The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-03
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Marked Progress Made on the War
Revenue Measure in the Senate.
A BILL TO PROTECT HOMESTEADERS.
The Measure Provides That Services In the
War with Spain shall he Considered
as Work Upon Land-Removal
of Political Disabilities.

WASHINGTON, June 2. Marked prog
ress was made in the senate yesterday
toward the final disposition of the war
revenue measure. The committee
amendments on nearly so pages of the
bill were passed upon and the senate
nearly reached the principal ques-
lions at issue between the contending
parties. These remaining questions
have already been discussed pretty
tn oroughly and, aside from few set
speeches yet to be delivered, will not
arouse probably more than desultory
debate. The interest of the session
conferred in the action taken on the
amendment of Senator German, of
Maryland, levying tax of one-quar-
ter of one per cent on the gross re-
ceipts of all corporations doing bust
ness exceeding $3.50, 200 year. By
direct vote upon it the amendment
was rejected, 81 to "a.
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
offered the German amendment with
the clause containing the $3.50, 900 ex-
emption stricken out, but it was de-
feated, % to 81.
Senator White, of California, then
pIOpOStu bnC pOTlBdu hiucnuIuGub So
modified that it levied tax of one
quarter of one per cent upon all cor
porations engaged In the refining of
sugar or petroleum. The California
senator explained that he desired to
see tax levied on the American SUI
gar trust and the Standard Oil COM
pany. The amendment prevailed by
vote of 33 to 20. 1t was supported by
% democrats four republicans, five
populists and two silver republicans,
and opposed by "a republicans and two
democrats.
In the course of discussion of the
administration effort to secure inter-
national bimetallism, Senator Chan
dler criticised Secretary Gage sharply
for the position he had assumed in at
tempting irrevocably to commit the
administration to the gold standard,
and criticised his hostility to silver
and international bimetallism.
| The amendment of the committee
providing for stamp tax upon ex-
press and freight packages, bills of
lading and telephone messages was
agreed to without division.
A bill for the protection of the home
stead settlers who enter the military
or naval service of the United States
in time of war was passed. The bill
provides that the service in the war
with Spain shall be considered as resi-
dence and work upon the land and
that by enlistment the claim shall not
be forfeited.
THE HOUSE
| WASHINGTON, June 2.-Yesterday's
session of the house was given to the
consideration and passage of a bill
called up by Mr.. Jenkins, of Wisconsin,
to remove all political disabilities in
Cured by the third section of the
fourteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition. The debate gave rise to nota-
BILE speeches from Mr.. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, and Mr.. Settle, of Kentucky,
upon the obliteration of all sectional
feeling and the reality at last of a re-
united country. Messrs. Simpson and
Frederick, of Kansas, supported the
bill.
Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, introduced bill
to enable volunteer soldiers in the
field to vote in congressional elections
during the present war.