Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1898 — VOTES WAR REVENUE [ARTICLE]

VOTES WAR REVENUE

House Passes the Ways and Means Committee Bill. ADOPTED BY A MAJORITY OF FIFTY. All Bat Six Democrats Vote Against | the Measure—Secretary Alger’s Estimates for War Expenses to Jnly 1. Washington, April 30.—The house passed the war revenue bill with only the amendments agreed upon by the republican mem- j bers of the ways and means commit- ! tee added. In order to accomplish this a parliamentary maneuver was necessary, as the whole time for amendments was exhausted by the minority In trying to amend the bond feature of the bill. Mr. Dlngley offered as a substitute an entirely new ' bill containing these amendments after the [ bill, had been reported to the house. This was an old parliamentary trick frequently resorted to years ago. The Morrill tariff law was passed In this way In its original form after it had been loaded down with amendments In committee of the whole. Many amendments were offered to the bond feature of the bill, ranging from a proposition for the substitution bf an Income tax provision to an authorization for an Issue of 3150,000,000 greenbacks. But all ttere voted down. At the last minute the democrats decided to offer the motion to recommit with Instructions to report back the Income tax proposition as an amendment to the bill Instead of as a substitute for the bond provision. This was due to the fact that a number of democrats had declined to vote to strike out the bond provision. The motion was defeated 134 to 173. Four republicans voted with the democrats and populists on this vote. But on final passage of the bill (which was carried 181 to 131) the democrats and populists, with six exceptions, voted solidly against the bill. The democrats who voted for the bill were Messrs. Cummings, McClellan and Griggs, of New York; Fitzgerald, Massachusetts; McAleer, Pennsylvania; and Wheeler. Ala- J bama. Two republicans, Messrs, Llnney, ! of North Carolina, and Thorp, of Virginia,

voted with the opposition. Quite a number of demoor&ts declined to vote. Agree to Increase Volanteer*. Washington, April 30.—The house military affairs committee has agreed to Increase the number of volunteers to be | raised from the United States at large 1 from 8,000 to 13,000. This will allow the en- • llstment of 10,000 lmmunes. I Senate Agrees to Conference Report. Washington. April 30.—'The senate Friday after a brief statement by Senator Hale j adopted the conference report on the naval i appropriation bill. It then passed a few j bills to which there was no objection, and adjourned until Monday. Ask* for Millions. I Washington, April 80.—The secretary of the treasury Friday received from the secretary of war estimates of deficiencies In appropriations required for the use of the war department for the remaining two months of the present fiscal year aggregating $34,019,997. In his letter Secretary Alger says that the acts of congress approved April 22 and 26, 1898, authorizing the enrollment of a volunteer army and placing the regular army on a war footing, will necessitate this Increased appropriation for the ' organization, support and maintenance of the new forces. The several Items In the deficiency appropriation asked for are as follows, centi omitted: Signal service of the army, $21,000; pRy, etc., of the army (volunteers), $5,766,661. Pay, etc., of the army (regulars), $1,425,253. Subsistence of the army, $2,739,643; regular supplies, quartermaster’s department, sl,000,000; Incidental expenses quartermaster's department, $760,000; horses for cavalry and artillery, $1,600,000; barracks and quarters, $300,000; army transportation, $6,000,000; clothing and camp and garrison equipage, $10,000,000; contlngenclea of the army, $20,- . 000; ordnance department, medical and hospital department, $750,000; equipment of engineer troops, $60,000; torpedoes for harbor defense, $600,000. Expeditionary force to Cuba, $160,034; total, $34,019,997. This estimate, which was transmitted to congress Friday, Is entirely independent of the allotments made by the president to the war department from the $60,000,000 defense appropriation. This will Indicate that up to July 1 next (two months), the increased expenditures on account of the war will be approximately $90,000,000. Cabinet Meeting Washington, April' so.—At the cabinet meeting Friday Secretary Gage explained bis plan for making effective the popular loan feature of the new bond issue, and with the exception of one or two minor 1 changes the plan was approved. As soon as the now act passes congress the secretary will Issue a prospectus covering all points Involved and giving to the public all ; needed Information concerning it. In answer to Inquiries of members of the cab--1 lnet It was stated that the subject of Hawaii was not and had not been under discussion, and the reports with respect to the Islands being turned over to this government are discredited. The secretary of the navy and the secretary of war each made a statement as to the progress of j events In their respective departments, but nothing of an Important nature that could be made public was done by the cabinet, which was In-session only an hour and a half.