Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-05-05

Tba section providing for Sooo,ooV'oVo
- hondo became the target OF the
Damocrafic and Populistic opposition'
and Mr.. Bailey, in an onr sleeen,
argued for an income tax Which Wouiu
raise $780, O0 900 a year, the coihase
If the silver seigniorage II the ISSUE
If : 600. 900 of legal tender notes as
an alternative proposition. MI. DING
Low declared that il was almost increu-
ible that any one could seriously -
pose in such IA crisis that ,ne 49,.
ment should rely fer funds upon Tue
proceeds of another lawsuit over q
proposition which the supreme eoui'
Had Already Decided
against the government. MT. oa!eiS
Of Texas. the ranking minority meni-
Der of the appropriations cohihi,'es'
devoted his time to an argument ~
demonstrate that the money 10 pe
raised by the bill was excessive
would breed reckless protligacy. Inc
expenses of the civil war IN 1851,
when the government maintained two
million men in the field and had lonr
times as many ships as 1T had TO-DAY,
were only 81, 100,000,0O0 In view Oh
J that fact. he contended that TO raise
$500. o 1000 to carry on a war, lnsls-
nifcant in comparison, must result III
useless waste and extravaganza. Inc
populists all vigorously opposed the
bond proposition. Mr.. Dolllver or
Iowa. in by far the most notable
speech of the day, added 10 his repu-
tation as a brilliant orator. he as
sailed the position OF the opposition IN
the early portion of his speech, but us
partisan flavor disappeared toward
the close and he aroused ne house
and galleries to cheers as, with elo-
uuent words ne touched the high, I'M
selfish cause of humanity in which the
United States had drawn the sword,
and then melted his audience TO tears
as he referred to the blowing up or
the Maine and the new common
wealth we would rear as a onume
to guard the memory of the unforgot-
ten dead. The evening session was
devoted 10 brief speeches by mem
bers unable to secure time at the day
session.
In the Senate.
The senate was in session but an
hour and a half, during which time no
important business was transacted.
Washington. April 29.-rhe general
debate on the war revepue bill closed
last night after eight and Il half hours
of speech-makaing. The debate lacked
both spirit and interest. There was lit.
tie discussion of the internal revenue
features Of the bill. The Democrats
continued their assaults on the bond
l feature pn6 tlRafp o1unaQ9N nf tho IN
come tax. The latter was ridiculed as
a sub proposition by the Republicans.
The auathority to borrow money was
defe lded 10y them as absolutely neces-
sary. The most notable speeches We're
delivered by Messrs. Payne (Rep, n.
", Dalzell (Rep.. Pa, Mcclellan
Henderson Rep., Iowa. and Rhea
CDem., KY.
The senate Us Waiting.
Again the senate was iii the attitude
of waiting for business to reach it. A
few bills of unimportant character
Were passed, but no business of gen
eral interest was transacted.
Washington. April 80. - The house
passed the war revenue bill with only
the amendments agreed upon by the
Republican members of the ways and
means committee added. In order to
accomplish this a parliamentary ma.
neuver was necessary, az the whole
time for amendments was exhausted
by the minority in thying to amend
the bond feature of the bill. Mr..
Dingley offered as a substitute an en-.
tirely new bill containing these
amendments after the bill had beer re-
ported TO the house. This was an old
parliamentary trick frequently resort
ed to years ago. The Morrill, tariff law
was passed in this way in it's original
form after it had been loaded with
amendments in committee of the
whole. Many amendments were Of
Tered to he bond feature of the bin,
ranging from appropriation for the
substitution of an income tax proyis-
ion to the authorization for an Issue
of $150,000,000 greenbacks. But an
were voted down.. At the last minute
the Democrats decided to offer the
motion TO recommit with instructions
10 report back the income tax PROPOSE
ton as an amendment to the bill in
stead of as a substitute for the bond
provision. This was due to the fact
that a number of Democrats had de-
clined to vote to strike out the bond
proposition. The motion was defeat.
ed-l34 to 175. Four Republicans
voted with the Democrats and Popu.
lists on this vote. But on the final
passage of the bill (which was carried
Isl to 131)-the Democrats and pom.
ullsts, with six exceptions, voted SOL
idly against the bill. The Democrats
who voted for the bin were Cummings.
Mcclellan and Grlggs of New York:
Fitzgerald, Mass; McAleea, Pa. and
Wheeler, Ala. Two Republicans. Lin
ney of North Carolina and Thorn OF
Virginia, voted with the opposition
A number of Democrats declined TO
! vote.
In the senate.
AT yesterdays session of the senate
the report of the conferees on the ma
val appropriation bill was presented
n agreed to. The measure MS ner-
fected carries a little more than s57.
100000. No other business 70 IN