Show GO P i BOODLE FUND Senators Denounce Corrupt Methods j Y of Mark Hannas Party NED AN INVESTIGATION REPUBLICAN PAT SOLD OUT I TO THE MONOPOLIES War Revenue Debate Took An Interesting teresting Turn Present Administration Adminis-tration Was Bribed I Advance By Corporations That Paid Immense Sums For Legislation v Washington June 2When the senate sen-ate adjourned this evening the war revenue rev-enue measure so fa as the finance committee is concerned was completed with the exception of the bond provision provis-ion amendments proposed by the Democrats Dem-ocrats While no agreement was reached fixing a time for the taking of a final vote upon the bill it was the expressed ounion on both sides of the chamber that a vote would be taken tomorrow to-morrow before adjournment Mr Allison in charge of the mea ure announced he woud ask the ak senate sen-ate to remain in session tomorrow until a vote was readied At the opening of todays session the senate passed a bill conferring American Ameri-can register upon th steamship China I I one of the fleet of the Pacific Mail Steamship company The China has ben chartered by the war department to transport troops to the Philippines The China is now under the Hawaiian t flagConsideration Consideration of the war revenue bill T was resumed and Mr Butler Pop N C addressed the senate He regretted that the finance committee had not seen fit to present to the senate a genuine wa revenue bill In the circumstances the responsibility in the passage of the pending measure rets said he upon those who have placed in the bill pro visinn tht h n nb In au measured He expressed his regrets that those holding peculiar views on the money question had seen fit to raise rse those controverted questions of finance incorporated in the measure a it forced those who differed from the t committee em on those questions to discuss The statement brought to his feet Mr Gallinger Rep N H who demanded de-manded that Mr Butler make his charges specific CHARGE OF BRIBERY In the course of a colloquy between I the two senators Mr Butler declared that immense sums had been contributed contrib-uted to the Republican presidential campaign fund by trusts and cmpag trsts monopolies monopo-lies and bondholders and money changers I chang-ers and that 99 per cent of the money had been raised and paid over to the Republican party under a contract that certain legislation promoting the interests inter-ests of the trusts and monopolies should be enacted Mr Galllnger insisted that the charges should b made specific that Mr Yn Butler I had h no right under n the rules b UUU UL 1L L UIU ne sent had definite and specific charges to pre > jL Mr Kyle Pop S D also Insisted 11 that Mr Butler give his authority for such assertions Mr Kyle stated that a the chairman of the Populist party Mr Butler had made a charge that was at least extravagant ex-travagant and that in making such statements a the representative of the j I Populist party the senator ought to be I I certain cf his position before making them I Mr Butler said that while he believed I I the statement to b true he had not i t made it upon his own responsibility j with personal knowledge of its truth i I have learned said he in the j I course of my experience a chairman of the Populist party committee that I thereare interests which will contribute i contrib-ute to the support of any party In return j taar I turn for an agreement that that party wU support legislation favorable to i those interests Mn Hawley Rep Conn Interjected Intereted II the remark that he had no doubt that the senator Butler knew what he I was talking about t Republican I senators had not been approached in any such manner a Indicated Mr Gallinger and Mr Allen followed I In a heated exchange words over the resolution introduced by the latter p oviding for an investigation of the methods of the various parties In the j last presidenta campaign I vuC HLa I Inemner or tnE committee to audit and control the con tingent expenses of the senate to which the resolution was referred said whlcl he was willing to go into the investiga tion at this time but no proof had been presented to the ben prsented committee that that was necessary He pointed out t t the other two members of the committee had cmmite supported the same 1 presidential candidate In 1S96 as had at ha Mr Allen and he Alen ought to labor with labr lotion them if he desired action upon his reso Mr Allen insisted that Mr Gallinger was endeavoring to escape responsibil ity by attempting to load it upon the shoulders of others f REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION Mr Teller SI1 Rep Colo in the course of a brief but emphatic statement state-ment that the charges made by Mr Butler Mere believed by the people and ought to be investigated by the senate declared that it was notorious that the Republican party had spent more m nf y in the one campaign of 1836 than I had spent in all previous campaigns capaigs sIC 185G He added that no party hd ever employed methods in Ever a cam paign s corrupt a were the methods of the Republican party in i that cam ± 101 j lUlU uitii auuu methods were a menace to our form of government He would be glad he said to give up three months of the hot weather In making bu h an investigation as was provided for by the resolution of Mr prvied Mr Gallinger replied that he was willing t enter upon the investigation a = wn f Mr Teller could induce his p tical cole gres to take action He di Tied attention to the fact that the committee was composed of one Democrat Demo-crat Mr Jones of Arkansas chairman o the Democratic national committee committe M1 Jones of Nevada a member of the Populist party and himself a Repub lkan II Chandler said he ha directed at tention 10 the charges of the large use of money by the Republican campaign m nagers in 188C and had suggested that they ought to be investigated but the r solution of Mr Allen had gone to t its death on the 4th of last March nor through any fault of the Gallinger family nor through any fault of the Nv Hampshire family but solely through the fault of the Jones fam ilyWhile While expressing a willingness that every act of the Democratic national ntonal committee should be scrutinized Mr srtnized 1lr Jones of Arkansas enfs Arkanss did not believe any tangible results would come from such an investigation as had been contemplated I contem-plated A Mr Butler resumed his speech in the I j course of which he opposed any increase in-crease of the bonded ceas debt and concluded con-cluded at 240 p m REVENUE BILL AMENDED The work of perferting the bill was then resumed Mr Jones of Arkansas offering for the committee ie formal amendments to the paragi h relating to the stamp tax on medicinal articles the purpose qf the amendments being to exempt uncompounded medicinal drugs and medicines and physicians prescriptions The paragraph relating to the indus a I trial or weekly payment plan was s I amended as to provide that the > tax I should be pO per cent of the weekly payment pay-ment premium The taxdoes not apply to fraternal or lodge Insurance companies com-panies The paragraph was further amended so as to include In the insurance Insur-ance organizations exempted from theta the-ta employees relief associations and farmers cooperative societies The committee amendment placing a stamp taxupon all receipts for money was adopted Schedule1 B relating to the tax on proprietaryartfcles was so amended a to make f ra Medicinal proprietary articles An exception In favor of natural spring waters was made in I the tax placed upon waters f > The committee amendment to schedule sched-ule B providing that upon all articles and preparaUons at present in the bands of manufacturers or of wholesale whole-sale or retail dealers the stamp tax shall b placed by the dealer when the articles Are sold at retail was agreed t Mr Gallinger then offered an amendment amend-ment reducing by onehalf the taxes 1nnn n IInt + articles preparations < u psrf umes c cosmetics I cos-metics etc Included in schedule B He maintained that th tax was onerous and antagonized the amendment I Mr Aldrich said schedule B had given the committee more trouble than any other part of the bill but he was j satisfied that the tax proposed by the committee was equitable and jus The amendment was rejected 22 to 47 I Mr Allison said the bill was now completed so far as the committee was concerned except as to the bond provision and the substitutes offered j for it He would be glad if a arrangement arrange-ment fora final vote could be effected He believed that the bill should b I disposed of tomorrow and hoped It might a such a consummation was desired Mr Jones of Arkansas held no doubt that a final vote on the bill would be reached tomorrow but objected t a agreement Mr Allison then gave notice that he would ask the senate to remain in session sion tomorrow until the bill was completed com-pleted and passed CHANCE FOR MONOPOLIES Mr White of California offered an amendment levying a tax of one qua ter of one per cent upon the gross upn gss receipts of verY person firmv or corporation cor-poration operating sleeping car on railroads In offering the amendment he said This amendment will permit the payment of a part of the war burdens by the various sleeping car companies They have been long desirous of contributing con-tributing to the governments expenses but could not because of lack of neces sary legislation Such a tax as I propose pose will not fall I fancy upont the consumer After agreeing t meet at 1 oclock tomorrow the senate at 520 p m went afterward Into executive adjourned session and shortly |