Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-06-24

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Shortly after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon
the conference report on the war revenue
bill was agreed to by the Senate, after .
discussion lasting four hours. The debate
upon the measure was without special
incident and was entirely devoid of acri-
monious features. 1t was n foregone con-
clusion that the report would be agreed to
and the only question Of interest involved
was how soon q vote could be reached.
vote Of 43 to %. The feature of the days
session Of the house was the SECURING Of
an agreement to consider and ypte upon
the Newlands resolution to annex Hawaii.
The bill to enable volunteer soldiers to
vote ut Congressional elections was
passed, and a number of minor measures,
chiefly Of q private nature, were consid-
cred.
The session Of the House on Saturday
was devoted to debate upon the Hawaiian
resolutions. The Senate amendments to
the bill organizing the naval hospital corps
was concurred in.
In the House on Monday the annexation
OF Hawaii to the United States was under
discussion. Mr.. Ncwlands (silverite, Nev.)
introduced the debate with u speech in
support of his resolution for annexation.
For nearly two hours the Senate had I'M
der discussion the resolution Of Mr.. Lodge
(Mass.J, directing the Claims Committee
to make an inquiry US to the disposition
Of the money appropriated by Congress to
pay the claim of the book concern of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. A
heated colloquy between Mr.. Chandler
IN. HI and MIR. Pasco was the feature Of
the discussion. A bill granting to the
Cripple Greek Railroad Company of Col
oradO n right of way through the Pixies
Peak timber land reserve was passed. An
act authorizing the appointment of n nom
partisan commission to collate informu-
ton and to consider md recommend leg.
~isnntion to meet the problems presented
by labor, agriculture and capital was
passed.
The Hawaiian debate proceeded in the
House OH Tuesday. Mr.. Grosvenor (Ilep.,
o. made the principal speech of the day.
AT the session of the Senate the resolution
of MIR. Lodge (Mass.), directing that an
inquiry be made into the disposition made
of the Methodist Book Concern claim,
which was paid recently by Congress, wal
adopted without division. In the course
of the debate upon it Mr.. Morgan (.Ala.)
charged that the resolution was insinccre
and had been drawn for political effect:
This statement Mr.. Lodge denied vigor-
ously, saying his only purpose in offering
the resolution was that all the facts cons
corning the matter should be laid before
the people. The measure to incorporate
the International American Bank was un-
der discussion for three hours. the debate
eliciting some interesting facts concern.
ing the foreign trade of this country.
Final action was not taken OH the bill. \
bill to authorize u retired list for enlisted
men and appointed petty officers of the
United States nav was passed.
BY II vote of 200 to 81 the House of
Representatives Wednesday afternoon
adopted the Newlands resolutions. pro-
viding for the annexation of Hawaii. The
debate, which had continued without in.
%terruption since Saturday, had been one
of the most notable of this Congress, the
proposed annexation being considered Of
great commercial and strategic import.
ance by its advocates, end being looked
upon by its ~opponentsaI living a radica!
departure from the lon& ablished policy
of the country and likely to be followed
by the Inauguration of IL pronounced pol.
icy of colonization, the Abandonment Of
the Monroe doctrine and participation in
international wrangles. More than half u
hundred members participated in the de
bate. The Senate resumed consideration
of the international American bank bill
An amendment was accepted by the com.
mittee and adopted extending the priv.
ileges of the measure to all citizens of the
United States instead of restricting them
TO those mentioned in the bill. When the
Senate adjourned consideration of the bill
had not been concluded.
In the House on Thursday Mr.. Dingley
nsep. Mel called up the bill supplemental,
to tine war revenuc measure. designed tc
supply some omissions and to strengthen
the means of carrying out the revenue act
1t eXcmptS from taxation mutual. casual.
ty. fidelity and guaranty companies con.
Quoted not for profit. After explanation
ty MIR. Diig!ey the bill was passed. The
House passed IL bill authorizing the con.
structicn of a bridge across Ningara river
ut Grand Island. and then went into com.
mittre of the whole to consider the gen.
cral deficiency bill. In the general debate
ulon the hill MIR. Wilson CDem., s. c. de-
livrred IL speech in support of the Lodge
Immigration bill, and Mr.. Carmack Wem.,
Tern.J spoke upon the probability of the
VAR ending i'll the Inauguration of a policy
of territorial aggression. The bill was not
disposed of when the House adjourned.
After devoting an hour to the discussion
of the bill restoring the annnities to the
S;sseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux
Indians the Senate resumed the consid-
ermt OH of the bill to incorporate the Inter
national American Bank. \ test on an
amendment clearly indicated thai Il ma
jority OF the Senate favored the measure.
The message clerk of the House of Rep
resrntatives delivered to the Senate the
Hawaiian annexation resolution presented
by the House the evening before.
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The peach WAS originally q poisoned
almond. Its fruity parts were used to
poison arrows. aud fer that purpose
were introduced into Persia. Trans.