The San Francisco call., 1898-05-03
Both Houses of Congress Unanimous in Granting
 Funds for War.
Naval Appropriation Bill Is Also Finally Passed and Goes at Once to President MCKin-
 ley for Approval.
Call Office, Riggs House, Washington. May 2.

Washington. May ?. The passage of the emergency war bill was the feature of to-day's action by the House. The naval appropriation bill, with the Senate amendment pro- viding for the payment of officers of the navy for the use of their inventions by the Government stricken out, was re- ported from the conference and passed. It now goes to the President.
 Cannon, in explaining the necessity of the emergency war appropriation. pointed out that there was not a dollar available from any source to meet these demands. Prompt action was demanded in each instance to place at the dispo sal of the authorities means to equip and make most efficient the forces of the United States.
 Steele of Indiana, fnterrupting, said he had been advised at the War De. partment that the Federal Government would pay and desired to pay imme- diately volunteers from the moment of their enrolment, and Savers added that the Government would pay all expenses of volunteers incident to their move ment from their homes to the place of enrolment.
 Dingley of Maine called attention to ID6 pIODdD16 SApSIlSt Ol lHS w cil e14i1 necessity for extraordinary revenue. He said the $50 900, ,000 appropriated for de- fense had been exhausted; that the present emergency bill carried $36, 000,- 900 and the expenditures made neceS- sary by reason of the war would prob ably amount very soon to $100 900, GOO because of the fortification appropria- tions.
 The bill was then passed without division.
 Lacey of Iowa presented the confer ence report on the general Alaskan bill extending the homestead laws to and granting railroads rights of way in the Territory.
 Loud reserved @ point of order pend ing an explanation of the measure as involving new legislation. The confer ence measure carried among other i'm. portant provisions one for the creation of a commission to consider the North Atlantic fishery question and another to promote reciprocal trade relations between the United States and Canada.
 Dingley protested against the fea- ture of the report creating @ commits sion to consider the North Atlantic fishery question and other controver- sies. He believed the conferees had ex- ceeded their authority in incorporating the resolution, and moreover, the posi- tion itself was not such to command such support.
 Moody of Massachusetts spoke, and concluded by making a point of order against the amendment that it was be- yond the jurisdiction of the conferees as being beyond their duties.
 Shafroth of Colorado spoke in SUD- port of the conference report.
 Speaker Reed sustained the point of order made by Moody and the report was declared rejected, and another con- ference asked with Lacey, Shafroth and Ellis as House conferees.
 Boutelle of the conferees on the naval bill announced the result of a further conference with the Senate in providing for the compensation of na- val officers for governmental use of their inventions had been stricken out It was this amendment to which the House objected on Saturday, and it having been eliminated the bill and conference report were accepted.
 The bill to increase the number of surgeons in the army was passed.
 Loud of California called up a reso- lution providing for the creation of congressional commission to make an exhaustive examination into the postal service. In support of the resolution Loud and Fleming of Georgia said fre- quent statements had been made in Congress and the press suggesting abuses that had grown up in the ser vice, and the field was apparently one inviting investigation.
 The resolution was passed.
 The bill providing for the suspension of certain statutes relating to the Com missary Department was received from the Senate with Senate. amendments. and on motion of Hull the House voted to nOn- concur.
 At 4:35 D. m. the House adjourned.