The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-05-20
NAVY APPOINTMENTS
A Resolution Passed Confirming
Those Made UP to Date.
BILL ON VOLUNTEERS PAY PASSED.
The War Revenue Measure Debated-sena-
tor Jones Opposes the Bond PROPOSE
tIon-Two Bills Affecting Labor
Passed by the House.

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The senate's
chaplain, in his invocation at the
opening of the session yesterday, paid
tribute to those who suffer at home
through the horrors of war. Senator
Hale, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, offered the following
resolution which was agreed to:
That the temporary appointments made by
the president on and after April 81, 1895 and up
to the date Of passage OF this joint resolution,
OF officers Of the line and staf1 Of the navy are
hereby ratified and confirmed to continue in
force during the exigency under which their
services are required in the existing war. Pro-
vided that the officers so appointed shall be
assigned to duty with rank and pay OF the
grades established by existing law and shall be
paid from the appropriation pay OF the navy.
A bill was reported from the mill
tary affairs committee by Senator
Carter, of Montana, and passed, pro-
viding that the pay and allowance of
the volunteers enlisted in the United
States army shall begin on the day of
their enrolment at the state camps
with proviso that volunteer troops
sent TO the Philippines may draw one
months pay in advance. 1t was ex-
planned that the bill applied only to
LHOSt WHO nave as NOluuletTS enJcItt
the United States army.
On motion the consideration of the
war revenue measure was resumed,
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, taking the
floor. He presented in general state
ment the views of the democratic
members of the finance committee.
He believed that taxation that would
raise $3.50, 900, 900 would be amply suffi-
cient to be carried by this bill, and if
the eXigencies of the war should de-
monstrate that more money was
needed, congress could provide it later.
He opposed the proposition to issue
bonds and certificates of Indebtedness
far in excess of the requirements of
the war.
without reaching any agreement as
TO what portion of the bill should be
considered first, the senate proceeded
with the reading of the bill, with the
understanding that at any time sem
ators should have the privilege of re-
turning to passed items for their
amendment or alteration. At the re-
quest of Senator Martin, of Virginia,
the tobacco schedules were passed over
for the present without action on the
committee amendments. Senator Chill
ton, of Texas, offered an amendment
to section providing for the punish
ment of offenders against the act. The
words with intent to evade the pro-
visions of this act" were inserted by
the amendment II was agreed to. At
this point Senator Allison presented
tables showing the amounts of the or
binary appropriations for the next
fiscal year They aggregate Qess $751;
900, 900 for the sinking fund.- $3.50, S49,-
$50.
At three o'clock the bill was laid
aside and Senator Hale. of Maine, pre-
sented resolution in memory of the
late Seth l.. Milliken, a representative
from Maine. Eulogies were pro-
nounced by Senators Hale, Mills, Car
ter, Rawlins, Gallinger and Frye. At
the conclusion of the addresses the
senate, at $3.50 p. M, as a further mark
of respect, adjourned.