Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-06-10
FIFTY-FlFTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

y 4 & 3
@ Washington, June 3-The senate adopted
a Wolcott's amendment to the war revenue
bill ordering the secretary of the treasury
& 70 cosa the silver seigniorage to the amount
4 81 q, 600, 900 per month, until the amount
q Of az, 00O, 900 shall have been coined. The
( amendment Of the minority of the finance
i committee, providing for the issuance Of
800, 00O,UU of certificates Of indebtedness
4 and $500 0OO, 600 of bonds, was also adopted.
4 Senate concurred in house amendment to
the bill removing all disabilities imposed
BY the fourteenth amendment to the con-
stitution.
I Washington. June 6.-Beyond the pas
sage Of an urgent deficiency bill made
necessary by the war with Spain, the SEN
ate accomplished little today. The detci-
ency carries appropriations for the war
and navy establishments aggregating ST.
900 These appropriations are in ad-
dition to the amounts to be carried later
in the general deficiency bill.
HOUSE.
y After the adoption of report from the
committee on rules providing for an imme-
mediate vote on the revenue bill, the
house. bya vote of 1877 to 106, voted to send
the bill to conference.
y
a Washington, June THE bill for protec,
\ ton of people of Indian Territory passed.
Discussion of the census bill precipitated
civil service debate which had not been
concluded at adjournment.
81 HOUSE.
Senate amendments to urgent war def
cheney bill were agreed to. Conference re-
port on sundry civil bill was then taken up.
SENATE &c.
i Washington, June S.-A bill passed all.
thorizing the appointment of director of
the census, an assistant director and five
expert statistlcians to make preliminary
arrangements for taking the census of
1900.
After resolution by Grosvenor giving
Hawaiian annexation resolutions prece-
dence over all other business except con-
ference reports. till disposed Of, had been
presented and referred. consideration of
the conference report on the sundry civil
bill was again begun. After this had
been disposed of the conference report on
the postoftlce appropriation bill was
agreed to.
- SENATE, !
Washington. June "a house bill max ]
ing certain grants Of land to the territory
of New Mexico for educational purposes
was passed. Gallinger reported from the |
committee on commerce bill providing
American registry for the steamers Olym-
pia, Victoria, Tacoma, Columbia, Arizona
and Argyle, of the Northern Pacific Steam
ship Company. He said that the ships
which at present fly the British flag, We're
needed to transport troops to Manila.
g. HOUSE.
After five hours devoted to the consider:
alton of the bill to enable the volunteer
soldiers to vote in congressional elections,
the conference report upon the war rev.
enue bill was presented to the house to-day.
Consideration was interrupted by recess
to s O'Clock this evening. at which hour
the report was again taken up, and after
three hours debate, involving a wide
range of subjects and sensational features,
it was voted upon and adopted, 154 to 10Y.
The substitute for the silver coinage
amendment reduces the amount to s., 500,-
600 per month, and the amount of bonds
authorized to be issued was fixed at
$4OO, 100000