The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-27
THE HOUSE.
~" Amendment to the Internal Rev.
cnue LAW Under Discussion.


cnue Law Under Discussion
washington, May 26.-1n a long session
today the house passed few bills but tho
discussion involved a wide range of sph-
,ects. After brush over the civil service,
brought on by paragraph in the de-
hciency pension bill providing for some
temporary clerks In the war department.
the house considering n bill to amend the
internal revenue laws. Pending a yea ard
nay vote upon the revenue bill the house
adjourned. The vote will be taken tomor.
row on converting.
Washington, May 26.--The house toda<
passed resolution directing the secretary
of war to prepare and submit plans and
estimates for the Improvement Of Arkansas
Pass channel and harbor, Texas. Also a
bill providing for the sale of unallotte ed
lands of the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo
Indians In Kansas and a bill amending The
law providing the times ana places lol'
holding terms of United States courts in
Idaho and Wyoming.
Mr. Cannon tRep, ILL.,. called up the
pension deficiency bill as amended and
passed by the senate yesterday. The bill
carries paragraph inserted by the senate
providing that the temporary employment
Of clerks may be made without civil serv-
ice examination. MIR. Cannon said that the
temporary character of the appointments
and the urgent necessity for them made
the provision wise.
Mr. Henry (Rep.. n. ". and Mr.. Under
wood dem, Ala.), questioned the civil
service provision, the latter insisting that
temporary appointments should be made
from the eligible lists furnished by the
civil service commission. Mr.. Underwood
moved to non concur in the provision.
Mr.. Hepburn tRep. Iowa., proposed an
amendment declaring provided that none
Of the clerks here provided for shall be
placed in TIE classified service
Mr. Moody (Rep. Mass), made point
Of order against the amendment and was
sustained by the speaker
The house concurred in the senate
amendments TO the bill.
The senate amendments to the bill
granting additional powers to railway com
panles operating lines in the Indian Ter
ritory were on-concurred In.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole to consider the bill to amend
the international revenue laws relating
TO distilled spirits. Mr.. Evans and Mr..
Bromwell of Ohio briefly explained the
measure. Its chief provisions reduce the
bonded warehouse period from eight years.
as hNed by the law OF 1894, to seven years,
and increases the outage period from four
to seven years making these periods of
equal length. Other provisions of the meas
ure are intended to reduce the frauds
which are now committed in connection
with the stamp feature Of the present law.
Mr. McRea CDem., Ark,), vigorously at
tackled the bill as framed to give the dis.
tiller improper concessions.
Mr.. Berry Dem, KY. advocated the
measure as calculated to place American
distillers on an equal footing with for
eigners and also TO discourage distillers in
rushing their whisky to ssle and oonsump-
ton before properly matured and causing
''American citizens to drink 1t to the risk
Of their systems and the destruction OF
their stomachs.'
Incidental to the discussion Mr.. shat
roth (Colo) and Mr.. Grow tPa.) made
speeches upon the silver coinage and legal
tender questions. An amendment offered by
Mr. Dingley was adopted declaring that
any spirits exported and subsequently, i'm
ported should nay the same internal tax
that it would have been required to pay
at the time Of importation had It not hefn
exported. II was intended, Mr.. Dingley
explained to prevent the eXport OF spirits
for bonding PURPOSES. to which reference
had been made in the debate.
vote was taken on the bill rs amended
The yeas and nays were demanded. but
pending the roll call the house adjourned
at sis o'clock.