The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-27
PASSED FOUR BILLS,
There Was Long Session of the House
Yesterday.

There Was a ong Session of the House
Yesterday.
Washington, May &c. in long session
today the House passed four bills, but the
discussion involved a wide range of sub
jects. After brush over civil service,
brought on by paragraph in the defci-
ency pension bill! providing for some tenn
porary clerks in the war department, the
House considered bill to amend the in
ternal revenue laws listened to lengthy
speeches from Mr.. Shafroth aud Mr.. Grow
of Pennsylvania upon the free coinage
of silver and greenbacks as legal tender,
respectively.
Pending yea and nay vote upon the
internal revenue bill the House adj
iourned. The vote will be taken i1nme.
diately after The House meets tomorrow.
The House passed a resolution direct.
ing the secretary of war to prepare and
submit plans and estimates for the I'M
provement of Arkansas Pass Channel and
harbor, Texas. Also bill providing for
the sale of unallotted lands of the Pot
tawatomie and Kickapoo Indians in Kan
sas and bill amending the law provid-
ing the time and places for holding terms
of United States courts In Idaho and
Wyoming.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois called up the
pension deficiency bill as amended and
passed by the Senate yesterday. The bill
carries paragraph inserted by the Sen
ate providing that temporary appoint
ments of clerks mny be made without
civil service examinations.
ryo1 tr
in the provision.
Mr.. Hepburn, Republican of Iowa, pro.
posed an amendment declaring "provid-
ed that none of the clerks herein provided
for shall be placed in the classified ser
vice.
MIR. Moody, Republican of Massacnu-
setts, made point of order against the
amendment. 1he Speaker sustained the
point, but meantime Mr.. Cannon took
of the pending measure as an appropri-
alton bill. "And / do not propose to open
a debate upon the civil service or any
other hobby. Ii you inject the question
of civil service into this bill and let it
20 to debate in the House and Senate
then pensions and the war can both go
to the devil 80 far as some men are con.
cerned If they have opportunity talk upon
their hobby"
The previous question was then ordered.
The House then concurred in the SEN
ate amendments to the bill.
The House then went into committee
OF the whole to consider the bill to
amend this internal revenue laws relating
TO distilled spirits Mr.. Evans and Mr..
Broinwell, Republican of Ohio, explained
the measure. Its chief provisions reduce
the bonded wareh ouse period from eight
years, as liked by the Jaw OF 1894 to seven
years and increase the outrage period
from four to seven years, making these
periods OF equal length. Other provisions
of the measure are Intended to reduce
frauds which are now committed in con-
nection with the stamp features of the
present law.
Dir. MoRae, Democrat of Arkansas. at
tackled the bin vigorously as framed 10
give the distiller improper CONCESSIONS.
MT. Swanson, Democrat OF Virginia,
explained the difference between the ex-
lstlns law and the proposed act.
Mr. Berry, Democrat of KENTUCKY,
elaborated n statement made by Mr..
bromwell that distiJlers under existing
law were exporting their product and
storing 1t abroad waiting for 1T to age
Iof a market to develop in this country.
IL was possible, he said, to bring it back
pay the tax upon the actual amount and
thereby escape taxation upon any amount