The Monticellonian., 1898-05-27
JANITORIAL LAWMAKERS.
4 Coadensed Report of tne Doine4 of oor senators and Representatives in
 Washington.

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 senators and Representatives in
 Washington.
 TIE debatc apon the war revenue measure M 8aauu in lne =auate on the l6th. The apsu- inE statement for the committee on finance was rtadH ly senator Allison tiJ.), who estimated tHat h. measure would raise 2lal 49l- -hhb year senator Morgan Alal introduced areso- HHiou which was aeEeed to. asking the eerre- t4ry of the interior for information about the progress of Worz on the Nicaragua caHat-.. he house received q veto from the president of a bill to confer apon Inc court ef claims jurisdiction in q certain private claim case and the veto was sustained The report upon the bill authorizing army officers to feed aud equip Gunans to fight the Spauiards was adopted Without objection The joint resolutions ap- pointing William j. Seweu (N. J.) Martin T. MeMahon lN M. John L. Mitchell lWls1 and William Il. Bonsal tCaI) members of the board of managers of the national soldiers home was passed The bill reported by Mr Curtis (kan) to ratify and confirm an asnee- ment with the Gommanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes of Indians in Oklahoma territory and open their reservation for settlement and the senate bill to establish an assay office at Seat- tie. Wash, were also passed.
 A A RESOLUTION to confirm all the temporary appointments made by the president in the line and staG of the nayy was passed by the senate on the I7th. bill was also passed to pay volunteers from the day of their enroll ment at the state camps. The consideration of the war revenue measure was then resumed, Senator Jones tAld taking the floor He op- posed the proposition to issue bonds and cer- tidcates of indebtedness in excess of the re- ourements of the war and presented in gem eral way the views of the democratic members Of the finance committee. At three o'clock the hll was laid aside and Senator Hale tMe) pre- sented a resolution n memory of the late Seth L. AHlikcu Il representative from Maine. EHlostes were pronounced and an adjournment Was taken out of respect to the dead congress- man. The house passed two btls affecting labor. one limiting the labor of persons en- piayed upon government works and in govern meHt service to esht hours daily and the other providing for the equipment of n non-paatsan commission to consider legislative problems affecting labor The bi1i to repeal the law pro- ydIHa that transmits ssian of the electoral vote O he states ta Washington shall be by mes SeIEer was defaateds The report of the com mittfe in the contested election case from the 1AiH4 Kentucky district was adopted without discussion. l. faEaEaa the sitting member
 GoNsIpEHABLE progress was made on tae War revenue measure ii the senate on the 18th. 1he feature of he debate was the speech af senator lurPe etaa=# who contended that bond issue Was unnecessary and that all the funds required for the prosecution of the Var could be raised through the proposed iuheri- tance lax. by the tlx on corporations. by the coinage of the silver seianiorage and by the iszaa Of legal tender notes. The conference report on the bill suspeuding certain parts of the= existing law relating to the purchase of supplies by the war department Was adopted 3He= bill permitting officers of the HetaGaT amy to accept staff appointments iu the Eol aHtear army without losing their rank in the rez4Iar service was also passed ...z The house made all Iueffectuat effort To pass biti pruhIu- a=.the publication of information about the country 's f1rtiaeatens The pension deficiency u- WAS passed without a word of debate. Mr. Cromwell 70 introduced a joint resolution for returning captured confederate flags on ap= pHfEJti0u of the soEaruaHs whose troops carried them The sess5eH ea1g lasted half an haar.
 EXCELLENT praeress was made by the senate on the 18th in the consideration of the war reYeuue hill twa-t thirds of the measure having been. generally agreed to Senator MeIaurin tS= @ opened the discussion with a carefully prepared ~peceH touching all its features He expressed the h5He that the bill would pass as reported, with he exception Of the stamp tax, wAteh he thousht unnecessary A resolution for ths improvement of Ardnsas Pass hdfbor Iii Texas Was passed. The house agreed to the~anata amendments To the labor arbitration hI Chairman EuII. of the house committee on military affairs introduced two bills one thaIIhc pay of volunteers received intothe sery- ice af the United States shall commence from the day they joined for duty and another dLoMluE ItEUluI army OulCeTS 10 dCCt Bl vol uuteer appointments without it costing them their places in the regular army Mr. Todd Hichl introduced bill to provide for carry ing ca the war Itpropases to issue fl09. 004 003 in treasury notes. 10 coin into standard silver dollars aii the silver bullion in the treasury: 10 levy a tax of five per cent upon the gross earnings of railroads telegraph, telephone and street railway companies ant stock of life and fire insurance companies and five per cent of thu Int Income of any individual or corpora- ton whose annual income exceeds s2050.
 AT the conclusion Of the senate's session on the 28th the reading of the war revenue meas ure was completed, about seven-eights Of the committee amendments having been agreed to. senator Daniels fNa1 made speech opposing aH issue of buuds and supporting the sub-para- sraphs proposed by the democratic majority of the 8uance committee Senator Aldrieh tR. I4 nfiercl the bond provision and the provision authorizing certificates of indebtedness sub stttutes for the sections of the bill reported by the majority of the committee providing for coinage Of silver seiEuiorage. the issue of silver certificates and the issue of United states notes. The bin was then laid aside The joint rsso- luton for organizing an auxiliary naval force Co form an inner line of defense was passed and the senate then adjourned until the 23d. The house was not in session.