Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-12

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Wa>h'nNtou Nay There was a
brief ma, sharp debate in the senate
ON the i@yume taN proposition, The
resolution proposing an amendment
IL the constitution OF the United
STATES relating To succession to the
presidency was under discussion, MIR
Mills ,dcmn TeNl proposed an amend.
menI in the form of new section,
intended tn authorize congress- to levy
Il IAN on incomes IN such form as to
meet the requirements of the decision
OF the supreme court. Nr was sharply
criticised tOr cudcaNurjuS to place
such a rider ON the resolution which
practically all the senators favored.
hut stood his ground and insisted
apon a vote ON his amendment, The
amendment was defeated, 30 to ~, all
the republicans voting against the
amendment and all the democrats, ex
cept Mr.. Cattery (la0. together with
the popu(Sts and silver republicans.
voting in favor OF 1t, The joint reso-
hutton adopted reads as follows, In
all cases not provided for by article
second. ct1uso NTH, Of the constitution
where there is no person entitled to
discharge the duties OF the office of
the president. the same shalt dcyolvc
upon the vice president Congress may
by law provide for a case where there
is No person entitled to hold the of
tcc Of president or vice president, de.
rlaring what officer shall act rs pres
tdent and such officer shall act accord
ingly until the disability is removed or
4 president elected.
Washington, May 1, Representative
Newans lNeNl introduced q joint
resolution for the annexation VI Ha-
waii, The house adopted the CON
ference report on the Notifications
hill. The remainder OF the session was
consumed with consideration of the
Alaskan bill and n resolution for the
, repeal Of the act prohibiting the pass
age of importations In bond through
the territory of the United States into
the free zone OF Mexico. The lat
ter passed, but the Alaskan measure
went over,
Washington, May 6.-The house dis
posed of two important measures. The
Alaskan bin extending homestead
laws to, and providing for certain
railroad rights-of-way In the district
~ hN IN
and agreed upon in conference, was
passed. The labor arbitration mea-
sure, providing for arbitration Of la
hor disputes between employees and
certain common carriers, bin which
had received n very wide Endorsement
by the labor organizations through
out the country received the approval
of the house. II provides that in
case of serious controversy concern
ing wages, hours Of labor or condition
OF employment shall arise between n
carrier and its employees, the chair
man Of the Interstate commerce com
mission and the commissioners OF
labor shall upon the request Of either
party endoavor to amlcably scttlc
the dispute by mediation and in case
the endeavor shall fail, the contro-
yersy may be submitted to nrbitra
tion To a board of three persons each
party to the controversy to name
one arbitrator and the two thus
named shall name a third.
Washington. May 5,-1ho senate
had under consideration the postal
appropriation bill, carrying 500 pa
800. the heaviest of all the approprla-
tion bills. The most important &C
: ton taken upon the measure was
the adoption OF an amendment offered
by Mr. Tillman >, c. reducing tho
number " de iveries OF mail in all
! cities to "A ru,.h not exceeding
four each day. The amendment was
| sharply antagonized ms n blow to the
business interests In large cities. but
the feeling OF the senate was such
that despite the vigorous opposition,
A lively debate was precipitated by
an amendment OF the committee strik-
ing out the appropriation OF 5000, 600
or rural delivery. The proposition
was discussed for nearly two hours.
Messrs. Chandler IN. H. and Butler
IN. Co. leading the fight In favor OF
rural delivery. BY the close vote OF
25 to %, however, the committee was
sustained and the bill now carries no
appropriation for such delivery. An
important amendment to the bill was
one which will prevent star route
contractors from sub-letting their
contracts. In order to get their money
they must be able to swear
that they performed the service them
selves. Mr. Pettigrew Is. d. offered
an amendment directing the post
master general to readjust the COM
pensation to be paid for the transport
tation OF malls on railroad routes by
reducing the compensation 10 all
abroad companies 20 per cent year
rom the rates for such transportation
on basis OF the average weight