The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-05-27
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Daily Proceedings At the National Capitol
in Abbreviated Form-sOme OF the
Most Tmportsnt BIls-

CONSIDER ALB DroCress was made on the
war revenue measure in the senate on the 18th
The feature Of The debate was the speech OF
Senator Turpie CEd). who contended that
bond issue was unnecessary and that al the
funds required for the prosecution Of the war
could be raised through the proposed inherl-
lance tax by the tax on corporations by the
coinage Of the silver seigniOrage and By the
issue Of legal tender notes The conference
report on the bill suspendink certain parts OF
the existing law relating to the purchase OF
supplies BY the war department was adopted
The bin permitting Oncers OF the regular
army TO accept star appointments in the vol
unteer army without losing their rank in the
regular service was also passed. The house
made an Intellectual effort TO pass bill prohib-
ftfng the publication OF information about the
country f0rtihcationS The pension deficiency
bin was passed without word Of debate mr.
Bromweu CO.) introduced q joint resolution for
returning captured confederate flags on ap-
plicariOn OF the governors whose troops carried
them The session only lasted half an hour.
EXCELLENT progress was made By the senate
on the 18th in the consideration Of the war
raEenue bill two thirds OF the measure having
been generally agreed TO. Senator AcLaurln
Is. c. opened the discussion with carefully
prepared speech touching all its features he
expressed the hope that the bill would pass as
reported with the exception Of the stamp tax,
which he thought unnecessary A resolution
for the Improvement Of Arausas Pass harOor
IN Texas was passed The house agreed 70
bill Chairman Hull Of the house committee
on military affairs, introduced two bllls, one
that the pay Of volunteers received into the SerF
ice Of the United States shall commence rom
the day they joined for duty and another
allowing regular army oficers to accept vol
unteer appointments without it costing them
their places In the regular army ME Todd
Mich introduced Q bill to provide FOR carry
ing on the war ItprOpOses to issue slO0OJlOJ
in treasury notes. to coin into standard silver
In fnu rzrHr-
70 levy q tax OF i've per cent upon the gross
earnings Of railroads, telegraph, telephone and
street railway companies and stock Of life ana
fire insurance ompanies- and i've per cent Of
the net income Of any individual or corpora
tion whose annual income exceeds s2,V5l
AT the conclusion Of the Senate's session on
the Goth the reading Of the war revenue meas
ure was completed, about seTen-elghls OF the
commit e amendments having been agreed to-
Senator Daniels CVa-) made q speech opposing
an issue Of bonds and supporting the sub-para-
graphs proposed by the democratic majority OF
the finance committee Senator Aidrlcn tx y
offered the bond provision and the provision
authorizing certificates Of Indebtedness as sub
stitutes for the sections Of the bill reported by
the majority OF the committee providing foT
coinage Of silver seigniOrage, the issue Of silver
certificates and the issue Of United states notes
The bill was then laid aside The joint reso-
luton for organizing an auxiliary naval force
TO form an inner line Of defense was passed and
i the senate then adjourned until the I'D The
| house was not in session
| THE senate on the 23d had the war revenue
/ measure under discussion for five hours and
then laid IL aside The entire time was OccJ
| pied by Senators Chiffon CTez.), Lodge Mass
| and Turley CTenn) j. s majors Chiffon and Tur-
ley covered pretty fully the general features o.
the bill. their speeches dealing comprehenSlyelI
| with the theories Of taxation while Senator
| Lodge confined himself to a discussion Of th'
/ proposed tax on corporations and bank depOs
| its, strongly urging that such taxes be not i'm
| posed Senator Frye Mass then reported
/ bill for admitting 70 American registry tn
/ steamer Zealandia- It was passed Senate
/ Chandler N. HI introduced q bill giving tn
| president enlarged powers for retiring and ap
! pointing army and navy Officers----T The day Il
] the house was devoted chiefly TO the consld
/ Grafton OF District Of Columbia legislation
i Two bills affecting the volunteers were passed
| One provided for the payment OF volunteer
/ from their enrolment and 70 pay troops EN-
/ barking for Manila one month in advance, ant
| the other bill provided that OflCers Of the regu
Il lar army who may be stan officers in the vOlun
| teer service shall not vacate their Ohices IN tn
/ regular army. Nj Pearce -CAIO) introduced
i bill for building additional war vessels A oil
| introduced by M Peters CKan-) for construct
Il ing bridge across the Missouri river nea
! Kansas City, Kan, was passed