The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-07
SENT IT TO CONFERENCE
HOUSE DECIDED TO N0NCONCUR
IN WAR REVENUE BILL

los to 90 - Disposition Is to
Hasten Action on the Measure
An Unusually Large Attendance
Was In Evidence, Owing to the
Importance of the Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The center
of legislative interest today Wa the
house owing to the return Of the war
revenue bill from the senate for house
action An unusually large attendance
was in evidence.
When the house met, upon motion of
Mr. Lacey Rep., Io) the consideration
of the bill providing for the exercise of
suffrage by volunteer soldiers and sail
ors in the congress oaal elections was
made special order for tomorrow.
Consideration of a patent measure
was interrupted at 1908 o'clock by the
receipt of the revenue bill from the
senate and Mr.. DALI II (Rep., Pa.), from
the committee en- rules, presented a
resolution introduced by Mr.. Dingley,
providing for an immediate vote upon
general non-concurrence, and sending
the bill to conference.
The previous question Was ordered on
the resolution, and Mr. DalZell speak
ing in support, said it was des red 10
eNpeQite the enactment of the revenue
measure for the e1rli ST p ssible relief
of the treasury, upon which there was
q daily demand of 81 zoo, 600 Reply. ng
to a question from Mr.. Bartlett, he said
the adoption of the resolution would
prevent any separate votes upon the
senate amendments. He sad it would
be III the province of the house to re-
ject finally the conference report, but
he could give no assurance that an OPP
pcrtunity would ever be given to vote
on particular amendments.
NON-POLITICAL MEASURE.
Mr.. Bailey Oem., Tex.), addressfr g
himself to the Democratic position,
said the pending measure was not
political in the sense of an ordi-
nary tariff measure, ard that
no one party was responsible for 1t.
Likewise voting on separate amend
Inents in a general ia if mea ure might
result in dest' Dying the equity CT an
entire schedule, but such objection
could not be urged in the pending case.
He took issue with Mr.. Da II in ella m
Ing the treaSury'S condition presented
q dire necessity for lmme date passage
of the measure, and in this connection
reviewed the recent treasury stat ment,
insisting that total of $4,000 900 was
available, including the gold Re serve, or
$50 000,G00 at hand for ordinary eXpen-
ditures of the government. With this
condition, Mr.. Bailey said there was no
ground for forcing the house to forego
its right and duty to COTS der sepera E.
ly important prov sions add by the
senate. He contended the rule was I'M
fair, and pointed out that should the
resolution fail to pass, 1t would be tam
t&mount to an acceptance OF the bill
as passed by the senate, and 1t would
involve vote by members for provi-
sions to which they are strongly OPP
posed. On the ether hand, if the vote
should be to n0n-c-ncar members
would be forced to vote against pro-
visions which as separate propositions,
they would favor.
Mr. Swanson Rep., Ind) and Mr.. Nc
Millin Dem., TENN followed Mr. Bal
ley, citing notable instances where both
sides of the house should vote directly
UPON amendments. The tobacco tax
and the provision for seigniorage coin
age were noted.
Mr.. Dfngley, concluding in support
of the resolution, said it was identical
with the one adopted when the tariff
bill of 1897 came back from the senate,
and practically identical with that
adopted by the Democrats in 1894. He
said experience had made 1t plain that
best results were to be obtained by
sending Immediately bills to confer
ence in cases where large number of
amendments developing complicated
differences have been added. Referring
to the incorporation of 213 amend
ments in the senate, Mr.. Dingley said
that body, with ninety members, had
considered the bill for five weeks, and
should the house. with four times that
number of members, proNeed with the
same latitude to consider the amend
ments ii would be winter before ac
ton could be secured. He argued that
the pending measure was one Of ener-
gency and should be at once upon the
statute books to relieve the ordinary
revenues from extraordinary demands
and to begin at the earliest moment
the payment of the war debt.
The vote was taken then upon the
resolution. Mr. Bailey demanded the
yeas and nays, the roll call resulting,
yeas 1877. nays 1O6.
STRICTLY PARTY VOTE.
The vote was Strictly party. The
house then voted to non-concur and
agree to the conference, and the speak
err named Messrs. Dingley Rep., Me-,
Payne Rep., N. " and Bailey Dem,
Tex) as conferees.
The senate bill to revise and perfect
the classification of letters patent and
printed publications in the patent Of
fee was considered under suspension
of the rules. 1t provoked quite a de-
bate but was finally passed, 154 to So.
The election contest cases of Joseph
Gazon and Armand Roman vs. Adolph
Meyer, from the First Louisiana dis
trict, were disposed of by the adoption
Of the committee resolutions, called up
by Mr.. Olnstead (Rep., Pa, declar-
ing that neither contestant was elected
A bill granting right Of way through
the Colville Indian reservation to the
Kettle River railroad was passed.
Under suspension of the rules, the
senate bill ratifying an agreement be-
tween the Dawes commission and the
Seminole Indians, providing for the al
lotment Of the latters lands, was pass
ed.
A bill of 231 pages providing a code
of criminal law and procedure for
Alaska was called UP, but it's reading
was interrupted by a motion to ad-