The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-05-27
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The debate upon the war revenue measure
opening statement for the committee on
finance was made by. Mr.: Allison la.),- the
r ri,q member, N the absence Of ME- Nor
Iiyes, would raise about sioo ooo.ooS a year
Az reported from the Senate committee, Mr..
4o7 .086. At the conclusion Of Mr.. A!iison's
business lae ana It VII be pressed to passsage
II, voted down an amendment BY MI. Petit:
grew to local railroad bill providing that
me government might purchase the road mt
.s Consd h. Pie progress was made BY the
revenue measure. mr.. Jones lArEs) present.
ed In general statement the views Of the
tee. He maintained that the taxes imposed
by the pending bill ought to he levied on
property and not upon consumption; that the
poss aaes pay haa aTsy.
while that Of the Democratic party Was to
upon pr1Perty He keeyed that
be amply sufficient to be carried by this bill
and that II the exigencies Of the war should
demonstrate that more money was needed.
the proposition to issue bonds and certid-
Gates OF Indebtedness far in excess Of the re-
quirements Of the war and held that the ex-
the war progresses.
The feature of the session of the Senate
81 the 18th was the speech Of Mr. Turpie
l)em., Ind:) upon the war revenue measure
ne strongly eontended that bond issue was
m prosecution Of the war could be raised
through the proposed inheritance tax, by
the tax tax. on corporations, by the coinage Of
the silver seigniorage and by the issue Of
| legal tender notes. These four means Of
obtaining money would yield to the govern
ment during the next year. he maintained.
Ihe estimated sum necessary tor the con-
| duct Of the war.
The death Of Gladstone was made the
OF I, the ehaplais INVOCATION at the
| luton, presented by Mr.. Mills Crex) was
passed. 1t calls upon the secretary Of war
ror plans and specifications for the improve
ciusion Of the morning business, considera-
ton Of the war revenue bill was resumed.
Mr. McLaurin Is. c. delivered a set speech.
| The House was not in session on the Goth
end the Senate t adjourned after routine
| mittee on finance finding it necessary to
make additional amendments to the war
revenue bill before proceeding farther with
was held but there was not sufficient time
TO reach a conclusion Of the changes neces-
s sy and In trying, to arrive at an under
on most Of the changes required as they are
largely OF technical character.
House.
The first veto message from the President
during the Mckinley administration was
bill to confer on the court Of claims turis-
diction to retry and determine a case
brought by the representatives of Isaac P.
Of claims in 1873 to recover from the gov gov
eminent $4,000 for the use Of distilled
fp plthsr meters invented by him The bin
claims Of Tice and others for money collect
ed on account of these meters, but not paid
over to him or them, amounting to $4,000.
es fS y w hot Ps a Ta9
sum is claimed and that the claim must
nave a GH a prior to July; 1871. Mr.:
the 6 autheqans ar%y oce eepo to
and equipment to the Cubans to increase
hsns Spain
adopted without objection. Secretary of the
Navy Long sent to the House an estimate
numbers to cover the war expenditures of
the navy for the first six months Of the next
fiscal year. This is supplemental to the esti-
cover one.half Of all the expenditures the
war will impose on the naval service next
year.
~ The House held q brief session on the 18th.
| L wv !HiPoA tduc UlIs dHeCtIuS laDOr were
passed, one limiting the labor OF persons EN-
ployed upon government works and in gov
crnment service to eight hours daily and the
| other providing for the equipment of non
| partisan labor commission to consider le2is-
lative problems affecting labor Mr.. COr7iss
(Mich) called up the House bill to repeal
| the law providing that transmission of the
electoral vote Of the states to Washington
| shall be by messengers. The bill proposes
transmission by mail and express and was
urged BY Mr.. Corliss in the interest Of econ
| method
every four Years. The bill was defeated.
| The House then took up its bill to limit to
eight hours each day the work of iaborers
| workmen or mechanics employed in the serv-
Ice Of the government or upon public works
BY contract or otherwise. Mr.. Belknap
| Oil advocated the measure, incidentally
paying tribute to the laboring men upon
Cardenas bay. The bill was amended so as
to suspend its operations as affecting mill
| tary or naval works in time of war The
bill was passed without division.
The House adjourned on the 18th after a
session lasting only an hour and a half. An
lnenectual effort was made to pass q bill
prohibiting the publication Of information
concerning the strength of the cOuntry's
Notifications. Without debate the def
cien eyo pension bill was passed, carrying S.
The adjournment of the House on the 10th
, to the 23d postpones any possible considera-
| ton Of the Hawaiian resolutions. Adjourn
| ment was taken after passing the labor arbi-
| tration bill as amended by the Senate and
! experiencing a brief political tilt, precipi-
tated by a personal political explanation
from Mr.. Tongue Rep., Orr.