The Forrest City times., 1898-05-27
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Heport of the Doings of Oar senators and Representatives in
 Washington.

NoNsiDERABLE progress was made o, tho ,,, teNeuue measure in the senate on tho ,sth ne ieature Of the debate was the snoech o, s lurpie und.). who contended ina, n t,... vns issue was unnecessary and that all inc coris II, equireu TOT the prosecution of the war ,s oe raised through the proposed inberl 'ance tax. by the tax on cornorations h, ,h. .oinage oi the silver seigniorage and bv inc
 ssue oi legal tender notes The conferenca report on the bill suspending certain nar,s o, 'ne existing law relating to the purchase of supplies Dy the war department was adon,sd ar,s oln permitting officers of the regular army to accept stan appointments in inc vol unteer army without losing their rant, ,-. .p. regular service was also passed The house ,iaue an ineEectual effort to pass a bill prohih- ieihg the publication of information ahout n. country s Notifications The pension deeciencv n.i n was passed without a word of debate. Mr D.onMeh tol introduced joint resolution for i,is ni,ea.is captured confederate flags on ap- pieation or the governors whose troops carried them. The session only lasted half an bour
 EXCELLENT progress was made by the senate oh the isth in the consideration of the war revenue Dill, two- thirds Of the measure hnving been generally agreed to- Senator McT.aurin ,o. C) opened the discussion with carefully prepared speech touching all it's features He expressed the hope that the bill would pass as reporteo' with the exception of the stamp tax "hlen he thought unnecessary A resolution TOT the improvement of Aransas Pass harbor ln l Iexas was passed. The house agreed to the senate amendments to the labor arbitration oill Chairman Hull, of the house committed oh military affairs. introduced two bills. one that the pay Of volunteers received into the serv ice of the United States shall commence from the day they joined for duty and another ahoWing regular army officers to accept vol uhteer appointments without it costing them thelr places in the regular army. MT Todd thlch) introduced a bill to provide for carrv- ing on the war Itproposes to issue HOO OOo 900 ID treasury notes; to coin into standard silver dollars all the silver bullion in the treasury: to levy tax of five per cent upon the pross earnings of railroads, telegraph telephone and street railway companies and stock of life and nre insurance companies. and five per cent of the net Income of any individual or corpora ton whose annual income exceeds s2. OOO
 AT the conclusion Of the senate's session on the 2oth the reading of the war revenue meas- ure was completed about seven-eights of the committee amendments having been agreed to- senator Daniels Va) made a speech opposing an issue or bonds and supporting the sub para graphs proposed by the democratic majority of the finance committee. Senator Aldricb (R I) offered the bond provision and the provision authorizing certificates of indebtedness as sub stltutes for the sections of the bill reported by the majority of the committee providing for coinage ot silver seigniorage the issue of silver certihcates and the issue of United States notes The bill was then laid aside. The joint reso- lution for organizing an auxiliary naval force to form an inner line of defense was passed and the senate then adjourned until the 23d .. The house was not in session
 THE senate on the 23d had the war revenue measure under discussion for i've hours and then laid 1t aside The entire time was occ,- pied by Senators Chiffon (Tex). Lodge (Mass) ana Hurley CTenn). nators Chiffon and Tur- ley covered pretty fully the general features of the bill. their speeches dealing comprehensively with the theories of taxation, while Senator Lodge confined himself to discussion of the proposed tax on corporations and bank depos- it's, strongly urging that such taxes he not im- posed Senator Frye tMass) then reported bill for admitting to American registry the steamer Zealandia It was passed. Senator Chandler tN H) introduced a bill giving the president enlarged powers for retiring and ap- pointing army and navy officers. .. The day in the house was devoted chiefly to the consid- eration of District of Columbia Legislation. Two bills affecting the volunteers were passed. One provided for the payment of volunteers from their enrolment and to pay troops em- barking for Manila one month in advance and the other bill provided that officers of the regu- lar army who may be staff officers in the volun- teer service shall not vacate their offices in the regular army. Mir. Pearce (Mo.) introduced bill for building additional war vessels bill introduced by Mir Peters fkan.) for construct Ing bridge across the Missouri ri.cr near Kansas City Kan, was passed.