The record-union., 1897-12-18
Spirited Debate in the Senate Over
the Liquor Question.
Senators Pay Tribute to the Memory Of the
Late Representative Holman.
The House Completes Consideration
of the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation
Bill, Excepting the Paragraph
Relating to Civil Service.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia spirited
debate was precipitated in the senate
to-day by the submission by Flatt OF
Connecticut Of the report OF the spec
ial committee Of the Senate and house
appointed to investigate the use OF al
cohol in the arts. 1t developed that
wide divergence Of opinion exists among
Senators as to the practicability, from
the point of view of Government rev
enue. of reducing the present tax upon
alcohol used in the arts. Hoar of
Massachusetts, who favors such a re-
duction, expressed the opinion that If
Congress would lay aside political con-
siderations and deal with the liquor
question ourageously and honestly by
the imposition of an additional tax Of
dollar barrel on beer, the question of
the Governments revenue would take
care Of itself.
Vest of Missouri strenuously opposed
any additional tax on beer.
A joint resolution accepting the invi-
tation of Norway TO participate in an
international fisheries exposition next
year was passed.
At the suggestion of Hawley, Chair
man Of the Military Affairs Committee
the bill passed by the House for relief
of the miners in the Klondike was taken
UP at once. The Senate bill was sub
stituted for that of the House, and
conference was ordered, with Messrs
Hawley, Carter and Cockrell conferees.
Bills providing for the erection of a
public building at Tacoma, Wash, and
appropriating S250000 for that purpose
and providing an American register for
the steamer Jacksonville were passed.
n,n nf ha
granted a pension of $50 a month to
Cassius NJ Clay, Sr., of Kentucky.
Major General in the United States
army during the war of the rebellion.
Turpie of Indiana then presented the
regular order of business, the consider
alton of resolutions on the death of
William Steele Holman, late Repre-
sentative from Indiana.
Tributes to his memory were paid in
eloquent eulogies by Fairbanks of In
diana, Mills of Texas, Cockrell of Mis-
souri,. Frye of Maine and Turpie Of In
diana.
The resolutions of coincidence were
passed, and as a further mark Of re-
spect the Senate at 4:25 p. m. ad-
journed until tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE House
to-day completed the consideration Of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, excepting the par
agraph relating TO civil service. BY
agreement, the debate on this latter
paragraph will so over until after the
holidays Two amendments were
adopted.
The bill as reported abolfshes the as
say office at Deadwood s D, and the
nints at Carson, New, and New Or
leans To-day the Representatives
from the two former States made Wig
orous and successful fight to continue
the appropriations for Deadwood and
Carson City. The Appropriation Com
mittee was beaten in each instance.
The House to-day refused to accept
the Senate amendment to the bill for
the relief OF the miners in the Upper
Yukon, and ii was sent TO conference.
On motion of Smith CD of Arizona, a
bill was passed to amend the Act
granting a right of way through the
San Carlos Indian Reservation to the
Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Rail-
road, so as to extend the time for the
construction of the road for two years.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, and resumed the consid-
Grafton of the legislative, executive and
judicial bill.i
A few minutes later the committee
rose informally, and on Cannon's mo-
tion disagreed TO the Senate amend
ment TO the bill for the relief Of the
miners on the Upper Yukon, and agreed
TO a conference.
Aessrs. Cannon of Illinois, Northway
OF Ohio and Sayers of Texas were ap-
pointed conferees.
The debate drifted into a financial