The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-05

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| portion OF the .sxeA
Foraker Of Ohio announced that he was
| both IN favor OF the resolution and the
pending amendment. He was In favor.
| he said, of an income tax. Il was. how
! ever, under the circumstances better 10
| lay the amendment on the tabls In the
/ course OF other remarks on the amend
| men. by Mills and Stewart, Chandler
| pressed them hard 20 know why they
| were not willing to separate provisions
| which had not the slightest relations TO
| one with the other. Not receiving salts
| factory replies. he commented sarcastic
/ ally upon the high order Of craftsmanship
| that induced them to employ such tactics.
| fIoar declared THAI the Income tax prop
| osition was as Big a piece OF demagogism
| as was ever conceived. He inquired OF
Mr.. Stewar. how much the millionaire
| mine owners OF Nevada contributed 10
| the state through the state income tax.
| Evading the question, Stewart replied
/ that there were no millionaire mine owners
| in Nevada, as they had all been ruined by
| Republican legislation.
| The yeas and nays were called on the
motion to lay the proposed amendmen,
| %, as follows:
| Yeas-Aldrich Baker. Caff@y. Carter.
l Chandler. Davis, Deboe. E.kins. Fair
! Hanna, Hansbrough. Hawley. Hoar,
! Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Mason, Plat
| OF Connecticut, Pritchard. Proctor, Quay,
| SeweE, Shoup. Thurston. Warren. yelling
ton. Wetmore. Wilson-32
Nays-Bacon, Bate. Berry, Butler, Cam
non. Chiffon. Clay. Daniel, German. Har-
ris, Heitfsld. Jones Of Arkansas, Jones OF
Nevada. Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin,
Mallory. Mills. Money. Morgan. Pasco.
Pettigrew. Pettus, Rawlins. Stewart, Tel.-
er. Tfilman, Turner. White-e9.
After some further debate upon the res
olution pending. in the course of which
both Hoar and Bacon said it was not
intended TO cover. and did not cover, cases
of contested presidential elections, the
resolution was agreed to. the necessary
two-thirds voting for 1t. At 5:s5 D. m. the
! senate went into executive session, and
when the doors were reopened. Hawley
presented the report of the conferees Of
the bin suspending the law relating to the
ter's department of the army.
Hawley moved that it be agreed to.
Morgan thought the proposed law was
unwise. imprudent and unnecessary. He
said that it was extraordinary that the
bureau officers should be authorized to go
into the open market and purchase un-
limited supplies
After a brief discussion Of the report Il
was laid over until tomorrow. Then at
o'clock the senate adjourned.
The Alaska Biil Goes over.
The house today adopted the conference
| report upon the Notifications bill. The re-
mainder Of the session was consumed with
the consideration of the Alaska land bill
| and resolution for the repeal of an act
prohibiting the passage OF importations I'm
bond through the territory OF the United
States into the free zone Of Mexico. The
latter was passed. but the Alaskan meas
ure went over.
In the house today Grosvenor Of Ohio
called up a senate privileged report from
the committee on ways and means res
outior to repeal joint resolution pro-
hibiting the passage Of goods In bond
through this country into the free zone OF
Mexico, affecting importation along the
northern border OF Mexico. The effect OF
the resolution. Grosvenor said. would
tend to reduce smuggling
Lanham of Texas raised a point OF or
der against the bill. claiming that It did
no. raise revenue. The speaker overruled
the point Of order and In doing so. con-
strued raising revenue" as contemplated
in the rules. as being equivalent TO "af-
feeling revenue"
The house went into committee OF the
whole to consider the resolution.
The repeating resolution passed after
discussion by Grosvenor. Slayden OF Tex
as. Cooper OF Texas for and Stevens
against ii.
Hemingway presented the conference re-
port upon the Notifications bin. The con-
ference report was adopted.
The conference report upon the act ex-
tending the homestead laws and providing
for the r;sat-of-way FOR railroads In Alas
ka was called up by Lacey of Iowa. The
conferees eliminated the features former
ly in the bill providing for the appoint
ment OF a commission to consider the
North Atlantic fishing and other trade re-
la.ions controversies with Canada upon
which the house on Monday rejected the
report upon a point OF order.
Lacey explained the bill as reported
from the conference.
He then moved the prevfous question
but Pitney. who had opposed the passage
Of the blu without extended debate,
raised the point OF no quorum
Lacey Immediately moved 10 adjourn.
and an adjournment was taken at 4:ea
o'clock.
WORKING on THE REvENCE BILL.
Majority Of the senate Committee