Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-26
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was begun In the senate on the 10th. The OPEN
| ing statement for the committee on finance was
made by Senator Allison Ql) who estimated
that the measure would raise 1851 497 066 a
! year Senator Morgan (Ala) introduced reso-
| luton, which was agreed TO- asking the secre-
tary OF the interior for information about the
| progress OF work on the Nicaragua canal -.
| The house received n veto from the president
OF bill to confer upon the court OF claims
| jurisdiction In q certain private claim case and
the veto was sustained The report upon the
| bill authorizing army officers TO feed and equip
Cubans to fight the Spaniards was adopted
without objection The joint resolutions ap-
pointing William j. Sewell IN J,), Martin II
Mcmahon IN. ", John L. Mitchell tWlsl and
| William H. Bonsall Cali members OF the
| board Of managers OF the national soldiers
home was passed. The bill reported by Mr.
| Curtis (San.) to ratlfy and confirm an agree
ment with the Commanche, Kiowa and Apache
| tribes Of Indians In Oklahoma territory and
| open their reservation for settlement and the
senate bin TO establish an assay ONCE at Seat
tie, Wash, were also passed,
A RESOLUTION to confirm all the temporary
| appointments made by the president In the
line and STAFF Of the navy was passed by the
senate on the nth. A bill was also passed to
| pay volunteers from the day Of their enroll
| ment at the state camps. The consideration
| Of the war revenue measure was then resumed,
| Senator Jones (Ala) taking the floor He OPP
| posed the proposition to issue bonds and GER
| tihcates Of Indebtedness In excess Of the re-
quirements Of the war and presented In gen"
| eral way the views Of the democratic members
| OF the finance committee. At three o'clock the
bill was laid aside and Senator Hale (Me) pre-
sented u resolution In memory OF the late Seth
l.. MillSen u representative from Maine
| EulOpipg prOnOunpp0 and adjournment
| was taken out Of respect to the dead congress-
man. -. The house passed two bills affecting
| labor, one limiting the labor OF persons em-
| ployed upon government works and In govern
| ment service to eight hours daily and the other
| providing for the equipment Of non-partisan
commission to consider legislative problems
affecting labor, The bill TO repeal the law pro-
| viding that transmission OF the electoral vote
OF the states to Washington shall be by mes
| senger was defeated, The report of the COM
mittee In the contested election case from the
Third Kentucky district was adopted without
discussion. 1t favored the sitting member,
CONSIDERABLE progress was made on the
war revenue measure in the senate on the 18th,
The feature of the debate was the speech Of
Senator Turpie Qnd,), who contended that
bond issue was unnecessary and that all the
funds required for the prosecution Of the war
could be raised through the proposed inherit
tance tax, by the tax on corporations, by the
| coinage Of the silver seigniorage and by the
issue Of legal tender notes The conference
report on the bill suspendlng certain parts OF
the existing law relating to the purchase OF
supplies by the war department was adopted.
The bill permitting officers of the regular
army to accept staff appointments in the vol
unteer army without losing their rank in the
regular service was also passed. e. The house
made an Intellectual effort to pass bill prohib-
iting the publication Of information about the
country's Notifications The pension deficiency
bill was passed without word Of debate Mr..
Cromwell (O) introduced a joint resolution for
returning captured confederate flags on ap-
plication Of the governors whose troops carried
them. The session only lasted half an hour
EXCELLENT progress was made by the senate
on the 10th in the consideration of the war
revenue bill, two thirds OF the measure having
been generally agreed to. Senator McLaurin
| Is C) opened the discussion with q carefully
prepared speech touching all its features He
| expressed the hope that the bill would pass as
reported with the exception OF the stamp tax,
which he thought unnecessary. A resolution
| for the improvement OF Arkansas Pass harbor
| in Texas was passed %. The house agreed to
| the senate amendments to the labor arbitration
bill Chairman Hull, of the house committee
| on military affairs, introduced two bills, one
J1aJ t1e pay OF volunteers FtCtlVeu lulO te StIN-
| ice of the United States shall commence from
the day they joined for duty and another
| allowing regular army officers to accept vol
unteer appointments without it costing them
| their places in the regular army. Mr. Todd
| (Niich) introduced a bill to provide for carry
ing on the war Itproposes to issue SlOO 900. 600
| in treasury notes; to coin into standard silver
dollars all the silver bullion in the treasury;
to levy tax of five per cent upon the gross
| earnings of railroads, telegraph, telephone and
street railway companies and stock Of life and
fire insurance companies, and five per cent of
| the net income of any individual or corpora
ton whose annual income exceeds $4,000
AT the conclusion Of the senate's session on
the Goth the reading of the war revenue meas
ure was completed. about seven-eights OF the
committee amendments having been agreed to-
Senator Daniels (Va,) made speech opposing
| an issue of bonds and supporting the sub para
graphs proposed by the democratic majority of
the finance committee. Senator Aldrch (R ~
| offered the bond provision aud the provision
authorizing certificates of Indebtedness as sub
stitutes for the sections Of the bill reported by
the majority of the committee providing for
coinage OF silver seigniorage, the issue of silver
| certificates and the issue Of United States notes
| The bill was then laid aside. The joint reso-
| luton for organizing an auxiliary naval force
| to form an inner line of defense was passed and
the senate then adjourned until the I'D &c. The
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