maine (Dingley) advocated the placing of a bonded debt on this country of $600,000,000. Whenever the country’s credit ought to be pledged he would be willing to do this, but there was not, in his opinion, any necessity for mortgaging that credit at this time. ‘We propose,’” sald Bailey, ‘‘to tax the rich men now, rather than to mortgage the energies of the Poor men for coming generations, (Applause on the Demo- crg}!c sId‘eJ h scussing the question of the Supreme Court's decision of the income lnxpcue. that no question was ever settled until it was settled rightly. Bailey then entered upon an extended ument upon the copstitutionality of an income tax, combating the theo: that it was a direct tax inhibited by the constitution. Bailey said the fncome tax provisions which the minority had drawn, and which would be offered by McMillin, had been drawn to meet that portion of the court’s decision which was~ unanimous, and in which he concurred, by exempting fed- eral, state, county and municipal bonds. 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