Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-06-10

Soon after the Senate convened on Fri.
day MI. Car'"r reported from the Mill
tary Affairs .mmittcc u bill providing
for a second assistant Secretary Of War.
to be named by the President, and to re-
ceive a salary Of $4,000. The bill was.
passed. Discussion Of the war revenue
measure was then resumed, and speeches.
were made by Messrs. Teller Of Colorado.
Nelson OF Minnesota, Cockrell Of Mis-
souri, and German Of Maryland. These.
measures were passed: Donating a con-
demned anu to the thirty-second ma.
tional encampment, g. A. r.: providing:
for a survey Of the harbor at S%heboygan.
Wis.,, and extending the time for the COM
pletion Of the Fort Smith and Western
Railroad. In the House a yea and nay
vote was taken upon the bill to amend the.
internal revenue Law relating to bondage.
and outage periods Of distilled spirits. The
bill passed, 1872 to G5.
Mos Of the day Saturday was spent By
the Senate in discussion of the war reye-
nue. bill. several Senators being heard I'M
on different features OF the measure. A
proposition was made to vote upon the
amendment offered by Mr.. German of
Maryland limiting the excise tax upon
railroad, steamboat, electric light, tee
graph, telephone, express and other corpoA.
rations TO those whose gross receipts ex-
coed S25O.O0O annually aud making tho
tax one-half Of I per cent. Mr.. Aldrich
moved to lay upon the table the amend
ment offered by the committee for which
Mr.. Gormnn's amendment was intended
as a substitute. This brought on the most
important vote yet taken in the Senate
upon the bill. The vote resulted in yeas
Al, nays -.
The Senate remained in secret ~legisln.
tive session for three hours on Tuesday.
The entire time was given to a rather free.
discussion Of the Hawaiian question.
based on a motion declaring 1t to he the
OF the Senate that the question of
annexation should not he discussed in
open session. At the conclusion of the
debate the Senate voted viva voce not to
pursue the subject further except behind
closed doors. Consideration of the pend
ing war g measure was continued
in open session, but no real Roadway was
made. The House passed a bill author;z-
ing the construction of Il railway bridge
across Lake st. Francis, near Lake City.
Ark. A concurrent resolution, directing
the commission now codifying the GRIM
!nal laws to prepare aud submit II code of
civil law and procedure for Alaska, was.
also approved. a number of private bills
were passed and the House, in committee
Of the whole. passed a bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to keep open
during June and July this year such life
saving stations on the Atlantic and gulf
coasts us he might deem advisable.
Wednesdays session of the House wss
given to the consideration and passage of
a. bill called up by Mr.. jenkins (Rep.J of
Wisconsin to remove all political d:sab;li-
ties incurred by the third section of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution.
The debate gave rise to notable speeches
from MI. Grosyenor (Isep.) of Ohio aud
Mt. Settle (Dem.) Of Kentucky, upon the
obliteratlon Of all section feeling and the
reality al. last OF a reunited country. In
Fcidentaisto thesdebnte several members re.
viewed the conclusion that a member OF
Congress could not hold simultaneously
military and civil Office. Upon its mas
sage the bill received a unanimous vote,
Marked progress was made by the Senate
toward the final disposition of the war
revenue measure. The committee amend
ments on nearly sixty pages of the bill
were passed upon. The interest of the
session ceHtereu Ill Tue 0CtlOn taken lupOD
the amendment of Mr.. German (Dem.) of
Maryland, levying u tax of o%ne-quarter
Of / per cent. upon the SSoss receipts of
all corporations doing n business exceed
ing $250,O00 II year. By u direct vote
upon it the amendment was rejectcd-27
to 81. The German amendment SO modi-
fed that it lcvics a tux of one-quarter of
one Ter cent. on ali corporations engaged
in tie refining Of sugar or petroleum was
passed: Yeas, 33; nays, 90.
The Senate continued its consideration
OF the war revenue bill through its seq
SON Of Friday, completing everything but
the bond provision and the amendments
proposed by the Democrats to take its
place. TIE speech of the day was made
ty Mr.. Butler P'opuiist) of North Caro-
lima. The House, practically without de-
bate. passed the urgency deficiency bill
providing for emergency expenses of tho
army aud navy departments incident to.
the war.
Directed Court Amusemeats.
Down to the reign of Henry VIII.
and occasionally since. a Lord Of Mis-
rule was appointed to direct the
anusements Of the English court dur
ing the holidays. He presided over
the Festivities. Drepared the enmes. III.